“A Disaster of an Adaptation” ITF Watch: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014 film) ft. Laura of Why the Book Wins

Luke is mad about this one, folks, calling it “one of the worst
adaptations” they have ever covered. Laura from the “Why the Book
Wins” podcast and YouTube channel joins the show to talk about
this movie she’d never seen in this final installment of Peter
Jackson’s overstuffed Hobbit trilogy adapting the book by J.R.R.
Tolkien. In episode 245, Luke, James, and Laura wonder why
Tauriel doesn’t seem to care about anything but Kili, judge the
value of more Lord of the Rings references, learn the tragic
backstory of a CGI dwarf, explore the potentials of a rated-R
extended edition, and finally cast their votes on which was
better: the book or the movies!


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Intro/outro music: Lord of The Rings - Concerning Hobbits
(Electronic Remix)



Luke Elliott


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