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

Duaffy: "I need info about the Stone Giants!" Every Tolkien Scholar ever: "... I agree."

"Aragorn is their home, they just want to get back to Aragorn" *Eowyn wants to know your location*

Martin Freeman is just too precious, he is responsible for 90% of my love for the movies.

Saruman is so sure Sauron isn’t returning that he doesn’t think he needs to go check

“I think the worst is behind us” Smaug: “Oh you thought.”

Also the moment when Bilbo spared Gollum's life was the moment that meant the salvation of Middle-Earth in Lord of the Rings. This act made sure that Gollum would inadvertently cause the destruction of the Ring. As Gandalf said, "The pity of Bilbo, will rule the fate of many".

You're being too harsh on yourself - nobody here expects you to know everything right off the bat and suddenly be an expert on Tolkien. It's okay if you dont know! I hope that your enjoying the movies, and the books as well when they arrive - stay safe out there!

The Morgul Blade is what the Witch King uses to stab Frodo, leaving him with the permanent wound

Galadriel is one of the oldest elves alive (older than Elrond, she's the mother of his wife). So yes, she has to be special visually...

so that dwarf, Gloin, who goes "does he offer us insult" when Elrond shows up, is actually Gimli's father. just thought you might find that neat to know if you weren't aware

It is worth noting that Gollum is in better shape in this film and has no scars on his back. These will only arise in the Lord of the Rings when Gollum is tortured in Mordor.

I think it's worth noting that this Hobbit trilogy came out a decade after the LOTR trilogy. I saw LOTR as a teenager in theaters. It was so nostalgic to come back into theaters and see the Hobbit with the same friends (now as adults). Especially to see Ian Holm (old Bilbo) and Elijah Wood (Frodo) reprise their roles!

If I remember correctly, the stone giants weren't fighting, the book says they were playing.

The Hobbit was published years before the LOTR as a childrens story. Bilbo's ring at this point is just a magic ring which makes it's owner invisible.

the Trolls in the first Part you saw, where the same stone trolls as seen in LotR the Fellowship of the Ring, when Frodo was stabbed at the Weathertop by the Ring wraith and was taken to Rivendell.

“What did he eat?” Well there is this thing called hibernation, where animals sleep for a long time to conserve energy when there’s not enough food. I’m not sure if that’s actually the case, as in fiction dragons are also known to sleep for a long time, protecting their hoard

The Hobbit(2) is The Desolation Of Smaug

I forgot that during Goblin Town the movie becomes a video game... I will say the movie did a very good job with the duel of riddles between Bilbo and Golem. You're actually about half way through The Hobbit at this point... it's kinda crazy how much things get drawn out and added in these movies.

Before you read the LOTR trilogy you should read The Hobbit. It is a short, delightful book. In tone it has quite a lot in common with George MacDonald's "The Princess and the Goblin." Tolkien wrote The Hobbit mostly for his children and as a way to try out some parts of the languages he'd created and the world he would later fill out in LOTR. Sadly, the original edition of The Hobbit is no longer available. In the original the ring was merely called a magic ring and there was no foreshadowing of its importance in the LOTR. Also there was no mention of orcs, there were only goblins, as Tolkien only started using the word orc in the LOTR. After the LOTR was published and became successful Tolkien edited The Hobbit so that it foreshadowed the LOTR, as a way to unify the two stories a bit.

Bilbo was eventually able to give up the ring willingly because his first act after acquiring it was to have mercy and spare Gollum.

Whenever I watch the Hobbit, I can imagine reading this to a child who is totally captivated by hearing about dwarves, elves, mountains fighting, wizards, etc..

9:38 You're absolutely right. Goblins are actually another breed of Orc, one that adapted to life underground over time. the other breeds include the regular Orc, Gundabad-orc, Morgul-Orc, Ùruk(or mordor-orc) and the hybrid Ùruk-hai

I'm sure you've seen a million comments on this before, but an exception was made for Gimli as well to sail to the undying lands, so Legolas and Gimli also got to live out their days together.

9:39 Spot on observation 👌 Orcs over time evolved into several sub-species, and the ones that adapted to life underground were known as Goblins. The other known variants are the dark-skinned Uruks a.k.a Mordor-orcs, the pale Gundabad-orcs, and the green Morgul-orcs

3:46 I've watched An Unexpected journey many times but I have just realized that this place is Weathertop( Where Ringwraiths stabbed Frodo)

If you’re wondering about why the giants are fighting, it’s because it’s a thunder battle like Balin said. Basically it’s a cultural thing form them . If anyone would like to add to this to help clarify more feel free.

Azhog was originally slain by Thorin's cousin Dain Ironfoot in the Battle of Moria. And his son Bolg went out to get revenge on the dwarfs. But that didn't really bother me in the cinema. Even if it doesn't make a lot of sense. Bolg could have simply been made the main villain.

•I know it's strange to see Saruman as a good guy, but keep in mind this is before his fall to the Dark Side. In fact, we don't know what caused his fall. •Morgal Blades are the weapons of the Nazgul, in this case the Witch King of Angmar himself. •They're in the Misty Mountains and the Stone-Giants are fighting just because. Within the Misty Mountains is Goblin-Town, a large Goblin colony. •Yes, Bilbo gets the Ring from Gollum in the caves of the Misty Mountains. He will use it throughout the quest to great effect, but none the wiser as to the darker nature of it. •"It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance." "Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand." •I think you were thinking of Aragorn, son of Arathorn, Heir of Isildur and rightful King of Gondor. •Tolkien first wrote the Hobbit, then he wrote the Lord of the Rings to further flush out the One Ring.

In sorts, you are absolutely correct. This movie was an "introduction" because they made a trilogy out of a single book [well, there was padding about the Necromancer from another book to add filler]

1) You called Gandalf being the wisest of the Wizards. I think he was recognized as the wisest by the Valar (the Gods of Middle Earth). 2) Not gonna spoil it, and I don't remember if it's the next movie, or the third one, but Saruman actually has a pretty badass moment I can't wait for you to see

Orcs and Goblins makes Sting's blade glow blue. and not just Sting, but any Elvish made blade glow blue, including Orcrist and Glamdring, which is covered in the novel. That's why the Goblin King says of Glamdring: "He wields the Foehammer, bright as daylight!"

The place where Azog throws the orc to the wargs is where Frodo was stabbed by the witch king,known as Weather top or Amon Sul.

"He rocked his head off!" Stone(d) giants are notorious metal-heads!!!

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The song Bofur sings in Rivendell is actualy one of Frodo's songs from LOTR - Frodo sings it in the tavern of Bree in FOTR just before this incident with the Ring.

3:10 - In the book Gandalf gets pissed because Elrond understands the secret of the map before him (another example of what type of characters you deal with in the books). 5:35 - He actually is. It's at this point that Saruman starts to help the return of Sauron by convincing the council that The Necromancer of Gundabad is not Sauron. 7:54 - As far as I can remember, this part is not in the books. Those are simply 2 stone giants fighting each other while they were walking on one of them. 9:32 - And that's one of the reasons why Gandalf chose an hobbit for this mission.

I think that the Stone Giants were written as "playing" and covered nothing more than a single paragraph if I remember correctly.

Saruman in real life (Christopher Lee) was actually one of the sweetest and most loveable people to ever exist, thats one hell of an actor, hate the character but love the portrayer 😁

3:06 "There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil. " - Gandalf in Moria

I don't want Bilbo to die. (forgetting that she sees Bilbo, in LOTR, set 80 years later)

I know it was half a year ago now since you watched this, but just to clarify, orcs and goblins are the exact same thing in Tolkien lore. The terms are used interchangeably and even though media tends to depict goblins as smaller weaker creatures, there is no physical difference ever mentioned in Tolkien's works. He simply sometimes refers to them as orcs and sometimes goblins.

Funny fact that connects this series to the MCU: With Andy Serkis playing Ulysses Klaue, and Martin Freeman playing Agent Ross, ie the two main Caucasian characters in the movie, it became a running gag to refer to the actors as the movies, "Tolkien white boys," which is of course a reference to the outdate practise in including just one African-American character in movies, known as the "token black guy". At least, until recently.

Yes! That game of riddles between Bilbo and Gollum - really something ain't it D? Looking forward to the next two! Much love from the Philippines!

The blade glows blue for goblins and orcs. It's actually in the original trilogy

I really enjoy your reactions! To lessen your confusion, try to read The Hobbit as soon as you can. But I bet you will be surprised at how small and thin it is - especially compared to the Trilogy!

"Gandalf is way wiser. Now and always". You are not wrong. Olorin (Gandalf's real name) was accounted the wisest of all the Maiar (and some of the Valar as well). His gift was bringing fair visions and kindling hope in the hearts of others. When he came to Middle Earth, he was given the Third Ring, the Ring of Fire, and he used it constantly to kindle hope in Elves, Men, Dwarves, and Hobbits.

Greetings from Italy!!!😊Thank you for your travel in the "middle earth"💖

Aragorn = future King Elessar; he is alive during the time of The Hobbit, though young Erebor = dwarf kingdom that Thorin's Company is trying to reclaim Aragón = region of Spain

eh..'Galadriel, just walk like a normal human!' So did anyone mention, that Galadriel is one of the few remaining High Elves, who thousands of years ago came back from the land of gods to fight Saurons boss?

These songs were poems that were major elements in the book. In the book, Saug would come out every once in a while to eat horses and sheep but he did not have to come out to eat often.

This trilogy is bit underrated. Glad you watched them

To Galadriel "just walk like normal humans"! Galadriel is not a human and is not even a normal Elf! She is the eldest, most powerful Elven Queen still in Middle Earth. As you know, she is one of the elven ring bearers. You will see her in the next movie.

Also for everyone's knowledge - there are two Led Zeppelin songs that reference the Lord of the Rings. "Misty Mountain Hop" and "The Battle of Evermore".

"Did he just take a shit?!" 😌😂😂

Just remember. You are the best. No one knows everything. (just enjoy yourself)

Thanks for the reaction, loved it, cuteness overload!

Damn, I love your commentary, your energy etc. Great work. Keep it up!

"thoring will make for a great king" XD hahahahah oh girl haha

From what I remember in the Hobbit book the stone giants don't actually fight each other and are just playing games by throwing rocks down the valley

Smaug basically lives off of greed

your movie reactions are great its like watching a movie with a friend

Does anyone realise tha Gandalf is the only wizard/miyar that uses more than 1 staff? 3 to be exact... in the start of the hobbit movies he his his original wooden staff then sauron disintegrated it.. then radagast gave Gandalf his wooden staff with the knobbly crystal and then the ivory staff when he’s the white wizard....

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Gandalf also carries a ring of power. its a fire and light enchanted ring.

Goblin is another way to name orcs (they are many tipes and races of orcs)

I love your personality, it makes me smile

Duaffy, it is important that you know that Tolkien from a young age made sketches of stories and characters but nothing concrete, it was until he got married, and began to write the Hobbit as a story to sleep for his children, from there he continued to write something and it He showed a colleague of his (CS Lewis the author of The Chronicles of Narnia) at the University of Oxford and it was the beginning of the Lord of the Rings, the sketches that he made before that were compiled and arranged and that became The Silmarillion A work that could not finish in life, it was completed by his son Christopher Tolkien years after his death. But Tolkien developed languages, cultures, geographic maps, myths and legends, all of Middle Earth.

I would love to know how Gandalf befriended the Eagles. The Eagles have shown up just in time to save Gandalf and to help out several times. I would love to know the backstory on Gandalf's relationship with the Eagles

It’s always a pleasure to watch your reactions. ☺️

21:50 lol dragons eat people, they gloss over it earlier.

Greetings from Croatia! Keep the reactions coming, you're really awesome!

Following your brilliant reactions to The Lord of the Rings, I'm so pleased you were directed to The Hobbit.

Sebastian is the real hero of the story. He's the Samwise Gamgee of the Hobbit.

I know that not everyone enjoyed Hobbit trilogy as much as LOTR, but I love both. LOTR is my favorite trilogy ever, but Hobbit is also really amazing. I should try to read the books too, even though I'm not a huge reader :).

Can’t wait for your reaction to the next films. They may have to be three part vids though. I’ve been a fan of the Middle Earth saga since I was nine years old. Your reactions are no doubt the most refreshing to watch.

Saruman and Gandalf are literal "Angels" in the LOTR universe, so yeah... he does think everyone else is beneath him.

My favourite of the Dark Side is Azog's doggie :) Sweet :)

The director Peter Jackson from the Lord of the Rings came in at the last minute to save the 3 movies so he didn't have enough time to make a good story. Before there were problems with the previous directors. Everything was put together really fast and crazy. That's why you have trouble connecting with the characters. He did the best he could with what he had.

that cat on your bed, so cute

smaug sleeps so he does not need to eat, and dragons love to accumulate gold thats why they are attracted to accumulations of treasures. it was the mistake of lords of dwarves that they were so greedy that they attracted dragons with all their money. thats also what it means in nordic myths - the greed and too much treasures is the way of destruction.

Once again, I loved your reaction! I Honestly can't wait to see your reactions to the last two movies! The other two do go on quite a tangent from the books but I still liked them. Also, the music for the credits for the Desolation of Smaug (the next movie) is just amazing. I love that song and I think you'll like it too :)

You're so very funny with your commentary! XD

The biggest problem that most purists of the original books by Tolkien, is that the Lord of the Rings movies were each based on one book each, and the three Hobbit movies were based on ONE book. What is more, The Hobbit book was something that Tolkien wrote for his grandchildren, and so the story is much less intricate in that book as opposed to the Lord of the Rings books. So in order to make three movies out of the one Hobbit book A LOT was added that simply was not originally there. There was other reasons people pooped on these movies, but I think that was the main complaint people had. None the less, that does not mean that people cannot enjoy these films. They certainly have more of the original book than the animated movie that was made back in 1977. None the less, keep up the good work with these videos. :)

One of the main things that the fans of the books have critisised Jackson for the most in this new trilogy was that from this short children's story he made 3 movies. You actualy nearly pointed out why he must did it such way. And I think that is what hard-core fans of Tolkien couldnt understand it. It was becouse there was a lot of introdutions to made and expositions to made and developing of charachters to made. We have here 13 dwarves, Bilbo, Gandalf as main charachters. The book was not focused - of course - upon the topic of exploring the charachters and developing charachters and their relations. With the main hero the books did good development but all those other guys - it was realy nearly zero. Gandalf was introduced in the book as well as in the movie. So I think that if not 3 then i m sure that 2 long movies were required to show not only developments of heroes but background of the world and relations between the heroes, esp the dwarves. the first film was generaly the exposition of main team :)

I just guess. Smaug ate the Erebor dwarves. The people from Thal. And all the animals in the vicinity. So, as reptiles like to do, he lay down to digest. For 60 years ...

I love Galadriel! She is the oldest and most powerfull of all the elves. She was along the first elves to ever exist ^.^

Thanks for the good emotions. Great video as always.

I think riddles are fun. In fact, Riddler's my second favorite Batman villain. Riddle me this: What is exclusively yours, but everyone else uses it more than you do?

The Hobbit is still my favourite book you should read that too. I hope you enjoy the books as much as I do, it's so good to see someone enjoying middle earth.

I don't remember if it was in this mythos, or another, but somewhere I read/heard that gold eases the pains in a dragon's bones. Which actually makes sense, because I think it's an old treatment for arthritis.

If you think the language is funny it's because Tolkien started writing this book during World War 1, that's over 100 years ago. :)

Erebor, Aragorn, Sarumon, and Sauron. If you don't read the books and only hear it then it can get confusing. That said there are a shit ton of names in LOTR so you're doing fine.

Nice reaction despite a little confusion!

I would love to live in rivendale so beautiful and tranquil the ideal place to meditate...oh the edition of the piano music was very a funny touch i did chuckle.

I recommend adding the Hobbit and the Silmarillion to your reading list. All six movies contain scenes found in the Silmarillion.

"And the storm giants pelted each other with boulders for fun". You see, there is no reason at all.

"Walk like a normal human!" She is neither normal, nor a Human. The Stone Giants are not realy a thing in the books, they are only a metaphor for the thunder of the storm if i remember correctly. The so called "Dragon Slumber" can be like a hibernation. The Dragon eats a lot, then goes to sleep untill he has to eat again. So 50 years of sleep is not unrealistic for him, since he drops most of his bodyfunctions down.

The stone giants were not fighting, they were playing together.

At 6:06 that’s the blade that the Witch-King stabbed Frodo with

Thank you. I am on board!!!! And, I am ready to see more!!! (Catching up!) 🤗