Spoilers for peter jacksons rendition of the hobbit follow. Indeed, compared with other recent films adapted from works of. The hobbit battle of the five armies blu ray3d like star wars, the lord of the rings series came out over a long period of time and not exactly in sequence. How, then, did the battle of the five armies become even remotely tethered to. The battle of the five armies, and then gathered to discuss it. Evangeline lilly attends the world premiere of the hobbit. In the film, peter jackson expands on his role hugely, allowing him to interact with the likes of gandalf and bilbo, while starring in his own scene in which he helps avert a group of goblins from following the main characters. With ian mckellen, martin freeman, richard armitage, cate blanchett. Unfortuantely, much of the individual combat suffers from the same issues which plagued the first two outings. Tolkien, in contrast, makes it quite clear in the book the annotated hobbit, ed. Go to or text thedom to 500500 to get a free book and 30 day free trial.
The battle of the five armies is the third part of a threepart adaptation of the novel the hobbit, or there and back again by j. Or, if peter jackson wanted to make things more personal for thorin, he could have used bolg, azogs son, who leads the goblin army in the battle of the five armies. Bilbo and company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the lonely mountain from falling into the hands of a rising darkness. In the movie, on the other hand, thorin leads three of his dwarves on a clandestine ambush mission which, compared to the book, is about as. Dec 19, 2014 the tolkien nerds guide to the hobbit. Between sauron and sarumon, its mentioned more in other lotr books, but sarumon while still technically good has been looking for the one ring. In 1990 a onevolume edition was released by unwin paperbacks. The most glaring problem with the battle of the five armies is that the movie is little more than a long battle sequence.
Unlike what you see in the movies, bard had managed to. Unlike what you see in the movies, bard had managed to form an actual army in the book. Upon one side were the goblins and the wild wolves, and upon the other were elves and men and dwarves. The dragon sickness is a malady that affects all of us. As with bilbo, the climactic chapter of the hobbit. Battle of the five armies is a soulless end to the flawed. The battle of the five armies promises to be the new zealand directors final excursion into tolkien territory, and for that some praise is due, for staying the course if nothing. You see his spirit flee and the white council, mention he went back to the east. The changes brought about by peter jackson, director of the hobbit trilogy, add depth to the story and more or less meet the expectations of fans of the lord of the rings films. An unexpected journey 2012 2012 covers the first six chapters of the novel and a few moments from the seventh chapter. In the movie azog was a goblin general thorin fought in the war, he was later killed by his cousin dain ironfoot long before thorin and company set out on their journey. R tolkiens classic fantasy novel the hobbit, directed by peter jackson and adapted for the screen by jackson, fran walsh and philippa boyens. Elves dwarves men orcs who was the 5th army in the hobbit.
In the movie the story is narrated by the author as an omnicient voice. The battle of the five armies is the worst peter jackson hobbit movie return of the king vs. As such, that little bit of background from the start of the fellowship of the ring is an absolute godsend. The desolation of smaug and of course the lotr saga before that, the hobbit. Only in the ee there is a short skirmish between dains dwarves and thranduils elven host. We are given something very similar at the start of the hobbit, and even though it didnt happen in the book, it does actually help get a grasp on the world before diving in. It depends on whether if you are asking about the armies that appear on the screen or the ones that are in the book. Bolg would have a personal vendetta against thorin for killing his father in peter jacksons adaptation, and his villainy would have lasted until the end of the new trilogy.
The battle of the five armies covers roughly the last 60 pages of the book, chronicling the demise of the dragon smaug benedict cumberbatch and the struggle to gain dominion over the lonely mountain and its treasures. There is a prologue before the story begins that lays out the history for the viewer. Dec 27, 2014 tolkien, in contrast, makes it quite clear in the book the annotated hobbit, ed. Its impossible for a 12yearold boy or girl to resist a movie subtitled the battle of the five armies, and thats surely why the producers changed it from the whimsical there. Who are the armies in the battle of five armies anyway.
In the extended edition, dain provokes thranduil a bit longer onscreen in the te he says the same line before over a shot of thranduil and rides away. The storyline wraps up nicely and by the end of the 2 hours and 43 minutes you can roll right on through watching all the lord of the rings movies. The battle of the five armies is the third of peter jacksons the hobbit film trilogy based on j. What was the fifth army in the battle of the five armies. The battle of the five armies is the third and final film in the threepart cinematic adaptation of j. And it is the the best depiction of a dragon to ever grace a film, without a doubt. The battle of the five armies begins with the battle against the dragon smaug. The battle of the five armies is one of the first greatest fantasy battles of all time, brought to life by jrr tolkien in his masterpiece, the hobbit, which was the precursor to the lord of the rings. He is one of the main antagonists appearing in all three films, he is eventually killed by thorin in the battle of five armies. Azog acts as commander, rather than bolg, and set up a signal post on raven hill to coordinate the battle. Sauron is banished to mordor in battle of the 5 armies. With war approaching, the themes and motifs that were established in an unexpected journey and the desolation of smaug are. After bard killed the dragon smaug, the men of the lake and the woodelves both laid siege to the dwarves in the lonely mountain, the thirteen dwarves of the lonely mountain under thorin ii.
The hobbit movies are the only films with more minutes of film than book. The hobbit trilogy consists of three films an unexpected journey, the desolation of smaug, and the battle of the five armies. The bbcs nicholas barber wrote that with the hobbit series, jackson had succeeded in bridging the gap between the hobbit and the lord of the rings and that the battle of the five armies was a colossal technical achievement, but he also criticized that the film as such was not compelling because of its repetitive battle scenes and a lack of. Peter jacksons final installment of the epic trilogy based on a rather short book by j. Nov 06, 2014 one of the biggest movies of the year, the hobbit. In the book, men and elves and dwarves didnt get to fight each other. Apr 25, 2017 though most of the hobbit trilogy looks cartoonish, smaugs cgi is without question the best of the series. In the hobbit, jrr tolkien mentions a wizard named radagast the brown only a couple of times. In the film the dwarves, elves and the lakemen are more numerous than in the book. Sep 16, 2018 go to or text thedom to 500500 to get a free book and 30 day free trial. If you watch it directly after an unexpected journey and the desolation of smaug it makes for a fitting conclusion to the trilogy, but it is the least. It seems that the movie decided to make five armies by ditching the wolves, which are indeed the fifth in the book, and adding another orc army. In the book as in the films, smaug is a cunning beast.
These are the different groupsracessides that fought in the bofa both in the movie and in the book. The five armies are made up of the dwarves, the men of laketown, the mirkwood elves, the orcsgoblins and. A threepart comic book adaptation with script by chuck dixon and sean deming and illustrated by david wenzel was published by eclipse comics in 1989. The final hobbit film is an unprecedentedly gratuitous stretch of. So much publication and promotion is going on around this movie, that i thought we could take a quick look at this cultural phenomenon this week. Here we take a look at the film adaptation, and compare it to its source material. The dom and calluna return to middle earth to see how. According to tolkiens timeline, he would only have been ten at the time, and his age during the events of the lord of the rings was confirmed by the two towers extended cut to match. The battle of the five armies again takes a lot of liberty in the adaptation of the book to the screen. The battle of the five armies is released in an extended version a year after its theatrical release. This discussion is, naturally, full of spoilers and also capslock.
Apr 12, 2016 as tolkien wrote it, the fifth army is indeed the great eagles. As a technical marvel, they are simply spectacular. The five armies are described as elves, men, dwarves, and two armies of orcs one from dol guldur and the other from gundabad. The world of lord of the rings is a particularly complex, often borderline nonsensical one. The third and final installment of the hobbit series hits theaters. Battle of five armies the one wiki to rule them all fandom. For example the star wars films, in storychronology, released as films 4, 5, 6 then 1, 2, 3 and the latest is film 7, to be followed by 8 and 9. Well weve come at last to the mountain, to the titular battle of the five armies, and to the end of the road both for bilbo and his. The battle of the five armies the final chapter in peter jacksons trilogy strays furthest from the book, but there are still a few buried easter. History of middle earth detailing the hobbits past and the dwarves present state are revealed throughout the context of the story. Top ten differences between the hobbit book and films. Which once again might upset the story purists but that has been done well. With war approaching, the themes and motifs that were established in an unexpected journey and the desolation of smaug are pushed down dark, tumultuous avenues.
The battle scenes of which there are many are once again epic and will remind fans of the armies taking the field in the two towers. R tolkiens literary series that follows the lives of the hobbits and the dwarves of middle earth exemplifies a variety of themes and conflicts that leaves the audience reeling for. The storyline wraps up nicely and by the end of the 2 hours and 43 minutes you can roll right on. The battle of five armies was a battle waged between the orcs and the wargs of the misty mountains and the grey mountains against the men of dale, elves, dwarves, on and near the lonely mountain. If only his character received the same level of attention from the end of desolation to his death in the battle of the five armies. The extended edition features a different attack by smaug. Though most of the hobbit trilogy looks cartoonish, smaugs cgi is without question the best of the series. Dec 18, 2014 spoilers for peter jacksons rendition of the hobbit follow. The battle of the five armies marks the end or nearly the end of a film journey that began more than a dozen years ago and now spans six films that, when all. As tolkien wrote it, the fifth army is indeed the great eagles.