NOTE: This blog contains spoilers to the film. Avert your eyes and go see the film before continuing.
The final chapter of the Hobbit came out in theaters and I liked this one the best out of the 3 films. I liked it the most because it was most true to the book, but only in the sense that 90% of the film was briefly recounted to Bilbo after the battle by Gandalf. Bilbo was knocked unconscious and slept through the entire battle in the book. The sloppy way they added the elves to the film and a few lazy love interests (no the least of which was Bilbo and Thorin’s bedroom eyes they kept giving each other) made the Tolkien-nerd inside me angry. The last thing I was disappointed about what the lack of Tolkien’s songs that made it to the film. The Dwarves singing in Bilbo’s house are the only songs in the trilogy. I felt like cutting all of the songs from the films was a bad move especially because it made sense with the tone of the films and kids movies should always have songs in them in my opinion.
On to what I liked about the film: the battle with the Necromancer is great. Watching Saruman, Elrond and Galadriel kick Sauron’s ass is great- if a little short. I would have loved to give them some more camera time. Finally, the death of Smaug is epic! The way he wrecks Lake Town is beautifully done and Smaug looks exactly how I imagined him in my head. I felt they really captured how massive and terrifying he was. The battle of the 5 armies is well done and the Scottish dwarves riding their war pigs was awesome. Even though they dragged this book into a trilogy I can forgive them because they brought my favorite book of my childhood to the big screen and did a good job of it. Thank you Peter Jackson, now put the franchise down and walk away.
Written by Daniel
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