Review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) by Vidyabum — 20 Dec 2014

The unintended comedy with the ridiculous Legolas stunts(far worse than in any other LOTR movie) is the cherry on this action porn cake of a movie.

I appreciate that Jackson tried to spend time and effort on Thorin and some character study here and there, but ultimately it's action porn from start to finish with some really terrible decisions here and there, namely, death of Smaug 15 mins in the movie, what was the point of the huge cliffhanger of the last movie, love story between dwarf and elf which is to say the least unlikely and has the basis of the two having talked for a grand total of five minutes across prison bars in the last movie, Saruman, Galadriel and Elrond going into Dol Guldur like a ninja team to kick all of the Nazgul and Sauron's asses, going about it with martial arts move and a mix of big flash type of magic...it's silly really, all over the place.

I liked Bilbo, liked Gandalf still, liked quite a few characters, perhaps more than in LOTR which was even more of a cliche parade, but really that doesn't save this movie from being an action porn movie. If you want dumb action entertainment in an LOTR world sure, this does the trick, but by no means is it a great movie, or even a good movie, it's just an action flick in the LOTR world.

I'd give it 4 but I'll add 1 for all the laughs I had at every Legolas action scene.