The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) (1 Viewer)

[Nigel P]

The Desolation of Smaug extended edition was a 15 rating over here (the theatrical release was a 12A), so I assume this one will be the same.

 

[Sean Bryan]

More naked Dwarves!

 

[Colin Jacobson]

The betting starts now for how many minutes until the first snarky comment along the lines of, "they're too long already."

I won't say that, as I liked the 3 Hobbit flicks, but I do find myself a little surprised at how much less enthusiastic I am about these compared to the LOTR films. Sometimes I think I like the Hobbit movies because I think I SHOULD like them more than because I do.


Sign that they don't interest me nearly as much: until this thread, I'd completely forgotten about the EE of the last Hobbit. In fact, I couldn't remember if it'd already come out or not!

 

[Wayne_j]

The strangest part is that it is rated R for "Some Violence".

 

[Brandon Conway]

Reading up on this one, it should be about 20 mins longer, but may also have some cuts from the theatrical or alterations of scenes, meaning closer to 30 mins of new / changed content.

In regards to the violence, if they have Beorn go to town on the orcs it could get quite violent indeed.

 

[Chuck Mayer]

If they have Beorn go nuts on the Orcs, then it would be awesome.


That two second clip in the big battle was all hat, no cattle.

 

[dpippel]

EE of BotFA officially rated R

http://www.filmratings.com/search.html?filmTitle=hobbit&x=0&y=0

R for "repetitive" perhaps?


EDIT: There ya go Malcom R.

 

[Edwin-S]

They are too long already.


I just thought I'd say that so anyone holding their breath for how long it would take for that to be said can start breathing again.

 

[SamT]

I just watched the extended edition of The Battle of the Five Armies. It has improved a lot. I did not enjoy the original version but I did enjoy this version. The movie is still probably the weakest of the trilogy but without a doubt it is the most successful extended edition of the trilogy.


What they have done is that they have added back a lot of small details and personal action stuff. This makes the whole difference. Thinking it's only the overall story that is important and removing all the extra stuff was a great mistake. Seeing a computer generated 1000 CG models attack another 1000 computer generated models in wide shots is not exciting. It's all the small personal stuff that makes it interesting.


Overall it's a lot more satisfying. I recommend everyone to watch this version even if you didn't enjoy the original.

 

[Stephen Brooks]

The Extended Edition for sale on Vudu is completely missing the Appendices, despite the fact that the first 2 movies have them, and the iTunes version of BOTFA has them. I contacted Vudu about this and got their usual passing the buck response that they can only sell what the studios give them. Apparently the fact that the version in their inventory is missing a huge part of the value of the release, that is available from other retailers at the same price, does not concern them. I can't believe it was really Warner's intention to not offer the Appendices on the Vudu version. If so, it's beyond baffling.

 

[SamT]

Bought it on iTunes and the baffling thing to me is that you can only stream the extras and you can't download them for offline viewing.

 

[Stephen Brooks]

Bought it on iTunes and the baffling thing to me is that you can only stream the extras and you can't download them for offline viewing.

At least you get to watch them.

 

[Edwin-S]

I bought this installment months ago and still haven't watched it. The imperative to watch this trilogy is completely absent, unlike how it was for LOTR.

 

[SamT]

As I said previously, watch the Extended Edition of The Battle of the Five Armies. It's a lot better than the theatrical cut.

 

[Edwin-S]

I'll have to rent that version. I think I only have the theatrical cut.

 

[SamT]

Yes you have the theatrical cut. The Extended Edition was released only few days ago and only digitally. The Bluray is not out yet.

 

[RobertR]

As I said previously, watch the Extended Edition of The Battle of the Five Armies. It's a lot better than the theatrical cut.

I'll pass.

 

[SamT]

 

[Chuck Mayer]

I'll pass.

You shall not pass!

 

[SamT]

Peter Jackson: 'I didn’t know what the hell I was doing' when I made The Hobbit

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/19/peter-jackson-battle-of-the-five-armies-i-didnt-know-what-the-hell-i-was-doing-when-i-made-the-hobbit?CMP=twt_a-film_b-gdnfilm%3FCMP%3Dtwt_a-film_b-gdnfilm