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Old 12-26-2014, 04:44 PM   #62
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alatar is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.alatar is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.
Sigh.

Our tribe went and saw B5A today. Some observations, some of which may overlap others' posted above:
  • Why was the movie subtitled, "The Battle of the Five Armies" when most of the battle focuses on individuals fighting? Fili and Kili and a couple of Thorin's best warriors join him in a sub battle that had nothing to do with B5A. Azog could have squared off with Oakenshield while everyone else (Morgul bats included) sat around and ate pie.
  • Why didn't Tauriel get to kill a 'boss' character?
  • Orcs have great health care, especially for those that lose limbs.
  • If Galadriel would become a Dark Lord if she were to possess the One Ring, how does she 'go dark' with one of the Three? Wouldn't it be have been better to show that her ring (and that of the other elves, not touched by evil nor created for the purposes of war) gave her some 'good' power? And she was able to boot Sauron into the East?
  • Nice to see that when the 13 finally join the fight, they take off all of that armor.
  • Loved Dain's pig.
  • The PLAN (capitalized intentionally) boggles the mind. Sauron, or whomever was running this show, knew that when Smaug was killed that the humans would go back to Dale and send warriors to Erebor and so the Plan would pin the defenders at the gate while the other Gundabad army would assail the city of 100 fisherpersons so that the elves and men would be forced back to the city stranding the dwarves.... This pearl of a plan was wasted on this swine (lover).
  • Wouldn't those Dune worms been better used to dig tunnels into Erebor? Or under Dale?
  • Thorin, when battling the ball-and-chain wielding Azog, should have focused all of his skill of cutting of the arm - and long ranged attack - of this orc.
  • The reason for Thorin's death was stupid. He'd previously taken more damage and walked away. Maybe his feelings were sorely hurt, or just didn't have anything else on the bucket list ("Take Erebor, Ride ram, Kill Azog, Die.").
  • I liked the Thorin - Bilbo death scene.
  • Why does Legolas hate dwarves in LotR again?
  • Tribe's opinions ranged from bored to too much CGI. Tweens liked the love story between Kili and Tauriel.
  • Hate seeing Gandalf look weak (Dol Guldur). Like at the Bridge of Khazad-dum, like to see him go down swinging.
  • By the by, how did Gandalf get his staff and hat back after being imprisoned?
  • Can't wait for the extended version so we can finally learn what happens to Radagast and air-dropped Beorn.
If only I could care.
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