In 2001 began a journey for me, sitting in IIMB
campus, with Frodo Baggins, aided by Aragorn, Legolas, the dwarves, and the one
and only Gandalf. The journey ended with The Hobbit – The Battle of the
Five Armies. It is thus with a twinge of more than a little nostalgia, then,
that I pen this review. Executed with the same standards of excellence that we
have come to expect of the franchise, the latest movie is particularly notable
for the emotional turns of Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) – the lure of
gold, and the eventual return to nobility. In this edition, the five armies –
dwarves, elves and men, face off against the orcs, and a fifth army joins and
eventually tips the balance. Brilliant action scenes and depiction of the sheer
ambiguity of alliances and their fall-outs make The Hobbit – The Battle of the
Five Armies – quite exceptional. A must watch – but then if you have been with
the series, that hardly needs any iteration
16/20
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