Film thoughts – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Well let’s face it, if you’ve gotten through, or dragged yourself out of curiosity, to see the previous two Hobbit films, or the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the two previous Hobbits, you may as well see the whole saga through to the bitter end with The Battle of the Five Armies. The journey…

Film thoughts – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

A whole year has now passed since The Hobbit was released into cinemas with a slew of questions and arguments and debates swirling around it – would Peter Jackson be able to match the acclaim which accompanied that with came with the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, would the tone of the original book be too…

Film thoughts – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

When Return Of The King opened and closed The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, in what seems an age ago in itself, back in 2003 it seemed inevitable that sooner rather than later Peter Jackson would be setting his sights on a return to Middle Earth and continue committing the words of Tolkien to the…