The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies - Caravan Of Garbage

[@mrsundaymovies]

I KNOW YOU HAVE ROUNDABOUTS I SAID IT IN JEST BECAUSE IT’S A COMMON MISCONCEPTION I WANTED TO PERPETUATE

[@FlynnTheRedhead]

YOU JUST WANT TO SEE THE WORLD BURN

[@stefanfilipovits21]

Why does it hurt soo much?!

[@bbrbbr-on2gd]

Is that Green Trivia?

[@josephlance1198]

Yeah it hurts almost as much as the people who believe we either don’t have electric kettles or that our electric current isn’t powerful enough to boil water.

[@codym6376]

We may have them, but it doesn’t mean we understand them.

[@sebastianborland2660]

the fifth army is the audience who sat through all three of these movies

[@brucesimmons5517]

Nah, the fifth army is all the friends we made along the way.

[@irish6783]

@@brucesimmons5517 damn you beat me too it!

[@pguth98]

The fifth army was actually originally called Blue Harvest.

[@adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749]

@@pguth98 The fifth army are the roundabout’s we cross in our everyday lives

[@ultimakewl]

the fifth army is actually an army of hobbits but they got lost on their way to the battle and ended up at isengard

[@MycatTwinkie]

The absolute dedication to both the green trivia and blue harvest bits is my favourite thing on youtube

[@Carollnn]

I know! I love it, and no explanation, it’s just green trivia.

[@ScooterinAB]

And Vigo Mortensen breaking his toe.

[@danieltidey5599]

When did they start doing "green trivia"?

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Even after the break. Most people would have taken that as an excuse to stop, but not these two. True professionals.

[@BigBuran]

@@danieltidey5599 I think it was from the Green Lantern Caravan of Garbage. If I'm wrong someone correct me. Edit I looked and here is the link to the moment kzbin.info/www/bejne/n17Tg5qnbKqpqLM

[@FluffMastaFresh]

A very important piece of green trivia that was missed is that the LEGO: The Hobbit video game follows the movies, but it came out before the battle of the five armies. So the game ends on the cliff-hanger and you basically have an unfinished game.

[@marcosxaldin]

The third one was supposed to be DLC, but it got swafted due to Copyright, or some Warner bullshit, something like that

[@lucasdolding6924]

@@marcosxaldin I knew they had the third one as a DLC but I never intended to get it as I didn't really like the third film when it came out and wasn't that into the Lego game of The Hobbit either, surprised that they were never actually able to release it though, that's pretty fucked up.

[@MatadorMedia]

The Hobbit (2003) is a spectacular video game, though. Way better than the LEGO garbage games.

[@TrueGamer22887]

Always found this weird bc literally the first of those types of Lego games had episode 3 before episode 3 came out

[@langleymneely]

That’s hilarious because I never got to finish it! I lost my game & the Nintendo 3DS I played it on! For the best I guess? lol

[@LeonHorsman]

I think I would have enjoyed this movie more if it was just Christopher Lee doing various types of flips for 2,5 hours straight

[@stefanfilipovits21]

We all would, I think it’s safe to say

[@burner472]

He was a liar. He lied about his service in the war.

[@heelmoxley365]

Global hero Christopher Lee

[@hyperfire1134]

@@burner472 proof?

[@KeithFraser82]

"The purpose of a Christopher Lee is to flip out and kill everyone." -Real Ultimate Power

[@GeneralNerd]

So officially in the book, the five armies were dwarves, elves, men, orcs and wargs. The wargs were counted as their own army because they were intelligent and could speak, which Peter Jackson dropped in favor of just making them orc mounts.

[@nicholsonfile]

And the Philadelphia Eagles are the 6th Army

[@Cajun4x403]

This

[@hollandscottthomas]

The seventh army was all the Nazis that Christopher Lee murdered.

[@LordJagd]

And the werebear man is the 7th army

[@mattb8754]

One of the many reason Peter Jackson was the best choice to bring Tolkien's work to the big screen and Amazon the absolute worst.

[@arubial1229]

"When he screamed Blue Harvest" I died...I'm dead

[@heelmoxley365]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dontyouworryaboutit_]

I read this and knew it was coming and it still got me

[@directorforplastic7929]

When I die, I’m going to make sure my final words are “blue harvest.”

[@BenDiPaolo]

Peter Jackson actually recently re-edited Fellowship of the Ring to add a line after Gandalf's iconic "Fly, you fools." In the new version, his last words (or word) is now "Maclunkey." which roughly translates to "This is worse than that time I almost got my hand chopped off in Dol Guldur and Galadriel had to use her Ring powers- not THE Ring but the girl from The Ring."

[@_cameroncarey_]

Oh gee whiz I was not aware of this new re-edit. I’ll have to locate it and give it a view

[@walrusArmageddon]

@@_cameroncarey_ be careful though, its about 5 hours long and cuts out boromirs death for some reason

[@KeithFraser82]

I'm imagining a Family Guy style cutaway when he says that now.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

@@KeithFraser82 #ReleaseTheMcFarlaneCut

[@DolanDuking]

that cut's working title was Blue Harvest

[@CalumRaasay]

I had legitimately forgotten this was a trilogy, I was certain it had just been two movies. The third film just went straight out of my head

[@noobbotgaming2173]

I enjoyed the extended version of this movie. The gore and blood really makes the battle more enjoyable. Exploding orcs!

[@One.Zero.One101]

I remember seeing this in the theater and asking who are the 5 armies? And then I said to myself "I don't care enough about these movies to put effort into researching the answer". Until today I still don't know who the 5 armies are and I don't care.

[@needfoolthings]

What third film!?

[@ScooterinAB]

I remember how world-stopping the original 3 films were. I then remember hearing that a movie for the Hobbit was being made. I then remember being confused as to why it was still being made as I completely glossed over it and these three lacked any fanfare.

[@noobbotgaming2173]

@@One.Zero.One101 Lmfao the book is clear who the armies are. Dwarves, elves, men, goblins and wolves/eagles

[@Sweetmanthanks]

Worth mentioning "They Shall Not Grow Old" is a spectacular glimpse of history, everyone should see it.

[@LordJagd]

It really seems like Jackson wanted to make something meaningful to him after the nightmare of the Hobbit movies

[@mrcritical6751]

It seems that The Hobbit movies just sucked all the drive to make fiction out of him and left him a creatively drained husk that wishes only to portray historical events that are meaningful to him, which is good for him it means he bounced back and found a new passion but it also means we’ll likely never get another Jackson directed epic again and Tintin fans will never get that sequel he was meant to direct

[@madielarson609]

I'd love to see a Caravan of Garbage for: 1. Indiana Jones franchise 2. Pirates of the Caribbean frinchise 3. Batman Mask of the Phantasm 4. Ghost Rider 1 and 2 5. Hellboy 1, 2 and reboot

[@littleredruri]

Pirates yes. YES.

[@llllMiNxllll]

Would love a Spawn 1997 review 😍

[@heelmoxley365]

More Disney classics for Mason too 😂

[@alisterfolson]

Indy franchise probably closer to the new one's opening

[@timnor4803]

My kids loved Mask of the Phantasm... it got them into Batman which was awesome

[@palarious]

Seriously, the orcs being unable to stand sunlight also affects the battle in the books. The orcs literally used clouds of bats to give them shade and moved during the night. But apparently that got forgotten for this movie....

[@Maladjester]

I don't know if I'd say forgotten so much as ignored. Like the way they ignored that the stone giants are basically just ogres instead of living mountains, there was no wacky cartoon battle as the dwarves floated down the river in casks, elves and dwarves do not fall in love, the Battle of Five Armies is glossed over as stupid and irrelevant in the book instead of being a three hour movie, and so much more.

[@DavySolaris]

More like "The Battle of the Audience to Stay Awake" am I right boys?

[@mrsundaymovies]

DAMN YOU AIN’T WRONG

[@stefanfilipovits21]

Got em’ !

[@taylorgayhart9497]

Your commitment to calling Lee Pace’s character “Lee Pace’s character” is endlessly funny to me!! 🤣🤣

[@DaxSchaffer]

I will still never get over the fact that Thorin's funeral wasn't even in the theatrical version, but was relegated to only the extended cut. Literally one of the most important moments from the book, ignored so that we could see Alfrid pretend to be a woman and watch an elf/dwarf romance that was apparently "real."

[@seanmiller9388]

I saw the first of these in the theaters and then said "nah, I'm good." This was a great way to watch the rest of the trilogy, thanks for taking one for the team

[@Macapta]

Unironically i think the pipe cleaning scene is my favourite in the trilogy.

[@jaredgorrell1108]

I do like a quiet moment after a battle

[@mrsickukxx1332]

If Brian Blessed had played Thorin then these films would have been spectacular and he would have destroyed all the opposing armies with a mighty Shakespearian shout that shakes the entirety of Middle Earth to its core. The man is a legend.

[@KeithFraser82]

It might have made more sense for him to play Beorn. Then he could do that shout* as he turned into a bear and laid into the goblin army in the final battle. *"It's Beorning time!"

[@iamadogguys]

Some trivia you might have missed; in LOTR: The Two Towers, when actor Viggo Mortensen kicks that helmet, he actually broke his toes! That scream which made it into the movie is actually the take where that happened!

[@ScooterinAB]

Really?

[@SirWeibrot]

@MelloWattz No I don't think so I'd remember that

[@hollandscottthomas]

He actually kicked Blue Harvest, which was the working title of the film. Not a lot of people know that.

[@_cameroncarey_]

The scream in which he screamed “Blue Harvest”???

[@motherplayer]

In some ways, looking back, for all the faults here and there and taking in when it was done well, one of the best parts of this entire thing was seeing Bilbo and Gandalf sit down and take it all in while Gandalf had trouble with his pipe. Seeing it in theaters when it was out, I felt a washover of relief. And it still bugs the hell out of me that the Smaug attack was regulated to the opening credits and quickly rendered an afternote. Would have held a better feeling if the last film ended AFTER he was struck.

[@maclunkey3153]

When the elves jumped in front of the shield wall and weren’t immediately skewered I knew we had left tactics behind 😂😂

[@fredbyoutubing]

I haven't seen the movie but I've seen this sequence and was like: whut? You make a shield wall and jump over it so you're stuck between a charging army and a wall of spears ?

[@TrueGamer22887]

Nah bro Idc what you say about this trilogy that scene was freaking awesome

[@WlatPziupp]

@@fredbyoutubing Compared to the rest of the battle that part isn't even stupid. You can tell one or more of the designers were WoW classic players since they gave all the dwarves the old racial mount. The level 40 ones even

[@fredbyoutubing]

@@WlatPziupp I'm kind of curious now...

[@ulvkarlsson5854]

Gimli also jumps on a bunch of spears in helms deep

[@Yoshimitsu4prez]

I still kinda love that they took this battle bilbo is unconscious for, which literally isn’t in the book, and made a near three hour movie out of it

[@ToomanyFrancis]

People would have actually been pissed if Bilbo passed out and it cut to him waking up and Gandalf telling him how sick the battle was.

[@mistermastermind528]

It's actually impressive that they were able to craft the "absent" parts of the book

[@Yoshimitsu4prez]

@@ToomanyFrancis lol yeah, definitely. I don’t really think a book accurate battle would be GOOD 😂

[@Yoshimitsu4prez]

@@mistermastermind528 I guess Gandalf mentions it was kind of a wild battle afterwards lol

[@One.Zero.One101]

This is the perfect definition of "We have nothing for the main character".

[@Dimas5]

Honestly, Five Armies is the only Hobbit movie I liked. At this point, I decided that it’s not The Hobbit. So I watched it as if it were a random action movie and I loved it. The battle moose, the rock running, all the battles, I love it.

[@Robin0928]

I have a recurring nightmare where I wake up in a cold sweat thinking there is another Hobbit movie coming out and it will not go away.

[@KeithFraser82]

Beware, if some studio manages to gather together enough shards of IP they might be able to forge that unmade movie set between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings that was referenced here.

[@nigelvanschaik1714]

The scene with Gandalf cleaning his pipe is far and away the best part of this movie

[@jw4602]

Heath Ledger’s performance alone was an entire army of acting talent

[@revanwintersoldier2789]

I’ve never had to piss so bad by the end of this film. I was waiting till the end to go and it wasn’t ending 😂

[@JoeChillton]

Now i imagine you sound like Grandpa Simpson in the car and Homer is the film. lol

[@One.Zero.One101]

The only thing I remember from this film is the waiting for it to end.😴

[@LadyAstarionAncunin]

Considering how much time-wasting they did, seems like you'd have had ample opportunities to go.

[@revanwintersoldier2789]

@@LadyAstarionAncunin I only know that now after the fact 😂

[@BOS_C.O.]

The one thing I always remember about this movie was how awesome the poster was with Smaug in the burning town. Trying to figure out the 5 armies was nostalgic.

[@cptsteele91]

I was just amazed that Smaug's whole role in the film was pretty much that poster...baffles me that they didn't wrap up the Smaug bit in the second given how little a part he actually plays in both the book and movie. I remember friends of mine who weren't familiar with the book being somewhat put out by the fact that so much of the marketing for all 3 movies hinged on Smaug, when Smaug isn't really in it 🤣

[@MrBobthened]

Every time I hear anything about the GDT versions of the Hobbit movies, I become more and more convinced that they would have been incredible. I mean come on Brian Blessed as the main dwarf! Incredible casting.

[@CurryFeatures]

Just when I thought I was ready for the Blue Harvest joke, ya pulled a fast one on me!! Bravo.

[@Ghost093105256]

The double whammy of Viggo's toe and Blue Harvest got me

[@vietbluecoeur]

I hear that apparently the real reason for Billy Connolly’s CGI dwarf was due to advancements in his Parkinson’s between the time of his casting and actual acting in the role. From what I’ve heard, it caused enough issues that they decided to go with the route they did. He got his diagnosis in 2013, and Battle of the Five Armies released 2014, so there could be some merit to this theory.

[@LordJagd]

He seems pretty stable in his 2021 comedy special, but maybe that’s because he’s been treating it for years?

[@Canadish]

@@LordJagd I suspect so. I'd guess it was likely a gentle cover story so as to downplay any potential embarrassment to such an iconic figure. Makes way more sense than what they claimed.

[@Superplayer_2]

"Why do these movies hurt to watch so much?" Because they were real

[@Apricot.Cinema]

Being from New Zealand while these were coming out was so surreal. Every single news station would broadcast every single thing that happened on set, I was also very young and me and my friend got the chance to be child Extras in lake town. We got paid with “experience” which felt ok enough since I was a child so in a way I’m super nostalgic for these movies

[@BR-jw7pm]

It’s quite a feat to take a (relatively) short book and turn it into 3 movies

[@LordJagd]

It’s really absurd. Even two movies would’ve been too much, there’s a lot in those books but plenty of it doesn’t need to be included in a film.

[@mikeclarke3990]

Try taking an appendix and spend a billion dollars of making a TV series

[@mrcritical6751]

Honestly to quote Linkara “a lot happens in The Hobbit”. The book moves super quickly and in the first 100 pages you have Bilbo meet Gandalf, the dwarves crashing Bilbo’s supper, the backstory of the mountain & Smaug, the encounter with the trolls, meeting with Elrond, the encounter with the giants, the encounter with the goblins and Bilbo meeting Gollum. If you had only one movie it would be paced awfully and feel like it was rushed and off, honestly I think they made the right call splitting it into multiple movies but three was too much

[@BR-jw7pm]

@@mrcritical6751 that’s fair. I’ve never read the book (at least since middle school) so pacing probably is different in the book

[@mrcritical6751]

@@BR-jw7pm I read the comic version from the 90’s and even that had to be split into three parts to leave room for things to breath. The book moves super fast and has event after event after event, honestly the fact that it flows so well is a miracle in and of itself

[@cincymutt]

In the regular cut, that weasily advisor guy just walking away with a bunch of gold in his bra and never getting any comeuppance was the weirdest thing.

[@eliteed4724]

One of the few films I've ever walked out of. When I saw Legolas do the walking-on-air, stones falling thing, my brain just snapped. I got out of the theatre and took the bus home, despite having come to the movie with my family, who found me wordlessly sitting on the couch when they got back.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

You live in such a fantasy you make Tolkien look unimaginative

[@raylder6339]

Glad to see a bit of Umm Actually footage, idk if the crossover between Dropout’s subscribers and Mr Sunday is big or small, but on behalf of us, thank you! You beautiful skilled editors.

[@JahmezFox]

This is easily the best and most elaborate blue harvest bit so far, love it ✌️

[@devonhilt9389]

I honestly think two movies was the way to go here. There's definitely enough content for multiple movies, but three of them at three hours long is just too much

[@GortonIma]

What I don't get is that the studio wanted 3 movies, it would seem. Okay, sure, but they don't all have to be obscenely long. It's a brief book. If you have to have 3 movies come from a short book at least make each one a tight 2 hours.

[@tannerd6075]

Shoutout to Ben and Lawrence, great work. The combo of tempo and levity make these videos a fun watch

[@TheGreatDevlin]

I'm always amazed by the LOR fandom. The fact that it's so massive and they have faith to spend so much money on the production.

[@chrissullivan6572]

The guy who knows everything about anime should've been in this episode for no reason.

[@Dorian_sapiens]

Along with a love interest, for no apparent reason.

[@chrissullivan6572]

@@Dorian_sapiens The woman who knows everything about murder mysteries. They punch on for a bit then they're m8s

[@stefanfilipovits21]

Me watching this movie: “Why does it hurt so much?!”

[@madielarson609]

"Because it was real..."

[@lazyartiste_2357]

Lol

[@lazyartiste_2357]

Lol

[@esquilax5563]

Amazon: and now you shall endure the slow torment of years, as long and as slow as our arts in the Great Tower can contrive, and never be released, unless maybe when you are changed and broken, so that you may go out into the world, and they shall see what we have done. This shall surely be - unless you accept my Lord's terms.

[@mattrogersftw]

Meh, Amazon is much better These films so far.

[@evansn79]

My biggest gripe with thi film, above everything else, is the fucking orc semaphore tower. Not only did the orcs have to invent semaphore, But they had to then run a semaphore orientation meeting to ensure everyone knew what each signal meant. This implies the existence of a human resources department (orc resources?) who manages training for the various orcs. They also had to get up to the top of that mountain somehow without anyone looking up and saying "Huh, there's some orcs setting up a semaphore tower up there..." On top of that the giant worms somehow managed to receive a semaphore signal underground. It's fucking insane. 12/10 stars.

[@IssyBevan]

This is probably one of the most chaotic videos yet and i love it!!!

[@ToomanyFrancis]

There are some fan edits that take out a lot of the fluff and The Hobbit trilogy is significantly better as one single 2-3 hour movie.

[@protector_of_the_realms]

I’ve seen some but haven’t found one I like yet tbh as they seem way too rushed and the pacing off to cut it down to one film. Plus I hate whenever a bit of the unexpected party sequence is cut and none of the edits so far I’ve seen have kept the whole thing in. Really the first film only needs Radagast cut (tho idm his character, it’s just he doesn’t fit) and some of the orc stuff. I think there was enough material to justify a split into 2 films and to cover everything really 1 film is just a bit too short and it’d be too rushed imo but 3 films is way too long and it especially shows in this one with just boring, overdrawn, ridiculous action and not much else

[@JAM92]

Holy shit, I had never noticed that bit in FOTR with Legolas casually walking on top of the snow like that... that went ironically over my head!

[@ZachBobBob]

It took me YEARS to notice it as well I don't know how I ever missed it

[@FoxCastleChild]

If you are going to watch the Hobbit series...just watch the Maple Films edit. Its actually really well done and shows the potential of these films if they just had some restraint. It really refocuses the story back to that of the book. It is now what I watch as part of my annual LotR marathon.

[@channelnamepending8329]

There is an amazing fan edit of this trilogy that cuts it into one awesome cohesive movie that does justice to the book, it's not perfect but it's pretty darn good. It's called J. R. R. Tolkiens the Hobbit.

[@TAGE_FPV]

It's OK. By no means is it good.

[@Luggi83]

12:38 Honestly though, IMO THIS is the best scene of all the whole movie. It's the one scene that's relateable to me.

[@Nielsen700]

Nick’s pronunciation of Legolas cured my depression

[@gavinbeard4026]

I remember people gasping and being completely confused at the end of the second movie when they left everybody hanging

[@LordJagd]

In the book, the battle is supposed to be absurd and pointless. Five armies fighting over some treasure, with the bumbling dwarves we’ve gotten to know all armored up and killed in battle. I really like that we don’t see it in the novel (or the 77 version), it makes it feel like all those characters perished in an instant for no reason at all. Tolkien was probably drawing from his experience from WWI. But here, we get a whole movie of the battle.

[@directorforplastic7929]

From what I remember of the book, only 3 of the 13 dwarves we’ve gotten to know died (Thorin, Kili, and Fili), same as the movie

[@protector_of_the_realms]

Well um, I don’t know if I’ve just misinterpreted what you’ve said or you’re mixing it up slightly but in the book only Fili, Kili and Thorin die for Dain to become King like in this film (Though Azog was killed in the battle for Moria years beforehand by Dain and it’s Bolg that kills Thorin I believe and then Beorn kills Bolg). Most of the dwarves survive. In the animation most of them die for some reason. Never liked that animation much tbh though but I like this film even less ahaha. Tbh I dig the first 2 films in the trilogy though especially Unexpected Journey

[@LordJagd]

@@protector_of_the_realms Yeah I didn't mean all of them perished, I meant that they all got armored up. But that was poor wording on my part, I can see why it was read that way.

[@FaTerokiMenra]

Using an Um Actually clip of Brennan Lee Mulligan is perfect for showcasing "nerdy corrections"

[@allisonday6275]

This is the only hobbit movie I’ve actually seen. We were bored on Christmas and decided to go. I sat next to my grandma who at every sword clash or hint of violence would jump in her seat. It was like a rollercoaster. 10/10

[@barelyoperational6587]

“Yay the new ‘the hobbit’ video is out” is a thought I’ve never had until today

[@alphabetbeer]

"I like people correcting me on things" *shows Brennan on Um Actually* A+ visual gag, shout out to the editor

[@robinnouara3681]

this week's blue harvest bit was arguably the best one yet

[@thaddaeusluper]

You are the first and best KZbin channel that I have subscribed to… glad you’re still in it

[@mrsundaymovies]

Wow, thanks!

[@nicholasbonds5648]

"That scream where he screamed Blue Harvest..." Excellent

[@theJimgenie626]

The thing that fucking angers me beyond belief with this movie, like honestly it fills me with rage like almost nothing else is this. This franchise was based on one book, was stretched to two and then three. This third movie was filled with shit from the appendices or whatever to increase the time and fill a third movie, YET THEY STILL CUT OUT THE WHOLE LAST CHAPTER OF THE HOBBIT BOOK. Seriously, if you haven't read the hobbit, there is a whole final chapter where Gandalf and Balin visit Bilbo back in Hobbiton, and they just thought 'these three films just don't have enough runtime in them to fit in the final chapter of the one book these are based on.' I have regularly had dreams where I meet Peter Jackson and ask him why. Why when you had three movies that involved scouring Tolkien's extra material to fill the run time, did you leave out a whole fucking chapter. I mean please, please can I one day receive an answer to this before I shuffle off this mortal coil.

[@PawsOnTheBalcony]

Ask him on Twitter, maybe he'll answer?

[@rorylennon4043]

I think after the backlash of the long ending or ROTK , Jackson wanted to wrap it up quickly and make sure the ending didn’t drag

[@notBrocker]

You do know books and movies are different right? They always change things up

[@theJimgenie626]

@@notBrocker yes I do. My comment is more on the fact that he stretched one short book out into 3 movies and manage to leave out a while chapter. Like that's astonishing to me.

[@notBrocker]

@@theJimgenie626 Yeah you are right on that I agree 100% it’s just baffling It’s also just not interesting what he did it’s like your watching the biggest side quest ever

[@customconcern1]

Ahh nothing worse than waking up after a golden dream.

[@stefanfilipovits21]

Cleaning the sheets is such a pain

[@djyoun3]

There's no way that kid didn't eat a bowstring to the face..

[@thegreyinitiate3680]

I had never seen the extended version death of Alfred and that is the most amazing thing ever 😂

[@adamsantos6665]

this snake eyes review is top tier, james and maso have done it again!

[@daedalus6796]

I feel that we really need to talk about the clip at 12:06 because there is a literal drop-bear. Then again these are movies where alot of things just happen and you don't really process it.

[@li-limandragon9287]

@Mr Sunday Movies I am reading through The Silmarillion at the moment, Elves being able to video game up falling stones is the least insane thing about them.

[@Luminousreign]

I love that at one point I probably could name all the dwarves but after seeing this movie I have no idea.

[@47eoghan47]

Oin gloin filli killi Thorin bombur

[@KeithFraser82]

Without looking anything up, I can remember 11 out of 13: Thorin, Fili, Kili, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Balin, Dwalin, Ori, Oin, and Gloin. Looking up Wikipedia tells me that the two I forgot were Dori and Nori.

[@protector_of_the_realms]

Oin (deaf medic) who was brother to Gloin (Gimli’s dad), then you had Nori (backup thief with triangular hair) who was the middle brother out of Ori (youngest of the company design based off ww2 soldier) and dori (older guy that likes tea), then there was Boufour (Bilbo’s best friend seemingly haha) younger brother of Bifur (axe in the head), Balin and Dwalin obviously and Thorin, Fili and Kili. Fairly sure that’s all of them. Though to be fair the Hobbit was my favourite book as a kid and I’ve read it 3 times and probably have seen each film 3-5 times and when I was a kid I got half of the Lego Sets and wanted the rest lmao. Edit: Oh no I Forgot Bombur the fat one ahaha. Ik there was a bit of a deal made out of the number of the company and I thought I recalled Bilbo making it total 13 but no there were 13 dwarves and they were looking for a 14th. To be fair though, Bombur doesn’t speak in the films at all (though he does in the book) and he was my least favourite and I never got him in Lego form so I can see why I forgot him lol

[@gelraldoldo5152]

And honestly don’t want to atp

[@TheSniperGTO]

I was serving in the US military, and deployed to Jordan when this came out. I loved the original Lord of the Rings films, to the point that when I got married my wife got me a replica of the One Ring as my wedding ring. I got the first film on Blu-ray, and even with the “I’ll watch anything” mentality you get when deployed,could barely finish it. The second one, I couldn’t finish, and I didn’t care to see the third at all. Not sure how they could have screwed these up so bad, but they all must have got jobs working at Disney Star Wars, or the MSheU phase of Marvel afterwards.

[@mrmonkeyman79]

Wait so Billy Connolly didn't look enough like Billy Connolly so the did a CGI Billy Connolly instead? That's a real George Lucas move right there!

[@Moth-1077]

Ah, not since the transformers have I sensed this level of exhaustion by the end of a series. Good stuff guys 😁😁 the things you do for us, thanks!

[@TheGamerApocalypse]

5:10 we DO actually have roundabouts in the US. They are called *rotarys* and only 50% of them actually work as intended/nobody asked for them!

[@arubial1229]

We have them in Florida, and we call them roundabouts. But yeah, they’re dumb.

[@dustinakadustin]

21:33 is cursed, James is just starring into your soul inviting you to come sit down and watch The Hobbit on repeat forever.

[@heelmoxley365]

I vaguely remember watching this movie 7 years ago without seeing the first 2.

[@needfoolthings]

Had you seen all three, you would vaguely remember all three.

[@protector_of_the_realms]

Why tf would you do that to yourself haha? The only good parts come from the first 2 films

[@jamesbromley6989]

Dear editors, I love it when you put aunty donna in the videos, it always works and is good

[@JaceDeanLove]

I enjoyed the action, but even then it was too cartoonish. I enjoyed it for what it was. I feel like anyone who came into this trilogy expecting to match or surpass the LOTR movie trilogy was faced with some crushing disappointment. Also, wtf were the dwarves planning to do against an entire elven army? They had no idea the level of disappointment coming. Return of the King gave you chills and a mixture of other emotions during the battle for Minas Tirith. I didn't give a damn who won in this one. Important edit: America absolutely has roundabouts

[@itsd0nk]

The action was so boring. It was like a college fan film with all the poor compositing mixed with poorly tracked shots. You can tell there was no heart in any of the planning or filming. They were just winging it and “fixing it in post”.

[@bronze-hawk6914]

People were expecting the Hobbit, we got LOTR-lite

[@protector_of_the_realms]

I hated the action tbh. That was the main problem that made this film no good, all boring, pointless, over the top, drawn out ridiculous special effects with 0 substance.

[@frousteleous1285]

Dear Mr Monday Trailers. We do have round abouts in the US; they are simple triangular shaped and we call them wolly bolllies. Thank you for your time

[@yapdat7036]

Just sat down to eat my lunch at work. Nice one guys

[@prestonowens4594]

5:12 U.S Citizen here. I can confirm that we do have Roundabouts, at least where I live we do.

[@TheWarmestFuzzy]

It's an impressive feat that each movie got progressively worse considering how terrible the first one was

[@everburn]

Second one was the best

[@x52wolf12]

Honestly the second hobbit movie was better than the first hobbit movie.

[@MrMCN1963]

The first was passable (except for the mountain giants, the battle among the pine trees, the scene with the three hill trolls).

[@GortonIma]

I thought the first film was a bit long but did actually have a bit of LOTR magic to it. I left it slightly underwhelmed but hopeful for the future. Then Smaug was worse and TBOTA just unbelievably poorly crafted, especially given that it came from the guy who gave us that first trilogy. It's now clear why these movies are what they are but it doesn't make them any better.

[@protector_of_the_realms]

100% they got progressively worse but nah the first one wasn’t terrible at all. Honestly it’s close to an 8/10 for me, second one drops to a 6/10 and yeah this one is below average to the rest of films made throughout history and is like a 4 or 5/10. Trust me though, most films ever made are so much worse haha. You don’t usually have truly terrible films earn a theatrical release

[@thomasc7322]

Whenever this movie comes up, I'll never not bring up how in the Return of the King producer commentary, one of the producers explains the thinking behind cutting Saruman's death scene from the opening of the film as "Not the greatest idea to kill your film two villain at the beginning of film three..." ...Then they went on to do exactly that in the third Hobbit movie.

[@thekoalawasbrown]

i never even noticed legolas could walk on snow

[@arubial1229]

Yep, it’s actually all Elves. They are so light-footed, they don’t sink in the snow. Super cool.

[@jonnyanderson3042]

I've always appreciated how it doesn't get acknowledged, the audience is respected enough that they can just have a scene in which elves walk on top of the snow and nobody needs to talk about it or explain it because in their world that's just common knowledge.

[@dontyouworryaboutit_]

I’ve seen Fellowship probably twenty times and I’ve never noticed that wtf

[@Cleanpea]

For what it is worth, the reason the orcs could be out in day to fight, was: the evil bat swarm clouded out the sun. Beorn is considered one of the 'armies' aaaaand, I would have loved for 'the battle of the five armies' to play out, like in the book: Just Freeman and McKellen chatting while smoking, with some highlights put on film, for us, the audience.

[@LordJagd]

That would’ve been way better. Then they could focus on quality over quantity with the battle parts. This could’ve even been out after the end of Smaug, if they cut some of the junk out of that second movie.

[@heelmoxley365]

I look forward to the pure randomness of caravan of garbage every week.

[@jacob9538]

15:30 Viggo also broke a rib filming a scene of Texas Chainsaw Massacre...2 (I think, or might've been part 3...whichever one he was in).

[@LadyAstarionAncunin]

One of the biggest cinematic what-ifs, to this day, is what if Guillermo del Toro had gotten to complete his Hobbit films. I'd have actually watched them, had that been the case.

[@LorenzoDoesntExist]

"I was sad when some of the dwarves die." "Which ones? Name them." 😂

[@harryweldon8584]

Those shots of Peter Jackson in the behind the scenes are so sad man

[@bluesdjben]

I saw this movie on a massive screen, maybe the biggest screen I've ever seen a movie on. This certainly was a movie, and it was on that screen while I was there.

[@nailmcnugget9284]

Kinda sounds like Legolas was a little too desperate to be the elf on the shelf

[@marriedplant]

It’s funny, just out of principle I generally don’t “like” a video before I’ve watched it, but James and Maso consistently always pull it out the bag, comedically, in the last couple minutes.

[@johns1625]

Dude they have those war trolls with their limbs removed and bones fused to iron weapons and stirrups chained to their eyes and shit and the Dwarves are just bouncing around and riding on top of it with a dumb face like I just made a poopy in my pants! 😂😂

[@bizzlewizzle9772]

I honestly think the extended cut of this movie is quite good.. much more battle.. more violence, a lot of which is surprisingly gory.. but yeah… there’s no arguing that these movies are stretched as far as they can go, and then stuffed till they’re busting at the seams

[@RogueBoyScout]

Just play a LOTR game if that's what floats ya boat.... Or maybe spend that 250million on Elder Scrolls 6

[@mybiggeektherapysession]

I'm one of the Thousands of Tolkien experts that just rocked up to the discourse this year and I just wanted to say I also have strong opinions about middle-earth.

[@caravan1996]

Seeing Peter Jackson like that is both sad and hilarious at the same time.

[@Football__Junkie]

Totally fall asleep to this movie every time I try to watch it. Usually when Gandalf and the elves show up outside the gates of Erebor. Can’t say that I’ve seen the entire thing

[@SamD63UK]

The fifth army is the friends we made along the way...

[@kareldgr]

The behind-the-scenes footage of Peter Jackson is just heartbreaking (the Lindsay Ellis essay is great.)

[@lucasoheyze4597]

No it's not.

[@gumbycat5226]

You guys are so good together that I'm even prepared to watch you review a terrible movie.