"The Hobbit 3: The Battle of the Five Armies" PG 13
Smaug the Dragon heads off to destroy Lake Town with his fire breath, while the Bard struggles to get to the black arrow, and the King runs off and is killed in the confusion, trying to hoard the town gold.
Then on the Mountain, the new Dwarf King, Thorin, is going mad over his golden horde, as the dwarfs and Bilbo seem to be hiding the treasured Arken stone.
Gandalf is imprisoned by Sauron's Nocromancer friend and is to be rescued by the White Witch and the leader of the Wizards, Sauruman, who has other motives.
The Pale Orc and his armies ally with war bats to attack the Mountain.
The Dwarfs under Thorin's Uncle and the Elves are about to fight at the Mountain to get the gem necklaces, which have Sumarillions in them.
The battle of the armies is curiously missing the Goblins, although they are mentioned off-handed at one point as having sent 100 men or so, the same as the survivors of Lake Town.
I will not give away spoilers as it just came out, but these events lead to an epic long clash of all sorts of creatures and people, and there will be a showdown with major characters in the end. The movie played to an audience of 7, just 7 of us, in a 3D noon show. It wasn't exclusive though. It was just that nobody showed up! It wasn't a bad movie. I liked it. I'm just not sure others might. It seems to be missing something. Maybe it was just that there was too much added and it needed t be cut down, all three needed it. These movies really should have been two movies, without all the extra chaff, otr 3 movies only 90 minutes long. That would have been more fitting.
Still don't sere in the 3D. The high frrame rate makes everyone look CGI when they aren't. I'll have to see it again in 2D.
This is not the Oscar worthy movie the last of the first trilogy was. It's a fine immersion, but it's not that great. It's just good, worth repeat watching. Owning it on Bluray later will also make for a better experience.
Review by Adam Browne
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