The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

By Peter Jackson

  • Genre: Action & Adventure
  • Release Date: 2014-12-12
  • Advisory Rating: 15
  • Runtime: 2h 44min
  • Director: Peter Jackson
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Country: New Zealand, United States of America
  • iTunes Price: GBP 9.99
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Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson returns to Middle-earth with the final of three films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's enduring masterpiece. Set in Middle-earth 60 years before the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy, the adventure follows the journey of Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of dwarves on a journey into wild, treacherous lands swarming with beasts of every ilk. After reaching Erebor and encountering the dragon Smaug, Five Armies assemble for an epic battle that could decide the future of all in Middle-earth. The Extended Edition film is 19 minutes longer with new and extended scenes, not seen in the theatrical release.

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  • Extended version?

    1
    By Markiepoos
    Why is this separate from my version? Why can’t I upgrade to the extended version instead of having to buy the whole movie again...

  • Better!!

    5
    By Headsrolling
    The only bit that got to me was the opening scenes as it wasn't longer with Smaug being killed straight away again which is a shame but still a great ending to the films love it

  • Speech

    4
    By Marknh318
    The speech audio is louder in the right ear than the left the rest of the audio is balanced this needs fixing

  • Truly awful

    1
    By Kotatsu Neko
    It's hard to fathom how the man behind the largely wonderful (Legolas aside) adaptations of LOTR could also put together this brainless, stretched to breaking point trilogy of tedious rubbish. Having suffered through the first two I found the third to be by far the worst. It's little more than a single, massively extended action sequence filled with terrible CGI. Having exhausted The Hobbit's slender plot in the previous two movies, Jackson has nothing left for this, so we get what feels like a month's worth of weightless CG orcs hitting things. It's truly awful and quite possibly the most boring movie in years. Avoid at all costs.

  • Release date?

    1
    By mansoormir
    Seems that this has been pushed back from Oct 21st to Nov 23rd. Not a great move, seeing as an early release was one of the benefits of buying this digitally.

  • Release date

    1
    By spener93z
    To all those looking at the release date i’ve been thinking the same thing- done some digging around and it turns out the digital version along with the physical copies will be released in the uk on November 23rd! a whole month after the US!

  • Incompetence

    5
    By Nyt Yanse
    After half an hour on the phone, which followed about 10 attempts to contact Apple Customer Service, they finally admitted that it should have been released and hasn't been, as if I didn't know. Their advice was to keep checking, without giving me any hint on when they might do their jobs. Anyone know any other way to get a digital copy, since itunes can't figure it out?

  • when Itunes ???

    5
    By richowfrancis7
    So this extended edition is already released in the US as is the extended Return of the King, could you please treat us who think we are customers with the same prority?

  • Still on pre-order??

    5
    By Afr_emm
    Why is this still showing as a pre-order? It was released digitally yesterday, the 20th, but UK iTunes still doesn’t have it available for download yet! Seriously frustrating.

  • Great to have extended version

    5
    By Marcus Tandy
    I have the other 2 extended versions of the Hobbit, so great to see this one is coming out. Would love all of the extended versions of Lord Of The Rings to be release too.

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