This is a nice moment. Bilbo, one of the greatest characters in the history of literature, finds it is difficult to part with the ring. Even after Gandalf
Nothing that we’ve seen so far suggests the opening montage was in anyway necessary, and I am more and more convinced that it was a huge mistake. Bilbo
I still wish they had made The Hobbit first, because that’s the proper order of things (this isn’t Star Wars after all), but I like the various allusions
When Gandalf enters Bag End for the first time, we see that Jackson is more than up to the technical challenge of turning normal sized actors* into hobbits.
In general, I think you’re best served sticking as closely to a classic as possible when adapting it to the screen. The only changes that should be made
Post-montage, we listen to Bilbo narrate a bit from his memoir, There and Back Again, giving the audience something they do need to know about, hobbits. (Of course,