The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

[jye4ever]

After holding first place for the last three weeks, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armiesdropped to fourth place this weekend. The final installment in Peter Jackson's Middle Earth prequel trilogy fell 57 percent to an estimated $9.44 million, which brings its total to $236.5 million. There's now a slim chance that Five Armies wraps up as the lowest-grossing entry in the series, below The Desolation of Smaug ($258.4 million).

 

[Khev]

And it quietly became the second highest grossing movie of 2014 worldwide. I can't *believe* Bayformer movies still make over a billion.

 

[Irvy]

Evangeline Lilly on The Hobbit films: 'I didn't want a love triangle' - Movies News - Digital Spy

 

[jye4ever]

At first she didn't, but then she approved it because she thought it worked for the movie.

 

[Khev]

Holy crap Evangline Lily joked that after doing a love triangle in Lost she better not do another one in The Hobbit but then it turned out that they did put her in one, what a scandal I'm going to immediately tell all my friends.

 

[jye4ever]

That being said.

LOTR interviews were always about the creativity and hard work that went into preserving the books while also making movies that were entertaining and engaging.

Hobbit interviews everyone always seem like they're having to defend something or another.

 

[Khev]

Hobbit interviews everyone always seem like they're having to defend something or another.

Three films, 48 fps, Tauriel. Those announcements marked this trilogy from day one.

 

[furystorm]

Did someone say Macross?

 

[jye4ever]

Three films, 48 fps, Tauriel. Those announcements marked this trilogy from day one.

At the end of the day, they delivered.

 

[wanderlai]

Is that it then for possible Middle Earth films?

 

[The Ween]

That being said.

LOTR interviews were always about the creativity and hard work that went into preserving the books while also making movies that were entertaining and engaging.

Hobbit interviews everyone always seem like they're having to defend something or another.

That's probably because the interviewers go into the interviews differently now. Most want to bring up stuff the critics are bitching about.

I used to watch a lot of interviews during the first two movies but I only see the ones now that people recommend to me. One because the interviewers are either just plain awful or downright embarrassing. Another is, I don't watch anything with Lily because I find the woman annoying as hell off screen.

 

[Khev]

At the end of the day, they delivered.

Absolutely. That doesn't mean that there aren't valid criticisms against whatever aspects of the films but the negative bias in advance was huge and a lot of people are clearly holding on to that. Instead of "BOTFA becomes second highest worldwide grossing film this year in only it's fourth week!" we get: "BOTFA possibly on pace to be lowest performing film of the series." *cue Debbie Downer music*

What's next, Age of Ultron makes 500 million domestic with the headline "WORST PERFORMING AVENGERS MOVIE IN HISTORY!!1!"

Did someone say Macross?

 

[Khev]

Is that it then for possible Middle Earth films?

Unless it's a remake of LOTR or The Hobbit I believe that's it. I don't think any studio is currently able to make anything outside of those two novels.

 

[The Ween]

Unless it's a remake of LOTR or The Hobbit I believe that's it. I don't think any studio is currently able to make anything outside of those two novels.

Not now anyway. Maybe in the future. I hate to say maybe after Christopher passes, though it bothers me to say that.

 

[Khev]

As cool as a "Fall of the Witch-King" movie or whatever could be I do admit that I'm kind of glad that at least there's no chance of a "Lurtz Genisys" or something.

You know if WB could just keep making as many of these as they wanted it'd only be a matter of time before Channing Tatum or Will Smith wandered into the franchise under the direction of Stephen Sommers or M. Night Shyamalan.

We got six. I never thought I'd ever get to see Bard taking out Smaug in the same cinematic universe as Bernard Hill's Helm's Deep. I'm good.

 

[jye4ever]

I'm ready for 22 Helms Deep Street.

 

[The Ween]

I'm ready for 22 Helms Deep Street.

"DAYUMMMMMMMMM!"

 

[Khev]

I guess it'd be kind of cool to see a new LOTR film where it starts out with the Hobbits on Weathertop but instead of the Ringwraiths showing up it's Arwen. Then she can tell them that she already knows about the Nazgul that were supposed to attack them but she "took care of them." Trailer can close with Arwen and Aragorn on a Mumakil flipping through the air in slow motion, same sound effect as the truck flipping in TDK.

 

[jye4ever]

She reaches out and says "Come with me if you want to live".

What I wouldn't do to see an elephant flip over with that sound.

 

[Khev]

Legolas jumps off an eagle and flies head first into Smaug's open scale, killing the beast.