We’re listening to Balin tell the story of how Thorin became Thorin Oakinshield, and why he hates orcs so much. (Though I don’t understood why we need an
I have heard a couple people complain about all the dwarfish singing in the Hobbit, but I actually thought that both songs were pretty cool. When I saw
If everything about the movies were awful, then they wouldn’t be so bad. Does that make sense? The conversation between Balin and Thorin provides us important insight into
I particularly hated the rather boring meeting of the dwarves. A lot of exposition (much of which already got established in the opening montage) followed by a speech
Ah, good. It’s been twenty minutes since we were introduced to the Lonely Mountain and the lost kingdom of the dwarves. It’s good that we’re getting it explained
As I’ve previously established during my LOTR rewatch, I do not base any of my criticism strictly on the argument, ‘It’s different from the book.’ When adapting a
Full Disclosure: The Hobbit is my favorite book of all time. Bilbo Baggins is my favorite character in all of Tolkien. I believe there’s some kind of transitive
