{"id":81670,"date":"2015-11-23T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T01:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=81670"},"modified":"2015-11-23T22:19:26","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T22:19:26","slug":"the-hobbit-battle-of-the-five-armies-extended-edition-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/reviews\/the-hobbit-battle-of-the-five-armies-extended-edition-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies Extended Edition review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Like <em><strong>Return<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><em><strong> Of The King<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>The Battle Of The Five Armies<\/strong><\/em> has a grander feel to it than its predecessors. As the title suggests, the film is pretty much almost entirely a battle. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><em><strong>The Desolation Of Smaug<\/strong><\/em> left us covered in goosebumps after the dragon\u2019s escape, but it didn\u2019t seem to think about what that would mean for the start of part three. Instead of being gently beckoned back into the story, we\u2019re launched straight into the middle of Smaug\u2019s attack on Laketown. The result is startling and a bit weird.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">It takes a couple of scenes to find its footing, but once (spoiler) Smaug has been slain and the main battle kicks into action, it\u2019s seamless. The story is intriguing, the subplots add depth and the excitement is immense. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><em><strong>The Battle Of The Five Armie<\/strong><\/em>s isn\u2019t without its faults, but it\u2019s big, loud and brash, and a stunning conclusion to the epic saga. The visual effects are spot on, and Howard Shore\u2019s score effortlessly induces tears. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">With the Extended Edition, we\u2019re treated to deleted scenes, including a touching final tribute to Thorin Oakenshield and loads of brand new fight sequences, as well as exclusive bonus features like the commentary with Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens, a three-part documentary about New Zealand and The Appendices Parts XI and XII, which explore the production. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">As exciting as it is, the box set doesn\u2019t invoke the same emotions we experienced when <em><strong>The Lord Of The Rings<\/strong><\/em> Extended Edition was launched, perhaps because the <em><strong>Lord Of The Rings<\/strong><\/em> trilogy is better than <em><strong>The Hobbit<\/strong><\/em> trilogy in every way (sorry). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">But the 20 minutes of extra footage and nine \u2013 nine \u2013 hours of bonus features are a gift from the Undying Lands. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">It\u2019s also bittersweet: this is the last Middle-Earth box set we\u2019re ever going to get, unless plans for the rumoured <em><strong>Silmarillion<\/strong><\/em> movie are realised. But to be fair, we\u2019ll probably get multiple anniversary editions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the Battle Of The Five Armies extended edition worth your time?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":82218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[2617,8],"tags":[4432],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hobbit-Header.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}