![]() Despite being full of battle sequences, Jackson fits in plenty of emotional scenes and develops many of the characters fantastically. Ultimately though, the film has plenty of positives. Though, it is, to be fair, nicely linked into Fellowship. Here, where not only does Bilbo say farewell to Gandalf and the Dwarfs, but where we say an almost certain farewell to Middle Earth, the end is far too brief and unlikely to instil emotion. Many people criticised Return of the King's dragged out ending, but that was full of emotion and was a fitting, yet sad, farewell. ![]() ![]() The ending, too, seemed like it was rushed by the filmmakers, especially when we consider that we don't actually find out what happens to the Arkenstone in the end. The latter may be entertaining, sure, but there is a line which is stepped over in this film. And the repetition I mentioned earlier: a huge portion of the film seemed to be entirely composed of either someone running to warn others, a main character leading the charge into battle, and several one-on-one battles. I appreciate this is a battle of five armies, and that there are plenty of characters, but, sadly, the action did seem to be all over the place. This cutting worked fine, well, even, in Two Towers between the crucible of Helm's Deep and the quiet conversation of the Entmoot, but, here, there are just too many places that the actions flits between. The context is not explained very well, the actual engagements not that exciting too much repetition and, most crucially, too much cutting away from one place to another. Perhaps it is because, for me at least, this film will always live in King's shadow but, really, where I think the film falls down, is that the battles simply aren't done well enough. Indeed, there are plenty of those, there is just something I just can't put my finger on that stops the film from being truly epic. It's not the lack of emotion, characterization or plot. However, there's something that's not quite right. ![]() One of the aspects I love most about Return of the King, my favourite of Jackson's adaptations and one of my favourite films of all time, is the sprawling, mass fantasy battle scenes and The Battle of Five Armies is pretty much one elongated battle scene. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |