The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has nothing much to say, but it takes an awfully long time to say it.
This, the conclusion of the three Hobbit films, tells us, once again, that a cursed object can turn everyday greed into megalomania. It tells us that love triangles are a cheap way to generate dramatic tension. It tells us that somewhere between The Lord of the Rings: The Returnof the King and today, Peter Jackson forgot how to present massive battles in a way that made geographical, military, character, and thematic sense.
Either that, or I really am
getting too old for this stuff.
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