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“The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies”, the third part of a new trilogy, New Zealand director Peter Jackson, will enter the Polish cinemas on December 25. The cast are m.in .: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee and Cate Blanchett.

The first part realized by Jackson’s film adaptation of JRR Tolkien (published in 1937.), The film “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”, was released in December 2012., And the second part, “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”, in December 2013. “The Hobbit” is presented events preceding 60 years, these from “Lord of the Rings” .

The main character, a young hobbit Bilbo Baggins (in his role in the film Martin Freeman), together with thirteen dwarves and the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) undertakes a dangerous journey to the Lonely Mountain. In Gollum’s cave magic ring that makes him invisible. Travel aims to recover the dwarven kingdom of Erebor – and wonderful treasures hidden in the hallways – the dragon Smaug from the clutches. Conductive company of dwarves Prince Thorin (Richard Armitage), a descendant of the rulers of Erebor, wants to regain their homeland and the throne.

Jackson showed the beginning of the trip in the first film. In the second part, maintained in a darker tone, the team is continuing his journey east – once again forced to fight, because the dangers lurking on the road is getting more. Among others, appear to be dangerous Forestry elves whose ruler is King Thranduil (Lee Pace), father of Legolas (Orlando Bloom). In the group that gets in the way teams include Legolas and female elf Tauriela (Evangeline Lilly). After many adventures threat hangs over the team division. Will have to be part of the inhabited by a race of people in Lake City.

The culmination of the trip to the Lonely Mountain – under which the Dwarves of Durin tribe founded the kingdom of Erebor and his big mines – becomes a meeting with Smaugiem. Lured by the news of the riches gathered there, the dragon attacked Erebor, killed people and arranged themselves den in a huge mound of gold, usypanym inside the mountain.

Scenario trilogy “The Hobbit” wrote together: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro. The projection takes into account not only the events of the book “The Hobbit,” but also additions to the novel “Lord of the Rings.” The author of photos, filmed mostly in Stone Street Studios on the peninsula Miramar Peninsula in New Zealand and a number of New Zealand islands, is the operator Andrew Lesnie.

The third part was originally supposed to be called “The Hobbit: There and Back”, in April this year, Jackson announced, however, that changes the title to “The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies.” In the final for the whole history of the great battle of Erebor – having strategic importance for the whole of Middle – involving, among others, armies of dwarves, elves, orcs, and the people of Lake-town, which – after the after the attack carried out by Smaug disappears mayor – led archer Bard (Luke Evans).

Galadriel (Cate Blanchett), Saruman (Christopher Lee) and Elrond (Hugo Weaving) join forces to oppose the spirit of Sauron.

In the third part, “The Hobbit,” a very important role, inter alia, three heroes: Bilbo, Gandalf and Thorin.

The key figure turns out to be the latter – screenwriter Fran Walsh called it “noble hero flawed” , the “History is moving, tragic” . Although surrounded by those close to him dwarves, Thorin is lonely all the time. In addition, after the recovery of ancestral treasure disturbing changes. Becomes a victim of gold. Blinded by greed, moving away from friends. More and more difficult to recognize in it the old noble warrior.

Playing this character Armitage told:

- Thorin wants to avenge the death of his father. It becomes a burden for him, which is difficult to lift alone. It seems proud, almost arrogant. paranoid belief that it is not enough good leader, but leads him astray. (…) Thorin regained his kingdom, fulfilling his dream, he got a chance to become a great ruler, but paid a huge price – the price of paranoia, greed, separation from friends. Contact with gold poisoned his soul. Despite all their mistakes Thorin has the charisma, which is able to inspire his companions to act.

Freeman, embodying the Bilbo, Thorin which connects with true friendship, spoke in turn about these characters:

- Their relationship was stormy, but over time it became cordial. Now Bilbo begins to understand that losing a friend, because Thorin begin to govern greed and fear. Fear, nothing to lose, and fear, to not have to give anything to anyone. Thorin wants to keep the treasure at all costs.

Character in some ways reminiscent of Thorin is the king of the elves Thranduil. Together with his army arrive at the town of Dal to meet with the people over whom pregnancy specter of war. Elvish rulers, however, is not just about to defend Middle Earth from the forces of darkness. Thranduil playing Lee Pace said that it is “a complex character: it is impossible to deny him wisdom, but it is also the ruthlessness – to achieve the goal, Thranduil willing to sacrifice the dwarves, and the people of Lake-town.”

While working on “The Hobbit”, realized in 3D (in Polish cinemas movie you can also see in the standard 2D) computer specialists collaborated effects including the company Weta Workshop (her co-owned by Peter Jackson), responsible for the set design, makeup and costumes. By displaying the final great start, Jackson – which emphasize the film’s producers – did not want to “give hectic battle and battlefield confusion, as in the previous trilogy, but decided to reveal in detail the course and the logic of the battle of epic perspective, inspired by the tactic of orderly Napoleonic wars. “

- Liquidity of the character and the natural movement were under the control of a specially written computer programs. Computer models of individual characters were repeatedly tested and adjusted depending on the phase of movement and light. Created 5 thousand. dwarves and elves and more than 40 thousand. different varieties of orcs. key position battles – Ravenhill – dwarves redoubt, where heavy fighting taking place, built, copied and supplemented by computer. Dense and very realistic fog accompanied many clashes also created a computer – describe producers.

Jackson emphasized the implementation:

- It was important for us to closely tie together the two trilogies. The viewer should understand the impact that she Battle of Five Armies all over the world of Middle-earth. Our intention was that the audience could see six films as logically evolving saga.

Walsh complement:

- The biggest challenge was to keep the spirit of the book and at the same time to make the atmosphere and style were one of the “Lord of the Rings”. We paid close attention to the series “The Hobbit” was a story a bit more “carefree”, but then in the last part that appears dark and hard tone, which we know from “Lord …”. Increasingly are emphasized issues of power, courage, greed and self-sacrifice.

Philippa Boyens, in turn, draws attention to the words of Galadriel in the first part of “The Hobbit”: “Something is growing in the shade, something hidden in it and did not disclose.” – This means that evil rises very long time unnoticed. I think that Tolkien thought that evil more powerful unnoticed, was extremely current in his day, but it is also, unfortunately, the current today – Boyens said.

“The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies” lasts 144 minutes. The music was composed by Howard Shore. The film is produced m.in .: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and label Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.