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movie review - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

the journal of Michael Werneburg

Well, we got it over with, today. After watching the finale in part two, with the death of Smaug, we're left with a big inter-racial battle to deal with. Because all of this came *after* "The Lord of the Rings" it's hard to take seriously the notion that humans, dwarves, and elves would be slaughtering each other, especially when one of the armies involved is a truly endless wave of violent, irrational, corrupted goblins.

I really felt like we were watching it just to see it through, which is not a great reason to watch a movie. But I came *out* of the experience feeling that the movie had in fact been *made* just to see it through, which I believe is much worse. It was beautifully made but without the menace of the dragon behind it all it just became rather rote. I mean do we believe that the goblins are going to win?

Not recommended.