Of Peter Jackson’s six Middle-earth film adaptations, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies placed the greatest emphasis on combat and violence, so it should come as no surprise that its death ...

In general, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit was a much smaller-scale story than its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, but there are still aspects of it that are curious, including the Five Armies. Part of ...