Ep 231: The Hobbit - Battle of the Five Armies

It's time to bring this underrated trilogy home with an examination of Battle of the Five Armies. A film that, in fairness, has a couple hiccups we'll discuss, it doesn't deserve the nonsense narrative that it sucks. Come along with us and we'll show you why. Before that we break down our Top 5 'In Media Res' opening moments in film history. So get out your wizard staff, go find the Arkenstone, and don't ever underestimate a Dwarf... it's time for Battle of the Five Armies on The Movie Defenders podcast! Click here to listen and connect anywhere: https://linktr.ee/moviedefenders 00:36:21 Top 5 In Media Res Openings 01:16:23 Movie Discussion Begins 01:47:59 Smaug is Dead 02:10:01 Thorin Starts to Lose It 02:34:16 Bilbo Turns Over the Arkenstone 02:42:02 Bartering With the Arkenstone 02:58:32 Thorin is Back! 03:22:14 Thorin's Goodbye 03:28:54 Gandalf and Bilbo Say Goodbye 03:32:23 Satisfying Ending Special thanks to our amazing Patreon supporters! Alex Kirkby Alexis Helman Barrett Young Bart German Brett Bowen Daryl Ewry Doug Robertson Ena Haynes Eric Blattberg Jason Chastain Josh Evans Joshua Loy Katherine Boulware Kevin Athey Mark Nattress Mark Martin Megan Bush Michal Kaczmarek Michael Puckett Nick Nagher Randal Silver Sean Masters Stephanie Ewry Tim TJ Walker Attack of the Killer Podcast