Cinema Sins

Orcs, Wargs, Dwarfs, Elves, Men.

The wargs don't really do enough in the movies to warrant being considered a separate army from the orcs. The book wargs were intelligent creatures that allied with the goblins; the movie wargs are basically just sharp horses.

Indeed.

The the name is completely meaningless and was picked mostly to sound epic to those who haven't read the kid's book it's based on?

I'm gonna have to agree with the "the two separate orc armies count as two armies" theory. Either that or count the eagles.

It could go either way, really, though I count the Gundabad and Dol Goldur orcs as separate armies.

I don't understand this argument. The Five Armies are Men, Orcs, Dwarves, Elves, and Eagles. If the film is trying to get us to believe that there are two separate Orc armies and that's what counts here, okay. I won't get into an Internet fight over it.

edited 25th Apr '15 11:07:45 AM by Fighteer

From now on, I'm calling it "The Battle of the Four Armies (and an Air Force)".

Just like I used to say One Direction had six members (now five).

For what it's worth, in the actual book, the Wargs were considered one of the five armies. It was the Goblins and Wargs vs. the Humans, Elves, and Dwarfs.

Since the Wargs were somewhat downgraded in the films, I'd say it's reasonable to consider the Orcs as two armies combined.

edited 25th Apr '15 11:53:46 AM by Lionheart0

You know, that's right. I should remember to fact check.

Bolg was there in the book

Azog was already dead tho

Indeed. If anything Azog still being alive made for a more compelling story because at the end Bolg was just there. He didn't do anything notable.

Bolg gave Legolas someone to fight.

Bard is a person.

Mad Max time!

I've been watching this channel for a while However, I usually only watch videos about movies I have actually seen, I think it's way more enjoyable...

I laughed so hard during EWW The Hobbit:Battle of the Five Armies

Finally, the last Harry Potter movie! Or at least part 1

I thought "Dispparate" was "leaving by Apparating" and "Apparating" was arriving.

Also again with the "Explained in the books" bit, but they ''don't know that Taboo was put on Voldemort's name yet".

edited 14th May '15 8:08:53 AM by theLibrarian

To be fair even in the books it was a convenient coincidence that nobody said Voldemorts name before they realized what the Taboo was.

Also, they had that explanation in the movie. BUT THEN DECIDED TO CUT OUT THAT SCENE

Geniuses!

So, I've created a Running Gag page for CinemaSins and cleaned it up since it was a hot mess on the main page.

"Why isn't this asshole 3,000 miles away?"

Because it's a SNAKE. IT CAN'T REALLY MOVE THAT FAST.

They live in a world of magic where they can quite literally teleport themselves halfway around the world. Voldermort bringing Nagini to the final battle was always a massive Villain Ball moment, even in the book.

Well on one hand, Nagini was protected by a dozen spells

On the other hand, Voldemort knew that 2 things were right out there that could kill Horcruxes

Between bringing Nagini to the final battle and putting the Horcruxes in easy to find places, nobody worked harder to assist Harry at destroying Big V's horcruxes than Voldemort did.

It's okay, Riddle. Sauron wore HIS phylactery on his goddamn finger. You're not the only one who sucks at being a lich.

edited 21st May '15 7:27:33 AM by TobiasDrake

Hey

at least Liches dont suffer any adverse effects from having their Phylacteries destroyed

(and the Ring is something you are supposed to wear anyway)