I cried with joy when I learned a few years ago that Peter Jackson was going to remake two Middle-earth films. Later, when it was remade into three parts, it was really annoying because the original book simply couldn't meet the length of the three parts. The original book is about 300 pages long, and the movie is 8.5 hours long, but many main plots of the original book are still missing. To say disappointed is an understatement.
I laugh out loud when it's serious, and where it's supposed to be laughing (almost everywhere alfred plays), I'm serious, right? In the Lord of the Rings trilogy, such hilarious parts are relatively few and not so obtrusive, BOTFA should be dark and heavy, but a lot of funny, stupid shots ruined everything.
I don't have any complaints about the acting, and I'm very pleased that the cast of The Hobbit Trilogy excelled despite their poor script. It's not their problem that the characters are developed too hastily, but because the film is full of too many inexplicable personal dazzling skills of Legolas. After one or two conversations, Ji Li and Taria hooked up, and Ji Li Giving Thalia a memento of Mother Dis like this, such a boring plot.
But the worst thing about the movie isn't the ubiquitous, crude special effects and lack of character. It's that Taria, a character that didn't even exist in the original, took up more time than the original character. The bear man only appeared in this last movie for 15 seconds, okay? Most of the 15 dwarves don't even have a line, and many things are not explained clearly later.
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such as; what happened to Slandia, did he get the opal back?
Of course, as a fan of the book, I know the final ownership of the treasure, but the movie did not explain this important fact. The entire Battle of the Five Armies is for this treasure, okay? Take at least a minute to talk about how the treasure is divided.
Where did those goats come from?
Why do you still wear armor when you are guarding the mountain, and then take it off when you are really fighting?
What happened to the people of Lake Village? Why didn't the movie show Bud becoming king? If I hadn't read the original book, I would have been pissed, because I would never know the story behind them.
What's the point of those giant bugs? And it appeared without warning. After 10 seconds of playing, it disappeared. Is it dead?
Why does the movie mention Legolas' mother and then it seems like no such person ever existed?
There are more issues that bother me more than the above: 1. There is no footage of the funeral for the sons of Turin (Sorin, Gilly, Philip). Isn't it too much to die without even a funeral as the three main protagonists? This leads to the following point. 2 Since the movie is called The Hobbit, the protagonist should be Bilbo, not Thorin. 3 Geely dying for Thalia is really unbearable, the original Geely and Fili sacrificed in battle to protect Thorin. In the movie, our auspiciousness died because of a very unremarkable elf, just for the fireworks at that moment. This greatly diminishes the precious friendship between Gimli and Legolas.
Also, when Legolas grabbed a bat into the air, when Bud used his son as an arrow to build the unscientific setting that didn't blow his son away, when Dan and Thorin were on the battlefield Embracing each other, Asog came to the surface for some reason, and opened his eyes extremely exaggeratedly.
My love for the Lord of the Rings trilogy is unquestionable, none of my favorites, and it's also because the trilogy made me fall in love with the original. But Peter Jackson tried so hard to tie The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings together, which is part of what made The Hobbit so disappointing. If the superfluous part of Dol Gudo can be removed, and the line of Taria can be removed, then the essential plot of the original book can be filled in. Still, I give this movie 4 stars for the excellent performances of the entire cast, especially Thorin and Bilbo. Meanwhile, the final scene of the movie is exactly what I imagined, the old Bilbo and the knock on the door Gandalf, love. And the "Final Farewell" sung by Pippin (remember pipin) really was the perfect way to end the movie, and I couldn't help but get watery eyes at that moment.
If you meet the following criteria, then I recommend watching Battle of the Five Armies: like the first two (I didn't like the first two, so I don't like this one); don't mind watching video game-like special effects animation; yes Middle-earth has no personal emotions, and it doesn't matter if the movie is a good rendition of the original characters. Otherwise, you'll walk out of the movie theater with the same disappointment I did, mourning the spoiled beloved characters.
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