When you tag the movie as the defining chapter you have got to deliver and the main trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies certainly sets the scene for something truly epic. It begins low-key, focusing on the aftermath of Smaugs attack on Laketown and the interplay between Bilbo and Thorin. The emotive score, the scenes of desolation, the glimpse of Laketown in flames; the trailer builds like the film itself as armies converge for the titular battle itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVAgTiBrrDA The trailer promised to deliver not just on the Hobbit trilogy but on more than a decade of cinematic Middle-Earth. The glimpses of battle conjure back memories of the epic battle of the Pelanor Fields from The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King and excited book and movie fans alike; the novel barely touches on the battle itself, focusing on the build up and aftermath. Here, however, it's the centre of an entire movie. Given the small section of the book the third film covers, it had the most to prove in stretching one novel to three films. Whether it succeeded or not is for you to decide, but there's no denying there was hope from this magnificent trailer.
A writer for Whatculture since May 2013, I also write for TheRichest.com and am the TV editor and writer for Thedigitalfix.com . I wrote two plays for the Greater Manchester Horror Fringe in 2013, the first an adaption of Simon Clark's 'Swallowing A Dirty Seed' and my own original sci-fi horror play 'Centurion', which had an 8/10* review from Starburst magazine! (http://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/eventsupcoming-genre-events/6960-event-review-centurion) I also wrote an episode for online comedy series Supermarket Matters in 2012. I aim to achieve my goal for writing for television (and get my novels published) but in the meantime I'll continue to write about those TV shows I love! Follow me on Twitter @BazGreenland and like my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BazGreenlandWriter
