The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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| German title | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies |
| Original title | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies |
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| Country of production |
New Zealand United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length |
Cinema version: 144 minutes Extended Edition: 164 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 12 |
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| Director | Peter Jackson |
| script |
Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Peter Jackson Guillermo del Toro |
| production | Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Carolynne Cunningham |
| music | Howard Shore |
| camera | Andrew Lesnie |
| cut | Jabez Olssen |
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Original title: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ) is a New Zealand fantasy film by the director Peter Jackson and the last part of the three-part film adaptation of the novel The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien from 1937. He is the sequel to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug . The three parts are prequels to Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy .
The film is set 60 years before Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and contains some elements from the appendices to this novel. The third part focuses on the battle of the five armies, a battle between elves, dwarves, humans, orcs and eagles, as well as the effects of the "dragon disease" on Thorin.
The theatrical release in Germany took place on December 10, 2014.
action
After Bilbo has reached the Lonely Mountain with Thorin Eichenschild and the other twelve dwarfs and the dragon Smaug , resting there, has awakened, he flies in the direction of the seaside town of Esgaroth to take revenge on the people who live there for their support for the dwarfs. The people of the seaside city see the approaching monster and try desperately to evacuate the city, but the dragon reaches the city and turns the place into a flaming inferno. The previously imprisoned Bard is able to free himself from his cell and tries to get at Smaug with a bow and arrow, but the beast turns out to be invulnerable to these weapons. Only with the help of his son Bain and one last black arrow from his ancestor, the prince of the destroyed city of Thal, can he fatally hit Smaug. The huge body of the dragon falls into the Long Lake , where the mayor's boat is hit and dies.
When the people of Esgaroth gather on the shores of the lake the next morning, they proclaim Bard to be their hero and seek his guidance and assistance. Bard organizes a trek for the survivors to the ruined city of Thal at the foot of the Lonely Mountain to find shelter there for the approaching winter and to ask Thorin and his companions for help. Kíli, Fíli, Oin and Bofur set off for Erebor, which means a difficult farewell to Tauriel for Kili; Immediately afterwards, the Elf, who was banished from the Elven kingdom by King Thranduil because of her infidelity and her sympathy for Kili, and her companion Legolas set out to the ancient fortress of Gundabad of the fallen kingdom of Angmar to follow a trail, the Legolas at found his pursuit of Bolg from Esgaroth. Once there, they witness a huge army of orcs under Bolg's command march to reinforce the force of Bolg's father Azog , who is already on his way to the Lonely Mountain.
In the Lonely Mountain itself, however, the dwarves notice how the dragon disease, a morbid greed for gold and power, gradually takes possession of Thorin himself after his grandfather Thrór and changes him into a selfish, paranoid likeness of Smaug. Thorin lets his companions search the mountain's treasure trove for the Arkenstein , not realizing that Bilbo had been able to pocket the stone on his escape from Smaug. In the face of the disturbing changes in his friend, however, Bilbo hides from the dwarves that the stone is in his possession.
Meanwhile, Gandalf , who is still imprisoned in Dol Guldur , is freed and brought to safety by Radagast and the rest of the White Council, and Sauron and his servants, the Nazgûl , are banished back to Mordor by Galadriel . Thereupon Gandalf immediately sets off to the Lonely Mountain to warn Thorin's followers of the approach of the orcs.
In the meantime the Elf King Thranduil arrives with his army in Thal to get - if necessary by force - a treasure from Erebor, which was once refused to him by Thror. He helps the people of Esgaroth with food and thereby wins Bard's support. Bard tries to negotiate with Thorin, but the new king of the dwarves refuses to give up even a part of the treasure and thus starts a war between the dwarves and the humans and elves. Bilbo, unwilling to accept this development, sneaks out of the mountain and meets Gandalf in the camp of men and elves, who tries in vain to warn Thranduil of the approaching enemy army. In order to force Thorin to negotiate, Bilbo gives them the Arkenstein generously. This is what Bard and the Elf King use the following morning to get Thorin to share the mountain's treasures with them, and when Bilbo admits his part in the situation, he is cast out by the angry Thorin.
But before an agreement can be reached, a dwarf army summoned by Thorin from the Eisenberg mountains, led by Thorin's cousin Dain , arrives at Lonely Mountain to support their relatives. The surprise arrival of Azog's armed forces at the foot of the Erebor quickly puts an end to the quarrel between the three peoples, and together they face the dark army for battle; however, Bard soon has to withdraw his people from the battle because Azog lets part of his army attack Thal as well. Thorin initially continues to entrench himself in the mountain, but then his sense of honor triumphs over greed, and he leads his companions and the army of Dain against Azog's hordes. In order to end the fight early, Thorin, Kili, Fili and Dwalin go to Azog's base on the nearby Raven Mountain to kill Azog. But they run the risk of being overrun by Bolg and his army, which are approaching the mountain from this direction, which the dwarves do not know.
Bilbo, who has heard from Gandalf of the approaching enemy reinforcements, immediately rushes to Ravenberg to warn Thorin, and Tauriel and Legolas also set off there. Despite this support, the dwarves run into a trap of Azog, in which Fíli is killed, and Kíli is also killed by Bolg in an attempt to protect Tauriel from him. There is a duel between Legolas and Bolg and between Thorin and Azog. Bolg is eventually killed by Legolas; Thorin is fatally injured by Azog, but can inflict his own death blow on his orcish enemy. When Bilbo finds the dying Thorin, he asks for forgiveness with his last breaths, and the two part in peace. In addition, the Great Eagles and Beorn appear on the battlefield and help decide the battle.
After the battle, Thranduil instructs his son Legolas, who refuses to return to the Mirkwood, to go to the Dúnedain and look for a young person by the name of "Strider" . Dain becomes king under the mountain. Bilbo says goodbye to the other dwarfs and sets off with Gandalf towards the Shire , at the border of which the two friends say goodbye. Gandalf lets Bilbo know that he knows that Bilbo has found a magic ring . After he was able to stop an auction of all his household goods at the last moment because he had been pronounced dead because of his long absence, Bilbo, solidified by the experiences of his adventure, returns to his old life. The end of the plot then skips sixty years to the day when Bilbo celebrates his 111th birthday and receives his old friend Gandalf.
Differences from the book
In addition to newly invented characters like Tauriel, Alfrid, Sigrid and Tilda, some important changes have been made to the plot:
- Azog was killed in the book by Dain Eisenfuß in the battle of Azanulbizar, at the gates in front of Moria, so that at the time of the film he has not been alive for a long time. In the film he chases the dwarves and is stabbed to death by Thorin on an icy waterfall at the end.
- The book mentions a necromancer who Gandalf has to take care of when he separates from the dwarves on the edge of the Mirkwood. In the film, Dol Guldur and the Necromancer (Sauron) are covered in more detail. Galadriel, Elrond and Saruman fight against him, only Elrond appears in the book.
- Radagast is mentioned only once in the book, in the film he takes part in Gandalf's rescue from Dol Guldur and on the back of an eagle in the battle of the five armies.
- Legolas does not appear in the book, and Bolg is slain by Beorn, not by him.
- The orc fortress Gundabad is mentioned only once in the book; In the film, Tauriel and Legolas watch the events there.
- There is no mention in the book of how Thorin, Fili, and Kili died. It is said that they died trying to protect their leader, who in the book only succumbs to his injuries after the battle. In the film, the death of these three is shown in detail and is given a higher meaning, especially in the case of Kili.
- As mentioned above, the book does not tell you how Thorin dies. In the film, he is mortally wounded by Azog before stabbing himself.
- In the film, Thranduil tells Legolas to head north to find Streicher , a Dúnedain. This conversation does not take place in the book, because Streicher is ten years old at the time and is in Rivendell, not in the north, so it makes no sense to visit him. However, in the film The Lord of the Rings: The Companions the 17 years gap between Bilbo's birthday and Frodo's departure does not take place, which means that the Hobbit trilogy takes place around 60 years before this film. Since Aragorn claims to be 87 years old in the Extended Edition of The Two Towers , he would be in his twenties at the time of the Hobbit films.
background
The original director was Guillermo del Toro , while Peter Jackson was to act as the producer. Del Toro left the film project in May 2010 due to delays caused by financial problems at the production company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , which led to Jackson being announced as his successor.
Film music
The score for the Hobbit trilogy was composed by Howard Shore , as was the case with The Lord of the Rings trilogy . The recordings were made in the Townhall in Wellington with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra . The film's credit song is performed by actor Billy Boyd and is called The Last Goodbye .
Cast and dubbing
publication
The German premiere was on December 10, 2014; it was seen in Great Britain from December 12, 2014, and in the United States from December 17, 2014. The world premiere took place on December 1, 2014 in London.
An Extended Edition with 20 minutes of new and supplementary film material as well as several hours of material from the shooting and production was released in the US in October 2015. The Extended Edition was released in Germany on November 26, 2015 on DVD and Blu-ray.
reception
Grossing results
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| world | 956 | 800.7 | 862.7 |
| Production costs | Not available | ||
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255.1 | 213.7 | 230.2 |
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64.9 | 54.4 | 58.6 |
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Overall, the film grossed around $ 956.02 million, of which $ 255.1 million was in North America.
In the list of the world's most successful films of all time, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies currently occupies 56th place (as of August 8, 2020).
Audience numbers
In Germany, a total of 6,066,455 tickets were bought at the box office. Thus, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies occupies the 2nd place of the most visited films of 2014, after Til Schweiger's honey in the head .
criticism
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The film received mixed reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes , 59% of the reviews are positive out of a total of 232 reviews. The average rating is 6.2 / 10. In conclusion, it says: “Nonetheless, overwhelmed by his own spectacle, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ends Peter Jackson's second Middle-earth trilogy reasonably satisfactorily.” The German film magazine epd Film wrote that Peter Jackson went “powder in the final, third part out". He tries to “compensate for the dramaturgical stagnation with quantitative means, which reminds moviegoers of television: something is constantly happening, but not really making progress”. Nevertheless, he creates with "a very unique, impressive aesthetic [...] the impression of a prehistoric, mythological world". The film-dienst judged that the finale of the saga shone “as a brilliant fantasy cinema full of battle panoramas and action scenes that never loses sight of the characters, their inner conflicts and emotional relationships”. Tolkien's children's book thus turns "into a war tragedy that also leaves room for mourning lost lives". Carsten Baumgardt from the online film magazine Filmstarts says in his conclusion that the film is a “technically first-class fantasy action adventure that may be emotionally underdeveloped and narrative monotonous, but at least the biggest battle of the series (maybe even in cinema history) and a warm-hearted one End offers ”.
Awards and nominations
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| Won | 2 |
| Nominated | 19th |
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The film received, among other things, an award for the Truly Moving Picture Award . He was nominated for Best Makeup and Best Visual Effects at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards . The film also received an Oscar nomination for best sound editing .
The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) gave the film its “particularly valuable” rating.
literature
- Brian Sibley: The Hobbit. The battle of the five armies. The official film book. How the film was made. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-608-96085-3 .
- Daniel Falconer: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Chronicles: Art & Design. Harper Collins Publishers, London 2014, ISBN 978-0-00-754409-7 .
Web links
- Official website
- The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies at Metacritic (English)
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in the online movie database
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in the German synchronous file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release Certificate for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2014 (PDF; test number: 148 566 K).
- ↑ Age rating for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ a b The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Film releases, accessed August 13, 2014 .
- ↑ Deborah Netburn: Guillermo del Toro to direct 'The Hobbit' and sequel. Los Angeles Times, April 24, 2008, accessed August 9, 2013 .
- ↑ Alexandra Topping: Guillermo del Toro quits as director of The Hobbit. The Guardian, May 31, 2010, accessed August 9, 2013 .
- ↑ a b cast and crew for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies . Internet Movie Database , accessed August 10, 2015 .
- ↑ The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on August 10, 2015 .
- ^ The Third Hobbit Is Now Subtitled The Battle Of The Five Armies. Empire, April 24, 2014, accessed August 13, 2014 .
- ↑ Peter Jackson renames 'Hobbit' finale: 'Battle of the Five Armies'. Los Angeles Times, April 24, 2014, accessed August 13, 2014 .
- ↑ The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies World Premiere. Warner Bros., November 27, 2014, accessed December 7, 2014 .
- ↑ "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" as Extended Edition on November 26, 2015 on Blu-ray Disc . bluray-disc.de. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ↑ Overall grossing results for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies at BoxOfficeMojo.com (English), accessed on February 1, 2017.
- ↑ International box office result of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies at BoxOfficeMojo.com (English), accessed on February 1, 2017.
- ↑ The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Box Office Mojo , accessed February 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Top Lifetime big things. Box Office Mojo, accessed August 8, 2020 .
- ↑ a b The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). Rotten Tomatoes , accessed February 1, 2017 .
- ↑ a b The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014. Metacritic , accessed February 1, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The. In: OFDb.de. Online film database , accessed February 1, 2017 .
- ↑ a b The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). All Movie Guide , accessed February 1, 2017 .
- ↑ The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). Internet Movie Database , accessed February 1, 2017 .
- ↑ The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on February 1, 2017 (English): "Though somewhat overwhelmed by its own spectacle, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ends Peter Jackson's second Middle-earth trilogy on a reasonably satisfying note."
- ↑ Manfred Riepe: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. epd film , December 5, 2014, accessed December 11, 2014 .
- ↑ Felicitas Kleiner : The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. film-dienst , 26/2014, accessed on December 20, 2014 (short review).
- ↑ Carsten Baumgardt: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Film releases , accessed December 21, 2014 .
- ^ Jury statement: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) , accessed on December 21, 2014 .