Tag: fantasy
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (’14 review)
4 outta 5 Now that it’s done the decision to split one novel, The Hobbit, into three movies was an interesting choice but never reached the heights of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Hobbit makes for a somewhat requisite but entertaining prequel as the finale The Battle of the Five Armies folds elegantly…
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (’13 review)
4 outta 5 While one may debate the logic in expanding a single novel of The Hobbit into three plus sized movies, even when one is drawing from as dense a writer as J.R.R. Tolkien, there is comfortable enjoyment in returning to the same world that Director Peter Jackson has immersed himself and the audience…
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (’12 review)
4 outta 5 If you were a fan of the Lord of the Rings trilogy you’d have to be rather jaded to walk out of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, part 1 of the prequel trilogy to Lord of the Rings, and think that it doesn’t fit perfectly well into the established series. Fans of…
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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
4 outta 5 As a cinematic return to the world of Middle-Earth, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is an interesting experience. This is not the first time the world of J.R.R. Tolkien has been in an animated form, there are some, uh, really unique animated film adaptations decades ago, although…
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