great epic movie

Rating: 9/10 (30 August 2015)

This ties together everything from the Hobbit One and Two. It is inevitable that Heroic Legolas and Bilbo Baggins will fight the evil Orcs led by Azog and others. The key is that Thorin, KIng of the Dwarfs, is seduced by the gold in the Mountain, recovered from Smaug the dragon when he is killed. Thorin does not want to fight. The plot is set so that Thorin regains his inner hero and personally confronts Azog. A literal battle to the death. The final half hour is one long action and battle shot. Thorin's showdown on ice with Azog is epic. Thorin maintaining his balance somehow while fighting it out with someone 4/5 times his size and groomed for battle. Legolas has even better action during the ending sequences. How about jumping from a tower, putting his sword into the brain of a one ton giant (or so), corralling it like a steed, pointing it at the tower, collapsing it, and using it as a bridge to fight the next tough Orc. So the heroes fight to the death. One sees that all 6 films by Peter Jackson fit together. The Hobbit movies show Bilbo visiting the dwarfs. The first attack by Sauron and evil via Orcs. The Lord of the Rings movies take the ring back via Frodo ending up back in Mordor. Yes it is popcorn action but give Peter Jackson credit. He brought the epic story to life.