Perhaps explaining why those Hobbit movies cost so much damn money to make, Entertainment Weekly has revealed that The Hobbit: The Battle Of Five Armies will end with a 45-minute battle scene. Director Peter Jackson spoke with EW about the logistics of creating such an epic climax. We have dwarves and men and elves and orcs, all with different cultures, with different weapons, and different shields and patterns and tactics, Jackson explains, before sharing the highly scientific way he maps out his fight scenes: