First Look – The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
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The upcoming LEGO Icons The Lord of the Rings: Barad-dû Model (10333) featuring 10 minifigs, automated gate, light-up Eye of Sauron, and more can be yours starting on June 4th for the low, low price of $460.
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Here’s our first look at Amazon Prime’s upcoming series set in Middle Earth, but centuries before the events of The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is scheduled to be released on the streaming service on September 2nd.
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Peter Jackson returns to give us the third (and thankfully final) installment of his bloated adaptation of a 300-page children’s book. As with The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the best things about the final entry to the franchise are Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel and Benedict Cumberbatch providing the voice of Smaug. However, Smaug’s story ends fairly quickly (despite what the movie posters would have you believe he’s on-screen for all of 20 minutes) and the series by this point is so packed with characters (five separate armies worth) Lilly gets far-less screentime than you’d want from the movie’s most interesting character.
Since the Battle of Helm’s Deep in The Two Towers Jackson’s adaptations of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien have been a series of diminishing returns with a few bright spots (such as Smaug) that are increasingly obscured by the same CGI ogre action scenes and small character moments all of which have been done better in the previous films. And the stories aren’t easily wrapped up as Jackson continues his plodding pacing to fill yet another two-and-a-half-hour film. I enjoyed The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and I’ve liked moments from the three separate Hobbit films, but oh my God am I thankful it’s finally over.
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The final chapter of Peter Jackson‘s epic extended-beyond-endurance series now has an official trailer. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies returns the characters from the previous two Hobbit films featuring for the final confrontation with Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch), the Battle of Dol Guldur, and the Battle of Five Armies. The film will open in theaters on December 17th.