The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, 2014. A power vacuum causes a small war.

Directed by Peter Jackson. Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson, & Guillermo del Toro, based on a book by J.R.R. Tolkien. Starring Martin Freeman, & Richard Armitage, with Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, & Luke Evans.

Concept: C
Story: D
Characters: D
Dialog: D
Pacing: C
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: D
Acting: B
Music: C
Enjoyment: I've noted before that there's a great two-hour movie buried in this nine-hour trilogy. Only about 20 minutes of that would come from this movie. Bilbo is barely in this. It's mostly one long fight scene, which is considerably less boring than the first two movies, but does not belong in The Hobbit. Peter Jackson's Bloodlust: The Movie would be a more apt title. C

GPA: 1.6/4