The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies - Review (No Spoilers)

So I went to The Hobbit marathon today. Yes, my fangirling has reached the level where I'm willing to sit in a theater for nine hours straight.

First of all, seeing the first two movies on the big screen again (and for the last time) was a wonderful experience. Seeing all three on the big screen in one night? Very cool. And getting to watch the character transformations and storylines in a row, fantastic. The effects, casting, acting, setting, action... everything was good. 

Martin Freeman should win some major awards for his acting... actually everyone should. They're all incredible. I must say, I cried for most of the last fifteen or so minutes. If you've read the book, you know why. If not, please go so you can cry too.

The action and battle scenes are captivating, intense, and extremely fun to watch. We get more info about Sauron, which makes me very happy. We also get more Legolas and Tauriel, and let's be honest, who doesn't want more Elvish epicness?

There were a few moments I could have done without, and a few moments where the CGI seemed off, but other than that, I honestly couldn't ask for a better movie. I feel like braiding my hair and learning to wield a sword now. 

Rating: 9.5/10.

Once again, thank you Peter Jackson. Agorel vae. Galu.

SDCC and Trailers

On one hand, I'm very sad that I missed SDCC. On the other, I'm really glad it's over because TRAILERS! ART! NEWS! I need to start looking at the cosplay pictures from this year ASAP. I had to restrain myself from doing a happy dance when I saw the trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. I also kind of wanted to cry thanks to Edge of Night being the song for it. How about no.



Then there's the Mockingjay Part 1 trailer (finally an actual trailer, even if it was just a teaser). But ya know, it was awesome anyway. All I can do is hope that they decide to keep... well, you-know-who alive.



And we also have the first trailer for the Mad Max reboot. Initially I wasn't thrilled with Tom Hardy being cast but that is now replaced by adoration. Also bald and face-painted Charlize Theron... yes. Many explosions and dust and cars flipping and flying all over the place.




Okay I'm going to stop geeking out now. I'll have a couple of posts in the next day or so, one about Lucy, and one about my new film project and the makeup experiments I've been doing for that. And come to think of it, I'll probably have a couple of rants about the new Marvel art before too long.