the battle of the five armies is the only one of those movies I bothered to go to the theater for last year. I believe the desolation of Smaug was the last movie that that I went to the theater to see before that. I saw Guardians of the Universe at home and, when it was over, I immediately watched it a again.
Same here (with Battle of the Five Armies and Desolation of Smaug); the last two movies I saw in a theater (with the wife/kids). I actually wasn’t thrilled with “The Desolation of Smaug”, and thought they had stretched what at best should have been two movies into three, but wanted some closure.
It is amazing looking at the list of movies how I recognize the names from decades past (RoboCop, Dumb & Dumber); I see producers really appealing to middle-aged people (instead of the prized young audiences of years past). They seem to have their eyes fixed on the pockets of an older, often childless generation with the time, money, and interest in such re-treads.