It is far more elegant to first learn about Smaug from the dwarves’ haunting ballad (rather than a bombastic CGI sequence). As with the novel, I find the film works better if the scope starts out small (in a cosy hobbit hole), and then grows organically as Bilbo ventures out into the big, scary world. However, I’ve still left quite a bit of this story-thread intact, since I felt it succeeded in getting the audience to care about the down-beaten fisherfolk and the struggles of Bard to protect them.
Dwarves are way more fun to hang out with anyway. This was the next clear candidate for elimination, given how little plot value and personality these two woodland sprites added to the story. Indeed, Tauriel is no longer a character in the film, and Legolas only gets a brief cameo during the Mirkwood arrest. The Tauriel-Legolas-Kili love triangle has also been removed.Like the novel, Gandalf abruptly disappears on the borders of Mirkwood, and then reappears at the siege of the Lonely Mountain with tidings of an orc army. This was the most obvious cut, and the easiest to carry out (a testament to its irrelevance to the main narrative). The investigation of Dol Guldor has been completely excised, including the appearances of Radagast, Saruman and Galadriel.
Well, okay, it’s closer to 4.5 hours, but those are some long-ass credits! This new version was achieved through a series of major and minor cuts, detailed below: So, over the weekend, I decided to condense all three installments ( An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies) into a single 4-hour feature that more closely resembled Tolkien’s original novel. Back in 2012, I had high hopes of adding The Hobbit to my annual Lord of the Rings marathon, but in its current bloated format, I simply cannot see that happening. What especially saddened me was how Bilbo (the supposed protagonist of the story) was rendered absent for large portions of the final two films. Overall, however, I felt that the story was spoiled by an interminable running time, unengaging plot tangents and constant narrative filibustering. Let me start by saying that I enjoy many aspects of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy. Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ken Stott, Aidan Turner, Dean O’Gorman, Billy Connolly, Graham McTavish, James Nesbitt, Stephen Fry, Ryan Gage, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Orlando Bloom, Mikael Persbrandt, Sylvester McCoy, Peter Hambleton, John Callen, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, William Kircher, Stephen Hunter, Adam Brown, John Bell, Manu Bennett, John Tui, Peggy Nesbitt, Mary Nesbitt, Kelly Kilgour, Mark Mitchinson, Sarah Peirse, Nick Blake, Simon London, Conan Stevens, Allan Smith, Miranda Harcourt, Thomasin McKenzie, Erin Banks, Brian Hotter, Timothy Bartlett, Merv Smith, Martin Kwok, Dee Bradley Baker, Olof Johnsson, Jon Olson, Otep Shamaya, Debra Wilson, Jack Binding, Terry Binding, Stephen Gledhill, Billy Jackson, Katie Jackson, Peter Jackson, Terry Notaryįilm ini dalam kategori 2014, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, New Zealand, Usa, BluRay, 1080, Indonesia dengan label Based On Novel Or Book, Battle, Corruption!, Dragon, dwarf, Dwarves, Elves, Epic Battle, Hobbit, Middle Earth, Middle-earth (tolkien), Orcs, Sword And Sorcery, Unlikely Friendship. Peter Jackson, Andy Serkis, Carolynne Cunningham, Carolina Jiménez Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo’s hands. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron.
Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor’s mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)