The Battle of the Five Armies { movie review with spoilers }

Warning:

-For those of you that have watched the movie, you may not like this review.

-For those of you that have not watched the movie and plan to, there are several major spoilers ahead.

-For those of you that have not watched the movie and do not plan to, proceed and learn. You are missing out on nothing. Read the book and be satisfied.



Getting ready to see the movie.

I went with some friends, Tuesday night, to see The Battle of The Five Armies (the last installment of The Hobbit).

The best part was that it was IMAX 3D - I'd never seen one before, and it is totally awesome!!! Very expensive though. I loved how the fire and snow seemed real, and to be coming towards you, and quite often logs, rocks, and arrows would be "coming" straight for you.


The movie had a glitch, and we had to wait like 45+ minutes for it to work, so pretty much every one was given back their money.


To the movie itself.


If you like movies and have read the Hobbit book you may or may not like this movie (obvious statement ;D).


But really, it's true.


I wanted to see the movie, mostly just to see how Kili, Fili, Thorin and maybe Tauriel all died. Liking the book, I wanted to see it, expecting to hate it a little. And I was very curious how they were going to end the Kili-Tauriel-Legolas thing.


First off the book is ten times better. The movie was only good in the aspect of the Imax, scenery, actors, and battle sequences.


The plot was terrible, and it was rather dark. I didn't like how they portrayed Galadriel. She was just too freaky, I thought.


And Tauriel didn't really have an "ending." Kili died. Legolas realized she didn't love him, so he walks away. Tauriel can't believe she lost Kili (why did she have to like a dwarf!!). Thranduil forgives her with comforting words saying her pain is because her love was real. And no more Tauriel!


I just thought that part was not done well. And when Thranduil sends Legolas away, directing him to Stryder. Yeah, a lot of people liked that. But I didn't. It wasn't time for either of them to know about Stryder yet, and Legolas wasn't searching for Stryder, if I remember right in the books. Just happened to be there at the time on an errand.


Last night I was ranting to a friend on how I wished they would have killed Tauriel. It would have made a lot of things less complicated. (Normally I'm not for people dying, but I wanted 4-5 people to die in this movie. All did but Tauriel).


It just doesn't make sense to let her live. Where is she in LOTR? And if Legolas liked her so much, how could he just walk away, and be so care free in LOTR? If she is in Mirkwood as some people say, what happened to her patriotic spirit? Why isn't she on the battle lines fighting against Mordor?


Besides that, I like most of the rest of it. I liked how the three dwarves died. Pretty heroic, sad, and real. And Bilbo was so good. Loved his feet ;). And it was pretty funny when he arrived home to an auction - his own home, with people (relatives) caring away his things.


I liked the part about the acorn/tree.


So, over all, it was decent for a movie ruined by Hollywood. I doubt Tolkien would have been pleased ;b.


Who else has watched the movie?