Movie: The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies

Finally convinced myself to watch this before the cinema stop screening it.

The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies the third in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarves.

Managed to get an aisle seat at the 5th row from the screen, it was a small hall, with just 8 rows I think, so, 5th row from the screen is not too bad. Although the movie has been screening for more than a month, the seats were like 50% full on that evening. Not bad, right? 

The movie, however, has touched my heart in many ways. The friendship of Bilbo & Thorin. The loyalty the dwarves have for Thorin. The love between Kiri, Tauriel & Legolas. And I still love the Elves, or I should say I like ELF, the short form of my name, Evelyn Lay Fun. 

Overall, this movie is a good catch, if you have watched the 1st & 2nd part of the trilogy. Else, I don't think you can understand the movie completely. Even for me, I almost forgot the story before and slowly reminded the story by the story itself. 

2 hours and 24 minutes, the longest movie that I watched in the movie house, thus far. 

As usual, I stayed until the end of the movie, for the songs, music and credits. And the featuring song The Last Goodbye by Billy Boyd has caught my ears. The lyrics of the song somehow reminded me of my dad. So does the song title. 

I saw the light fade from the sky

On the wind I heard a sigh

As the snowflakes cover my fallen brothers

I will say this last goodbye

Night is now falling

So ends this day

The road is now calling

And I must away

Over hill and under trees

Through lands where never light has shone

By silver streams that run down to the Sea

Under clouds, beneath the stars

Over snow one winter’s morn

I turned at last to paths that lead home

And though where the road then takes me

I cannot tell

We came all this way

But now comes the day

To bid you farewell

Many places I have been

Many sorrows I have seen

But I don’t regret

Nor will I forget

All who took that road with me

Night is now falling

So ends this day

The road is now calling

And I must away

Over hill and under tree

Through lands where never light has shined

By silver streams that run down to the Sea

To these memories I will hold

With your blessing I will go

To turn at last to paths that lead home

And though where the road then takes me

I cannot tell

We came all this way

But now comes the day

To bid you farewell

I bid you all a very fond farewell.

I bid you all a very fond farewell...