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Ryan Britt

You Need to Watch Peter Jackson's Most Ambitious Epic on HBO Max ASAP


Bilbo Baggins is taking a nap. In The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien infamously renders Bilbo unconscious, having him miss out on the Battle of the Five Armies. The decision to have Bilbo sleep through the climax has been long-debated by Middle-earth fans. But, in 2014, Peter Jackson’s final Hobbit film — The Battle of the Five Armies — set out to “correct” this plot point, with mixed results.

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