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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug. A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug. A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.

• Peter Jackson
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• Martin Freeman
• Ian McKellen
• Richard Armitage
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• Trivia Asked how many wizards there are, Gandalf says there are five, naming Saruman, Radagast, and himself, then saying he can't remember the names of the other two, merely saying, "The two blues". Their names, Alatar and Pallando, appear in the book Unfinished Tales, a collection of J.R.R. Tolkien ideas and half-manuscripts edited into book form by his son Christopher Tolkien . The filmmakers didn't have rights to use material from that book, so the two blue wizards remain unnamed in this movie.
• Goofs When the party is captured by the Goblins and Bilbo crawls away, a Goblin's CGI foot passes through the bridge he's walking on.

Galadriel : Mithrandir? Why the Halfling?

Gandalf : I don't know. Saruman believes that it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I've found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps it is because I am afraid, and he gives me courage.

• Crazy credits Lists the publishers for all of The Hobbit in all the different languages.
• Alternate versions Also shown in a 3D and 48 fps version, but the content is the same.
• Connections Edited into The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Extended Edition Scenes (2013)
• Soundtracks Blunt the Knives Lyrics by J.R.R. Tolkien from "The Hobbit" Music composed by Stephen Gallagher (as Stephen Gallagher) Produced by Stephen Gallagher (as Stephen Gallagher) Performed by Jed Brophy , Adam Brown , John Callen , Mark Hadlow , Peter Hambleton , Stephen Hunter , William Kircher , Graham McTavish , James Nesbitt , Dean O'Gorman , Ken Stott , Aidan Turner

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• Why are the names of the blue wizards are not mentioned in this film?
• When Gandalf talks to Bilbo about Sting, he mentions that "Elvish blade glows blue when orcs or goblins are nearby", should this rule apply to the Foe-hammer and the Goblin-cleaver as well?
• Are the Goblins different from the Orcs?
• December 14, 2012 (United States)
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• Dec 16, 2012
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition Scene Guide

October 25th, 2013 by deej

Can’t wait until The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition is released on DVD and Blu-ray November 4th?  Can’t download it on iTunes?  Want to know exactly what those 13 minutes of extra footage are going to reveal?  Well, wait no more!  We have a detailed list of each extended scene, as well as a few screencaps for good measure.  Warning: SPOILERS AHEAD!

04:10:  Additional footage of Thranduil at Erebor.  (Bilbo’s voiceover): “ All would pay homage to him, even the great elven King Thranduil… (new) As the great wealth of the dwarves grew, their store of good will ran thin.  No one knows exactly what began the rift.  The elves say the dwarves stole their treasure. The dwarves tell another tale.  They say the Elven king refused to give them their rightful pay.  It is sad, Frodo, how old alliances can be broken, how friendships between peoples can be lost.  And for what?”

07:03 – We get to see a little bit more of Smaug flying overhead.

09:38 – Hobbiton at night; a party for Old Took; Gandalf’s fireworks!  We get a couple of Hobbit cameos –  production designer Dan Hennah (as Old Took – in center of shot), and Katie Jackson (daughter of Peter) to his right. “Far away, in another corner of the world, dragons were only make-believe; a party trick conjured by wizards on Midsummer’s Eve.  No more frightening than fairy dust.” A small child is running around Gandalf, attacking him with a play sword and laughing:  it’s 4-year old Bilbo Baggins.  Bilbo’s mother runs over and grabs him.  “ And that, my dear Frodo, is where I come in.   It was the beginning of an unlikely friendship that has lasted all my life.   But it is not the start of my story.  It began…well, it began as you might expect.  In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit…”

14:00 – Unlike the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the title card for “An Unexpected Journey” is in the same place as it was in the theatrical version

17:26 –Bilbo leaves Bag End after Gandalf has gone, but is still wary that he’ll run into the wizard.  He walks down the hill and into the Hobbiton marketplace.  We see Hobbits talking, selling their wares, and children playing.  Bilbo buying a piece of fish for his dinner later that evening.  A Hobbit stops Bilbo as he’s leaving the marketplace and shows off a wheelbarrow full of very large tubers. Bilbo responds, “Very impressive, Mr. Worrywort.  Now I don’t suppose you’ve seen a wizard lurking around these parts?” “Tall fellow? Long grey beard? Pointy hat?”  Bilbo sees what appears to be a familiar looking hat moving behind a tent, panics, and starts to run away. “Can’t say I have”, Mr Worrywort responds.  Bilbo is relieved when the hat  turns out to just be a basket of fabric.

23:15 – After the dwarves arrive at Bag End, there is some additional footage of the dwarves raiding the pantry, and Bilbo getting more and more annoyed.  He attempts to stop Bifur from taking a bottle of wine, only for Bifur to say something unintelligible to him.  Oin explains to Bilbo that Bifur has “an injury”.  “You mean the ax in his head.” Bilbo replies sarcastically.   Oin puts his hearing aid to his ear. “Dead?  No, only between his ears.  His legs work fine”.

1:25:13 – Additional footage of the Company after they’ve escaped the Orcs, and into the secret passageway to Rivendell.   As they are all walking, Bilbo says, “Gandalf, where are we?” “You can feel it?” Gandalf replies.  “Yes”, says Bilbo, “It feels like…well, it feels like magic.”  Gandalf: “That’s exactly what it is- a very powerful magic.”

1:30:29 – Extended scene at Rivendell as the dwarves are eating (“Try it; just a mouthful!”  “I don’t like green food!”).  Kili is making eyes at a female Elven harp player, gives her a smiling wink, and gets a stern look from Dwalin.

Kili trys to play it off:  “Can’t say I fancy Elf maids myself.  Too thin.  They’re all high cheekbones and creamy skin;  not enough facial hair for me. Although…”  Just then another elf walks by.  “That one there’s not bad” Kili says.  Dwalin replies, “That’s not an elf maid”.  The elf in question turns to reveal that he is indeed not an elf maid.

Kili looks a bit shocked, then Dwalin winks at him, and everyone bursts out laughing.

1:32:48 – After Gandalf explains to Elrond how they found Glamdring and Elrond inquires why they were on the Great East Road in the first place, Elrond remarks, “13 dwarves and a Halfling; strange travelling companions, Gandalf. “ “These are the descendants of the House of Durin! They’re noble, decent folk.” Nori picks up what appears to be an ornate salt shaker and discreetly puts it in his coat.  “And they’re surprisingly cultured.” Bombur stuffs his face with food. “They’ve got a deep love of the arts”.  Nori turns to the harp player behind him and says “”Change the tune, why don’t you?? I feel like I’m at a funeral!”  “Did someboy die?!” Oin exclaims.   Bofur says “Alright lads, there’s only one thing for it!”,  jumps onto a plinth next to the table (the same plinth that Frodo would later place The One Ring on), and starts to sing:   (note: This is a revised edition of a song that was originally recited by Frodo in The Lord of the Rings(book), while at The Prancing Pony)

“There is an inn, a merry old inn beneath an old grey hill, And there they brew a beer so brown That the Man in the Moon himself came down one night to drink his fill.

The ostler has a tipsy cat that plays a five-stringed fiddle; And up and down he saws his bow Now squeaking high, now purring low, now sawing in the middle.

So the cat on the fiddle played hey-diddle-diddle, a jig that would wake the dead: He squeaked and sawed and quickened the tune, While the landlord shook the Man in the Moon: ‘It’s after three!’ he said.

The other elves join in, and also start throwing food around.  Something comes very close to hitting Lindir!

1: 1:39:03 – After the scene on Weathertop with Azog: Additional footage in Rivendell (daytime); Bilbo is wandering around the Last Homely House, and approaches the statue holding the shards of Narsil.

He only glances at it, before turning toward the painting on the wall – Isildur as he is about to cut the One Ring from Sauron’s hand.

Bilbo’s eye goes directly to the One Ring on Sauron’s finger.  We then see Bilbo outside, walking and gazing at the beauty of Rivendell.   As Bilbo is standing on a balcony, Elrond approaches him.

“Not with your companions?” Elrond remarks.  “Ah, I shan’t be missed”, Bilbo replies.  “The truth is most of them don’t think I should be on this journey.”  “Indeed”  Elrond says “I’ve heard that Hobbits are very resilient.”  Bilbo laughs, and then realizes that Elrond isn’t joking.  “Really?”  “Mmm.  I’ve also heard they’re fond of the comforts of home.”  Bilbo thinks about that for a moment and then confides to Elrond, “And i’ve heard that it’s unwise to seek the counsel of elves, for they will answer both yes and no.”   At first, Elrond does not seem amused by this, but then a soft smile appears on this face, and Bilbo has an uneasy laugh.    “You are very welcome to stay here, if that is your wish.”  Bilbo appears to consider it.

The scene then cuts to Lindir and Elrond walking, and (speaking in Elvish), Lindir tells Elrond:

And this is why the PG-13 rating details for the Extended Edition were expanded to include “brief nudity” – yes, those are bare dwarf bottoms:

1:42:07 -Rivendell at night, just after Bofur throws a sausage at Bombur and the table he’s on collapses.  The scene cuts away to Bilbo walking alone, and he overhears Gandalf and Elrond talking.

“Of course I was going to tell you”, Gandalf says, “I was waiting for this very chance.  And really, I – I think you can trust that I know what I am doing.”  “Do you?” Elrond replies. “That dragon has slept for sixty years.  What will happen if your plan should fail? If you wake that beast…”  Gandalf cuts him off; “But if we succeed!  What if the dwarves take back the mountain, then our defenses in the east will be strengthened.”

Elrond: “It’s a dangerous move, Gandalf.”

As Bilbo listens to them, he turns to see that Thorin is standing behind him.

Gandalf: “It is also dangerous to do nothing!  Oh, come – the throne of Erebor is Thorin’s birthright!  What is it you fear?”

Saruman: “Have you forgotten, a strain of madness runs deep in that family.  His grandfather lost his mind.  His father succumbed to the same sickness. Can you swear Thorin Oakenshield will not also fall? Gandalf, these decisions to not rest with us alone.  It is not up to you or me to redraw the map of Middle-earth.”  This leads into the theatrical scene where they walk up the steps to the balcony, where they meet Galadrial and Saruman.

1:45:10 – At the meeting of the White Council, after Saurman tells Gandalf “Sauron is defeated!  He can never regain his full strength”, Gandalf replies, “Does it not worry you that the last of the dwarf rings should simply vanish, along with its bearer?  Of the 7 dwarf rings, 4 were consumed by dragons, 2 were taken by Sauron before he fell in Mordor.  The fate of the last dwarf ring remains unknown.   The ring that was borne by Thrain.”

2:04:24   – After the dwarves are captured, Bilbo sneaks away but falls down the crevasse, and the dwarves are taken to see the Goblin King.  As he sits, music starts, and the Goblin King says “I feel a song coming on!”

Snip snap, the black crack

Grip, grab, pinch, and nab

Batter and beat

Milk ‘em, stammer and squeak!

Pound pound,  far underground

Down, down, down in Goblin Town

With a swish and smack

And a whip and a crack

Everybody talks when they’re on our rack

Pound pound, far underground

Down, down, down in Goblin Town

Hammer and torch, get out your knockers and gongs

You wont last long on the end of my prongs

Clish, clash, crush and smash

Bang, break, shiver and shake

You can yell and yelp

But there aint no help

“Catchy, isnt’ it?” says the Goblin King, “It’s one of my own compositions”

“That’s not a song, it’s an abomination!” cries Balin.

“Abominations, mutations, deviations…that all you’re gonna find down here”, the Goblin King replies.

2:06:55 – The goblins start searching the dwarves for weapons, and empty out a large bag of what appears to be Elvish cutlery and candlesticks.   The Goblin King examines a gold candelabra and turns it over:  “Made in Rivendell?” he says “Bah – Second Age, couldn’t give it away!” he exclaims, and tosses it aside.

Nori has a guilty expression on his face as Oin turns to look at him.  “Just a couple of keepsakes”, Nori explains.  “What are you doing in these parts”, the Goblin King asks.  “Don’t worry, lads – I’ll handle this”, Oin offers.  “No tricks!”, says the Goblin King, “I want the truth!  Warts and all!”  “You’re going to have to speak up”, Oin says, “Your boys have flattened my trumpet”. “I’ll flatten more than your trumpet!”  the Goblin King roars, and walks toward Oin.  “If it’s more information you’re wanting, i’m the one you should speak to!”, Bofur offers.  The Goblin King pauses.  “We were on the road…well, it’s not so much a road as a path…actually, it’s not even that, come to think of it, it’s more like a track.  Anyway, the point is we were on this road, like a path, like a track, and then we weren’t!  Which is a problem, because we were supposed to be in Dunland last Tuesday.”  The dwarves try to add additional information before the Goblin King cuts them off.

***********

I hope this tides you all over until you can see the Extended Edition for yourselves, not to mention the nearly 9 hours of extras!   I myself am looking forward to the day when I can watch all three Hobbit Extended Editions, followed by The Lord of the Rings Trilogy EE’s.

deej is a staff member for the 100% all-volunteer TheOneRing.net, and obviously has far too much free time on her hands.

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the first film of The Hobbit film trilogy , lasting 3 hours and 2 minutes. It was directed by Peter Jackson , who previously had directed The Lord of the Rings film trilogy . It was a major box office success, grossing over $1.017 billion worldwide. The film is the fourth Middle-earth film adaptation to be released, and the first chronologically.

Martin Freeman portrays a young Bilbo Baggins and Ian Holm reprises his role as an older Bilbo Baggins. Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis reprise their roles as Gandalf and Gollum , respectively, as do Hugo Weaving and Cate Blanchett , as Elrond and Galadriel .

The character of Radagast the Brown appears in the movie and is portrayed by Sylvester McCoy , who had been known mostly for his portrayal as the seventh incarnation of The Doctor on Doctor Who .

• 2 Memorable quotes
• 3 Development
• 4.3 Extended Edition only
• 4.4.1 People of Dale
• 4.4.2 Dwarves of the Lonely Mountains
• 4.4.3 Mirkwood Elves
• 4.4.4 Hobbits of the Shire
• 4.4.5 Hunter Orcs
• 4.4.6 Elves of Rivendell
• 4.4.7 Goblins
• 5 Appearances and mentions
• 7 Extended Edition
• 10 Translations
• 11 References
• 12 External links

A reluctant Hobbit , Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of Dwarves to reclaim their mountain home, and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug . [1]

Memorable quotes [ ]

Gandalf: Agreed. "

Development [ ]

Credits [ ].

• Ian McKellen as Gandalf
• Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins
• Richard Armitage as Thorin II Oakenshield
• Ken Stott as Balin
• Graham McTavish as Dwalin
• William Kircher as Bifur
• James Nesbitt as Bofur
• Stephen Hunter as Bombur
• Dean O'Gorman as Fíli
• Aidan Turner as Kíli
• John Callen as Óin
• Peter Hambleton as Glóin
• Jed Brophy as Nori
• Mark Hadlow as Dori
• Adam Brown as Ori
• Ian Holm as Old Bilbo
• Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins
• Hugo Weaving as Elrond
• Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
• Christopher Lee as Saruman
• Andy Serkis as Gollum
• Sylvester McCoy as Radagast
• Barry Humphries as Great Goblin
• Jeffrey Thomas as Thrór
• Michael Mizrahi as Thráin
• Lee Pace as Thranduil
• John Rawls as Yazneg
• Stephen Ure as Fimbul
• Timothy Bartlett as Master Worrywort
• William Kircher as Tom
• Peter Hambleton as Bert
• Mark Hadlow as William
• Bret McKenzie as Lindir
• Stephen Ure as Grinnah
• Kiran Shah as Goblin Scribe
• Manu Bennett as Azog
• Conan Stevens as Gundabad Orc Chieftain
• Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug and Necromancer
• Glenn Boswell as Dwarf Miner
• Thomas Robins as Young Thráin

Extended Edition only [ ]

• Luke Evans as Girion
• Dan Hennah as The Old Took
• Stephen Gledhill as Old Gammidge
• Tim Gordon as Old Hob
• Oscar Strik as Little Bilbo
• Sonia Forbes-Adam as Belladonna (Took) Baggins
• Erin Banks as Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
• Brian Hotter as Otho Sackville-Baggins
• Eric Vespe as Fredegar Chubb
• Mervyn Smith as Tosser Grubb
• Ruby Acevedo as "Cute Young Hobbit"
• Katie Jackson
• Honor McTavish
• Louis Serkis
• Ruby Serkis
• Sonny Serkis

Uncredited [ ]

People of dale [ ].

• Mary Nesbitt
• Peggy Nesbitt
• Many unknowns

Dwarves of the Lonely Mountains [ ]

• Peter Jackson
• Jabez Olssen
• James Wells
• Richard Whiteside

Mirkwood Elves [ ]

• Brendan Casey
• Cameron Jones
• Carl Van Room
• Few unknowns

Hobbits of the Shire [ ]

• Joan Z. Dawe
• Melissa Kern
• Aaron Morgan
• Kaela Morgan
• Ravi Narayan

Hunter Orcs [ ]

• Frazer Anderson
• George Harach
• Christian Hipolito
• Ane Kirkeng Jørgensen
• Joseph Mika-Hunt
• Elliot Travers

Elves of Rivendell [ ]

• Jared Blakiston
• Shane Boulton
• Melanie Carrington
• Andrew Fitzsimons
• Luke Hawker
• Dean Knowsley
• Luke Wilson

Goblins [ ]

• Renee Cataldo
• Ben Fransham
• Tim McLahlan
• Nathan Meister
• Terry Notary
• Thomas Rimmer
• James Trevena-Brown
• Mark Trotter

Appearances and mentions [ ]

Species and creatures

Factions, groups and titles

Objects and artifacts

Miscellanea

Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey, in a photo from the set of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Deviations from the book [ ]

• Elijah Wood appears briefly as Frodo Baggins , while this character does not appear in the book. However, his appearance is purely a cameo as the set-up for the movie, as the Red Book of Westmarch is being written and read by Bilbo, shortly before the start of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring .
• The Dwarves do not arrive in order (first Dwalin, then Balin, then Kíli and Fíli, then Óin, Glóin, Dori, Nori, Ori, Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur all at once, and then Thorin arrives significantly later) and they do not have their multi-colored hoods or beards as they did in the book.
• Bilbo was shown to be allergic to Horses .
• The Dwarves surrender when the Trolls threaten to rip Bilbo in two instead of being overpowered and popped into bags.
• Bilbo goes to the Trolls because they steal the Dwarves' ponies.
• In the book, it was Gandalf that stalled the trolls until they turned into stone. This was done by Bilbo in the film.
• The trolls' cave is wide open, and there is no locked door blocking it.
• In the book, Bilbo finds Sting and takes it. In the film, Gandalf comes upon it and gives it to Bilbo.
• The group is attacked by Orcs on the way to Rivendell , just after the Trolls sequence in the movie. This did not happen in the book.
• Radagast the Brown aids the Dwarves in escaping the Orc Warg-riders near Rivendell. In contrast, Radagast did not appear in the book at all, and there is only one mention of him.
• Radagast investigates the darkness of Mirkwood, and at Dol Guldur encounters the Necromancer and the Witch-king of Angmar , with whom he briefly duels and from whom he takes a Morgul Blade. In contrast, Tolkien never wrote of any such incident.
• Azog has survived the War of the Dwarves and Orcs in which he was wounded by Thorin, who cut off his arm, and hunts Thorin Oakenshield and his followers. In contrast, in the Tolkien literature Azog was beheaded by Thorin's cousin Dáin Ironfoot in the Battle of Azanulbizar , well before the events of The Hobbit . The events of leading to and included in the battle are also altered: Thrór leads an army to Moria to reclaim it as opposed to investigating it with a single companion, and he is beheaded during the battle while in the books this occurred several years beforehand. The origin of Thorin's name of Oakenshield is taken from the appendices of The Return of the King , but here takes place during battle with Azog and involves him picking up an oaken branch rather than cutting it off a tree.
• While at Rivendell with Thorin's party, Gandalf meets with Elrond , Galadriel , and Saruman (the film's version of the White Council ) and relates Radagast's news about Mirkwood, but Saruman discounts Radagast's news about the Necromancer, who he says must be no more than a human pretending to be a wizard. This conflicts with Tolkien's version, in which the White Council already knew that the Necromancer was Sauron and was at Dol Guldur , since Gandalf had already confirmed this 89 years earlier, and Saruman had discovered two years earlier (although he did not inform the Council of this) that Sauron had learned of Isildur 's loss of the One Ring at the Gladden Fields by the river Anduin and his servants were searching the area. Accordingly, in Tolkien's original version, in the year of the events of The Hobbit , Saruman finally agreed to an attack on Dol Guldur because he wanted to prevent Sauron from finding the Ring. [2]
• There is no mention of Galadriel in the book, although she is part of the White Council.
• At the White Council meeting, Galadriel relates how the Witch-king of Angmar, after his defeat near Fornost , had been killed and sealed in a tomb in that could not be opened in the High Fells . This is a serious departure from canon (Tolkien's writings), in which the Witch-king had not died, but fled. In fact, Glorfindel had stopped pursuit of the Witch-king and prophesied, "Do not pursue him! He will not return to these lands. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall." [3] This prophecy, of course, was the basis for the later dramatic moment in The Lord of the Rings in which Éowyn was able to kill the Witch-king because she was not a man. This prophecy no longer makes sense if the Witch-king had already been killed and is now (as Saruman implies) just a spirit raised by a necromancer who could "summon the dead." Furthermore, per Tolkien the White Council knew the Witch-king had not been killed because he and the rest of the Nazgûl had previously been fighting with Gondor and had captured (and presumably killed) the last King of Gondor at Minas Morgul in TA 2050, long after he had fled Fornost [2] . It is possible, however, that the Ringwraiths could not die due to their Wraith nature and were imprisoned in the tombs, and only Sauron had the power to call them forth. As for how they presumably killed the last King of Gondor , Galadriel never specifically says if the other Ringwraiths were sealed in the High Fells along with the Witch-king when Angmar fell. So it is possible that the other Ringwraiths challenged and killed Eärnur , and were defeated and sealed with their leader centuries later.
• When traveling along the mountain pass, Bilbo observes the stone-giants hurling rocks at a distance, "across the valley." Bilbo and his companions take refuge under a hanging rock during the thunderstorm (thunder-battle), but are never involved in the stone-giants' game.
• In the book, it was Bilbo that alerted the party when the trapdoors in the Front Porch open. In the film, the Dwarves realize this just as they fall into the hole.
• In the book, the Goblins only had tunnels, not rope bridges.
• In the book, Bilbo is with the Dwarves when they are taken to the Great Goblin and later rescued by Gandalf. In the film, Bilbo is separated from the group and falls to Gollum's cave before the Dwarves are taken to the Great Goblin.
• In the book The Hobbit , as in the prologue to The Fellowship of the Ring film, Bilbo Baggins finds the One Ring by chance when his hand happens to fall upon it as he is crawling through one of the dark Goblin-town tunnels, well before he comes across Gollum. In this film, Bilbo sees Gollum fighting with a Goblin and we see Gollum drop the Ring during the fight.
• Gollum has six teeth in the book, not nine.
• In the book, when Gollum and Bilbo were playing the game of riddles, the cave was pitch black and Bilbo could only see Gollum's glowing eyes and hear his voice echoing through the walls of the cave. In the film, the cave was partly lit up and Bilbo could see Gollum entirely.
• In the book, Gandalf saves the Dwarves in the goblin cave with a storm of burning smoke and instantly slays the Goblin King with his blade. In the film, the Goblin King is merely knocked aside in this scene (though many of his minions die in the telekinetic blast), and slain later on.
• In the film, Gandalf does not use multi-colored fire when lighting the pine cones.

Extended Edition [ ]

The extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was released on October 22 , 2013 for digital downloads and November 5 2013 for hard copies. It includes these scenes:

• The introduction. The Elvenking Thranduil is given more screen time. He approaches the throne while Thráin gestures for a Dwarf to show Thranduil a chest of gems. As Thranduil looks entranced and reaches for it, the Dwarf closes the lid. Bard's ancestor Girion is given screen time. He is seen behind his Wind lance attempting to shoot down Smaug during the dragon's attack on Dale .
• Bilbo's introduction to himself. A flashback wherein a young hobbit boy comes running up to Gandalf and plays with him. His mother Belladonna runs after him and acknowledges Gandalf as an old friend.
• After Bilbo meets Gandalf on the front bench, he buys supper from Hobbiton while suspiciously looking around everywhere to make sure Gandalf is not around.
• Kíli glances over to a female Elf in Rivendell and winks at her. Dwalin sees him and Kíli begins making excuses. In one of his excuses, he mistakenly calls another male Elf a female and Dwalin corrects him. The rest of the Dwarves laugh much to Kíli's embarrassment.
• While eating, Nori and Óin complain about the song played by the Elf musicians. Bofur climbs up a platform and begins singing. The other Dwarves join in and start throwing food around. Elrond and Lindir look surprised and angry about Dwarves activities because they start throwing fruit to Elrond, Lindir and Bofur but they say nothing about it.
• Bilbo is wandering around Rivendell during the daytime. He approaches the statue holding the shards of Narsil before a particular painting catches his eye. The painting depicts Isildur about to cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand. Bilbo is particularly interested in the One Ring on Sauron's hand.
• A conversation between Bilbo and Elrond in Rivendell. Elrond also welcomes Bilbo to stay in Rivendell if he wishes.
• Lindir complains to Elrond about the Dwarves' behavior. They find them swimming in a large fountain.
• Gandalf and Elrond further discuss Thorin and Company's quest. Elrond voices his concern of Thorin himself, since both his grandfather and father succumbed to madness. Bilbo and Thorin overhear this conversation.
• At the White Council, Gandalf brings up the fact that the Ring of Power once owned by Thorin's father mysteriously vanished. Saruman dismisses this as it would be of no use since all believe the One Ring was lost long ago.
• A new song from the goblin king and longer interrogation.

Bilbo in Rivendell with the Dwarves

• Guillermo del Toro was originally on board to direct, but bowed out due to "ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming."
• When it appeared Martin Freeman would not be available to play Bilbo in The Hobbit film trilogy due to scheduling conflicts with the BBC television series Sherlock , other actors such as James McAvoy and Tobey Maguire were considered. A false rumour was spread online that David Tennant was considered, but both Tennant and Jackson denied this. Tennant was actually considered for (and offered) the role of Thranduil but had to turn it down when his girlfriend discovered she was pregnant.
• Ryan Gage was originally cast to play Drogo Baggins , father of Frodo Baggins . According to Peter Jackson , "Ryan is a great young actor who we originally cast in a small role, but we liked him so much, we promoted him to the much larger Alfrid part."
• This is the only film in both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies in which Legolas makes no appearance.
• The scene when Bilbo first puts on the Ring is very similar to the scene in The Fellowship of the Ring where Frodo puts on the Ring in The Prancing Pony .
• The filmmakers titled the project Little Rivers to aid in hiding the film's identity.
• When a Giant Eagle grabs Thorin's unconscious body, his oak-log shield falls off his arm and is permanently left behind.
• This was both the last film not distributed by Disney, Universal or Paramount and the last film distributed by Warner Bros . to gross $1 billion until the release of Aquaman in 2018.

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• ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/
• ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Lord of the Rings , Appendix B
• ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings , Appendix A (I, iv).

External links [ ]

• Official site of The Hobbit films
• Trailer for the movie
• Differences between the book and the film
• Lord of the Rings
• 3 Tom Bombadil

An Unexpected Journey transcript

Transcript for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey . ' Note: Ian Holm portraying Bilbo will be referred to as "Older Bilbo Baggins" while Martin Freeman portraying bilbo will be referred to as just "Bilbo" or "Bilbo Baggins"

• Older Bilbo Baggins: My dear Frodo:You asked me once if I had told you everything there was to know about my adventures. And while I can honestly say I have told you the truth I may not have told you all of it. I am old now, Frodo. I'm not the same Hobbit I once was. I think it is time for you to know what really happened. It began long ago in a land far away to the east the like of which you will not find in the world today. There was the city of Dale. Its markets known far and wide. Full of the bounties of vine and vale. Peaceful and prosperous. For this city lay before the doors of the greatest kingdom in Middle-earth: Erebor. Stronghold of Thror, King Under the Mountain. Mightiest of the Dwarf Lords. Thror ruled with utter surety never doubting his house would endure for his line lay secure in the lives of his son and grandson.

Ah, Frodo. Erebor. Built deep within the mountain itself the beauty of this fortress city was legend. Its wealth lay in the earth in precious gems hewn from rock and in great seams of gold running like rivers through stone. The skill of the Dwarves was unequaled fashioning objects of great beauty out of diamond, emerald, ruby and sapphire. Ever they delved deeper, down into the dark. And that is where they found it. The Heart of the Mountain. The Arkenstone. Thror named it "The King's Jewel." He took it as a sign, a sign that his right to rule was divine. All would pay homage to him. Even the great Elven King, Thranduil. As the great wealth of the Dwarves grew their store of good will ran thin. No one knows exactly what began the rift. The Elves say the Dwarves stole their treasure. The Dwarves tell another tale. They say the Elf King refused to give them their rightful pay.

It is sad, Frodo, how old alliances can be broken. How friendships between peoples can be lost. And for what? But the years of peace and plenty were not to last. Slowly the days turned sour and the watchful nights closed in. Thror's love of gold had grown too fierce. A sickness had begun to grow within him. It was a sickness of the mind. And where sickness thrives bad things will follow. The first they heard was a noise like a hurricane coming down from the North. The pines on the mountain creaked and cracked in the hot, dry wind.

• Young Thorin Oakenshield: Balin, sound the alarm. Call out the guard. Do it now!
• Younger Balin: What is it?
• Young Thorin Oakenshield: Dragon. Dragon!
• Old Bilbo Baggins: He was a firedrake from the North. Smaug had come. Such wanton death was dealt that day. For this city of Men was nothing to Smaug. His eye was set on another prize. For dragons covet gold with a dark and fierce desire. For a dragon will guard his plunder as long as he lives.
• Young Thorin Oakenshield: Run for your lives! Ah! Help us!
• Old Bilbo Baggins: Thranduil would not risk the lives of his kin against the wrath of the dragon. No help came from the Elves that day nor any day since. Robbed of their homeland, the Dwarves of Erebor wandered the wilderness a once mighty people brought low. The young Dwarf prince took work where he could find it laboring in the villages of Men. But always he remembered the mountain smoke beneath the moon the trees like torches blazing bright. For he had seen dragon fire in the sky and a city turned to ash. And he never forgave and he never forgot.

That, my dear Frodo, is where I come in. For, quite by chance, and the will of a Wizard fate decided I would become part of this tale. It began... Well, it began as you might expect. In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole full of worms and oozy smells. This was a Hobbit hole. And that means good food, a warm hearth and all the comforts of home. Thank you.

• Old Bilbo: Thank you.
• Frodo: What’s this?
• Old Bilbo: That is private. Keep your sticky paws off!
• Old Bilbo: It’s not ready yet.
• Frodo: Not ready for what?
• Old Bilbo: Reading.
• Old Bilbo: What on earth are these?
• Frodo: Replies to the party invitations.
• Old Bilbo: Ah! Good gracious! Is it today?
• Frodo: They all say they’re coming, except for the Sackville-Bagginses, who are demanding you ask them in person.
• Old Bilbo: Are they, indeed. Over my dead body.
• Frodo: They’d probably find that quite agreeable. They seem to think you have tunnels overflowing with gold.
• Old Bilbo: It was one small chest, hardly overflowing. And it still smells of troll.
• Frodo: What on earth are you doing?
• Old Bilbo: Taking precautions. You know I caught her making off with the silverware once.
• Frodo: Who?
• Old Bilbo: Lobelia Sackville-Baggins. She had all my spoons stuffed in her pockets. Dreadful woman. Make sure you keep an eye on her after I’m… When I’m…when…
• Frodo: When you’re…what?
• Old Bilbo: It’s nothing. Nothing.
• Frodo: You know, some people are beginning to wonder about you, uncle.
• Old Bilbo: Hmm?
• Frodo: They think you’re becoming odd.
• Old Bilbo: Odd?
• Frodo: Well, unsociable.
• Old Bilbo: Unsociable, me? Nonsense. Be a good lad and put that on the gate.
• Frodo: Do you think he’ll come?
• Old Bilbo: Who?
• Frodo: Gandalf.
• Old Bilbo: Oh, he wouldn’t miss a chance to let off his whiz poppers. He’ll give us quite a show, you’ll see.
• Frodo: Right then. I am off.
• Old Bilbo: Off to where?
• Frodo: Eastfarthing woods. I’m going to surprise him.
• Old Bilbo: Well, go on then. You don’t want to be late. [voice over] He doesn’t approve being late. Not that I ever was. In those days, I was always on time. I was entirely respectable, and nothing unexpected…ever happened.

Scene 2: Bilbo meeting Gandalf

Bilbo Baggins: Good morning. Gandalf: What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning or do you mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not? Or perhaps you mean to say that you feel good on this particular morning? Or are you simply stating that this is a morning to be good on? Hm? Bilbo Baggins: All of them at once, I suppose. Gandalf: Hmm. Bilbo Baggins: Can I help you? Gandalf: That remains to be seen. I'm looking for someone to share in an adventure. Bilbo Baggins: An adventure? No, I don't imagine anyone west of Bree would have much interest in adventures. Nasty, disturbing, uncomfortable things. Make you late for dinner. Heh, heh. Mm. Huh. Hmm. Oh. Ah. Good morning. Gandalf: To think that I should have lived to be "good morninged" by Belladonna Took's son as if I were selling buttons at the door. Bilbo Baggins: Beg your pardon? Gandalf: You've changed, and not entirely for the better, Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo Baggins: I'm sorry, do I know you? Gandalf: Well, you know my name, although you don't remember I belong to it. I'm Gandalf. And Gandalf means... ...me. Bilbo Baggins: Gandalf? Not Gandalf the wandering Wizard... ...who made such excellent fireworks? Old Took used to have them on Midsummer's Eve. Heh, heh. Ahem. No idea you were still in business. Gandalf: And where else should I be? Bilbo Baggins: Where else...? Ahem. Gandalf: Well, I'm pleased to find you remember something about me... ...even if it's only my fireworks. Yes. Well, that's decided. It'll be very good for you (Bilbo looks at Gandalf confused) and most amusing for me. I shall inform the others. Bilbo Baggins: Inform the who? What? No. No. No... Wait. We do not want any adventures here, thank you. Not today. Not... I suggest you try Over the Hill or Across the Water. Good morning.

Farmer(Mr. Worrywort): "Hello, Mr. Bilbo. Here. Have a feel of me tubers. Nice and firm, they are. Just come in from West Farthing." Bilbo Baggins: "Very impressive, Mr. Worrywort. Now, I don't suppose you've seen a Wizard lurking around these parts?" Mr. Worrywort: "A tall fellow? Long, gray beard? Pointy hat...? Can't say I have."

Bilbo is about to eat, but the doorbell rings before he begins to.

• Dwalin: Dwalin, at your service.
• Bilbo Baggins: Hm. Uh... Bilbo Baggins, at yours. Do we know each other?
• Dwalin: No. Which way, laddie? Is it down here?
• Bilbo Baggins: Is what down where?
• Dwalin: Supper. He said there'd be food and lots of it.
• Bilbo Baggins: He... He said? Who said?
• Dwalin: Mmm. Mmm. Very good, this. Any more?
• Bilbo Baggins: What? Oh, yes, yes. Ah. Help yourself. Hmm. It's just that, um, I wasn't expecting company.
• Dwalin: That'll be the door.
• Balin: Balin, at your service.
• Bilbo Baggins: Good evening.
• Balin: Yes. Yes, it is. Though I think it might rain later.
• Bilbo Baggins: Hm?
• Balin: Am I late?
• Bilbo Baggins: Late for what?
• Balin: Oh! Ha, ha! Evening, brother.
• Dwalin: By my beard... ...you're shorter and wider than last we met.
• Balin: Wider, not shorter. Sharp enough for both of us.
• Bilbo Baggins: Uh, excuse me? Sorry, I hate to interrupt. But the thing is, I'm not entirely sure you're in the right house.
• Balin: Have you eaten?
• Bilbo: It's not that I don't like visitors. I like visitors as much as the next Hobbit. But I do like to know them before they come "visiting".
• Dwalin: What is this?
• Balin: I don't know. I think it's cheese. Gone blue.
• Dwalin: It's riddled with mold.
• Bilbo: The thing is, I don't know either of you. Not in the slightest. I don't mean to be blunt, but I had to speak my mind. I'm sorry.
• Balin: You think...? Apology accepted.Now, fill it up, brother, don't stint.
• Dwalin: You wanna get stuck in?
• Balin: I could eat again if you insist, brother.
• Fili: Fili.
• Kili: And Kili.
• Fili and Kili: At your service.
• Kili: You must be Mr. Baggins.
• Bilbo: No! You can’t come in, you’ve come to the wrong house.
• Kili: What?! Has it been canceled?
• Fili: No one told us.
• Bilbo: Can…! No, nothing’s been canceled.
• Kili: That’s a relief.
• Fili: Careful with these, I just had them sharpened.
• Kili: It’s nice, this place. Did you do it yourself?
• Bilbo: Uh…no, it’s been in the family for years. That’s my mother’s glory box, can you please not do that?
• Dwalin: Fili, Ki­li, come on, give us a hand.
• Kili: Mr. Dwalin.
• Balin: Let’s shove this in the hole, or otherwise we’ll never get everyone in.
• Bilbo: Ev…everyone?! How many more are there? Oh, no! No, no. There’s nobody home! Go away, and bother somebody else! There’s far too many dwarves in my dining room as it is. If…if this is some blockhead’s idea of a joke, I can only say, it is in very poor taste!
• One of the Dwarves: Get off, you big lump!
• [Gandalf pokes his head through the door]
• Bilbo: Gandalf.
• Bilbo: Those are my… Excuse me, not my wine! Put that back. Put that back! Not the jam, please. Excuse me. Ex…Excuse me. A tad excessive, isn’t it? Have you got a cheese knife?
• Bofur: A cheese knife? He eats it by the block.
• Bilbo: No no, that’s Grandpa Mungo’s chair, no…uh, so is that. Take it back, please. Take it back, this is antique, not for sitting on. Thank you. That is a book, not a coaster. Uh…put that map down.
• Dori: Excuse me, Mr. Gandalf.
• Gandalf: Yes?
• Dori: May I tempt you with a cup of chamomile?
• Gandalf: Ooh, no thank you, Dori. A little red wine, for me I think.
• Gandalf: Uh..Fili, Kili. Uh…Oin, Gloin. Dwalin, Balin. Bifur, Bofur, Bombur. Dori, Nori.
• Bilbo: No, no. Not my prize winners, thank you.
• Gandalf: Ori!
• Gandalf: Yes, you are quite right, Bifur. We appear to be one dwarf short.
• Dwalin: He is late, is all. He traveled north to a meeting of our kin, he will come.
• Dori: Mr. Gandalf?
• Gandalf: Hmm?
• Dori: A little glass of red wine as requested, it’s got a fruity bouquet.
• Gandalf: Oh, cheers.
• Fili: Who wants an ale? There you go.
• Oin: Let me have another drink.
• Balin: Here you go.
• Bofur: Hey, on the count of three! One! Two! Come!
• Bilbo: Ex…excuse me, that is a doily, not a dish cloth.
• Bofur: But it’s full of holes!
• Bilbo: It’s supposed to look like that, it’s crochet.
• Bofur: Oh, and a wonderful game it is too, if you got the balls for it.
• Bilbo: Bebother and confusticate these dwarves!
• Gandalf: My dear Bilbo, what on earth is the matter?
• Bilbo: What’s the matter? I am surrounded by dwarves. What they’re doing here?
• Gandalf: Oh, they’re quite a merry gathering, once you get used to them.
• Bilbo: I don’t want to get used to them. Look at the state of my kitchen! There’s mud trod in the carpet, they…they’ve pillaged the pantry! I’m not even gonna tell you what they’ve done in the bathroom, they’ve all but destroyed the plumbing! I don’t understand what they’re doing in my house!
• Ori: Excuse me, I’m sorry to interrupt. But what should do with my plate?
• Fili: Here you go, Ori, give it to me.
• Bilbo: Excuse me! That’s my mother’s Westfarthing pottery, it’s over a hundred years old! And…and, ca…can you not do that, you’ll blunt them!
• Bofur: Ooh, d’you hear that, lads? He says we’ll blunt the knives!
• Kili: Blunt the knives, bend the forks
• Fili: Smash the bottles and bum the corks
• Other Dwarves join in:

Chip the glasses and crack the plates That's what Bilbo Baggins hates Cut the cloth, tread on the fat Leave the bones on the bedroom mat Pour the milk on the pantry floor Splash the wine on every door Dump the crooks in a boiling bowl Pound them up with a thumping pole When you're finished, if they are whole Send them down the hall to roll That's what Bilbo Baggins hates

• Gandalf: He is here.
• Thorin: Gandalf. I thought you said this place would be easy to find. I lost my way, twice. I wouldn't have found it at all had it not been for that mark on the door.
• Bilbo: Mark? There's no mark on that door. It was painted a week ago.
• Gandalf: There is a mark. I put it there myself. Bilbo Baggins, allow me to introduce the leader of our company: Thorin Oakenshield.
• Thorin: So... ...this is the Hobbit. Tell me, Mr. Baggins, have you done much fighting?
• Bilbo Baggins: Pardon me?
• Thorin: Ax or sword? What's your weapon of choice?
• Bilbo Baggins: Well, I do have some skill at conkers, if you must know... ...but I fail to see why that's relevant.
• Thorin: Thought as much. He looks more like a grocer than a burglar.
• Balin: What news from the meeting in Ered Luin? Did they all come?
• Thorin Oakenshield: Aye, envoys from all seven kingdoms.
• Dwalin: And what did the dwarves of the Iron Hill say? Is Dain with us?
• Thorin Oakenshield: They will not come. They say this quest is ours, and ours alone.
• Bilbo: You’re doing a quest?
• Gandalf: Bilbo, my dear fellow, let us have a little more light. Far to the East, over ranges and rivers, beyond woodlands and wastelands, lies a single solitary peak.
• Bilbo: The Lonely Mountain.
• Glóin: Aye, Oin has read the portents, and the portents say: it is time.
• Óin: Ravens have been seen flying back to the mountain as it was foretold. When the birds of the old return to Erebor, the reign of the beast will end.
• Bilbo: Uh…what beast?
• Bofur: Well that would be a reference to Smaug the terrible, chiefest and greatest calamity of our age. Airborne fire breather, teeth like razors, claws like meat hooks, extremely fond of precious metals.
• Bilbo: Yes, I know what a dragon is.
• Ori: I’m not afraid, I’m up for it. I’ll give him a taste of the dwarfish iron right up his jacksy!
• Glóin: Good lad, Ori!
• Dori: Sit down!
• Balin: The task would be difficult enough with an army behind us, but we number just thirteen, and not thirteen of the best, nor brightest.
• Ori: Hey! Who are you calling dim?
• Óin: Sorry, what did he say?
• Fili: We may be few in number. But we’re fighters, all of us! To the last dwarf!
• Kili: And you forget we have a wizard in our company, Gandalf will have killed hundreds of dragons in his time.
• Gandalf: Oh, well. No, uh, I…I wouldn’t say…
• Dori: How many then?
• Gandalf: What?
• Dori: Well, how many dragons have you killed? Go on, give us a number!
• Bilbo: Uh…Please. Please.
• Thorin Oakenshield: Enough! If we have read these signs, do you not think others will have read them too? Rumors have begun to spread. The dragon Smaug has not been seen for sixty years. Eyes look East to the mountain, assessing, wondering, weighing the risk. Perhaps the vast wealth of our people now lies unprotected. Do we sit back while others claim what is rightfully ours? Or do we seize this chance to take back Erebor?
• Balin: You forget, the Front Gate is sealed. (Thorin sits back down.) There is no way into the mountain.
• Gandalf: That, my dear Balin, is not entirely true. (produces a key and Thorin recognizes it)
• Thorin Oakenshield: How come you by this?
• Gandalf: It was given to me by your father. By Thrain. For safekeeping. It is yours now. (hands Thorin the key, who clutches onto it hard)
• Fili: If there is a key, there must be a door.
• Gandalf: (nods to affirm Fili's assumption) These runes speak of a hidden passage to the Lower Halls.
• Kili: There's another way in.
• Gandalf: Well, if we can find it, but Dwarf doors are invisible when closed. The answer lies hidden somewhere in this map...and I do not have the skill to find it. But there are others in Middle-earth who can. The task I have in mind will require a great deal of stealth... ...and no small amount of courage. But if we are careful and clever, I believe that it can be done.
• Ori: That's why we need a burglar.
• Bilbo: Hmm. And a good one too. An expert, I'd imagine.
• Óin: And are you?
• Bilbo: (looks behind him and notices that the dwarves are talking to him) (confused) Am I what?
• Óin: He said he's an expert. Hey.
• Bilbo Baggins: Me? No. No, no, no. I'm not a burglar.
• I've never stolen a thing in my life.
• Balin: Well, I'm afraid I have to agree with Mr. Baggins. He's hardly burglar material.
• Bilbo Baggins: Nope.
• Dwalin: Aye, the Wild is no place for gentle folk who can neither fight nor fend for themselves.
• Gandalf: Enough! If I say Bilbo Baggins is a burglar, then a burglar he is. Hobbits are remarkably light on their feet. In fact, they can pass unseen by most, if they choose. And, while the dragon is accustomed to the smell of Dwarf... ...the scent of a Hobbit is all but unknown to him... ...which gives us a distinct advantage. You asked me to find the 14th member of this company and I have chosen Mr. Baggins. There's a lot more to him than appearances suggest. And he's got a great deal more to offer than any of you know. Including himself. You must trust me on this.
• (Gandalf looks at Thorin, who reluctantly agrees with the wizard for once).
• Thorin Oakenshield: Very well. We will do it your way. Give him the contract.
• Glóin: We're in. We're off.
• Bilbo: Please.
• Balin: It’s just the usual summary of out-of-pocket expenses, time required, remuneration, funeral arrangements, so forth.
• Bilbo: Funeral arrangements? (opens the contract and realizes how long it is) Ooh.
• Thorin Oakenshield: I cannot guarantee his safety.
• Gandalf: Understood.
• Thorin Oakenshield: Nor will I be responsible for his fate.
• Gandalf: Agreed.
• Bilbo: [to himself] ‘Total’s cash on delivery, up to but not exceeding, one fourteenth of total profit if any.’ Seems fair. Uh…’The present company shall not be liable for injuries inflicted by or sustained as a consequence thereof, including, but not limited to…lacerations. Evisceration. (looks to the dwarves) Incineration?
• Bofur: Oh, aye, he’ll melt the flesh off your bones in the blink of an eye.
• Balin: You alright, laddie?
• Bilbo: Huh? Yeah, I fe…I feel a bit faint.
• Bofur: Think furnace, with wings.
• Bilbo: I…I…I need air.
• Bofur: Flash of light, searing pain, then poof! You’re nothing more than a pile of ash!
• Bilbo: No. (Bilbo faints)
• Gandalf: (sarcastically) Oh, very helpful, Bofur.
• Bilbo Baggins: I'll be all right. Just let me sit quietly for a moment.
• Gandalf: You've been sitting quietly for far too long. Tell me, when did doilies and your mother's dishes... ...become so important to you? I remember a young Hobbit who was always running off in search of Elves in the woods. Who would stay out late, come home after dark... ...trailing mud and twigs and fireflies. A young Hobbit who would have liked nothing better... ...than to find out what was beyond the borders of the Shire. The world is not in your books and maps. It's out there.
• Bilbo Baggins: I can't just go running off into the blue. I am a Baggins of Bag-end.
• Gandalf: You are also a Took. Did you know that your great-great-great-great-uncle Bullroarer Took was so large, he could ride a real horse?
• Bilbo Baggins: Yes.
• Gandalf: Yes, well, he could. In the Battle of Green Fields, he charged the Goblin ranks. He swung his club so hard, it knocked the Goblin king's head clean off... ...and it sailed 100 yards through the air and went down a rabbit hole. And thus, the battle was won. And the game of golf invented at the same time.
• Bilbo Baggins: I do believe you made that up.
• Gandalf: Well, all good stories deserve embellishment. You'll have a tale or two to tell of your own when you come back.
• Bilbo Baggins: Can you promise that I will come back?
• Gandalf: No. And if you do... ...you will not be the same.
• Bilbo Baggins: That's what I thought. Sorry, Gandalf, I can't sign this. You've got the wrong Hobbit.
• Balin: It appears we have lost our burglar. Probably for the best. The odds were always against us. After all, what are we? Merchants, miners, tinkers, toy makers. Hardly the stuff of legend.
• Thorin: There are a few warriors amongst us.
• Balin: Old warriors.
• Thorin: I would take each and every one of these dwarves over an army from the Iron Hills, for when I called upon them, they answered. Loyalty, honor, a willing heart. I can ask no more than that.
• Balin: You don’t have to do this. You have a choice. You’ve done honorably by our people. You have built a new life for us in the Blue Mountains. A life of peace and plenty. A life that is worth more than all the gold in Erebor.
• Thorin: From my grandfather to my father, this has come to me. They dreamt of the day when the dwarves of Erebor would reclaim their homeland. There is no choice, Balin. Not for me.
• Balin: Then we are with you, laddie. We will see it done.
• Thorin [singing] Far over the Misty Mountains cold. To dungeons deep and caverns old. We must away ere break of day. To find our long forgotten gold.
• Dwarves: [singing] The pines were roaring on the height, the winds were moaning in the night. The fire was red, it flaming spread. The trees like torches blazed with light.
• Bilbo: Hello!
• Hobbit: Here, Mr. Bilbo! Where are you off too?
• Bilbo: I can’t stop, I’m already late!
• Hobbit: Late for what?
• Bilbo: I’m going on an adventure!
• Wait! Wait! (Everyone stops. Bilbo happily hands it over to Balin) I signed it.
• Balin: Everything appears to be in order. Welcome, master Baggins, to the company of Thorin Oakenshield.
• Thorin: Give him a pony.
• Bilbo: No, no, no, no. That…that won’t be necessary. Thank you. I’m sure I can keep up on foot. Yeah, I…I’ve done my fair share of walking holidays, you know? Even got as far as Frog Morton once.
• Oin: Come on, Nori! Pay up!
• Bilbo: What’s that about?
• Gandalf: Oh, they took wagers on whether or not you’d turn up. Most of them bet that you wouldn’t.
• Bilbo: And what did you think?
• Gandalf: Well… (catches a sack of coin) My dear fellow, I never doubted you for a second.
• Bilbo: Oh, it’s horse hair. Having a reaction. Uh…wait, wait. Stop! Stop! We have to turn around.
• Gandalf: What on earth is the matter?
• Bilbo: I forgot my handkerchief.
• Bofur: Here! Use this.
• Thorin: Move on!
• Gandalf: You’ll have to manage without pocket handkerchiefs, and a good many other things, Bilbo Baggins, before we reach our journey’s end. You were born to the rolling hills and little rivers of the Shire. But home is now behind you. The world is ahead.
• (Bilbo cannot sleep because of Bombur's snoring. He gets up and smuggles an apple to Myrtle. He speaks to her gently. )
• Bilbo Baggins: Hello, girl. Who's a good girl? (feeds her) It's our little secret, Myrtle. You must tell no one. Shh, shh. (he smiles and pets her snout but there is a shriek in the air. He looks to Fili and Kili, who are already awake) What was that?
• Kili: Orcs.
• Bilbo Baggins" Orcs? (Thorin wakes up in alarm but sees that Fili and Kili are teasing Bilbo) .
• Fili: Throat-cutters. There'll be dozens of them out there.
• Kili: The lone-lands are crawling with them. They strike in the wee small hours when everyone's asleep. Quick and quiet, no screams. Just lots of blood.
• (The boys laugh when Bilbo looks panicked as if it were a joke)
• Thorin Oakenshield: (sternly) You think that's funny? You think a night raid by Orcs is a joke?
• Kili: We didn’t mean anything by it.
• Thorin Oakenshield: No you didn’t. You know nothing of the world.
• Balin: Don’t mind him, laddie. Thorin has more cause than most to hate orcs. After the dragon took the Lonely Mountain... ...King Thror tried to reclaim the ancient Dwarf kingdom of Moria. But our enemy had got there first. Moria had been taken by legions of Orcs... ...led by the most vile of all their race: Azog the Defiler. The giant Gundabad Orc... ...had sworn to wipe out the line of Durin. He began... ...by beheading the king. No! Thrain, Thorin's father, was driven mad by grief. He went missing. Taken prisoner or killed... ...we did not know. We were leaderless. Defeat and death... ...were upon us. That is when I saw him. A young Dwarf prince... ...facing down the pale Orc. He stood alone against this terrible foe. His armor rent... ...wielding nothing but an oaken branch as a shield. Azog the Defiler learned that day... ...that the line of Durin would not be so easily broken. Our forces rallied... wand drove the Orcs back. And our enemy... ...had been defeated. But there was no feast... ...nor song that night... ...for our dead were beyond the count of grief. We few had survived. And I thought to myself then... ...there is one who I could follow. There is one... ...I could call king.
• Bilbo Baggins: And the Pale Orc? What happened to him?
• Thorin Oakenshield: He slunk back into the hole whence he came. That filth died of his wounds long ago.
• Hunter Orc: Send word to the Master, we have found the Dwarf-scum.
• Dori: Here, Mr. Gandalf? Can’t you do something about this deluge?
• Gandalf: It is raining, master dwarf. And it will continue to rain until the rain is done! If you wish to change the weather of the world, you should find yourself another wizard.
• Bilbo: Are there any?
• Bilbo: Other wizards?
• Gandalf: There are five us. The greatest of our order is Saruman, The White. Then there are the two blue wizards. Do you know, I’ve quite forgotten their names.
• Bilbo: And who is the fifth?
• Gandalf: Well, that would be Radagast, The Brown.
• Bilbo: Is he a great wizard or is he…more like you?
• Gandalf: I think he’s a very great wizard, in his own way. He’s a gentle soul who prefers the company of animals to others. He keeps a watchful eye over the vast forestlands to the East, and a good thing too, for always evil will look to find a foothold in this world.
• Radagast: Not good. Not good at all! Oh. Oh, no! Oh, Sebastian! Good gracious. Move back! Give him some air, for goodness sake! I don’t understand why it’s not working, it’s not as if it’s witchcraft! Witchcraft. Oh, but it is! A dark and powerful magic. Where on this good earth do those foul creatures come from? The old fortress? Show me.
• Thorin Oakenshield: We’ll camp here for the night. Fíli, Kíli, look after the ponies. Make sure you stay with them.
• Gandalf: (inspecting the ruined house) A farmer and his family used to live here.
• Thorin Oakenshield: Oin, Gloin.
• Thorin Oakenshield: Get the fire going.
• Oin: Right you are.
• Gandalf: I think it would be wiser to move on. We could make for the hidden valley.
• Thorin Oakenshield: But I’ve told you already. I will not go near that place.
• Gandalf: Why not? The Elves could help us, we could get food, rest, advice.
• Thorin Oakenshield: I do not need their advice.
• Gandalf: We have a map that we cannot read. Lord Elrond could help us.
• Thorin Oakenshield: Help? A dragon attacks Erebor. What help came from the Elves? Orcs plunder Moria, desecrate our sacred halls, the Elves looked on and did nothing! You ask me to seek out the very people who betrayed my grandfather, who betrayed my father.
• Gandalf: You are neither of them. I did not give you that map and key for you to hold on to the past.
• Thorin Oakenshield: I did not know they were yours to keep.
• Bilbo: (sees Gandalf storm off in frustration) Everything alright? Gandalf, where are you going?
• Gandalf: To seek the company of the only one around here who’s got any sense.
• Bilbo: And who’s that?
• Gandalf: Myself, mister Baggins! I’ve had enough of dwarves for one day.
• Thorin Oakenshield: Come on Bombur, we’re hungry.
• Bilbo: (to Balin) Is he coming back? (The dwarf looks unsure at Bilbo. At night time, Bilbo is still worrying because Gandalf has yet to return. He’s been a long time.
• Bofur: Who?
• Bofur: He’s a wizard! He does as he chooses. Here. Do us a favor, take this to the lads. (hands Bilbo the soup but stops Bombur from taking more.) Stop it, you’ve had plenty.
• Bilbo: What’s the matter?
• Kili: We’re supposed to be looking after the ponies.
• Fili: Only we’ve encountered a slight problem.
• Kili: We had sixteen.
• Fili: Now there’s fourteen.
• [as they look to see which ponies are missing]
• Kili: Daisy and Bungle are missing.
• Bilbo: What? Well, that’s not good. And that is not good at all. Shouldn’t we tell Thorin?
• Fili: Uh…no. Let’s not worry him. As our official burglar, we thought you might like to look into it.
• Bilbo: Well, uh…it looks as if something big uprooted these trees.
• Kili: That was our thinking.
• Bilbo: It’s something very big, and possibly quite dangerous.
• Fili: Hey! There’s a light.
• Fili: Over here!
• [they all move closer towards the light]
• Fili: Stay down.
• Bilbo: What is it?
• Kili: Trolls.
• Bilbo: He’s got Myrtle and Minty! I think they’re gonna eat them, we have to do something.
• Kili: Yes, you should. Mountain trolls are slow and stupid, and you’re so small. They’ll never see you.
• Bilbo: Me? Me? No. No. No.
• Kili: It’s perfectly safe!
• Fili: We’ll be right behind you. If you run into trouble hoot twice like a barn owl, once like a brown owl.
• Bilbo: Twice like a barn owl, hoot twice like a brown…hoots like a…like a… Uh, are you sure this is a good idea?
• William Troll: Mutton yesterday, mutton today. And blimey, if it don’t look like mutton again tomorrow.
• Bert Troll: Quit your griping. These ain’t sheep! These is West nags!
• Tom Troll: Oh! I don’t like horse. I never have. Not enough fat on them.
• William Troll: Well, it’s better than a leathery ol’ farmer. All skin and bone he was. I’m still pickin’ bits of him out o’ me teeth.
• Bert Troll: Well, that’s lovely, that is. A floater.hobbit-7
• William Troll: Oh! Might improve the flavor!
• Tom Troll: Ah! There’s more where that came from.
• Bert Troll: Oh, no you don’t!
• Tom Troll: Oww! Oww!
• Bert Troll: Sit down!
• Tom Troll: Well…I hope you’re gonna gut these nags? I don’t like the stinky parts.
• Tom Troll: Oww!
• Bert Troll: I said sit down!
• William Troll: I’m starving, are we having horse tonight or what?
• Bert Troll: Shut your cake hole! You’ll eat what I’ll give ya!
• William Troll: How come he’s the cook? Everything tastes the same, everything tastes like chicken.
• Tom Troll: Except the chicken.
• William Troll: What tastes like fish!
• Bert Troll: I’m just saying, a little appreciation would be nice. ‘Thank you very much, Bert. Lovely stew, Bert.’ How hard is that? Mmm. Just needs a sprinkle of squirrel dung. Here, that’s my grog!
• Tom Troll: Sorry. Oww!
• Bert Troll: Ooh. That is beautifully balanced, that is. Wrap your loganbie around that, mate. Huh? Good ain’t it? That’s why I’m the cook.
• William Troll: Me guts are grumbling, I’ve got to snaffle something. Flesh. I need flesh!
• Tom Troll: Aah! Blimey! Bert! Bert, look what’s come out of me hooter! It’s got arms and legs and everything!
• Bert Troll: What is it?
• Tom Troll: I don’t know, but I don’t like the way it wriggles around!
• Bert Troll: What are you then? An oversized squirrel?
• Bilbo: I’m a burglar…uh, hobbit!
• Tom Troll: A ‘burglar-hobbit’?
• William Troll: Can we cook him??
• Tom Troll: We can try!
• Bert Troll: He wouldn’t make more than a mouthful. Not when he’s skinned and boned!
• William Troll: Perhaps there’s more burglar-hobbits ’round these parts, might be enough for a pie! Grab him!
• Tom Troll: He’s too quick!
• William Troll: Oah, come here! you little…
• William Troll: Gotcha! Are there any more of you little fellas hiding where you shouldn’t?
• Tom Troll: He’s lying!
• Bilbo: I’m not!
• Tom Troll: Hold his toes over the fire. Make him squeal!
• (Kili rushes in and slashes one of the trolls' legs
• Kili: Drop him!
• William Troll: You what?
• Kili: I said, drop him. (The trolls toss Bilbo to Kili, who promptly catches the Hobbit, but both of them fall onto the ground) Bilbo!
• Thorin: No! (pulls Kili back to prevent him from getting hurt or Bilbo killed)
• William Troll: Lay down your arms! Or we’ll rip his off! Don’t bother cooking ’em! Let’s just sit on 'em and squash ’em into jelly!
• Bert Troll: They should be sauteed and grilled with a sprinkle of sage.
• Tom Troll: Oh, that does sound quite nice.
• William Troll: Never mind the seasoning, we ain’t got all night! Dawn ain’t far away, let’s get a move on! I don’t fancy been turned to stone.
• Bilbo: Wait! You are making a terrible mistake.
• Dori: You can’t reason with them, they’re half-wits!
• Bofur: Half-wits? What does that make us?
• Bilbo: I meant with the…uh, with the…with the seasoning.
• Bert Troll: What about the seasoning?
• Bilbo: Well, have you smelt them? You’re gonna need something stronger than sage before you plate this lot up!
• William Troll: What do you know about cooking dwarf?
• Bert Troll: Shut up, and let the…uh, flurgerburbur-hobbit talk.
• Bilbo: Uh…the-the secret to cooking dwarf, is um…
• Bert Troll: Yes? Come on.
• Bilbo: It’s, uh…
• Bert Troll: Tell us the secret!
• Bilbo: Ye-yes, I’m telling you. The secret is…to…skin them first!
• Bert Troll: Tom, get me filleting knife.
• William Troll: What a load of rubbish! I’ve eaten plenty with their skins on. Scoff ’em I say, boots and all!
• Tom Troll: He’s right! Nothing wrong with a bit o’ raw dwarf. Nice and crunchy.
• Bilbo: Uh…not…not that one, he…he’s infected!
• Bilbo: Yeah he’s got worms in his…tubes.
• Tom Troll: Ooh!
• Bilbo: In-in fact, they all have. They’re infested with parasites, it’s a terrible business, I wouldn’t risk it, I really wouldn’t.
• Oin: Parasites? Did he say parasites?
• Kili: Yeah, we don’t have parasites! You have parasites!
• [Thorin realizes that Bilbo is trying to buy them time and kicks Kili and they realize what Bilbo is doing]
• Oin: I’ve got parasites as big as my arm!
• Kili: Mine are the biggest parasites, I’ve got huge parasites!
• Nori: We’re riddled!
• Ori: Yes, I’m riddled!
• Dori: Yes, we are, badly!
• William Troll: What would you have us do then? Let ’em all go?
• Bilbo: Well…
• William Troll: You think I don’t know what you’re up to. This little ferret is taking us for fools!
• Bilbo: Ferret?
• Bert Troll: Fools?
• (Gandalf comes from his hiding spot, with his staff in hand)
• Gandalf: The dawn will take you all!
• William Troll: Who’s that?
• Bert Troll: No idea.
• Tom Troll: Can we eat him too?
• Dwalin: Ooh, get your foot out of my back!
• Thorin: Where did you go to, if I may ask?
• Gandalf: To look ahead.
• Thorin: What brought you back?
• Gandalf: Looking behind. Nasty business. Still they all are in one piece.
• Thorin: No thanks to your burglar.
• Gandalf: He had the nous to play for time. None of the rest of you thought of that. They must have come down from the Ettenmoors.
• Thorin: Since when the mountain trolls venture this far south?
• Gandalf: Oh, not for an age. Not since a darker power ruled these lands. (Thorin and Gandalf look at each other in alarm)They could not have moved in daylight.
• Thorin: There must be a cave nearby.
• Bofur: Oh, what’s that stench?!
• Gandalf: It’s a troll hoard. Be careful what you touch.
• Bofur: Seems a shame just to leave it lying around. Anyone could take it.
• Gloin: Agreed. Nori, get a shovel.
• Thorin: These swords were not made by any troll.
• Gandalf: Nor were they made by any smith among men. These were forged in Gondolin, by the High Elves, of the First Age. You could not wish for a finer blade.
• Gloin: We’re making a long-term deposit.
• Thorin: Let’s get out of this foul place. Come on, let’s go. Bofur, Gloin, Nori.
• Gandalf: Bilbo.
• Gandalf: Here. This is about your size.
• Bilbo: I can’t take this.
• Gandalf: The blade is of Elvish make, which means it will glow blue when orcs or goblins are nearby.
• Bilbo: I have…I have never used a sword in my life.
• Gandalf: And I hope you never have to. But if you do, remember this: true courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.
• Thorin: Something’s coming!
• Gandalf: Stay together! Hurry, now! Arm yourselves!
• Radagast: Thieves! Fire! Murder!
• Gandalf: Radagast. It’s Radagast the Brown!
• Gandalf: What on earth are you doing here?
• Radagast: I was looking for you, Gandalf. Something’s wrong. Something’s terribly wrong.
• Radagast: Just give me a minute. Um…Oh! I had a thought and now I’ve lost it. It was…it was was right there, on the tip of my tongue! Oh! It’s not a thought at all! It’s a silly old… stick insect. (Gandalf removes the stick bug from Radagast's mouth, earning disturbed looks from Bilbo, Fili and Oin)
• Radagast: The Greenwood is sick, Gandalf. A darkness has fallen over it. Nothing grows any more, at least nothing good. The air is foul with decay. But worst are the webs.”
• Gandalf: Webs? What do you mean?”
• Radagast: Spiders, Gandalf. Giant ones. Some kind of spawn of Ungoliant, or I am not a Wizard. I followed their trail. They came from Dol Guldur.”
• Gandalf: Dol Guldur? But the old fortress is abandoned.”
• Radagast: No, Gandalf, it is not. A dark power dwells in there... ...such as I have never felt before. It is the shadow of an ancient horror. One that can summon the spirits... ...of the dead. I saw him, Gandalf. From out of the darkness... ...a Necromancer has come. Radagast. Quick! Quick, quick! Quick, quick! Wait for me! Sorry.
• Gandalf: Try a little old Toby. It’ll help setting your nerves. In, and out. Now, the Necromancer. Are you sure?
• Radagast: That is not from the world of the living.
• Bilbo: Was that a wolf? Are there…are there wolves out there?
• Bofur: Wolves? No, that is not a wolf.
• Thorin: Warg scouts! Which means an orc pack is not far behind!
• Bilbo: Orc pack?
• Gandalf: Who did you tell about your quest, beyond your kin?
• Thorin: No one.
• Gandalf: Who did you tell?!
• Thorin: No one, I swear! What in Durin’s name is going on?
• Gandalf: You are being hunted.
• Dwalin: We have to get out of here.
• Ori: We can’t! We have no ponies. They bolted.
• Radagast: I’ll draw them off.
• Gandalf: These are Gundabad wargs. They will outrun you!
• Radagast: These are Rhosgobel rabbits. I’d like to see them try.
• Radagast: Come and get me!
• Gandalf: Come on! Stay together.
• Thorin: Move! (pulls ri back before the orcs see them) Ori, no! Come back.
• Gandalf: All of you, come on, come on! Quick!
• Thorin: Where are you leading us?
• Hunter Orc: The Dwarf-scum are over there! After them!
• Gandalf: Move! Run!
• Gloin: There they are!
• Gandalf: This way! Quickly!
• Kili: There’s more coming!
• Thorin: Kili! Shoot them!
• Fili: We’re surrounded!
• [Kili shoots one of the orcs with his bow]
• Fili: Where’s Gandalf?
• Dwalin: He’s abandoned us!
• Thorin: Hold your ground!
• Gandalf: This way, you fools!
• Thorin: Come on, move! Quickly! All of you! Go, go, go!
• [the dwarves all start jumping inside the underground tunnel and Gandalf counts the dwarves]
• Gandalf: …nine, ten…
• Thorin: Kili! Run! Elves.
• Dwalin: I cannot see where the pathway leads. Do we follow it or not?
• Bofur: We follow it, of course!
• Gandalf: I think that would be wise. The Valley of Imladris. In the common tongue, it’s known by another name.
• Bilbo: Rivendell.
• Gandalf: Here lies the last homely house, east of the sea.
• Thorin: This was your plan all along, to seek refuge with our enemy.
• Gandalf: You have no enemies here, Thorin Oakenshield. The only ill-will to be found in this valley is that which you bring yourself.
• Thorin: You think the Elves will give our quest their blessing? They will try to stop us.
• Gandalf: Of course, they will. But we have questions that need to be answered. If we are to be successful this will need to be handled with tact, and respect, and no small degree of charm, which is why you will leave the talking to me.
• [they start making their way towards Rivendell]
• [as they enter Rivendell they are met by some elves]
• Lindir: Mithrandir.
• Gandalf: Ah, Lindir.
• Thorin: (whispers to Dwalin) Stay sharp.
• [Lindir starts speaking in Elvish to Gandalf]
• Lindir: [subtitled] We heard you had crossed into the Valley.
• Gandalf: I must speak with Lord Elrond.
• Lindir: My Lord Elrond is not here.
• Gandalf: Not here? Where is he?
• [they hear the hunting horn and turn to see the returning elf war party]
• Thorin: Close ranks!
• [the elf war party surround the dwarves, we see Elrond is with the war party]
• Elrond: Gandalf!
• Gandalf: Lord Elrond.
• [Gandalf greets Elrond in Elvish]
• Gandalf: [subtitled] My friend! Where have you been?
• Elrond: [subtitled] We’ve been hunting a pack of Orcs that came up from the South. We slew a number near the Hidden Pass.
• [Elrond gets off his horse and embraces Gandalf]
• Elrond: Strange for orcs to come so close to our borders. Something or someone has drawn them near.
• Gandalf: Ah, that may have been us.
• (Thorin shows himself to Elrond, who gives him something of a genuine smile.)
• Elrond: Welcome, Thorin, son of Thrain.
• Thorin: I do not believe we have met.
• Elrond: You have your grandfather's bearing. I knew Thror when he ruled Under the Mountain.
• Thorin: Indeed? He made no mention of you.
• (Elrond speaks in Elvish, to which Gloin takes offense to.)
• Gloin: What is he saying? Does he offer us insult?
• Gandalf: No, Master Gloin, he's offering you food.
• (The dwarves talk amongst themselves before they all look at Elrond)
• Gloin: Well, in that case, lead on.
• Dwarf: Hey. Come on.
• Dori: (pressuring his brother to eat green leaf) Try it. Just a mouthful.
• Ori: I don't like green food.
• Nori: Where's the meat?
• Ori: Have they got any chips?
• Gandalf: Kind of you to invite us. Not really dressed for dinner.
• Elrond: Well, you never are.
• (Kili notices a girl elf and winks at her, but Dwalin is eyeing him.
• Kili: Can't say I fancy Elf maids myself. Too thin. They're all high cheekbones and creamy skin. Not enough facial hair for me. Although... That one there's not bad."
• Dwalin: That's not an elf maid.
• Elrond: (expecting both Glamdring and Orcrist) This is Orcrist, the Goblin-cleaver. A famous blade forged by the High Elves of the West, my kin. May it serve you well. And this is Glamdring, the Foehammer. Sword of the King of Gondolin. These were made for the Goblin Wars of the First Age.
• (Bilbo wonders about his own sword, looking down at it. Balin notices the hobbit's plight.)
• Balin: I wouldn't bother, laddie. Swords are named for the great deeds they do in war.
• Bilbo: What are you saying, my sword hasn't seen battle?
• Balin (in a regrettable voice): I'm not actually sure it is a sword. More of a letter opener, really.
• Elrond: How did you come by these?
• Gandalf: We found them in a Troll-hoard
• on the Great East Road...
• ...shortly before we were
• ambushed by Orcs.
• Elrond: And what were you doing
• on the Great East Road?
• Thorin Oakenshield: Excuse me.
• Elrond: "Thirteen Dwarves and a Halfling. Hm. Strange traveling companions, Gandalf."
• Gandalf, during Nori and Bombur misbehave: "These are the descendants of the house of Durin. They're noble, decent folk. And they're surprisingly cultured. They've got a deep love of the arts."
• Nori: "Change the tune, why don't you? I feel like I'm at a funeral."
• Oin: "Did somebody die?"
• Bofur: "All right, lads. There's only one thing for it. There's an inn, there's an inn.

There's a merry old inn Beneath an old gray hill The rest begin singing: And there they brew a beer so brown The Man in the Moon Himself came down One night To drink his fill - Oh - The ostler has a tipsy cat That played a five-stringed fiddle And up and down he saws his bow Now squeaking high Now purring low Now sawing in the middle - So - The cat on the fiddle Played hey-diddle-diddle A drink that'll wake the dead He squeaked and he sawed And he quickened The tune And the landlord Shook the Man In the Moon 'it's after Three!' he said.

• (Thorin, Bilbo, Balin, Elrond, and Gandalf are in Rivendell Library, but THorin is refusing for Elrond to see the map.)
• Thorin: (stubbornly) Our business is no concern of Elves.
• Gandalf: For goodness sake, Thorin, show him the map.
• Thorin Oakenshield: It is the legacy of my people. It is mine to protect, as are its secrets.
• Gandalf: Save me from the stubbornness of Dwarves. Your pride will be your downfall. You stand in the presence of one of the few in Middle-earth... ...who can read that map. Show it to Lord Elrond.
• (Bilbo looks between them, obviously annoyed by how this conversation went down. Thorin contemplates for a moment before giving the map to Elrond.

Balin: Thorin, no. (Thorin hands the map over to Elrond, despite Thorin's protests).

• Elrond: Erebor. What is your interest in this map?
• Gandalf: It's mainly academic. As you know, this sort of artifact sometimes contains hidden text. You still read ancient Dwarvish, do you not? Moon runes? Of course. (Bilbo looks at her.) An easy thing to miss.
• Elrond: Well, in this case, that is true. Moon runes can only be read by the light of a moon... ...of the same shape and season as the day on which they were written.
• Thorin: Can you read them?
• Elrond: These runes were written on a Midsummer's Eve by the light of a crescent moon nearly 200 years ago. It would seem you were meant to come to Rivendell. Fate is with you, Thorin Oakenshield. The same moon shines upon us tonight. (reads the map) "Stand by the gray stone when the thrush knocks and the setting sun with the last light of Durin's Day will shine upon the keyhole."
• Bilbo: (confused; to Balin) Durin's Day?
• Gandalf: It is the start of the Dwarves' new year, when the last moon of autumn, and the first sun of winter appear in the sky together.
• Thorin: (after thinking this through) This is ill news. Summer is passing. Durin's Day will soon be upon us.
• Balin: We still have time.
• Bilbo: Time? For what?
• Balin: To find the entrance. We have to be standing in exactly the right spot at exactly the right time. Then, and only then, can the door be opened.

Elrond: So this is your purpose, to enter the mountain?

• Thorin: What of it?
• Elrond: There are some who would not deem it wise.
• Gandalf: What do you mean?
• Elrond: You are not the only guardian to stand watch over Middle-earth.

(Dol Guldur)

(Bilbo goes on through Rivendell without his companions and stands on the balcony of his guest chambers. Elrond comes up next to him, surprising Bilbo completely.)

• Elrond: Not with your companions?
• Bilbo: No, I shan't be missed. The truth is that most of them don't think I should be on this journey."
• Elrond: Indeed? I've heard that Hobbits are very resilient.
• Bilbo: Really?
• Elrond: I've also heard they're fond of the comforts of home.
• Bilbo: (looks around and whispers) I've heard that it's unwise to seek the council of Elves. That they will only answer with 'Yes' and 'No'.
• (Elrond looks down at Bilbo with an unreadable expression as Bilbo dons on an insecure one. However, Elrond smiles. Bilbo looks at him, giving a small laugh)
• Elrond (places hand on his shoulder): You are very welcome to stay here, if that is your wish.
• Lindir (Elvish, subtitled): "The kitchen's under enormous strain, we are almost out of wine. How long do you think they will be with us?
• Elrond (Elvish, subtitled): "That has yet to be decided. (They turn and watch the Dwarves playing in the pools naked as Elrond and Lindir look at them)
• (The dwarves in their guest rooms are throwing stuff around and burning their furniture. Bofur sees his brother, Bombur sitting up there.)
• Bofur: Bombur. (He tosses the food into Bombur, causing the table to break underneath them. Everyone laughs. Bilbo continues walking through Rivendell.)
• Gandalf: Of course I was going to tell you. I was waiting for this very chance.
• (After approaching the steps, Bilbo catches the conversation between Elrond and Gandalf and can't help but listen.)
• Gandalf: (continued) And really, I think you can trust that I know what I am doing.
• Elrond: Do you? That dragon has slept for 60 years. What will happen if your plan should fail, if you wake that beast?"
• Gandalf: "What if we succeed? If the Dwarves take back the mountain our defenses in the east will be strengthened."
• Elrond: It is a dangerous move, Gandalf.
• (Bilbo looks to see Thorin behind him. However, the dwarf king looks at him, that just tells him to listen and not say another word. They continue listening.)
• Gandalf: It is also dangerous to do nothing. Oh, come, the throne of Erebor is Thorin's birthright. What is it you fear?
• Elrond: Have you forgotten? A strain of madness runs deep in that family. His grandfather lost his mind. His father succumbed to the same sickness. Can you swear Thorin Oakenshield will not also fall? (as Gandalf speaks, Thorin looks troubled as Bilbo looks at them with an understanding of Thorin more than he ever did. ) Gandalf, these decisions do not rest with us alone. It is not up to you or me to redraw the map of Middle-earth.
• Gandalf: With or without our help, these Dwarves will march on the mountain. They're determined to reclaim their homeland. I do not believe Thorin Oakenshield feels that he is answerable to anyone. Nor, for that matter, am I.
• Elrond: (looks at Gandalf) It is not me you must answer to. (Gandalf looks to see Lady Galadriel there.)
• Gandalf: Lady Galadriel.
• Galadriel: Mithrandir. It has been a long time.
• Gandalf: (in elvish) Age may have changed me, but not so the Lady of Lorien.
• (Galadriel smiles.)
• Gandalf: I had no idea Lord Elrond had sent for you. (A voice sounds out of the darkness.)
• Saruman: He didn’t. I did.
• (Gandalf turns and sees Saruman the White; he bows to him.)
• Gandalf: Saruman.
• Saruman: You’ve been busy of late, my friend.
• (The White Council, composed of Saruman, Elrond, Galadriel, and Gandalf, are in the pavilion. Gandalf and Saruman sit at a table; Elrond and Galadriel stand or walk about. Dawn is slowly breaking.)
• Saruman: Tell me, Gandalf, did you think these plans and schemes of yours would go unnoticed?
• Gandalf: Unnoticed? No, I’m simply doing what I feel to be right.
• Galadriel: The dragon has long been on your mind.
• Gandalf: This is true, my lady. Smaug owes allegiance to no one. But if he should side with the enemy, a dragon could be used to terrible effect.
• Saruman: What enemy? Gandalf, the enemy is defeated. Sauron is vanquished. He can never regain his full strength.
• Elrond: Gandalf, for four hundred years, we have lived in peace. A hard­won, watchful peace.
• Gandalf: Are we? Are we at peace? Trolls have come down from the mountains. They are raiding villages, destroying farms. Orcs have attacked us on the road.
• Elrond: Hardly a prelude to war.
• Saruman: Always you must meddle, looking for trouble where none exists.
• Galadriel: Let him speak.
• Gandalf: There is something at work beyond the evil of Smaug. Something far more powerful. We can remain blind, but it will not be ignoring us, that I can promise you. A sickness lies over the Greenwood. The woodsmen who live there now call it ‘Mirkwood’. and they say...
• Saruman: Well, don’t stop now. Tell us about the woodsmen say.
• Gandalf: They speak of a Necromancer living in Dol Guldur, a sorcerer who can summon the dead.
• Saruman: That’s absurd. No such power exists in the world. This...Necromancer is nothing more than a mortal man. A conjurer dabbling in black magic.
• Gandalf: And so I thought too. But, Radagast has seen­
• Saruman: Radagast? Do not speak to me about Radagast the Brown. He is a foolish fellow.
• Gandalf: Well, he’s odd, I grant you. He lives a solitary life.
• Saruman: It’s not that. It’s his excessive consumption of mushrooms. They’ve addled his brain and yellowed his teeth. I warned him, it is unbefitting of the Istari to be wander in the woods... (Saruman’s voice fades away as Galadriel focuses on Gandalf, and speaks to him in his mind.)
• Galadriel( telepathically): You carry something. It came to you from Radagast. He found it in Dol Guldur.
• Gandalf, telepathically: Yes.
• Galadriel( telepathically): Show me.
• (Gandalf lifts Radagast’s package, which he had in his lap, and places it on the table. It lets out a dull thud.)
• Saruman: …or I’d think I was talking to myself…
• Elrond:) What is that?
• Galadriel: A relic of Mordor.
• (Elrond, who was reaching out to unwrap the package, draws his hand back. He then reaches for it again and opens it, revealing the sword Radagast took from the spirit in Dol Guldur. The White Council members look upon it in shock.) (Elrond:) A Morgul blade.
• Galadriel: Made for the Witch­king of Angmar, and buried with him. When Angmar fell, men of the North took his body and all that he possessed and sealed it within the High­Fells of Rhudaur. Deep within the rock they buried them, in a tomb so dark it would never come to light.
• Elrond: This is not possible. A powerful spells lies upon those tombs; they cannot be opened.
• Saruman: What proof do we have this weapon came from Angmar’s grave?
• Gandalf: I have none.
• Saruman: Because there is none. Let us examine what we know. A single Orc pack has dared to cross the Bruinen. A dagger from a bygone age has been found. And a human sorcerer, who calls himself the Necromancer, has taken up residence in a ruined fortress. It’s not so very much, after all. The question of this dwarvish company, however, troubles me deeply. I’m not convinced, Gandalf; I do not feel I can condone such a quest. If they’d come to me, I might have spared them this disappointment. I do not pretend to understand your reasons for raising their hopes…
• (Saruman’s voice fades away as Galadriel again focuses on Gandalf. She speaks to him telepathically.)
• Galadriel( telepathically): They are leaving.
• (Gandalf, telepathically:) Yes.
• Galadriel( telepathically): You knew.
• Saruman: …I am afraid there is nothing else for it.

(Gandalf nods. Galadriel smiles slightly. A step is heard, and they all turn around; Lindir come up and bows.)

• Lindir: My Lord Elrond; the dwarves, they’ve gone.
• (Thorin and company are seen making their way up the path they came. However, Bilbo is the one who hesitates, and is looking back at Rivendell.)
• Thorin: (to the company) Be on your guard. We're about to step over the Edge of the Wild. Balin, you know these paths. Lead on.
• Balin: Aye.
• Thorin: (notices Bilbo is lagging behind) Master Baggins. (Bilbo looks to him.) I suggest you keep up.
• (Bilbo looks at the city one more time before turning around for the road ahead) .
• Galadriel: You will follow them.
• Gandalf: Yes.
• Galadriel: You are right to help Thorin Oakenshield. But I fear this quest has set in motion... ...forces we do not yet understand. The riddle of the Morgul Blade must be answered. Something moves in the shadows unseen, hidden from our sight. It will not show itself. Not yet. But every day it grows in strength. You must be careful. Mithrandir? Why the Halfling?
• Gandalf: I do not know. Saruman believes that it is only great power... ...that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I have found it is the small things... ...everyday deeds of ordinary folk... ...that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps it is because I'm afraid... ...and he gives me courage.
• Galadriel: Do not be afraid, Mithrandir. You are not alone.
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• 3 Frodo Baggins

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Thranduil's elk participated in the hobbit's biggest battle, thranduil's elk was unique to the films, deer held significance in middle-earth's lore.

In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films, the heroes typically rode horses or ponies; more unusual mounts such as Wargs and fell beasts were reserved for the forces of Sauron. But Jackson's subsequent The Hobbit trilogy was a bit more experimental in this regard. Dáin Ironfoot and his fellow Dwarves of the Iron Hills, for example, rode boars and rams into combat. Most Elves of the Woodland Realm in The Hobbit rode horses, just like the Elves of Rivendell and Lothlórien did in The Lord of the Rings , but there was an exception: Legolas' father, Thranduil . The dramatic King of the Woodland Realm needed a majestic steed to suit his royal status and his enormous ego, so he rode a large elk. Though unnamed, Thranduil's elk played a significant role in the film trilogy , and he marked a departure from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit novel.

Thranduil's elk made his first brief appearance during the opening flashback from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey . When the great dragon Smaug attacked, Thranduil rode his elk northward, leading an Elven army to aid the Men of Dale and the Dwarves of Erebor. However, upon witnessing the devastation that Smaug had caused, Thranduil changed his mind and turned back. Thorin watched this unfold, which further cemented the rivalry between Dwarves and Elves . Though Thranduil's elk did not appear in the following film, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug , Thranduil's throne was decorated with what appeared to be enormous elk antlers. These may have simply been wooden carvings in the shape of antlers, but they may instead have been actual antlers from an ancient species of deer. Thranduil's elk truly had his chance to shine in the trilogy's final installment, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies , yet it was also in this film that he met his tragic end.

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After Smaug's death, Thranduil rode his elk northward once again in hopes of claiming the White Gems of Lasgalen from the dragon's hoard. Thorin refused to part with any treasure, which, combined with the arrival of Orcs from Dol Guldur and Gundabad, sparked the Battle of the Five Armies that gave the film its name. During this battle, Thranduil fought Orcs from atop his elk. In one memorable scene, Thranduil charged down a bridge, and the elk picked up five Orcs in its antlers. With a single swing of his sword, Thranduil decapitated all five. Sadly, immediately after this, Orc archers killed Thranduil's elk . Enraged and grieving his steed, Thranduil slaughtered every Orc in the area. In the brief moment of peace that followed, Thranduil realized that too many lives -- both Elf and elk -- were being lost. He decided to pull his army out of the battle, leaving the Dwarves and Men to face the forces of evil on their own once again. In just a few scenes, Thranduil's elk left an impact both on the film's characters and on its viewers.

• The Battle of the Five Armies was more violent than Jackson's other Middle-earth films; the extended edition received an R-rating, while the others all had PG-13 ratings.
• In the novel, the Elves of the Woodland Realm did not leave the Battle of the Five Armies early.

Behind the scenes, Thranduil's elk created some humorous complications, as revealed in the bonus material on the DVD release of The Battle of the Five Armies . The elk was entirely CGI, but on set, Thranduil actor Lee Pace rode a Shire horse fittingly named Moose. According to Pace, Moose was about "18 hands high," meaning his withers stood six feet off the ground. Pace called him "the biggest horse in New Zealand" at the time of filming. For an unknown reason, every time Pace recited a specific line during Thranduil's negotiations with Thorin -- "We have come to tell you payment of your debt has been offered and accepted" -- Moose began to turn to the side or walk out of frame. After several failed takes, Jackson decided that Pace should simply pretend to ride a horse during this scene, and Bard actor Luke Evans joked that he had been "demoted."

In the novel version of The Hobbit , there was nothing to indicate that Thranduil -- or the Elvenking, as Tolkien usually called him before The Lord of the Rings -- rode an elk. The text made mention of Thranduil riding with his fellow Elves, and though it did not state what animal served as his steed, it was likely an ordinary horse, as Tolkien would have drawn attention to it if it was anything unusual. As revealed in The Lord of the Rings , Elves had special connections with their horses. In the chapter "The Riders of Rohan" from The Two Towers , "Legolas asked [the Rohirrim] to take off saddle and rein. 'I need them not,' he said, and leaped lightly up, and to their wonder Arod was tame and willing beneath him, moving here and there with but a spoken word: such was the Elvish way with all good beasts." However, there was precedent within Tolkien's legendarium for Elves riding less common animals . For example, in The Silmarillion , Arwen's ancestor, Lúthien, rode on the back of a large hound named Huan .

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But why did Jackson choose to give Thranduil an elk if he did not have one in the novel? Elks suit the aesthetic of the Elves, especially those of the Woodland Realm. They are wild, forest-dwelling animals, and as Thranduil's throne proved, their antlers were reminiscent of tree branches. Thranduil's elk was seemingly based on the Megaloceros giganteus , or Irish Elk, a prehistoric species that was larger than modern elk and had more moose-like antlers. Since Thranduil was an ancient, immortal Elf , it was fitting that he rode a steed from a bygone age. Thranduil's elk might have been extremely long-lived, as An Unexpected Journey 's opening took place 171 years before the Battle of the Five Armies . However, it is also possible that he was riding a different elk at the time, though there were no obvious visual differences between the two. Perhaps Thranduil bred and raised many generations of elks.

Thranduil's elk might have been a reference to a different part of The Hobbit novel. While Bilbo and the Dwarves of Thorin's Company were lost in Mirkwood in the chapter "Flies and Spiders," they saw "some white deer, a hind and fawns" whose coats were "snowy white." The starving Dwarves attempted to hunt them, but their arrows missed, startling the deer and causing them to run away. The appearance of these unusual animals marked the Company's passage into the land of the Elves. This had ties to Welsh mythology, in which the appearance of a white deer often symbolized a transition into the fae world or preceded an encounter with magical beings. A white deer also served this function in "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun," a medieval-inspired poem that Tolkien published a few years before The Hobbit , so the concept was surely on his mind when he wrote this scene.

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A version of these events played out in the extended edition of Jackson's The Desolation of Smaug , but there were some notable differences. Only one deer appeared, and it was a stag rather than a doe. In the film, Thorin is the only one who attempts to shoot the deer, but in the novel, he is the only Dwarf who does not; in fact, he tries in vain to stop the others, believing they would waste their arrows. Though Thranduil's elk in The Hobbit films was not white, he may have been a nod to this established connection between deer and Mirkwood in Tolkien's legendarium , as elks are part of the deer family. Other adaptations of Middle-earth have adopted Jackson's idea of Elves riding elks. For example, the video game The Lord of the Rings: Online added elks as mounts after the release of The Hobbit films. Though a deviation from the novel, Thranduil's unusual steed made the Elven king even more memorable.

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32 Things We Learned from ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ Commentary

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the Shire, Warner Bros. has released the extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey .The movie, which grossed more than a billion dollars worldwide is getting its second home video release in the course of the year, meant to prime the pump for the upcoming sequel in December.

Director and all-around Tolkien movie guru Peter Jackson joins with his production partner Philippa Boyens to dissect the first installment in The Hobbit trilogy. It’s a long one, clocking in at just about three hours, the commentary was recorded in the summer of 2013 while they were in post-production of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug . This commentary track is exclusive to the extended edition of the film, and there is none available for the theatrical version, which came out in March of 2013.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Extended Cut (2013)

Commentators: Peter Jackson (director, co-writer, producer), Philippa Boyens (producer, co-writer)

1. The film originally did not have the prologue as it is seen in the film. However, Jackson decided to add it to not only show the dwarf history but also to use Ian Holm as the older Bilbo ( Martin Freeman ) so those who did not read the books knew it was a prequel to The Lord of the Rings .

2. Most of the additional footage in the extended cut features longer versions of various scenes. In particular, more time is devoted to the white gems denied the elves at the beginning of the film as well as Bilbo seeing a painting of Sauron wearing the ring he eventually gets from Gollum.

3. An earthquake happens during the recording of the commentary seconds before Smaug makes his first appearance.

4. This film is the first time dwarf women are shown with beards.

5. Bag End in the Shire was rebuilt on the same spot as it was in the Lord of the Rings films, but with permanent materials so it could be a tourist attraction after the films’ production.

6. The opening scene with Frodo ( Elijah Wood ) and Bilbo takes place on the same day that The Fellowship of the Ring starts. Ian Holm was a little too old to travel, so the production accommodated him by bringing some of the sets to London to shoot there. The exterior scenes were composited into the countryside with green screen.

7. Many of the wide shots of Gandalf ( Ian McKellen ) next to Bilbo and the dwarfs were shot with them both in frame, using either forced perspective or by rotoscoping Gandalf out, enlarging him, and dropping back into the frame. This allowed all the lighting to match.

8. Eric Vespe (aka Quint) from Ain’t It Cool News has a cameo as a hobbit that gives Bilbo bread in the market.

9. The very first shots of the dwarves on camera were when they show up on Bilbo’s doorstep.

10. The shot of the dwarves getting ready for dinner, featuring them going from the pantry to the dining room, is one of the longest motion control shots in the film, which is approximately one minute and fifteen seconds. Only tow or three takes of the shot were accomplished on the first day of shooting that scene, and none of them were print takes. Jackson notes that this is the only time in his film career where he did not get any usable takes over the course of an entire day. The print take was finally achieved about half-way through shooting on the second day.

11. During the discussion after dinner, Jackson shot the entire scene four or five times from each angle, which resulted in taking about an hour for each angle of coverage.

12. The dwarves singing around the fire was shot in slow motion, which meant they had to play the song at a faster speed during filming, resulting in it sounding “a bit chipmunky,” according to Jackson. This allowed them to slow it down to slow motion in the final version but have the song sound proper.

13. Andy Serkis , after shooting his scenes as Gollum, became the second unit director and oversaw many of the landscape shots, the wide riding shots, and the coverage on the secondary dwarf characters.

14. The fake name of the film printed on the scripts was Little Rivers , which was inspired by a location shot of the dwarves riding their horses.

15. The flashback to the battle of Moria was the same location in Middle-Earth where the Fellowship mourns the death of Gandalf. During this sequence, Azog the Defiler was supposed to be killed, and his son was to pursue Thorin. However, to simplify the villain of the story, Azog was kept alive.

16. J.R.R. Tolkien mentions two blue wizards in some of his extended work, but the production could not mention them because Warner Bros. only has the rights to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings .

17. The trolls who steal the horses and eventually turn to stone are seen as statues in The Fellowship of the Ring . They are voiced by three of the dwarves ( Will Kircher , Mark Hadlow , and Peter Hambleton ), who also did mo-cap performances for them.

18. Originally, the trolls threatened to tear Bofur apart, but Jackson changed it to Bilbo in order to present him as a potential hindrance to the group.

19. When Gandalf finds Sting in the cave of elven swords, it is covered in dirt and cobwebs. When he emerges from the cave and gives it to Bilbo, it is clean and shiny. This was simply a mistake in continuity rather than any sort of magic from Gandalf.

20. The Morgul Blade that is knocked out of the Witch King’s hand by Radagast at Dol Guldur is the same one that stabs Frodo in The Lord of the Rings .

21. Many of the over-the-shoulder shots with Gandalf isn’t achieve with special effects, but rather with a 7’1” stand-in named Paul Randall , affectionately called “Tall Paul” on set.

22. Jackson says he will probably never shoot with practical miniatures ever again because of their limitations in lighting and proximity to the camera. He now prefers to use digital miniatures.

23. The scene of Azog on the mountain while the dwarves are at Rivendell was added in reshoots in order to keep dramatic tension and remind the audience that there was a villain in the film.

24. Like Ian Holm, Christopher Lee was not able to travel to New Zealand, so they shot him in London and composited him into the shot with Hugo Weaving , Ian McKellen, and Cate Blanchett .

25. Jackson always intended to use the Goblin Town song in the theatrical cut of the film, but it was eventually cut for time because the scene with Gollum and Bilbo runs so long.

26. The first scene shot in the 266-day shooting schedule was Bilbo waking up in Gollum’s cave. The final scene was after the eagles drop the dwarves onto the top of the mountain with Erebor in the distance.

27. Jackson hints at there being a six-volume collection of the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films and even toys with the idea of cutting Martin Freeman into The Fellowship of the Ring to replace Ian Holm as young Bilbo. However, Jackson says, “If we did it, I’d still want the old version to be available and not be discarded because that belongs to the history of The Lord of the Rings films… Right now we’re not going back and changing anything in The Lord of the Rings .”

28. For The Lord of the Rings , Andy Serkis’s mo-cap performance was shot in post-production. For this film, Jackson set up the mo-cap cameras on the set in order for Martin Freeman to interact with him and keep their eye-lines straight. They shot the entire 10 minute scene as one take for each of the multiple camera angles. There were about 20 takes each day over the course of four days to complete the scene.

29. The first and only mention of 48 frames per second happens two hours and twenty minutes into the commentary, during which Boyens comments on how good the Gollum sequence looks in the high frame rate.

30. Aside from Bilbo’s sword Sting, the elven blades do not glow blue in the presence of goblins and orcs. This was done because it wasn’t done in The Lord of the Rings , but also because in tests, the swords looked too much like lightsabers.

31. During the confrontation on the cliff, Jackson chose to have the two dwarves dangling from Gandalf’s staff from the end of the tree in order to explain why he doesn’t just step up and dispatch Azog, rather than letting Thorin (and eventually Bilbo) face such peril like that. Originally in this scene, the eagles showed up once Thorin is knocked down. Jackson added Bilbo coming to Thorin’s rescue to continue his hero journey to prove himself, which was the overriding theme of this first Hobbit movie.

32. The final shot completed by WETA digital was Smaug waking up under the gold coins. The shot was finished the day before the New Zealand premiere.

Best in Commentary

• Jackson: “We wanted Radagast to be the hippie wizard.”
• Jackson: “The stone giants are almost a passing mention in the book.” Boyens: “It’s a couple of sentences, but we knew you weren’t going to let that one go.”
• Jackson “You know what would have been a really good idea and would have been an incredible cost saving measure would be if the eagles now flew Bilbo to Mount Doom and he dropped the ring in Mount Doom right now. That would have saved everybody a lot of work.”

Final Thoughts

There is no doubt that Peter Jackson know his shit when it comes to all things Tolkien. However, the real Tolkien nerd behind these movies is Philippa Boyens. Jackson keeps the commentary going with his stories and trivia of production, and it’s Boyens who delves into the minutia of Middle-Earth. However, she doesn’t drone on about things, and most of what she says is interesting.

I’m not a rabid Tolkien fan, so there’s a lot of detail to these movies that is lost for me (so I do apologize for any errors or statements of the obvious in the above article). However, I did enjoy The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey quite a bit. The extended edition offers bits and pieces of added material, but it doesn’t go off on tangents or wander into nonsensical moments like some extended cuts do. Throughout the commentary, Jackson points out what’s new to the movie, which is helpful for those of us who don’t want to worry about digging through both versions for a comparison.

Of course, this extended version also comes with two discs that amount to 9 hours of behind-the-scenes material. This means that the comparably scant 3 hours of discussion from Jackson and Philippa is dwarfed (no pun intended) by the other material in this release. A lot of the same ground is covered in the appendices of this release, but the commentary is still good material nonetheless, making the product a worthy purchase for all the detail and extra content inside.

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - 10 Essential Scenes It Should Include

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: 50 Best Moments

Welcome back to Middle-earth (Warning: HUGE spoilers follow)

Bilbos Spring Through Bag End

We’re opening this feature on a moment that any self-respecting Hobbit fan will have seen.

Heck, you’re like to have seen it if you’ve been to the cinema within the last few months. But be warned: HUGE spoilers will follow. Ent-sized spoilers. The kind of spoilers that anyone who hasn’t seen The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will wish to cast into the very fires of Mount Doom. So if you haven’t seen AUJ , leave now (and don’t even think about reading the comments section), and return once you’ve caught up with Peter Jackson’s epic prequel. Still with us? Then we look forward to going in-depth on the greatest bits that The Hobbit had to offer (and there were plenty). And as ever, we’d like to hear about your favourite moments in the comments. Here we kick things off with a moment that featured heavily in the trailers, and, fittingly, kicks off the movie’s adventure. Bilbo, having had time to sleep on Gandalf’s offer of partaking in an adventure with the Company of Dwarves, realises he actually quite fancies leaving behind his cosy hole-in-the-hill to grubby up his fingernails on quest for gold. Bilbo sprints across Bag End, contract flailing in his hand, announcing with a cry to his neighbours that, “I’m going on an adventure!” We’re very glad to be joining you, Bilbo. And if that weren’t enough to get the hairs on the back of your neck pointing skyward, the Howard Shore’s rousing score surely will, as the jangling jaunty tune that accompanies Bilbo’s exit gradually segues into the classic Hobbiton theme that defined the most hospitable location in all The Lord Of The Rings movies.

Saruman Returns

The spot-on casting was one of the key successes of The Lord Of The Rings , with Jackson hiring some big guns to add heft to the fantastic story. A familiar face returns in An Unexpected Journey , as Christopher Lee’s Saruman joins a debate around the table of Elrond, in Rivendel. Though more than a decade has passed since Lee first essayed the white wizard in Fellowship , he’s lost none of his booming authority, and his appearance is leant a portentous backnote of menace, as he obviously knows a great deal more about this plague of darkness that’s sweeping the forests than he lets on. As Christopher Lee was unable to travel to New Zealand, his scenes were filmed in London’s Pinewood Studios.

The studio logos can often pass you by, serving as nothing more than a few extra seconds to get your cinema snacks in order.

Occasionally it’s worth taking notice of, with recent notables including Scott Pilgrim Vs The World ’s retro 8-bit styling, and the Argo ’s era-aping ‘70s-style shield. If you saw The Hobbit in 48FPS (48 frames per second - Jackson’s experimental new filming technique that crams twice as many images as a standard film), the Warner Bros and MGM logos would have been the first clue that you were watching something special. The blue and gold of the WB badge shines more brightly than usual, before being broken up into its constituent parts in immaculate 3D, and reforming as the New Line logo.

Then it’s swiftly on to MGM’s roaring lion, who’s hasn’t looked this crisp and immediate since his 1924 bow.

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If Gimli was anything to go by, it was always clear that The Hobbit ’s Company of 13 little people would bring the laughs. Rather than just going for cheap laughs, this sequence somehow turns a gross out moment into something oddly beautiful. Early on in the quest, after the Company have settled down for the night, Bombur’s (Stephen Hunter) sleeping patterns are shown to have quite an impact on the local insect-life, as his cavernous snoring hoovers up a brace of butterflies that float past, only for them to emerge when he exhales.

They’re not safe for long though…

Enter The Forest

With Middle-earth refreshed with eye-watering clarity thanks to 48FPS, The Hobbit shows off its environments in a whole new light. One of the most effective showcases for the blending of New Zealand environment and movie-set magic comes with our introduction to Sylvester McCoy’s Radagast The Brown. As the camera pans downwards from a vast vista and into the enchanted forest in which Radagast is pootling around, the shot looks like a pop-up fairytale book come to life, giving the scene an otherworldy (as opposed to simply artificial) quality.

Sting Goes Out

Just a small moment this, but one that speaks to the level of detail and invention that exist in this world.

And one that provides a bit of technical detail on one of the movies’ coolest weapons. The Elf-crafted sword that Bilbo uses on his quest (to be later dubbed Sting, but that’s another film entirely) comes with the neat trick of glowing blue when Orcs or Goblins are nearby, a feature that’s used to great dramatic effect throughout the saga. When Bilbo, having tumbled into Gollum’s lair, sees the ring-obsessed Halfling dragging off a Goblin carcass, the sword is still illuminated. That is until Gollum caves the creatures head in with a rock and Sting goes out with a flicker in a genuinely chilling scene.

The Invention Of Golf

“All good stories deserve embellishment”, according to Gandalf, and Peter Jackson must surely agree, with this line serving as a nod to the additional material that’ll be worked into The Hobbit to make it fill a trilogy. The line comes after a story straight from the novel, in which Gandalf relays the story of Bilbo’s great great great great uncle Bullroarer Took, who was tall enough to ride a standard horse, and in slicing the head off a Goblin (with the decapitated bonce landing directly in a hole some yards away) invented the game we’ve come to know as golf. A humourous nod to the rich history of the Tolkien-verse, and a nice Easter egg for readers.

Got A Hankie?

Nothing sums up Bilbo’s adventurer spirit better than when, mere miles outside of the Shire, he demands the Company stop in their tracks. The reason? He’s forgotten his handkerchief. Martin Freeman’s haughty pomp sells the scene, but the payoff comes when Bofur (James Nesbitt) tears of a strip of his coat and passes it to Bilbo as a makeshift nose-blower.

Nothing sums up the Dwarves better than that.

Feel The Sting

The relationship between Gandalf and Bilbo is key to The Hobbit .

Not only does the hirsute conjuror set the homebody on his adventure, but they have a symbiotic friendship that informs the movie as a whole (more on that later). When Gandalf hands Bilbo the sword that will be dubbed Sting (a potent reminder of Fellowship ), his accompanying speech is one of the early stirring moments of AUJ . Gandalf’s wise words (“The important thing is not knowing when to take a life, but knowing when to spare one”) are given a kindly gravitas by Ian McKellen, and noble sentiments, expressed concisely, are what helped to place LOTR far above its competitors.

Nice Weather(top) For Orcs

When Azog, the white Orc, and his assembled hordes gather to plot their attack on the Dwarves, their location looks oddly familiar. Could it be that they hold their meetings at Weathertop, when Aragorn and co were attacked by Ringwraiths in Fellowship ?

Or is it just visually reminiscent, another Middle-earth beauty spot, dotted with craggy rocks. The presence of a recognisable statue virtually confirms the location, but either way, the echo’s there, and it’s a suitably ominous zone for a meeting of such wretches.

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I'm the Editor at Total Film magazine, overseeing the running of the mag, and generally obsessing over all things Nolan, Kubrick and Pixar. Over the past decade I've worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar+, and you can often hear me nattering on the Inside Total Film podcast. Bucket-list-ticking career highlights have included reporting from the set of Tenet and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as covering Comic-Con, TIFF and the Sundance Film Festival.

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“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain, first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever… Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum’s “precious” ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities… A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.

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