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I finally watched the third Hobbit movie last night, the Battle of the Five Armies. It felt more coherent than the previous one (which I kind of felt could have used more editing). Here are a few of my favorite parts of this one:

Cate Blanchett getting her "TERRIFYING elf queen" geared up and going.

Proper tribute paid to the "hero" Uruk-Hai leaders- particularly nice they had their end credit sketches.

A revisit of the "rabbit sleigh" of Radagast the Brown- never not hilarious and fun to watch.

Martin Freeman's Bilbo getting home to the Shire- only to find out his home has been trashed and stripped.

The young Bilbo transitioning to the 111-year-old Bilbo, with Ian Holm looking exactly right as we witness the true passage to the Lord of the Rings.

And my biggest 'Oh, my heart!' moment, of Billy Boyd singing "The Last Goodbye" over the end credits. I didn't watch the special features (just not enough time), but I did watch the stuff about Billy and recording that song- with the music video for it, where they pulled together the whole franchise.

So. I was not going to buy this for myself, since the second one didn't thrill me, I just watched the library's copy. But now? I think I might have to get my own copy after all.