I have this bit where I have a “men list presentation”. It’s basically a bunch of characters I’m obsessed with and Bilbo is one of the first ones. Indoctrinating the world to be a hobbit fan.

I have the books, the ring and a middle earth giant poster

I recently reread the book and then rewatched the extended editions and some of the changes just don’t make much sense to me. I understand why tons of stuff was added to make the movies longer but why take stuff away?

To start off when Bombur falls in the water it’s from a bridge and a boat which just doesn’t exist, I get maybe costs but wouldn’t the massive vines they added be more expensive?! Adding onto Bombur I wish they added more about his visions of food or just played into the feast more.

In the book there are flashing lights and elvish singing and when they get close they disappear. I remember watching the movies for the first time and looking forward to the scene but was kinda disappointed when it wasn’t in there. I feel like it would’ve been a good addition to not only add the time they needed but also show more of the magic that is within Mirkwood. I’m curious if anyone knows why these parts were changed, I haven’t watched much behind the scenes besides random clips of the cast.

I have been trying to find out when Durin's day falls but after looking for a good hour I have found many different answers:

Tolkien says that in the hobbit Durin's day falls on the 19th of October but Durin's day is not a fixe date and it's supposed to fall on "the first day of the last moon of autumn" that means that it should be the first day of the last new moon before the winter solstice (which is the 21-22 of dicember) so following said instrucion i have found it to fall on the 12th of december BUT around the internet i have fund different dates like 30th November, 1st of December and (the most common one) 3rd of October.

i still have no idea when it should fall, does anybody have answers?

My dad worked on the hobbit films and when he was done he took one of the rings from the movie he was apart of the film crew how much do you think it would go for?

We’re creating a video for our YouTube channel all about the unreleased and unused scenes from The Hobbit trilogy. These are the scenes that didn’t make it into either the theatrical or extended editions of the movies.

Previously, we’ve made three highly successful videos covering the same topic for The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and now we’re excited to dive into The Hobbit. But we need your help!

If you know of any deleted or unused scenes—whether mentioned in interviews, seen in behind-the-scenes footage, or referenced in other materials—please let us know. Every bit of information helps us make this project as thorough and engaging as possible!

/Sam & Elliot from Middle-Earth Updates

We’re creating a video for our YouTube channel all about the unreleased and unused scenes from The Hobbit trilogy. These are the scenes that didn’t make it into either the theatrical or extended editions of the movies.

Previously, we’ve made three highly successful videos covering the same topic for The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and now we’re excited to dive into The Hobbit. But we need your help!

If you know of any deleted or unused scenes—whether mentioned in interviews, seen in behind-the-scenes footage, or referenced in other materials—please let us know. Every bit of information helps us make this project as thorough and engaging as possible!

/Sam & Elliot from Middle-Earth Updates

I found an edit over a year ago and absolutely loved it but haven’t been able to find it since. It was on TikTok. A Thorin edit, where it was the scene where he’s about to get killed (I forgot if it was BOFA or when Azog appears) and then before he gets stabbed it cuts to him waking up in the cave when Kili and Fili are teasing Bilbo about the orcs. Please help.

My girlfriend recently started listening to the hobbit audio books but it’s through a library card so she has to wait for one every time and sometimes doesn’t finish.

I want to get her the audio books, rob inglis unabridged to be exact bcs i think she was listening to that one (he was singing pretty awesome)

but i also want to get her a book collection so she can put on a book shelf, we are moving into a new house in april and would be nice to get the shelf filled with some nice books and nooks

so if ya got any nice looking hard covers that also has nothing but out of appreciate it!

As I was just listening to music during my morning routine, the song "Dancing in the Moonlight" by King Harvest came on. I immediately thought of Beorn and his bear friends just jamming, swaying around outside the house. Thinking Bilbo pressing his ear against the wood door faintly hearing the song play thinking he has gone into a fever dream.

Had to share the thought!

Has Peter Jackson ever commented on what he thought about the mixed reception of the 1st and 3rd movies? There’s a few quotes of George Lucas talking about the negative reception of the Star Wars prequels so I was wondering if there’s anything similar in this case.

I was wondering whether the main conflict on the hobbit is the fight against the many natural forces like the orcs, wargs or spiders maybe even Smaug (man vs nature). The main antagonist could also be Smaug or Thorin himself after reclaiming the mountain(man vs man). The last alternative I think of is Bilbo himself being the antagonist, because he has to overcome himself to grow as a character and become more valorous.

Rewatching all Hobbit movies. In the third movie, the orcs are marching to the lonely mountain. But they already started their march days before smaug died. And they couldn't know he would die.

What did they think they would do at the lonely mountain?

Reread and rewatched everything recently. I really think the Hobbit is much better when you incorporate Appendix A.

It ties in better with LotR. You get to see Saurons influence in everything like his influence in reawakening the Balrog in Khazad Dum and his influence on Smaug.

You get Gandalfs grander motivations for helping the Dwarves, how he wanted Smaug gone and to have a dwarven presence in Erebor to hold off the Easterlings working for Sauron

You get more of the history of the Durin folk. From them settling in Moria, to going to Erebor, and their battles with the dragons from the northern mountains.

You get the war of the dwarves vs orcs. Nains death(which is given to Thror in the movies), followed by Dain killing Azog, and then briefly glimpsing the Balrog.

You get some of Thorins travels, settling in Eriador east of the Lune.

You get Gandalf meeting Thorin in Bree.

P.s. I give credit to Peter Jackson for incorporating some of the Appendices into his movies, but take a little of the credit away too for bringing back Azog and not giving Nain and Dain their fights against Azog.

Hello!

I'm sure this has been posted before, but for context, I'm looking for one specifically closest to the book (but still a GOOD edit without weird cut-aways) because I will be showing the movie and reading the book with my Junior/Senior High School Resource English class. These are students with autism, adhd, dyslexia, etc. Regular kids who just have some extra hurdles to jump over in terms of learning.

So we'll be watching the movie, then reading that part of the book, then next part of the movie, that part of the book, etc. Thus why the version closest to the book would be best (and why we won't be watching the whole 9 hour trilogy because then we'll NEVER get through it haha.)

Thank you for any help! And if anyone has some cool ideas for lessons, I'm open to anything.