Once again, the HOBBIT fans outbeat themselves 3 days ago as many camped for as long as 5 days in London to get a glimpse of the cast at the world premiere of the last instalment of the Hobbit trilogy-The Battle of the Five Armies.
The stars of the movie walked the green carpet for the premiere which took place at Leicester Square, London and was streamed live to more than 160 countries from the Odeon cinema.
Among the actors posing for pictures were Martin Freeman, Sir Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly.
The director of The Hobbit trilogy- Sir Peter Jackson, 53, was out there and he said; “Saying goodbye to the cast was like this agonising long torture over 10 weeks.But the real emotions will hit me in days to come.”
Peter Jackson also said, he just finished editing the movie a week ago and according to a review by Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent “We get the sense that Jackson is struggling to drag himself away for the last time from a kingdom to which he has devoted so much of his working life and that he can’t quite work out how to make a tidy exit. Nonetheless, for all its loose ends, The Battle Of The Five Armies is the strongest, boldest film in the Hobbit trilogy and provides just the send off that the series deserves.”
Brian Viner, The Daily Mail also had this to say about the movie; “This is film-making at its most spectacular, with more wizardry wrought by the visual effects department than even by Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen). You don’t need to know your elves from your Bilbo to find it thoroughly impressive.”
Scott Foundas from Variety stated in his review that; “Where the first two films often felt like a marking of time by a director intent on fattening his own Smaug-like coffers, “The Battle of the Five Armies” contains a series of emotional payoffs and bridges to the “Lord of the Rings” films that work as well as they do for having been carefully seeded by Jackson in the previous episodes. And if none of the “Hobbit” films resonate with “Rings’” mythic grandeur, it’s hard not to marvel at Jackson’s facility with these characters and this world, which he seems to know as well as John Ford knew his Monument Valley, and to which he here bids an elegiac adieu.”
For those of us waiting to see the film in the next few days, let’s get it going by checking out the below videos including highlights from the world premiere…
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies comrs to UK Cinemas on December 12 2014.
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) and the Company of Dwarves. The Dwarves of Erebor have reclaimed the vast wealth of their homeland, but now must face the consequences of having unleashed the terrifying Dragon, Smaug, upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town.
As he succumbs to dragon-sickness, the King Under the Mountain, Thorin Oakenshield, sacrifices friendship and honor in his search for the legendary Arkenstone. Unable to help Thorin see reason, Bilbo is driven to make a desperate and dangerous choice, not knowing that even greater perils lie ahead. An ancient enemy has returned to Middle-earth. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Mountain. As darkness converges on their escalating conflict, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide—unite or be destroyed. Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his friends as five great armies go to war.
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