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!

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• 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

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