The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 3. D Blu- ray: Extended Edition. Reviewed by Kenneth Brown, November 1. The extended editions of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films are widely considered superior to their theatrical version predecessors. You'll find few fans who'd argue otherwise. The opposite has proved true of The Hobbit trilogy, though. The extended cuts of An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug and now The Battle of the Five Armies take three bloated, over- stuffed movies and make them even fatter. With Armies' 1. 64- minute cut, indulgence remains the driving force, extra snippets far outnumber full scenes, and bloodshed - - of the distracting, detached- from- the- series R- rated variety no less - - is really the only addition of note. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ( (2014)) met Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage. Regie: Peter Jackson. Ondanks dat de dwergen hun koninkrijk. Hobbit, The: Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Edition/Blu-Ray) Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson returns to Middle-earth with the final of three. Peter Jackson takes cues from the appendices of The Lord of the Rings to expand New Line Cinema's Hobbit adaptation with this third film completing the epic tale of. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Extended Edition comes to Blu-ray and Digital HD. The adventures of Bilbo Baggins come to an epic conclusion when. The Battle of the Five Armies is fine, I suppose. in a dutifully but dully entertaining sort of way. Its flaws are far more apparent than previous Hobbit entries. In addition to adding an extra 20 minutes of footage that was cut from the original film, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Extended Edition also. The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Edition) (3D/BD/DV) [Blu-ray]. The Battle of the Five Armies is fine, I suppose. in a dutifully but dully entertaining sort of way. Its flaws are far more apparent than previous Hobbit. Digital Distribution Elements. On March 24, The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies will be available for streaming and download to watch anywhere in high. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Extended Edition: Bifur Lose Axe, Bombur Speech! (HD) - Duration: 0:48. Tahir Mert Gök 70,642 views. A few decently strong character beats and touching moments have been tacked on, particularly during the new and improved battle with Sauron and at the end of the film, when several heroes are laid to rest. But this isn't LOTR. Opinions will of course vary, but the theatrical version of The Battle of the Five Armies strikes me as a bit better than Jackson's latest, and likely last, foray into Middle- earth. The Battle of the Five Armies is fine, I suppose.. Its flaws are far more apparent than previous Hobbit entries, Jackson's love of. Lord of the Rings prequel as the film trudges along. But it's hard to out and out hate a movie made with the. Jackson invests here, even as he teeters into self- parody, ramping the action up so high. The Hobbit saga nearly comes tumbling down. Unfortunately, that self- parody is arguably made even more apparent in the strangely hyper- violent 1. Extended Edition cut. When last we left dear Master Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), Thorin (Richard Armitage) and his dwarven kin had entered. Erebor, only to inadvertently unleash the deadly dragon Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch) on the nearby human settlement of. Laketown. Meanwhile, half a world away, Gandalf (Ian Mc. Kellan) had been captured by the Necromancer (also Cumberbatch). Sauron. As The Battle of the Five Armies lurches off the starting line. Jackson makes all too quick work of both storylines; pitting Bard the Bowman (Luke Evans) and his last black arrow against. Smaug the Magnificent in a fight atop a burning Laketown tower, and assembling Galadriel (Cate Blanchett), Elrond (Hugo. Weaving) and Saruman (Christopher Lee) to Dol Guldur to rescue the Grey Wizard from the clutches of Sauron and the ghostly. Nazgûl. The problem is both subplots are resolved so hastily that the film begins its first- act run on a bad ankle, stumbling into an. It's clear Smaug should have been dealt with - - to completion - - by the end of the second. Not tacked onto the opening of the third as a notably truncated ten- minute vignette. Also clear: the Sauron fight Jackson. An Unexpected Journey was (mostly) for nothing. Wrapped up with a poorly realized. Necromancer presented as such a threat when his. Although perhaps more pressing a question is this: was the Sauron. The Weta Workshop visual effects are uncharacteristically weak, looking like. With Smaug and the Necromancer out of the way (among other developments, like Bard's semi- reluctant rise to leader of. The Battle of the Five Armies. Or rather, the remainder of what's. The spectacle feels thin. Sort of stretched. Like butter scraped over too much bread. And the final word in what was once a heated debate - - should The Hobbit. No. Jackson should have stuck with a lean, mean two films. J. R. R. Tolkien's original book the breezy. Interestingly, Jackson visibly suffers the consequences of his decision, finding himself in a. Rings project. There's very little ground left to cover in The Battle of the. Five Armies and plenty of time to cover it, making it the most bloated film in The Hobbit trilogy despite having. Rings saga. The story doesn't unfold, it explodes. Thorin continues to spiral into madness, and the dwarves prepare for war while. Bilbo is further relegated to the proverbial bench, with almost nothing of significance to do. Arkenstone to Lee Pace's Thranduil. Legolas (Orlando Bloom) finally makes his full transformation into a. Kili (Aidan Turner) and. Tauriel's (Evangeline Lilly) near- romance is milked for all its worth. Ryan Gage's Alfrid is in the mix for.. Wormtonguing in Bard's ear. And he pops up. A lot.) Thranduil and Bard are eventually sidelined, without the. The Desolation of Smaug seemed to promise. Plenty of alpha- male chest- puffing. Thorin, Thranduil and guest dwarf Dáin (Billy Connolly, having a blast). Azog returns. The worms from. Tremors make a cameo. Some rousing but repetitive violence ensues, with a few inspired details cooked up in the. The signal towers used by the orcs and goblin hordes to coordinate field movements are an. And the titular battle of the five armies shifts and evolves as expected, with largely CG. CG hordes. There are several admittedly moving character beats, the majority of which prevent the film from leaping foolishly into heap. Big Dumb Fun. Freeman's scenes with Armitage and Mc. Kellan are among the film's best, Pace exudes authority. Company actors seize a number of sequences and declare them their own (Turner, Graham. Mc. Tavish, Ken Stott and Dean O'Gorman chief among them), and Lilly flexes her dramatic muscle, even as Tauriel remains one. Jackson's more controversial additions to the story. The rest of the cast is terrific as well, no matter how questionable some. Jackson delivers. The same could be. The Return of the King I suppose, but its stakes were higher, sacrifices greater, villains more captivating. Bottom line? The Battle of the Five Armies is a decently engaging three- star amusement park ride, but be warned. And it isn't long before that dissatisfaction breeds disappointment. Movie magic gives way to cheap tricks. Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens' grunt- heavy screenplay. Just over the course of penning this review. So why so much contempt? The. trajectory of The Hobbit films has been clear since the dwarves faced the Goblin King in An Unexpected. Journey, as has Jackson's relative lack of real passion for Tolkien's text. With The Lord of the Rings trilogy, every. Jackson didn't have a burning desire to make The Hobbit trilogy, though; signing on only after. Guillermo del Toro bowed out. That initial reluctance seeps into The Battle of the Five Armies. It's not that Jackson. He is, and his joy oozes out of each shot, scene and delirious clash of the Tolkien. It's just that his passion isn't in the original story. He loved Tolkien's "Rings." He merely had a fondness for "The. Hobbit," and the difference becomes fairly obvious when comparing both trilogies. Be it the theatrical version or the new R- rated Extended Edition cut, The Battle of the Five Armies is more successful when viewed solely as a conclusion of Jackson's Hobbit. And even then it has big problems and bigger disappointments in store for fans; particularly fans of Tolkien's original book. As the sixth and final piece in the Rings saga, as a bridge between The Hobbit and The Lord of. Rings films, or simply as an action drama, it undermines too much of what Jackson has spent fifteen years working to. The 3. D Extended Edition release of The Battle of the Five Armies includes MVC- encoded 3. D and AVC- encoded 2. D presentations, both of which are virtually identical in quality; to each other and to their March 2. Blu- ray counterparts. There's some minor but noticeable crush here and there, as. Jackson's at- times aggressive digital color grading, but none of it proves all that distracting. Even the darkest scenes look great, without much to nitpick or criticize. Colors are largely bleak and wintry, with searing skies. Several sequences offer richer, warmer hues - -. Smaug's attack in particular - - but these are the exception rather than the rule. Still, it's perfectly in step with Jackson and. Andrew Lesnie's intentions and quite stunning on the whole, not to mention free from significant artifacting. Detail is terrific too, with crisp, razor- sharp edges, refined textures and revealing close- ups. The 3. D experience is perhaps even more jaw- dropping than its 2. D counterpart, and without any additional aliasing or crosstalk. A handful of scenes are a tad flat by comparison to those that come before and after. The bulk of the battle expands outward, along fields strewn with corpses, and far into the distance with. A variety of shots perch high above the battlefield, reveling in the full. The Battle of the Five Armies is short on 3. D gimmickry too. Jackson has his fun now and. All told, like the two Extended Editions that precede. The Hobbit trilogy delivers the high definition goods. Like the theatrical version of The Battle of the Five Armies, the Extended Edition features an excellent DTS- HD Master Audio. Jackson and company wholeheartedly embrace at every turn. Dragons roar, fires rage, arrows fly, magic surges, swords. Were- worms erupt from the. Thorin. and his allies go toe to toe with all manner of beast, monster and villain. And every arrow shunks into place, every. Low- end output is hearty and powerful, lending. Rear speaker activity is engaging and absorbing. Add to that dialogue that never fails or falters - - thanks to intelligible, convincingly grounded voices and flawless. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Extended Edition Coming to Blu- ray. Share. Own it early on digital this October. By Alex Osborn. An extended version of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is coming to Blu- ray, DVD, and Digital HD later this year, Warner Bros. While the Blu- ray and DVD versions won't be available until November 1. October 2. 0. It will release as a 3- disc set on Blu- ray for $3. USD and a five- DVD bundle for a dollar cheaper. Got feedback on our player? We want to hear it. In addition to adding an extra 2. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Extended Edition also packs in over nine hours of special features content, including audio commentary from director Peter Jackson, as well as a behind- the- scenes documentary on the film's production. On top of that, Warners will also be releasing the entire trilogy in extended form. Aptly titled The Hobbit Trilogy Extended Edition, this compilation includes all three films, complete with their added footage. It will come packaged as either a 9- disc Blu- ray set for $1. USD or a 1. 5- disc DVD set for $7. USD. Earlier this month, we learned the The Hobbit Extended Trilogy will be getting a limited theatrical release this October. Will you be heading out to your local theater to see all three films in their extended form on the big screen? Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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