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We're really enjoying The Hobbit story so far, especially because of Bilbo, Gandalf, and seeing Legolas again was such a great surprise! ❤️ Bilbo continues to be our favorite part of this journey!

That said... the dwarfs were testing our patience in this one, especially Thorin. We understand that he lost his home and everything that belonged to his people, so it's impossible not to feel bad for him. But at the same time, his behavior didn't feel very kingly to us. He was so focused on his own goal that he often came across as selfish, and honestly, we can understand why so many people are reluctant to help him. We're really hoping he grows from this and realizes how his actions affect everyone around him.

As for Smaug... WHAT. A. DRAGON. 😳🔥 We had no idea dragons could actually speak!

One thing we're still a little confused about is the timeline between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, as well as the importance of the Arkenstone and how it connects to everything. If anyone can explain it without spoilers for the next movie, we'd really appreciate it! 🙏

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Mr Jackpots

This is my favorite of the three movies. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit many years before Lord of the Rings. It was also written as a book for kids and teens. The story told in Lord of the Rings had barely begun to form in his mind at the time he wrote Hobbit. In the Hobbit book Gandalf did fight the Necromancer at Dol Guldur, but he was never referred to as Sauron. He was just an evil wizard and the Nine were not in the book at all. A lot of things in the movies were made up by director Peter Jackson, including Gandalf finding the tombs of the Nine, the presence of Legolas, and the very existence of Taurial. The ring was just a standard magic ring that gave the wearer invisibility. Bilbo did get it in Gollum's cave, but Gollum was friendly and when Bilbo won the riddle game he showed Bilbo the way out of the cave. Gollum had intended to give Bilbo the ring, but didn't realize he'd lost it until the game was over. He never thought Bilbo stole it and he wasn't particularly attached to it. It's best to take the movies as inspired by the book, rather that as a prequel to Lord of the Rings which it is not. Peter Jackson added most of the parts that tie the story to Tolkien's later masterpiece. I really like the movies, but the book really only had enough story for a single movie. If you read the book I hope you won't be disappointed. It's a fairytale for kids not a dark fantasy, and the dwarves are depicted as comic figures who always need to be rescued by Gandalf and Bilbo. They aren't warriors and only three of them, Thorin, Balin, and Bombur have distinct personalities while the others are basically just names. So just enjoy the story told in the movies as an epic dark fantasy set in the world Peter Jackson created for his version of Lord of the Rings. If you read the book, get the 1937 edition. Tolkien rewrote the book in 1951 to explain why Bilbo's account in the original book about how he got the ring contradicts his explanation in Lord of the Rings. The explanation was that Bilbo lied and really had stolen the ring from Gollum who was, in truth, very attached to the ring.

Jan2410

Tauriel doesn‘t exist at all in the books. The character was completely made up for the Hobbit. That’s why she doesn’t appear in the Lord of the Rings. Thorin needs to get the Arkenstone because the other dwarf kingdoms swore allegiance to the one who carries that jewel. That’s what they talk about in the first movie when they are gathered at the table in Bag End. So I guess the original plan was to steal the Arkenstone with the help of a burglar (Bilbo) and then come back with a big dwarven army to take down Smaug.