Peter Jackson has opted out of calling the Hobbit finale The Hobbit: There and Back Again to Battle of Five Armies. Jackson said:
“When we did the premiere trip late last year, I had a quiet conversation with the studio about the idea of revisiting the title. We decided to keep an open mind until a cut of the film was ready to look at. We reached that point last week, and after viewing the movie, we all agreed there is now one title that feels completely appropriate.”
I am imagining what the critics would have made of the original title…
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The Hobbit: 269 pages in 540 minutes
New Oscar predictions
Picture
Big eyes
Birdman
Foxcatcher
Gone girl
The grand Budapest hotel
The hobbit; bofa
Inherent vice
Into the woods
Interstellar
Unbroken*
Director
Wes Anderson the grand Budapest hotel
Paul Thomas Anderson inherent vice
David fincher gone girl*
Bennett miller foxcatcher
Christopher Nolan for interstellar
Actor
Chadwick boseman get on up
Steve carrell foxcatcher*
Matthew mcgoughaney interstellar
Jack O’Connell unbroken
Joaquin Phoenix inherent vice
Actress
Amy Adams big eyes
Emily blunt into the woods
Nicole Kidman grace of Monaco*
Rosemund pike gone girl
Reese Witherspoon wild
Supporting actor
Josh brolin inherent vice
Neil Patrick Harris gone girl
Ian McKellen the hobbit: bofa
Edward Norton birdman*
Mark ruffalo foxcatcher
Supporting actress
Viola Davis get on up*
Anna Kendrick into the woods
Julianne Moore map to the stars
Octavia Spencer get on up
Noami watts birdman
Adapted screenplay
Foxcatcher
Gone girl*
The hobbit: bofa
Inherent vice
Unbroken
Original screenplay
Big eyes
Birdman*
Interstellar
Magic in the moonlight
Mr. Turner
Production design
The grand Budapest hotel
Interstellar
Into the woods
Macbeth
Unbroken*
Costume design
Big eyes
The grand budapest hotel
Inherent vice
Macbeth
Unbroken*
Cinematography
Exodus: Gods and kings
The imitation game
Inherent vice
Interstellar
Unbroken*
Film editing
Foxcatcher
Gone girl*
The grand Budapest hotel
The hobbit: bofa
Interstellar
Original score
Alexandre desplat unbroken*
Danny elfman big eyes
Johnny greenwood inherent vice
Howard shore the hobbit: bofa
Hans zimmer interstellar
Original song
Annie
Dumb and dumber to
Into the woods
Muppets most wanted*
Unbroken
Makeup
Foxcatcher
The hobbit: bofa*
Macbeth
Animated feature
Big hero 6
The book of life
The boy in the cuckoo nest
Home
How to train your dragon 2*
Documentary feature
Deep sea challenge 3D
God’s pocket
Rich hill*
The unknown known
Sound editing
Big hero 6
Captain america: the winter soldier
Fury
Gone girl*
Interstellar
Sound mixing
Big hero 6*
The grand Budapest hotel
The hobbit: bofa
Inherent vice
Interstellar
Visual effects
Big eyes
Guardians of the galaxy
The hobbit: bofa*
Interstellar
Maleficient
Bryce, I only have 1 B-word, and you used it.
To me, bad movies that are expected to be bad, really aren’t that bad. But, when a movie is boring, that’s when I really have a problem. It’s dissapointing when I’m looking forward to a movie, and I find myself thinking about other stuff, because the movie can’t hold my attention.
‘Battle of Five Armies’ almost sounds like a ‘Planet of the Apes’ sequel. The reason I won’t give Peter Jackson any grief on this is because the book was officially entitled ‘The Hobbit’, and nothing else. This gives Jackson a little more freedom with titles, given that he has split the book into three parts. I think we should bear in mind that Peter Jackson and his crew have made each film of their respective trilogies better and better as they went along. So, don’t be premature in judging the third film just because he changed the title. Knowing Peter Jackson and he affinity for Tolkien, I’m sure the third movie will be flat-out awesome!
Here’s the official BOYHOOD trailer. Now I implore you, do.not.watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys-mbHXyWX4
OT: Was finally able to see James Gray’s THE IMMIGRANT. Let me rephrase. I was somehow able to get through James Gray’s THE IMMIGRANT. Excruciatingly boring. It takes A LOT to bore me like this film did. Ballpark? we’re talking Ackerman/Angelopoulos lethargic. James Gray comes across as very educated, well versed in cinema history, and hell by all indications it seems like he has some sort of good taste, but he has no talent whatsoever as an actual filmmaker. He should instead be teaching. I love listening to him. Having said all this I do like THE YARDS, I think he did tap into something while making that film and the result is damn engrossing, unfortunately that’s what one out of six films? Who am I to say if he was onto something different while making that film, but he should try it again. This has to be a career low for Darius Khondji — look is just dreadful. I’m just glad it ended.
You could even get way with a hyphen: Drag-on
Why wasn’t the whole thing just:
The Hobbit: There
The Hobbit: Back Again
???
What? Each army doesn’t get a movie?
The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies: First Army
The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies: Second Army
The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies: Third Army
The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies: Fourth Army
The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies: Fifth Army
I like Al’s suggestion.
The Hobbit: Before the Dragon
The Hobbit: Dragon
The Hobbit: After the Dragon
Alternative:
The Hobbit: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Alternative:
The Hobbit: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Alternative 2:
The Hobbit: Otter Fili Bottom Kili
I am extremely tempted of re-editing The Hobbitt films trimming them down to just 30 minutes each, to prove the whole thing could have been JUST a 90 minutes feature length and that the travesty we’re assisting to is just another case of “milking the cow”… instead of doing something authentically smart about it and do what WB is doing with Harry Potter: EXPLORING that Universe, beyond the original franchise.
I have to say that The Hobbit 1 & 2 are two of the WORST film “adaptations” I’ve ever seen: unnecessarily long, repetitive, with boring action sequences, total lack of emotional investment on the characters (specially on the new ones, even Gandalf becomes boring, despite McKellen’s efforts)… the fact the films are making so much money is further proof of our Pavlovian society, in which we’re just trained to go with the flow.
I actually like the new title. The battle of the five armies is the central point of the film.
Aaaahahaaaa Ryan you made a funny 😉
“The Hobbit: Are We There Yet?”
Does Ice Cube play Smaug, the dragon? 😉
So far I’d score the first two a 4 out of 5. But, seeing how the 2nd one ended, I think The Battle of the Five Armies will be similar to The Bourne Ultimatum, where it’s just action filled throughout.
I think (or at least I am hoping) that I’ll give the 3rd one a full 5 out of 5.
THE HOBBIT: LIKE A SHOT IN THE HEART
THE HOBBIT: A NEW AMERICAN CLASSIC
THE HOBBIT: GAME-CHANGER
The Hobbit: Are We There Yet?
Uncomfortable with The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies?
Blame David Fincher. He started all this with The Social Network: Battle of Two Armies.
I enjoy the first two films, but this movie is more than likely going to be the best I think. The material it covers is much more dark and in line with the original trilogy.
I’m sure some people would have liked it better HAD Peter Travers directed it instead. 😉
Oh wow!! Did I write Peter Travers instead of Peter Jackson?? Ooops!! That’s a brain-fart and a half. Thanks Ryan for fixing that. 🙂
I’m okay with how Peter Jackson did An Unusual Journey and The Desolation of Smaug. I thought they were both really enjoyable films, but I think the entire The Hobbit story could have been told in 2 parts:
1. Before the Dragon
2. Dragon
But, with that said, I will certainly enjoy the 3rd and final film in the trilogy.
[Al, I’m going to change “Peter Travers” in your comment to “Peter Jackson” unless you’re leaking some revelations that the rest us don’t know about]
🙂
“Hey everyone, in case you haven’t realized it, this one is where the shit goes down, no more boring stuff. Promise. Give us your money.”
I have enjoyed both hobbit films at the multiplex and will surely check this one out, but I will probably never watch them again. Don’t mean no disrespect though.
The Hobbit is a lovely book, chock full of intelligent English prose. Please don’t let this hash prevent you from reading and enjoying it.
The LotR films were superb, full of poetry. These things are a joke. The worst line in the LotR films was “Looks like meat’s back on the menu, boys!” It was startlingly bad in the midst of so much intelligence. These things are almost entirely at that low level. What a waste of an opportunity.
The Hobbit is a lovely book, chock full of intelligent English prose. Please don’t let this hash prevent you from reading and enjoying it.
I’m really looking forward to the Editor’s Cut of The Hobbit.