So I just finished reading The Hobbit and I’d considered myself new to the lotr series in general. That leads me to ask two questions 1. Are the three movies just based on the one book? (Did they split it up kinda thing) and 2. Is the Hobbit trilogy worth watching?

That’s all from me thank you!

I have a confession. As much as it pains me. I've never read the hobbit. There is said it. I'm changing that now and reading it. Lucky me the audible companion so I can listen where I left off reading is being read by gollum himself andy serkis I had no idea he did this and am so excited. I've read lotr, but the hobbit has a completely different feel but do far im digging it.

That's it...Just kinda wanted to put it out there.

Ok, this is kind of a weird comparison but I have no one else to talk to about this lol. I personally love the Hobbit movies, obviously they aren’t as good as Lord of The Rings for a few reasons, but nonetheless, some of my favorite movies.

I feel like the Hobbit movies are similar to the Star Wars prequels in that the original trilogy is so loved that when the prequels came out everyone hated them. However, when the more recent works in the same world (the Rey movies in Star Wars, and Rings of Power for middle earth) came out, they made people appreciate the prequels a little more because we saw how bad it could get.

So, back when The Hobbit movies were coming out, I had an iTunes account (that I can no longer access) and I had purchased a version of The Lonely Mountain Song on it that I can't find anywhere. I remember it being longer than usual, but it wasn't the version used in the credits. I could have sworn it was Richard Armitage singing, but now that I can't find it anywhere, I'm not sure if it was just a very good impersonation or if I'm losing my mind and it was just the 1min 44sec long version after all. Iirc, the cover was a picture of The Hobbit's logo over THE map.

TL;DR: Is there an extended edition of Richard Armitage's version of The Lonely Mountain Song, or something that sounds similar enough that it could have tricked a middle schooler?

Hi y’all!

My boyfriend and I are in a LDR and I’m looking for some thoughtful ways to incorporate LOTR into his birthday. I am admittedly a complete naive, but he is a huge fan and it makes him so happy so I’m trying to learn!

He once told me his favorite hobbit day menu, so I was planning on designing and printing a custom menu with his selections (like at a restaurant).

I was also considering reading a passage to him either recorded or over FaceTime from the books (trilogy or hobbit).

I’m hoping yall can help me find something that will either make him laugh or feel nostalgic, or maybe something about love.

Any other ideas for a LDR gift also welcome! :) Thank you so much in advance!!

You may watch it here : https://youtu.be/nOigdAuNGLU?si=SQhg9pOy79lmTSsF

It is the stop-motion adaptation of an extract from the extended edition of "The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies", made with only playmobils. I'm still a beginner at stop-motion so please be nice ! Feel free to ask any question.

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FURTHER EXPLANATION:

I'm a playmobil collector, owning approx 700 figures, and a long term fan of the hobbit (book and films). With playmobil having released dwarf sets in 2019 and my collection growing, I decided I was ready to make my own stop-motion recreation of the hobbit.

Running a little under 6 minutes, the video starts with the dwarf army falling back to the moutain and Thorin rallying the company, and ends with the fight in Dale right after Bofur hijacks the stumpy troll. I will add an extra minute to the stop-motion in the coming months, with Thorin and Dain meeting on the battlefield and the reveal of the chariot.

This stop-motion was made throughout all of 2024. It is quite amateur and I learned a lot as I was doing it. From january to june, I was quite busy and slowly recreated the characters, armies, places and beasts in playmobil. Filming started in july and ended in december.

I tried to be very faithful with the characters and settings designs. The Weta Workshop Chronicle books helped a lot with that. A collector friend of mine even helped me to make Nori's hair and beard ! The trolls are not really faithful appart from the stumpy troll : creating them with their original desigh was way too tricky and I ended up using default playmobil trolls.

Long story short, I just got to reading Lord ot The Rings like 5 years after reading Hobbit (don't ask lol). My question is should I reread the Hobbit before Lotr or would I be fine like I am.

i dont understand the hate about the hobbit trilogy, while it is not on par with the original trilogy, i still find myself enjoying all 3 movies (desolation of smaug is my favorite), there is just something about a group of dwarves plus a hobbit fighting a dragon, benedict cumberbatch as smaug is definitely a good move, wish we couldve gotten more scenes with bilbo, solving crimes with smaug and smaug acting as an even more high functioning sociopath

I’m just starting the book and it sounds like the narrator must be someone from within the setting. They describe themself to be one of the “Big People” and when they describe Gandalf it sounds as if they’ve only heard things about Gandalf and don’t know him personally. Do the books elaborate on the narrator or are there any theories about who they could be?

Bilbo returns with coins/treasure from the Lonely Mountain, are they “spendable” in the Shire? Is gold gold or is there like a currency conversion issue?

My drawing, based on another person's.