I wrote the following post a way back in December — of course — and I had posted it on tumblr, but I wanted it on here too. So excuse the tenses, if you even decide to read it. I just wanted this post organized on this site. 🙂

 

MAJOR SPOILERS

Seriously. Don’t read until you’ve seen BOFTA.

I just saw it and had to blog about it, lol.

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Alright, so I just came back from watching The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. And just whoa….

So much to say and/or think about.

The killing of Smaug was the opening scene. It didn’t last very long but it was good. Bard is a good man and leader to follow. The death scene of Smaug was very nicely animated. I loved the part where he turns his head up to the sky and you can see the mountain behind him.

Thranduil is just a mean, mean man, lol. He’s very interesting to watch and he’s a very beautiful elf…but he’s so mean haha. I do wonder about the details of his wife’s death. How did she end up in the Gundabad/Angmar area? How well did Legolas know his mother? He didn’t seem to have much memory of her.

Someone had proposed the idea of the necklace that Thranduil wanted so badly from Erebor was his wife’s. I liked that idea. In the movie, Thranduil just said that it was an important heirloom/artifact. It would’ve been nice to see like a flashback or something that connected it to his wife. Make Thranduil just a bit softer lol.

Ah, the romance between Tauriel and Kili. I like those two together. I didn’t at first, but it grew on me. But alas…it was not meant to be, was it?

It was so hard watching Thorin in his madness and paranoia. I just wish someone just had the nerve to get up and smack him right upside the head (lol, cue in Dis: In which Dis is fed up with…). Seriously, just wanted to shake him and be like “WAAAKKKEEE UPPPP IDIOT AND STOP HURTING THE PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT YOUUUU”. Poor Dwalin and Balin TT____TT. Just give up some gold, darn you Oakenshield!!!

It was nice to see that Thorin trusted Bilbo so much though. Such a juxtaposition from the beginning dynamics in An Unexpected Journey. Hmm…I wonder if Thorin should’ve kept that mithril shirt. Could’ve saved him.

…Yes, Fili and Kili died. Knew to expect it, but I was still DISAPPOINTED. Not that they died! I knew they HAD to die, but it’s the WAY they died. It was sooo anticlimactic!!! I think they should have died in this huge ferocious, legendary battle with swords swinging. I thought they had died defending Thorin in the book — and yes, I know this is the movie and I shouldn’t compare it too much to the book to enjoy it, but still!! — I think dying in battle would have been a better death, especially for Fili. Wish I saw more of Fili in here, btw. Kili’s death was okay. Could have been better, but it’s passable.

I found better death scenes for the boys in fan art and vids:

Tauriel….I seriously thought she was going to die. Looking back, I think it would’ve made for a better movie if she did die. Kind of Romeo-and-Juliet-esque. Maybe they’d meet up in heaven even though elves and dwarves go to separate sort of “heavens”.

Speaking of which, I wish Tauriel and Galadriel had better fight scenes. Tauriel fought for only a bit and Galadriel only fought with magic or what not. Galadriel reminded me of the Grudge or the Ring when she was being all powerful and scary, by the way, lol. I just would’ve liked to see more kickass fighting scenes from the ellith.

The end credits was beautiful. I loved the song from Billy Boyd. It’s a must-watch video:

And I love the artwork from Alan Lee and John Howe. I’ve been wishing for their drawing abilities since LOTR, haha.

Other random stuff:

• I wonder if Alfrid will ever get his comeuppances? Does anyone wonder if he’s like related to Wormtongue?
• And what’d everyone think of the tie-in with Thranduil telling Legolas to find Strider? Lol. It’s like AHA! Aragorn, boom.
• But why couldn’t Legolas return home anyways? Or did he not want to? (He did like a funny video game, running/jumping move during his fight with Bolg, btw, lol.)
• Wouldn’t Aragorn only be like ten years old????? And he’d be in Rivendell with his mum? He’s not even a ranger yet!!! (<– I know people say that the movie-verse timeline is different, but this addition just seems unnecessary)
• Did Thranduil ever get that necklace from Erebor?
• Did the dwarves retrieve Fili and Kili’s bodies?
• Did Dain become king?
• I saw the random and rare POC in the movie, did you? Lmfao.
• What became of Tauriel? What became of all the characters we don’t hear about later from LOTR?
• Where’s the Arkenstone?
• Why weren’t those worm thingies in LOTR?

Why wasn’t there an epilogue? Sure, I know some of it from LOTR, but there’s still a lot of unknowns here!!

I remember seeing THIS in a behind the scenes video. What ISH DISH?

Will there be like an alternative ending in the extras? That’d be weird. What will be included in the DVD release, I wonder? I LOVE THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES STUFF. CAN’T WAIT!!!

And lastly…

Whale worms or Graboids (from Tremors) ??? LMFAO.

I seriously think they had inspiration from graboids for those whale worms or whatever they were, haha.

P.S. (Or just one more, itty bitty, last thought…)

There’s a lot of naysayers and people who say that the movies ruined the books. Okay, maybe they did. That’s your opinion. No need to ruin it for the people who actually enjoyed the movies. Besides, just think of the movies as separate entities from the books if they offend your perception of Tolkien’s stories so much. Just like how the Avengers or the X-Men movies were okay (I have reservations about the X-Men movies though, lmfao) even though they DEFINITELY didn’t go exactly by the comics. Even Prisoner of Azkaban was good even though it differed from the book.

Just let people enjoy the movies *shrug* Overall, I liked it 🙂

 

I know there have been many fan-edited revisions of the whole Hobbit Trilogy out, but I have yet to see one. I just haven’t had the time, but when I do, I’ll definitely post something 🙂