The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies does not disappoint when it comes to being the last movie of The Hobbit trilogy. The movie picks up with the attack of the fire breathing dragon, Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch). The attack causes the humans to salvage what they have left and make their way to the safety of the Kingdom of the Dwarfs. However, Elves, Dwarfs, Humans, and Orcs begin a battle for the gold and land that King Thorin (Richard Armitage) is too selfish to bestow.

The final installment to Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings prequel brings you back to Middle Earth with a smile (or maybe tears). Jackson stays true to his perfect depiction of the J.R.R Tolkien books, with the clear spoken Elvish Language and giant trolls destroying everything in their path. Being the shortest of all the Middle Earth movies it truly ends with a battle to remember. Though at times Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), seemed like a supporting character in his own narrative, there are enough epic fights to make up for it.

The lingo, from the Orcish language to the Elvish, reminds the audience what a genius J.R.R Tolkien was. Jackson shows us what Middle Earth would look like by filming the movies in New Zealand, with the mountainsides where the main battle took place and the frozen icecaps where the final fight ended. The effects in the movie make a computerized dragon come to life and giant trolls real. The makeup in the movie is Oscar-worthy, too,  from the white orc to the beauty of the elves. The Hobbit score depicts what heroism and war sound like through a strong philharmonic orchestra, and it excites the audience with its intensity .

The movie is an 8 out of 10 if you like war, friendship, and fantasy. Be sure to watch the other Hobbit movies before if you haven’t, however, so you don’t lose yourself minutes in.  The Hobbit trilogy does come up a bit short next to The Lord of the Rings, but it is still as amazing, and Jackson never fails to make a masterpiece. The ending will have you either relived, crying, or both; it’s truly one to remember.