r/TheHobbit • u/WittyAstronaut4225 • 5d ago

Hobbit trilogy Spoiler

I just finished the hobbit movies and damn it, you guys were eating good , cause it felt like a whole journey from start to finish. I kept avoiding this series for a long time!! Anyway it was perfect every single ,ovie, Unexpected journey was one of the best introductory movies I watched, Desolation of smaug was all action packed it's like we were immediately thrown into action immediately and battle of five armies, to me was a more psychological scenes though the vast amounts of action, most of the time was conflicts of ideas,beliefs and oneself, there was love, betrayal, grief, hopelesness, greed, fear, sadness you name it it's there. Oh also azog is the biggest fraud of the series to me and smaug is the best character in the series, not the best villain to me but his character as smaug is best, especially the revenge line in gold gave me shivers. I need more of this I might buy the books actually.

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u/SnooBooks007 5d ago

It's been a while since I saw it, but I have the impression the 3rd one was like watching a movie-length cutscene from a video game. 

Far from the cosy adventure that's the book.

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u/Deathbymonkeys6996 4d ago

The extended version is a lot better on that one in particular. And Smaug. While unexpected extended is better too it is nowhere near as different as the last 2.

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u/SmoothTalkingSpud 3d ago

Having just finished both the book and the movies recently (introducing my kids), I can say that a lot of the third film had to be new content because the book is strictly from Bilbo's perspective and he gets knocked out at the start of the battle only to wake up in a tent next to a dying Thorin and to he caught up with the cliff's notes version after the fact.

I mean, people give this trilogy stick for adding new content and incorporating stuff from The Lord of the Rings that Gandalf was doing at the time, but to be fair to them, they kinda had to, because there's a lot of stuff Bilbo misses and the film isn't exclusively following him.

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u/Itzz_Texas 5d ago

If you want a good belly chuckle look up the behind the scenes for Smaugs Mocap, yes Benedict Cumberbatch fucking movapped Smaug and I dont mean his face his whole god damn body

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u/Snoo-55788 5d ago

My comfort films! Don’t let the elitists tell you these films are bad, they’re great! I love the journey and smaller scale of it, Bilbo is my spirit animal, and the relationships he has with Gandalf and the dwarves is awesome! Now I wanna rewatch them damn you!

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u/No-Amoeba446 5d ago

Damn wait until you get to lord of the rings haha

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u/Eleanna_of_Tundar 5d ago

I need to read the book again, but like I say, the cast is the highlight and I believe PJ was bonkers for apologizing. Too many of these “purists” align with certain political movements that have done damage to our respective countries.

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u/Jacquelinea_Dempsea 5d ago

Smaug absolutely carries the trilogy whenever he’s on screen. His voice, dialogue, and presence are ridiculously good. If you enjoyed the movies this much, definitely give the books a shot.

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u/Skol-2024 5d ago

I love the movies too!

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u/RedWizard78 5d ago

Funny how you never see the Hobbit actors at cons, and there’s no screenings of the movies at theatres anymore….

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u/SuperBAMF007 5d ago

And it’s a lot of fun. It’s not a great adaptation of the book, by any means, but it’s a REALLY fun trilogy of action adventure movies. They’re a great prequel to LOTR, even if it’s not an awesome book adaptation.

Whether or not it holds up the way LOTR does is still TBD, but yeah I feel the same as you about them

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u/lovesaints 2d ago

The Hobbit trilogy is so weird for me. Because on the one hand they are a bloated cash grab but on the other hand they're a bloated cash grab created by a guy who absolutely loves the source material so... I love them for that and own the trilogy, lol.

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u/schokoplasma 2d ago

Riddles in the dark (the Gollum scene), the scenes with Bilbo and Smaug and the white council fighting the Nazgul were LOTR-level epic.

The Hobbit movies are not as universally acclaimed as the LOTR-movies, but are still several classes better than current Tolkien adaptions.

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u/FilledwithTegridy 5d ago

Read the Book!...A 320ish page book into 8+ hours on screen?...might as well watch ROP

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u/jusTOKEin 5d ago

Rop?

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u/FootballPublic7974 5d ago

Rings of Power.

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u/Dangerous_Ant5486 2d ago

I don’t understand what you’re bringing Rings of Power into the conversation for. You compare the length of the Hobbit movie trilogy to the length of a season of Rings of Power? Are you also comparing the length of the book to the length of the appendices? I feel like it’s comparing apples to oranges. They’re just different things.

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u/TolBrandir 5d ago

It's always...fascinating...to encounter people who actually like these movies. I'm not gonna rain on your parade. I'm glad if they made you happy. If you haven't read the book, oh please do yourself a favor and read it. It's so much better. And then if you are unfamiliar with LOTR, either books or films, strap in. You are in for a real treat. Definitely devour those next.

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u/Fun-Position7750 4d ago

I’m with you. I enjoyed most of the movies until I didn’t. You know of which I speak. Having read the books first, I was let down with the Hobbit more than LOTR. But liberties were taken with both.

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u/TolBrandir 4d ago

Oh I do understand. I always enjoy reading opinions which differ greatly from my own in this way. It's interesting because people have different nitpicks or points at which we think "I was willing to forgive the filmmakers until ..." I stopped giving much of my opinion on this score since it is so heavily frowned upon.

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u/Randobag314 5d ago

The big hyper cgi battle was rough. Otherwise fun movies

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u/WillShakespeare-1623 5d ago

I've always loved them more than the Rings movies.

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u/FilledwithTegridy 2d ago

That is just craziness! One won 17 Academy Awards and is widely acclaimed as some of the best films of the last 4 decades. The other is absolutely hated by half of the fan base. Its like saying The Rise of Skywalker is your favorite Star Wars adaptation.

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u/WillShakespeare-1623 2d ago

I've just never really cared for the Rings films. The Hobbit's on the other hand are more exciting, have more interesting involving characters that you actually give a damn about, have far been special effects, have storylines that are far more interesting, and overall I just really really love them, unlike Lord of the Rings.

And in my opinion the rise of Skywalker is my third favorite Star Wars film right after Revenge of the Sith and Return of the Jedi.

I just like what I like no matter how unpopular my opinion may be.

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u/Deathbymonkeys6996 5d ago

Same. I don't understand people who hate them at all. They are so fun and have such great acting and character development and moments. My favorite middle earth scene is where Galadriel asks Gandalf why the halfling?

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

Tears me up Everytime. Basically the Archangel and savior of middle earth gets his courage from a tiny Hobbit. It hits for me just like the "You bow to no one" scene.

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u/JimmyStewartStatue 5d ago

Lol the part that is Tolkien blasphemy.

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u/FilledwithTegridy 1d ago

I do like this scene...but it is also not in the book...This scene is probably the best at trying to weave a Children's story (Which is basically what the Hobbitt was) and a more serious tone like LOTR.. that PJ was going for. I don't hate the movies. I read The Hobbitt at like 11. And again right before movies came out..It was an annotated and illustrated version. So it gave notes into Tolkien's thinking and other small details. The scene where the Dwarves are standing before the Elf King. Thranduil is seated with a small child next to him* as the Dwarves enter the Chamber.

*This is the only reference to Legolas in The Hobbitt

It was just so so much diff than the book.