Review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) by Runner — 25 Dec 2014

This is basically a good film, it is very impressive and done very well. And I guess I could say it's fun to watch.

This third part, though, shows how unnecessary it was to split this one single book into three (!) parts, each taking about 2 hours and 40 minutes.

The Battle of the Five Armies hasn't got much story in it, as it is mostly told on the first two parts of the trilogy, and here we come to the grand finale, where, well, most of the characters mainly fight. And fight. And fight. And fight. And fight.

There were some moving moments, and some light moments, which is good, but still - most of the time I've seen only violence on the screen. There was simply not much else to show, because, as I said, there's not much of the story left to tell..

But how would we make a trilogy with each title lasting alone almost 3 hours?

Of course, let's stretch those battles on and on!

Well, that didn't work that well in my opinion folks.

And yes, technically this is still a good movie. Still, I'm really glad this is over, as making three parts for The Hobbit felt like it's going to be mainly a slight torture to my wallet and not a fully enjoyable experience.