The Battle of the Five Armies, we're looking back at why it comes up short to Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.

Only two named Elven women appear in The Lord of the Rings, but they are some of Middle-earth's most important characters.

Arwen is one of the youngest Elves seen in Lord ... The character, played by Orlando Bloom, was already added to The Hobbit when he hadn't been in the book, and this invited significant criticism ...

and Arwen's role was already made drastically bigger than in the books. In the years since, The Lord of the Rings franchise ...