Marval Movie

Well it seems that in the end it was indeed all worth it. Yes the tamat Hobbit movie brought everything that came before, and everything that we know will come after, to a nice conclusion.

The movie picks up where the last one left off, with Smaug the Dragon (Benedict Cumberbatch) about to reek destruction on Laketown. He does so in a fiery rage before Bard (Luke Evans) is able to strike at his only weak spot and take him down. So ends the threat of the Dragon, so the journey is over right? Wrong! This means that the treasure within the lonely mountain is up for grabs with the Dragon gone, so the humans, the Elves, the Dwarfs and the Orcs are all on their way for one big bash for the prize. Wait I only counted four armies?

So each army gathers, the humans want their share of the treasure that was promised them so they can rebuild their town, the Elves want some specific treasure because it's tied to their ancestry, it's the Dwarfs by right because it's in their fortress and they made it and the Orcs hate everyone. Meanwhile Bilbo (Martin Freeman) and company are held-up in their stronghold.   

While watching this movie, which I knew would be the last movie. I looked out on the company of Dwarfs, all thirteen of them and realized I had no idea who they were. I hardly remembered any of their names and the ones I did I couldnt assign the name to the Dwarf. Even with three long movies the same persoalan with the book is present, too many Dwarfs. There are about three Dwarfs that I have a handle on and Thorin (Richard Armitage)

This middle part of the movie is a bore and not that thrilling. But still I know why its here, you need to set up all the dominoes before you can knock all of them down. There's other stuff during this sequence that I beleive was suppose to be taken seriously but I just laughed at it. 

Once everything is in-place the battle begins but unlike other movies this climax has had two other movies behind it to establish and build up the characters. So it is not merely noise and light, it's some engaging rather gripping action scenes that I cared about and felt rewarded when it was over. Also very little dialog, because at this point there's nothing else to say. Care about who is fighting on-screen, a simple principle yet so many filmmakers choose to forget about it.

Now that its over I can say I do not regret going on this journey. It was long, had good parts, weak parts and ultimately The Lord of the Rings is probably the superior of the trilogies, but when I look back on it as a whole it was a good time. I look forward to Peter Jackson and his incredibly talented crew moving on to different things.

Rating: 3 stars out of 4