As with 'The Unexpected Journey' and 'The Desolation of Smaug,' 'The Battle of the Five Armies' is another beautiful achievement in fantasy filmmaking, with stunning production value and an outstanding director in Jackson. 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' proves a fitting, exciting conclusion to this particular trilogy, but compared to the conclusion of 'The Lord of the Rings,' quite frankly and pun intended – it gets dwarfed. Tolkein's 'The Lord of the Rings' was a completely exhausting adventure that in many ways feels like seven films, not three, while 'The Hobbit' trilogy feels exactly like it is on paper: one straightforward adventure broken into three parts.
Did Peter Jackson really just conclude his second Middle Earth trilogy? His take on J.R.R.
