Reacting to The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey FIRST TIME WATCHING - Part 1/2 

"Why is this conversation is so awkward" Because originally Hobbit was a childrens book. And childrens loves funny conversations. Later the book became more serious and also LOTR trilogy and The Silmarillion happened

“He swung his club so hard, he knocked the goblin king’s head off, and it sailed through the air into a rabbit hole. And thus the battle was won. And the game of golf invented at the same time.”

Remember the story that Bilbo was telling at the beginning of The Lord of The Rings about the trolls to the little kids? This was it.

The 'awkward' conversation Gandalf had with Bilbo at his front door was largely straight from the book, which was written for children. That's why there was some amusing word play about 'Good Mornings' to appeal to kids.

"I don't know why I felt that song in my heart!" Yeah, we all did. Its a great moment.

The Elder Dwarf, Balin, that was the poor soul whose tomb was in Moria. Gimli's cousin.

Balin is the one that died in moria, gimli's cousin

The main reason the Hobbit movies are not as great as the Lord Of The Rings trilogy is because Peter Jackson simply did not have the amount of preparation time for the Hobbit that he had for LOTR. But even so, I still absolutely LOVE these films. There are certain plot details I wish weren't there, but I still feel like they really stay true to the original spirit of Professor Tolkien's works.

Dunno if anyone pointed it out but the place where the trolls turned to stone - is the same place where Aragorn gave medicine to Frodo when he got stabbed by a Nazgul, it's the place where Arwen took him. Sam even pointed it out by saying something like "look mr Frodo, is the place where uncle Bilbo fought trolls".

Duaffy: "I don't even understand how can he be so calm in a situation like this-" Bilbo: "Nope." *literally faints* Duaffy: "...Okay."

Dragons, when not just purely animalistic, are portrayed as coveting treasure. I think even when they’re animalistic sometimes. Gold, jewels, diamonds, etc.

If you go back and watch the Extended Edition of Fellowship Of The Ring, you'll see those trolls again :)

Those trolls that got turned to stone are in the LOTR movies briefly if you remember seeing them

Rest in peace Ian Holm. Goodbye old Bilbo... Great Movies

They only did two verses of the Misty Mountains song, but you and I had identical reactions to it. Now that I've seen the film, I can't read the full song without hearing these actors singing it. Here's the full lyrics: Far over the Misty Mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away, ere break of day To seek the pale enchanted gold. The Dwarves of yore made mighty spells, While hammers fell like ringing bells In places deep, where dark things sleep, In hollow halls beneath the fells. For ancient king and Elvish lord There many a gleaming golden hoard They shaped and wrought, and light they caught To hide in gems on hilt of sword. On silver necklaces they strung The flowering stars, on crowns they hung The Dragon-fire, in twisted wire The meshed the light of moon and sun Far over the Misty Mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away, ere break of day To claim our long-forgotten gold Goblets they carved there for themselves And harps of gold; where no man delves There lay they long, and many a song Was sung unheard by Men or Elves The pines were roaring on the height, The winds were moaning in the night. The fire was red, it flaming spread; The trees like torches blazed with light. The bells were ringing in the dale And Men looked up with faces pale; Then Dragon's ire more fierce than fire Laid low their towers and houses frail. The mountain smoked beneath the moon; The Dwarves, they heard the tramp of doom. They fled their hall to dying fall Beneath his feet, beneath the moon. Far over the Misty Mountains grim To dungeons deep and caverns dim We must away, ere break of day To win our harps and gold from him!

I think it's important to note that The Hobbit trilogy came out a decade after LOTR. To see Elijah Wood (Frodo) and Ian Holm (Old Bilbo) reprise their roles so many years later was such a treat and very nostalgic.

To help you out Duaffy, here are the groups of Dwarves in the company (listed in order of their proximity to the royal bloodline of Durin): -Thorin, and his nephews Fili and Kili. -Balin and his brother Dwalin. -Oin and his brother Gloin (Gimli's father). -The brothers Dori, Nori, and Ori. -The brothers Bofur and Bombur (the fat one), and their cousin Bifur (the Dwarf with a broken Orc axe lodged in his head) (these three are not part of the royal line).

Dragons use gold for bedding. It's soft and non-flammable.

"fun" fact: after the battle of moria had to cut down almost all trees to burn the dead, so there are almost no trees at the east gate of moria when fellowship passes through. thats how many dwarves died and almost every dwarf family has a "burned dwarf" among them

Fun fact: the handle of Orcrist the Goblin-cleaver is a dragon's tooth 👌

I actually love this lady... she's seems so sweet and so interested in the material :) loved the Lord of the rings reactions!

Sam was actually given the privelege to sail to the undying lands. Which he then did after his wife died i think:)

The dots over the letters represent diacritics in different languages.

If you're wondering, Radagast is one of 5 wizards, or Istari, sent to middle earth to contest against Sauron. Gandalf and Saruman were 2 of them. The other 2 were hardly seen and rumoured to have gone beyond Mordor in the East and were never seen in the West of Middle earth.

His great however many times grandfather was _large enough_ to ride a horse. It’s typically easier for hobbits and dwarves to ride ponies since they’re shorter people.

As a bit of background - at the start of the movie the Dwarven King is Thror. As the movies makes clear he became obsessed with gold, to all else. Thror wore one of the rings of power created by Sauron. (The same set of rings that corrupted the Kings of Men into the Nazgul in "The Lord of the Rings". Sauron had hoped that the same thing would happen to the Dwarves but they had powerful constitutions and were able to resist the power of the rings. As a result, they weren't corrupted like the Men but the rings did increase the negative traits the Dwarven Kinfs already had. In Thror's case it made him greedy for gold and hostile to the Elves (which the Dwarves were generally not friendly with). The book "The Hobbit" was written by Tolkien as a children's book. That's why you have trolls who speak "English" and are called Tom etc. Unfortunately, this sits somewhat uneasily with the later "Lord of The Rings" (which was written for adults). The movie makes a reasonable stab at attempting to merge the two. Some scenes are better than others (the dwarf scenes in Bilbo's house are excellent imo). However, Jackson continues to be obsessed with Elves (what is it with his Elf fetish?). Not so much in this movie but the 2nd and 3rd parts will (imo) have far too much elf nonsense in them (to the detriment of a story which is supposed to be about DWARVES and a HOBBIT!) The third movie in particular is very badly edited. The extended version of the movie has a much better version of the battle than that scene in the theatrical release. The latter just goes on and on and on with more and more ludicrous action "effects". Imo therefore, part 1 is very good. (I liked it anyway). Part 2 is pretty good but too much Jackson Elf nonsense (Legolas I'm looking at you). Part 3 pretty rubbish. Drags on and on and on endlessly

Does anyone realise that in the hobbit movie Gandalf has his original staff at first but then sauron disintegrated it then radagast gave Gandalf his staff with the “knobbly” crystal which is the staff that Gandalf has in lord of the rings until he becomes the white wizard, then he gets a new staff... the only wizard/miyar to use 3 staff’s

J.R.R. Tolkein was an Oxford linguistic professor. I he loved languages down to the core. Especially the anglo-saxon language. Besides writing the The Hobbiy and LOTR, he invented all the languages in the books as well. Thus, the writing you’re seeing is of his own creation.

Gandalf's witticisms about the weather, remind me of an old Scandinavian folk tale I once heard, about a simple boy who outsmarted the wisest scholars in the kingdom...one of the trick questions he was asked, to prove himself, was "How far is it, from east to west?" The boy answered "A day's journey. The sun makes it quite easily in the space of a day!"

Misty mountains song has magic

It was Gandalf's idea to use a Hobbit as a burglar. Happened to not only naturally stealthy and quiet, but they are completely unknown in the part of the world where the dragon lays. So the dragon does not know what a hobbit smells like! Gandalf had once met Bilbo as a child and was impressed that he was the most adventurous of all the Hobbit children. So he picked Bilbo to be the Hobbit burglar.

The book that Bilbo gave to Frodo is everything that happened in The hobbit, but the books name was "There and back again" :)

The Misty Mountains Cold song is featured prominently in the first trailer of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Adventure. Before the movie release in 2012, many people had already made a cover of this song in RU-vid.

"But I wanna see the dragon!" Ohhh you just wait ;)...

There's quite a bit more backstory to the whole Dwarves & Elves feud than just Thror being greedy. But the great thing about Tolkien is that he ties certain events together. For example when Galadriel looked into Gimli's soul when they were in Lothloriën (in the Lotr books) and said 'gold would never rule his heart'. Is both a callback to the Hobbit and Silmarillion. This was when she gave him the three hairs (a sentimental gift) that Gimli considered of far greater worth than whatever jewels there were beneath the Earth. It is a particularly powerful thing to have said about you, when the Dwarves basically were known to be greedy. Plus she had denied Feanor, an elf (and I believe distant kin to her) that same favour 3 times.

6:14 Balin is the dwarf who was buried in the sarcophagus in the Mines of Moria in Fellowship, and Ori(the youngest dwarf with the slingshot) is the dead one who wrote of their final moments that Gandalf reads out loud 😭

I think the points over the "a" come from the pronounciation. If the "a" is spoken like in the word "car" it is without the points, while in words like "tale" it has those points. It`s similar to german where we have "a" and "ä" and it works in the same way. I think it possibly is just an old way of writing.

My granddaughter went to New Zealand a couple of summers ago. She visited "Hobbiton" and many of the locations these movies were filmed at.

Thror's craving for gold was due to his having one of the Dwarven Rings of Power mentioned at the beginning of LOTR. Unlike Men, who could be corrupted and subdued utterly to Sauron's will ie the Ringwraiths or NAzgul, Dwarves proved too tough to dominate, but those who had a Ring, while it gave them the ability to garner huge fortunes, also gave them the proverbial "dragon sickness', ie the constant craving for even more.

17:59 Ungolianth was a Godzilla-sized spider from the First Age, she's the mother of Shelob and all the other huge spiders

19:28 Duaffy: "Elves?" Thorin: "Elves."

You felt the song in your heart I think because it touches our feelings of despair brought on by homelessness and a loss of cultural identity. It is the best piece of music in this trilogy IMHO.

Ungoliant was a great spider of the First Age, she was some kind of spirit not accounted into Ainur. Morgoth, the Dark Enemy of the World, used her to destroy the Two Trees of the Valar. She was so strong that Morgoth barely survived, aided by his Balrogs.

All the Dwarves whose names rhyme with each other are brothers. Thorin, Balin/Dwalin, and Óin/Glóin are all cousins. Thorin is also the uncle of Fíli and Kíli. And Bofur and Bombur are also brothers, while Bifur is their cousin. Just for fun, the 3 actors who played Dori, Nori, and Ori decided they would all be 'brothers from different mothers,' which explained why they were all so greatly different.

There’s a theory that Smaug craved Erebor’s gold because when he was still very young, an army of dwarves raided the mountain where him and most of his species resided. His father hid him, but every adult dragon was slain by black arrows, and when Smaug left his hiding place he came out to see his parents bodies being skinny and gutted for resources and his siblings being dipped in molten gold to sell as trinkets. The dwarves and men who attacked the mountain left with their newfound resources and gold they got from ransacking the dragon’s horde, adding it to Erebor’s vast collection of it. Smaug sees it as his own, because it is. He wants revenge.

If you like the village "Hobbiton," you can still go there. In New Zealand, it was turned into a tourist attraction, and they've even got a pub with ale that is only sold there. My cousins went to visit it last year and they loved it, as well as the beauty of New Zealand in general.

Min 4:53 Just in case you are wondering, Gandalf means "the elf of the rod" this is because he always walked with his cane and since he did not age, men believed he was an elf. But his real name is Olorin

Thanks for reacting Duaffy! You are the best!

The dots over letters were used in Elvish languages Tolkien invented (Quenya and Sindarin) - they signified vowels, since actual letters were mostly consonants (like in Hebrew). Since languages of Men and Hobbits were descended from Elvish, so in-universe they kept the dots over some letters, even though they had actual letters for vowels.

Radagast the Brown (wizard with the hedgehog) was played by Sylvester McCoy, who also played the 7th Doctor in Doctor Who 🤗

elves and dwarves dont get along because of many instances like this. its just one of many events

Desolation of Smaug will always be my favorite of the trilogy

They say at your service when they introduce themselves

The hobbit was the first book Tolkein wrote in the Middle earth line. It was written like 40+ years before Lord of the rings was published. It was more of a bedtime or childrens story than the serious work the Lord of the rings was.

Bilbo tells the story of the trolls in the LotR, at his 111th birthday party to the kids. You can also see the stone troll in the Fellowship of the Rings when Arwen arrives to help Frodo after he’s been stabbed by the Witch King. Sam also says something along the lines of “Look Mr. Frodo! It’s Uncle Bilbo’s trolls!”

About those 60 years. Dwarves are long living, they can have few hundred years, Durin the Deathless, the first of the Dwarven Fathers, dwarves spoke in the movie about his descendants as of the line of Durin, was probably about 2,5 thousand years old.

I'm so glad your watching this. Tolkien was the one who wrote the stories with Fada (those dots and strokes attached to letters) we use them in Ireland but I don't know what they mean, I know some show that a letter should be pronounced together like a and e , r and h, o and u like when you them out your actually sounding out the letter sounds different. Tolkien was a professor of language and a language expert he wrote down most of the languages of middle earth and they are basically real languages in the way he wrote them, they are near as complete as any real language in the world today particularly Quenya and Sindarin. If I remember correctly Quenya is primarily used by Elrond and his people, while Sindarin is primarily used by the elves of Mirkwood. Dwarves tend to live for hundreds of years north of 200 or 250. Elves don't die unless mortally wounded, Hobbits live some 100 years plus and men unless descended from the ancient race of Númenor live the shortest life spans, I'm not sure if long life of Númenorian decent is mostly inherited by the Dúnedain rangers and Gondorians. I know it is a common trait among the rangers of the north and less so in Gondor usually occurring in the great houses where Numenorian blood is still strongly present. It's possible the black Númenorians also have these long life spans as the mouth of Sauron was a black Númenorian and he was definitely ancient although Sauron may have had a hand in that ones particularly long life. The corsairs in return of the king are descended black Númenorians.

I love how positive and joyful you are about all these movies! Your enthusiasm makes me want to watch them all again. Thank you 🙏

he chose Bilbon because he comes from a large family of explorers. one of his descendants could ride a horse. What is a miracle for a hobbit

Fun fact! The reason why Bilbo puts three little dots over the letter “a” when he writes is because in the Elvish alphabet the letter equivalent to “a” is represented by three little dots over either the letter before or after it (it depends on which version of elvish it is).

The three dots over the "a" are actually the way to write "a" in the old elven language called Quenya. Here it's likely just a decoration of the text or vestige from that old language.

"Three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, seven for the Dwarf-Lords in the their halls of stone nine rings for men.." The reason why Thorin's grandfather was so crazy for treasure is because he had one of the seven rings given to the Dwarves. Sauron tried to control the Dwarves but they just became crazy about gathering more treasure which attracted dragons. :)

The hobbit child with a wooden sword playing with Gandalf at the beggining is Bilbo, thats whay Gandlaf choses him as the only hobbit that might leave confort of home to live and adventure.

8:05 At the beginning Gandolf was talking about all the ways 'Good Morning' can be used, which is a way to show that language has a powerful ability to define reality. At this point Gandolf is Defining Bilbo as a Burglhar/Important, mainly because he says he is. Gandolf rarely uses obvious magic, that is noticeable and showey. This is a rare time when he uses a Word of Command and requires the 13 Dwarves to accept his own definition of language/reality. All accept fully but not Thorin, who has the strongest willpower. Also, Thorin is the one most vulnerable to greed, which is a disease, the same disease that all great dragons suffer. By joining this quest the Dwarves must include Bilbo on the corporate agreement, which gives him 1/14th of the profits, or one item of his first choosing. It is the thought of this 1/14 share (of DWARVEN treasure) that is at the heart of why Thorin is always rejecting Bilbo's inclusion and value. You asked "Why Bilbo and not a friendlier Hobbit?" At the first scene Gandolf says that Bilbo is the son of Belladonna. She was a matriarch and founder of the Baggin estate and maybe even Baggsend, as it is a separate township in the Shire. She was clearly a free thinker and maybe also an Adventurer, but she created so much abundance(contrast with Smaug's treasure horde) that the family became wealthy and gave up quests so the other Hobbits would respect them again. BTW, they are so wealthy they have servants, like a gardener named Sam. Anyway, Gandolf knows Bilbo has the best DNA for this vital quest to make a strong Dwarven kingdom to balance out the growing return of Sauron, so he forces this meeting and this contract, which triggers the wander-lust in Bilbo's soul. In this sense, it explains why Gandolf tells the Dwarves to eat all the food in the pantry, so the comforts of home are greatly diminished.

Min 17:56 This "Ungolianth" creature, is the mother of all the giant spiders of middle earth, it had the ability to eat light and vomit darkness, its descendants do not have that ability, however, when there are spiders nearby, everything dies, so Sebastian was about to of dying, and where "she" lived, the spider faced by frodo and sam, there were no plants or animals, actually " she" will be the last living daughter of ungoliant, between the movie the hobbit and the return of the king 70 years passed, all the spiders will have died, except "her"

The expanded edition? Much respect!

glad you watched the extended version. as to Smaug, all they had at the time of this shooting was the tail, wings and a shot of his legs, not the whole body. Peter Jackson had the animators working on it, even into the second movie until they finally had the final look of him ready for filming.

Last year I had the chance to visit Bag End/Hobbiton. It looks exactly the same as it does in the movie. And yes the "No admittance except on party business" sign was on the gate.

I love your approach to these movies. I am a huge LOTR fan and I can still recognize that these movies are different and still thoroughly enjoy them. I can’t wait to see what you think about the books!

Need to read the Hobbit book too, &....The Silmarillion, if you're up to it.

•It's a grammatical thing; I'm not entirely sure, but it makes calligraphy more artful. •So the Dwarves' ever-growing lust for gold is partially explained as an effect that the 7 Dwarven Rings of Power had on the Dwarf Lords; it intensified their love of gold to hoarder level. •Unfortunately, you'll have to wait til the next film to see Smaug. This film, you see parts of him and even then, in this film, he had 4 legs and a pair of wings while in the remainder of the trilogy, his wings are attacked to his arms. •Tolkien was a member of the Inkings, a group of fantasy writers from Oxford. Another member was C.S. Lewis and he also featured dragons as lovers and hoarders of gold. It's symbolic to emphasize the effects of greed. •That's how it's actually written in The Hobbit. •Gandalf is marking the door so that Thorin and Company can find Bag End. •Balin and Dwalin are brothers, the sons of Fundin, and kin of Gimli. Balin is the future Lord of Moria, whose tomb will serve as a skirmish zone for the Fellowship. Gimli's father Gloin is also a member of the company. •Credit to Dwarves, they may eat like good Scotsmen, but they clean up after themselves. •Yes, Thorin Oakenshield, son of Thrain, son of Thror, now King Under the Mountain-in-Exile and Lord of Ered Luin in the Blue Mountains. •Bilbo is the company's "expert treasure hunter" and you'll need one if you plan on reclaiming treasure from a dragon. •Dwarves have an average lifespan of 100-200 years, longer than Men, but they are still mortal. •Yes, in the world of Middle-Earth, that is the story of how golf was invented. •When the trailer first came out, I sang this song a lot. My brother thought it was creepy until he saw the film. •Durin was the First and Greatest of the Seven Dawrf Lords. It was he who dug too deep into Moria and unleashed the Balrog, who later became know as "Durin's Bane". That is why the Line of Durin relocated to the Lonely Mountain; to Erebor. The Dwarves have tried to reclaim their ancient homeland many times from the Orcs and Goblins, but to little avail. •And that is why they follow Thorin Oakenshield; that is why we can call him King. I use that line in reference to the Lord Christ. •In the book, Azog the Defiler is killed at the Battle of Moria by Thorin's cousin Dain, son of Nain, Lord of the Iron Hills. Dain did behead him. Seeing him in the film is part of why people prefer The Lord of the Rings films. •No one ever said trolls were known for their cooking or intelligence. •Nope, remember in the Fellowship, they're still stone. •Just outrun them. Tire them out and sneak away. •Rivendell is lovely.

I'm sure other people have said the same, but when it comes time to watch the third movie in this series, the extended unrated version is a must see.

3:29 That asterisk note isn't really needed Duaffy. You had it right the first time. That IS a four-year old Bilbo Baggins.

Three dots above a letter are an element of Elvish script where they represent the letter A (over a consonant). It's just to make it look more like it belonged in Middle-earth. Ironically the way in which the hobbits and dwarves use these elvish letters does however not even use these superimposed signs (tehtar) for vowels, but letters.

Two dots over a letter is typically an 'E', believe it or not and a ring is an 'O', they are to be combined with the letter underneath so an 'Ä' is actually 'AE' and an 'Å' is 'AO', an 'Ö' is 'OE'. These are unique vowels so you don't pronounce them in sequence but both at the same time. The writing in the movie has three dots however and is probably just decoration because we know that the words are pronounced with normal vowels. :)

Bilbo felt the song in his heart too:) As the book says ““Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.” I’m so glad you’re doing these movies. I truly enjoy them!

Min 6:15 this Balin, is the one who died in Moria, in the fellowship of the ring, is a cousin of Gimli,

Since you commented about Sam and Frodo seeing each other again, after his wife died in the year 61 of the Fourth Age (SR 1482), Sam entrusted the Red Book to his daughter, Elanor and left the Shire. Because he was also a Ring-bearer, he was allowed to pass over the Sea to be reunited with Frodo in the Undying Lands.

These movies are so damn underrated.

"Welcome to Elfland". Cute. Like you. Thanks for making me smile.

Loved the reactions - so real and from the heart.

2:16 the reason why elves and dwarfes do not get along well (most of the times) lies far more back in middle earths history. It was a very bloody and unfortunate incidant that let to the rift between elves and dwarfes... You can read that up in Tolkiens "Simarillion". Another great book of him, wich tells about the First, second and the first half of the third age.

would suggest looking up the "Misty Mountains Cold" by Clamavi De Profundis, a 20 min song but tells the dwarves story.

Hi Duaffy! I really loved your reaction. You do such a good job with the jokes, changing your voice and the picture, and the sound is much better now.

For "The Hobbit", my favorite is still the 1977 animated version. BTW, I got into Tolkien at the recommendation of a Vietnam veteran Marine who told me the books were big with them. I read the books before watching any of the movies.

the hobbit is a child tale, has songs and it's simpler than lord of the rings was the first book written by tolkien, he didn't think about creating a universe at the time

200 years passed betwean Smaug taking the Erebor and the meeting at Bag End.

The Hobbit the book is a quick read, less than 300 pages. There was a lot of story material from The Silmarillion they could have added, and they did add some of it, but that having been said, they also just made a whole bunch of stuff up to add more action scenes. Read The Silmarillion too, it will explain the earliest history of Middle Earth and the Grey Havens.

After watching your LOTR trilogy reactions, you are my new favorite reaction channel ❤️❤️❤️

Gandalf: "These are Gundabad wargs!" Radagast: "These are Rhosgobel rabbits!" *Teacher: See, kids? Branding is everything!...* 😋

Ah, the battle of Azanulbizar, fought outside Moria's eastern gate. One of the most awe inspiring, and tragic achievements of the Dwarves. I was glad to see it on screen, though the shift around some plot points and I question if it was really necessary for the story of the Hobbit. This was the final battle of the War of Dwarves and Orcs that raged for 6 years across, and mostly under, the north of Middle Earth. In the books Thror's death, and mutilation, is actually what sparks it, and it's not a war to reclaim Moria but to avenge him. It's fought with immense savagery by both Dwarves and Orcs, this was a genocidal war, the Dwarves intended to wipe the Orcs from existence, and they almost managed it. It would take many years for the Orcs in the Misty mountains to recover. The Dwarves... didn't. It's estimated that the Dwarves numbered almost ten thousand at the final battle. Half didn't survive. The Dwarves gained their vengeance, but nothing else. The 6 other Dwarven houses which had rallied to the cause dispersed back to their homes, and Durin's folk didn't have the strength to try and retake Moria.

omg can't believe you did it, so happy to watch hobbit again with you

I'm watching this for the first time and I'm already loving your reactions only 5:37 in! I'm sure the community will answer ALL your questions as usual! :-)

You laugh in the most charming and adorable way I've ever seen. I love your reactions to TLotR and Star Wars! I hope you will enjoy Hobbits and other movies.

Yoooooou.... are way too cute! That eraser-laugh and the adorable pig noises!

Gandalf: There's a magic in that music. Bilbo Baggins: And it moves through me. Gandalf: You feel the love of beautiful things. Bilbo Baggins: To go and see the great mountains and hear the pine-trees and waterfalls. Gandalf: To wear a sword instead of a walking-stick. Bilbo Baggins: Just once. The Hobbit, 1977 TV movie.

"why does a dragon need gold" why does anybody? we dont NEED gold... we like it because is shiny, and pretty, and it make us feel "rich" the same reasn why the dragon wants it, because it makes him feeel like he possess something that no one else has...

going west with the elfs isn't technically dying, but I am sorry to say that it is a metaphor for dying, when you go west you leave middle earth forever, Gandalf describes death to pippin as "white shores and far green country into a swift sunrise" if you are standing on a shore looking inland and see a sunrise that land is to the west. and you might want to listen to the song "in to the west" that won an oscar for Lord of the rings. it is hard to see how that song is not about dying. the story is also more beautiful and emotional that Frodo is going to "heaven" and Sam can not follow even if a part of him wants to. "The journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take."

The scene where the Dwarves sing their song about treasure, and Bilbo feels the stir for adventure in his heart... It's a really awesome scene in in the book, and it's awesome in the 1977 cartoon, and it's awesome in this movie!

Some things you might remember from The Fellowship of the Ring. 1. Moria was the Dwaren mine under the mountains where Gandalf fought the Balrog. 2. This Elven city is Rivendale, where they decided what to do with the ring. 3. If you watched the extended edition you'd see Frodo and Same find the three trolls, still turned to stone.