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NateGate
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May 26 2014, 8:24pm
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Will BOFTA be the greatest cinematic battle of all time?
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According to PJ, its going to be, but idk. This is the first time the success of a movie is really going to be completely pitted on the battle, its in the title.
Will PJ be able to put the Return of the King and/or Narnia battles to shame? What do you think?
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Xanaseb
Tol Eressea
May 26 2014, 8:41pm
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This's coming from a pacifist.
I'm still a sucker for battles in films...
And what's this about comparing to Narnia?? Of -course- it'll be better than those ones!!
I'm still holding up for a Necrosmaug joining the battle though (jks) 
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SafeUnderHill
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May 26 2014, 9:12pm
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It would be quite difficult to be so. Let's hope we're blown away however in December. And remember there's many things other than the battle that can impress us and make the film successful.
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Arannir
Valinor
May 26 2014, 10:13pm
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It may very well be one of the best battles put to the big screen.
However, I cannot see PJ outdoing his own Battle of the Hornburg which is simply fantasy-battle-legend in composition, rise of tension and delivery.
When it comes to cinematic battles in general, not just fantasy, battles such as the D-Day scene in "Saving Private Ryan" are also top-notch (especially when it comes to showing the true horror of war and immersion) but hard to bring into any kind of order or ranking.
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We all have our hearts and minds one way or another invested in these books and movies. So we all mind and should show the necessary respect.
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DaughterofLaketown
Gondor
May 26 2014, 10:20pm
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Because in proportion to ROTK it will make Pelennor look like a cake walk. The Hobbit battle should not be bigger than that or any of the Silmarillion battles.
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Rembrethil
Tol Eressea
May 26 2014, 10:48pm
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Smaug will be possessed by the Necromancer and join the battle, breathing a liquid green shadow flame. All Men, Dwarves, and Elves will quail in fear. But then... Tauriel will take out the black arrow (Borrowed from Bard. They're a couple you know. ) and shoot Smaug's weak spot. The revelation of this steamy affair will send Kili into a jealous mad rage, and he will subsequently kill himself in grief. War will resume as Thorin and Fili fight to kill the She-Elf who did this to Kili. Meanwhile, the wounded Necro-Smaug will fly haphazardly back to Mordor. Barely making it he will expend one last breath of flame, lighting the Eye above Barad-dur! Add a Credit Roll with an original song titled 'Hey there Tauriel', by the Plain White T's, and it's gold!!
It'll totally happen like that!!
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sauget.diblosio
Tol Eressea
May 26 2014, 11:26pm
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Probably be way too much digital double cgi nonsense.
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Morthoron
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May 26 2014, 11:27pm
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There were three battles in the LotR film trilogy that by all measurables should dwarf (pun intended) BoFA:
Battle of the Hornburg
Battle of Pelennor Field
The Siege of Barad-dur in the War of the Last Alliance
To put BoFA on the same level ignores the history of Middle-earth and presents a continuity problem with Peter Jackson's films, eliminating the dire nature of the more important battles I listed above.
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DaughterofLaketown
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May 26 2014, 11:31pm
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There were three battles in the LotR film trilogy that by all measurables should dwarf (pun intended) BoFA: To put BoFA on the same level ignores the history of Middle-earth and presents a continuity problem with Peter Jackson's films, eliminating the dire nature of the more important battles I listed above.
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sauget.diblosio
Tol Eressea
May 26 2014, 11:41pm
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I don't think Peter Jackson has that kind of control, restraint, or editorial judgement any longer. I think it's going to be an all out over the top cgi-fest.
One thing i think it won't have is the emotional weight and power that the final battles of the LotR films had, even with all the character deaths (characters that i hardly care about at this point). He seems to have lost that ability, too.
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lurtz2010
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May 27 2014, 12:33am
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I don't get why people think it shouldn't match the LOTR battles
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The stakes are lower but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be as intense if not more than helms deep or the battle at minas tirith. How big the armies are hardly means much.
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May 27 2014, 12:56am
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Exactly. The greatest fantasy battle ever put to screen could involve only 500 people
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It just depends on how you portray it.
How many Tolkien fans does it take to change a light bulb?
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AncalagontheBlack
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May 27 2014, 1:04am
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The Free Peoples army will be relatively small compared to the hosts in the LotR trilogy, however PJ could go massive in the sheer size of the orc and goblin horde. In the book, I believe it stated that 3/5 of the orcs and goblins of the misty mountains were slain during the BoFA. That could be a very large number indeed. It was only the Eagles and then in the final hour Beorn himself that allowed them to prevail against the orc/goblin army.
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Avandel
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May 27 2014, 1:59am
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Gonna get advance tickets 
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Lurker in the Mirk
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May 27 2014, 2:27am
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lurtz2010 and Name said it best!
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lurtz2010:
The stakes are lower but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be as intense if not more than helms deep or the battle at minas tirith. How big the armies are hardly means much.
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It just depends on how you portray it.
I don't see why a smaller-scale battle cannot be the greatest cinematic battle just because in terms of size, it's not on par with the wars and battles in LotR or Silm, or any other battles elsewhere. Scale is not the be-all and end all, especially in medieval settings, not modernity or space operas. Plus BoFA is different from the other ME wars because we know the original intention of the hosts was not war... well except Dain and the Goblin-hordes... so anyway!
The Elves and the Lakemen did not bring the war machines (for ref, this short thread about that here) to the party, not expecting aggression but treasure ecstasy  and maybe having to fight off some two-bit robbers or treasure squatters (OT: would there be any other race or interested party that could have staked a claim before Thranduil and Bard got there? Why did they need to bring in the muscle for a treasure haul, excepting sheer immensity of said haul?). But this is where it can be unique and give us a different take of cinematic battle. What do you do when you've brought an army without expecting to go to war but ended up in the scrimmage of the decade in the vicinity?
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"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBofTA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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SafeUnderHill
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May 27 2014, 7:03am
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I don't see any continuity errors at all. This is the final film of the saga, to expect them to restrain from trying to go out with a bang seems ludicrous.
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SafeUnderHill
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May 27 2014, 7:06am
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I don't think Peter Jackson has that kind of control, restraint, or editorial judgement any longer. I think it's going to be an all out over the top cgi-fest.
One thing i think it won't have is the emotional weight and power that the final battles of the LotR films had, even with all the character deaths (characters that i hardly care about at this point). He seems to have lost that ability, too.
Do you mean like the battle of the Pelennor fields? That used lots of CGI (some of the digital armies looked awful in wide shots. Also, you'd probably be best to give the film miss as you seem to be setting yourself up for disappointment.
I also remember them saying these films get closer in tone to LOTR. So hopefully it will have a grittier and darker feel.
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sauget.diblosio
Tol Eressea
May 27 2014, 7:26am
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that there were a few moments in RotK where PJ went ott (it's gotten worse with each PJ film since FotR, including his non-LotR films), but mainly i'm thinking of Legolas taking down the Mumakil, and especially the surfing down it's trunk. That's the sort of thing i fear in the Bo5A. It's not the cgi that i fear-- i actually love special/visual effects. It's when it's over relied upon and overused for cheap gags that i don't like. Take the barrels sequence. I actually liked the first part of it. But when Legolas was riding down the rapids with each foot on a different dwarfs head while shooting orcs... i mean, come on. The Hobbit films have ten times more stuff like that than RotK had. The last twenty to thirty minutes of DoS was that kind of stuff. It's dumb and cheap and lazy and i don't like it.
And yes, i am debating whether to even bother seeing it in the theater. I kind of don't want to, but it is the last one, and i have friends that will want to go. And i do have a faint hope that it will be the best of the three. So i'll decide when the time comes.
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Old Pilgrim
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May 27 2014, 7:50am
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but I don't believe it will be so epic and astounding in the end for one simple reason: too much CGI and too few realism.
Battles in LOTR and some other historic movie were so great mostly because of two facts: enough realism to make them believable and emotions that should be a major part of every battle. I watched Battle of the Blackwater from GOT recently and it was splendid despite their low budget since it concentrated most on major characters and their feelings.
While I like Hobbit movies, their is too much CGI in them for my taste so I fear this battle could turn very bad if it won't build on emotions and main characters despite how big it will be.
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Arannir
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May 27 2014, 8:11am
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Biggest is not the same as greatest ;)
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We all have our hearts and minds one way or another invested in these books and movies. So we all mind and should show the necessary respect.
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Peterthorn of Rohan
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May 27 2014, 9:23am
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It will be difficult to overcome Helms Deep...
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but there is sth quite special about this battle and I dont know what it is...the number of armies or because it will be the last battle in a middle earth film(for a number of years)
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Bombadil
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May 27 2014, 9:31am
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NOTHING in Film History can BEAT... "Helm's Deep"
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so it just needs to be different...
In Snow instead of Rain
In Dale, Ravenhill,
The MOUNTAINsides
Avalanches killing hundreds of
Gundabad ORCS?
cold, cold, cold,...
COLD Blooded Murder..
CHECK out the first 13 minutes
of "Galdiator" with Russell Crowe
for a PREVIEW?
Bom
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Xanaseb
Tol Eressea
May 27 2014, 11:19am
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hahaha, that would be quite an ending to knock people's breath out XD //
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Xanaseb
Tol Eressea
May 27 2014, 11:20am
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I must say, I think I've revised my opinion/hopes... to beat Helm's Deep would be rather impossible, but hey, you never know.
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I'm usually one to raise my expectations a bit too high, ... sadly for me :P 
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Noria
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May 27 2014, 12:59pm
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In the geopolitical situation that has been set up in The Hobbit movies, the BoFA may be the most important battle, at least in its time and place. For the people fighting it is the greatest battle because they are there in the moment, fighting for their lives and their peoples. If that can be conveyed to us, it will be great. But I suspect that BoFA will not be entirely about the actual battle but will focus as much on the politics between dwarves, elves and men beforehand.
I don’t think it matters if there are greater of lesser numbers at the BoFA than at the battles of LotR, or bigger stunts and gags, if Legolas wind surfs with a giant bat or something. All that matters for the first trilogy is that the battle was won by the free peoples, Bilbo and Gandalf survived (and Legolas ) and some level of harmony was restored between dwarves, elves and men, at least enough for the Council of Elrond to be possible.
I’m OK with the CGI because for me the digital orcs are not any more or any less convincing than the guys in masks in LotR – they are just different. A lot of the larger forces were digital in LotR, were they not?
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