• ⇤
• ⇽
• ≡
• ⇾
• ⇥

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

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

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.