If you loved The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, try The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
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What they share
Both films are directed by Peter Jackson, and they both carry the epic mood tag, and they sit in Action / Adventure / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is
Erebor, winter, a dragon's roar fading. Armies of orcs, dwarves, elves, and men clash over treasure, Bilbo caught in the chaos. Jackson's trilogy concludes with Middle-earth's fate hanging in the balance.
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