While perched atop the tree, bilbo notices something shaking the trees in the distance, and its growing closer. Resident tolkienite anna klassen compares the film to the original novel, revealing 19 differences between the tolkien classic and the movie. Elijah wood, ian mckellen, orlando bloom, sean bean. Instead, its the story of the dwarves, something more like braveheartchasing out a villain thats taken your territory. The hobbit, or there and back again the hobbit book vs the. There were plenty of unnecessary and lame alterations here and there to the plot, charact. Any work of the scale of peter jacksons the lord of the rings movie screenplay was going to exhibit differences from the source material. A meek hobbit from the shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful one ring and save middleearth from the dark lord sauron. Whats the difference between the hobbit the book and the. Most know the hobbit as the beloved novel by jrr tolkien, but the movie trilogy adaptation deviates from the source material in different.
The remaining two films, the desolation of smaug and there and back again, will be released in winter 20 and. Dec, 20 at first glance, peter jacksons trilogy of epic films based on the hobbit, a slender childrens book, might appear to leave its source behind in order to make more capital out of the. Book and film differences the hobbit wiki guide ign. They eviscerated the book by making it an action movie for young people aged 15 to 25. After writing my last post on redesigning the hobbit i decided to follow up with some other major differences that i believe need addressing. While frodo and sam edge closer to mordor with the help. Played by losts evangeline lilly, tauriel is a character exclusive to the film adaptation of the hobbit. Personally, after i watched the second movie, i was wondering how the movie makers were going to do a hundred pages in a two and a half hour movie, but it seems like they did. 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. While there are some changes in sequence, the storyline is well aligned between the two sources.
Tolkiens book the fellowship of the ring and the peter jackson film screenplay of the same name are fairly easy to document because, in both the book and film, the story maintains a single thread from beginning to end. Dec 11, 2012 even though the movie is coming to theaters on friday, its still a little hard to believe that j. Jul 18, 20 t his book has got to be one of the greatest books i have ever read. Jun 05, 2015 and finally, the third part of the book versus the third movie, subtitled the battle of the five armies. Tolkiens the hobbit will be made into three whole movies.
He infiltrates the necromancers stronghold in dol guldur. So as far as the book is concerned, its a fairly even divide 667, although its notable that the pagecount covered by the last movie is quite a bit shorter although there is a lot happening in those fewer pages. Oct 26, 2016 the book is pretty much always going to be better than the movie. Jan 14, 2014 the expansion of the plot also required a new antagonist for the story. And history teaches us that no matter how faithful or unfaithful a film adaptation is with respect to its original source, someone will complain about the movies unfaithfulness to the books. There are many similarities in the two novels as well as film adaptations of the two novels. The isnt in any of the lord of the rings films, the first hobbit film, or the book at any point.
Often they are rather bloody and feature dismemberments and decapitations especially by using a certain war chariot or just are more violent legolas turns his dagger in bolgs. Why are the hobbit movies considerably different from the book. Jan 03, 20 for readers of the hobbit, which became an almost overnight classic following its 1937 debut, the new movie may elicit some puzzlement. Read below for the eight biggest differences between the hobbit book and movie, and once youve seen it, jump into the comments to let us.
I thought that a separate thread would be good as to not expose anyone to spoilers in the movie from another persons thread. He is a wizard, like gandalf or saruman, but wears brown robes instead of gray or white. Radagast is portrayed as absentminded, manic, and a friend to all animals. Dec 19, 2014 in the movie, on the other hand, thorin leads three of his dwarves on a clandestine ambush mission which, compared to the book, is about as different in tone as you can be, rateliff says. But i feel like some points of the movie were pretty good or even superior than the book. Differences between the hobbit movie and book creativity. Book and film differences tuesday, november 4, 2014. The five armies are made up of the dwarves, the men of laketown, the mirkwood elves, the orcsgoblins and. Lord of the rings and the hobbit are two very famous novels written in the genre of higher fantasy by j r r tolkein, a popular writer and professor at oxford university.
Radagast is portrayed as absentminded, manic, and a friend. Then i heard about the movie, and decided to wait until after seeing part 1. This content is intended for adult audiences and is not suitable for children. The complete list of film changes for the hobbit and the lord. The hobbit movies seem to have completely erased this aspect of the hobbit book that of being dorothy in oz. There is a prologue before the story begins that lays out the history for the viewer. The extended edition, in fact, really pushes up violence. But in the films, legolas plays a role as a loyal admirer of tauriel, a hater of dwarves and a skilled warrior killing off the orcs in the desolation of smaug and the battle of the five armies movies. The tolkien nerds guide to the hobbit peter jacksons blockbuster movie draws upon stories behind stories behind stories, just as j. Id been wanting to read it, but unlike many classics, it wasnt free on my kindle, so i put it off. However, radagast appears in the hobbit only by name when gandalf mentions his good cousin radagast who lives near the southern borders of mirkwood to beorn.
The hobbit, or there and back again the hobbit book vs. Whether you love or hate the movies, most will agree on one thing. Jackson then fell back to tolkiens text and resurrected a character who is long dead. Difference between lord of the rings and the hobbit compare. Even though the movie is coming to theaters on friday, its still a little hard to believe that j. In the movie, on the other hand, thorin leads three of his dwarves on a clandestine ambush mission which, compared to the book, is about as. In the book, the antagonist is smaug but he does not appear until later on in the novel, requiring a new antagonist to drive the first movie and much of the second.
I agree, but book aragorn is also a tremendously dull character. I thought that now with the hobbit movie out in theatres, i would make a post where we could discuss the movie to the book. The character who is legolas does in fact appear in the hobbit book, though he is not named and is literally only mentioned once, simply as the son of the king of the wood elves. As previously mentioned there were many differences in chapter 1, the unexpected party, and chapter 2, roast mutton.
T his book has got to be one of the greatest books i have ever read. It is the perfect time to show how good the movie is and how many unnecessary sub plots are pushed into it to make it. Peter jacksons the lords of the rings lotr and the hobbit movie trilogies have been great commercial successes. Bilbo baggins, differences between the movie and the book of the hobbit, j. There is a certain amount of creative license that enters into any film adaptation of a book. Most know the hobbit as the beloved novel by jrr tolkien, but the movie trilogy adaptation deviates from the source material in different ways. In addition, he wears a distinctive hat, much like gandalf the gray. Top ten differences between the hobbit book and films.
It is the perfect time to show how good the movie is and how many unnecessary sub plots are pushed into it to make it a full length trilogy, all before the very. Peter jackson did a decent job on the lord of the rings movies. Differences in the book and movie version of the hobbit. The hobbit was a very different book from the lord of the rings. Difference between lord of the rings and the hobbit. How faithful are the hobbit films to tolkiens books. The expansion of the plot also required a new antagonist for the story. This article is going to focus on chapter 3, a short rest, of. It has great interviews different from the ones in the chronicles books, so it kind of fun to know about the production. History of middle earth detailing the hobbits past and the dwarves present state are revealed throughout the context of the story. While not being mentioned in the original book, frodo elijah wood, saruman sir christopher lee, legolas orlando bloom and several others have cameo appearances in the film. He is one of the wood elves who take thorin and the others captive. What portions of the book are in each hobbit movie. Why is the hobbit movie so different from the book.
The hobbit there and back again is an absolutely wonderful classical book. For example, martin freeman was the perfect and i do mean perfect bilbo. There is no mention of legolas, the son of the elvenking thranduil, in the hobbit book. The two movies that have been released will be what i am covering in this report. In fact, it has been made into a three part movie series, two of which have already been released. He tries to shout a warning to the others but trips and falls. Well, considering that they took about 25 pages of the book and turned it into a 2 hour movie, not terrible. In the book, winning a key isnt the final step of completing a challenge, because the keys only unlock a gate that leads to yet another challenge yes. Nov 06, 2012 this book was all that i expected, it has different information, if you compare it to the other art books of the movie the hobbit. This book was all that i expected, it has different information, if you compare it to the other art books of the movie the hobbit. Its been some 30 years since i read the hobbit, but im pretty certain she was exaggerating. Its him though, and peter jackson seized on this tiny thread to capitalize on both legolas and orlando blooms popularity. History of middle earth detailing the hobbit s past and the dwarves present state are revealed throughout the context of the story.
The battle of the five armies covers roughly the last 60 pages of the book, chronicling the demise of the dragon smaug benedict cumberbatch and the struggle to gain dominion over the lonely mountain and its treasures. What are the differences between the book and the film. Then in the movie scene below smaug talks about how bilbo is being used by thorin oakenshield, whereas in the book smaug doesnt mention the name of thorin oakenshield and note that the first answer to this question suggests this is a mistake, since although smaug could have been familiar with thorin, thorin didnt get the name oakenshield until after smaug had already. Why are the hobbit movies considerably different from. So so excited to go back to peter jacksons middleearth. The complete list of film changes for the hobbit and the. Viggo did a super job but the way they wrote the character made him really weak.
Seemingly extraneous flourishes clog up what many remember as. Wow, everyones being very nice about this so i guess ill be the tony montanastyle bad guy. Personally, after i watched the second movie, i was wondering how the movie makers were going to do a hundred pages in a two. Bilbo baggins, is set to appear in a third movie inspired by the book. Tolkien, with large portions of the trilogy inspired by the appendices to the return of the king, which expand on the story told in the hobbit, as well as new material and characters written especially for the films. The complete list of film changes for the hobbit and the lord of. Radagast is indeed one of the five wizards, or istari, whom the valar sent to middleearth in the guise of old men to aid the free peoples against the return of sauron. Why is the hobbit book better than its movie adaptation. The book is pretty much always going to be better than the movie. The hobbitbook vs movies im pretty sure at this point everyone is aware that the book version is far superior than the movie adaptations. Tolkien, the world of middleearth has captured the imaginations of readers and been the setting for some of the worlds best loved. The hobbit book vs movies im pretty sure at this point everyone is aware that the book version is far superior than the movie adaptations. The folks over at the tolkien fan site the one ring have brought attention to a list, created by fan gary appenzeller, of the differences and similarities between the hobbit book and its 3film.
Of the two editions for both trilogies, which versions of each respective movie do you enjoy. It has great interviews different from the ones in the chronicles books. The best movies are ones that stick closely with the plot of the source book, and the hobbit movies didnt exactly do that. And finally, the third part of the book versus the third movie, subtitled the battle of the five armies.
And it seems that the hobbit will be the same kind of film. The first, an unexpected journey, with a runtime of 2 hours and 49 minutes, has an epic feel similar to the lord of the rings films due to its lengthy prologue, action setpieces and massive cast. While the three movies had a large number of minor and trivial differences from the book, there were quite a few substantial differences as well. At first glance, peter jacksons trilogy of epic films based on the hobbit, a slender childrens book, might appear to leave its source behind in. The dwarves, along with bilbo baggins and gandalf the grey, continue their quest to reclaim erebor, their homeland. In the movie the story is narrated by the author as an omnicient voice.
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