Even a suggestion he knows what the ring is distracts from the story. Bilbo has no idea the consequences that will follow him taking the ring from Gollum later in the film. While this is a nice link between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the actual purpose of the ring is so far away in terms of story, this was a wise cut. He lingers for a second as the camera zooms in on the ring in the painting. The first such scene sees him walk by the the shards of Narsil and a painting of Sauron having the ring cut off. Both scenes are cute, but unnecessary.įor the rest of this section, the film adds a lot of Bilbo exploring Rivendell, helping establish what will become a lifelong fascination with the place. Bofur ( James Nesbitt) then leads the group in the first of several song additions lasting about a minute or so. First up, Kili ( Aidan Turner) flirts with one of the Elf girls, then mistakes a male for a female, which gets all the dwarves to laugh at him. The dinner scene, where the dwarves complain about green food, has a bunch of new bits. The film remains largely the same for the next hour or so while until the group finally arrives at Rivendell to seek the council of Elrond ( Hugo Weaving). With all these additions, it now takes about 43 minutes from the start of the film to Bilbo's decision to go on the quest. (He purchases it from a Hobbit played by Eric Vespe of Ain't It Cool News.) It's a funny scene but we didn't really need to know where he got the fish. In a scene that serves very little purpose, however, Bilbo is avoiding Gandalf at the market and buys the fish he later tries to eat for dinner. The Hobbit is Bilbo's story, yet in the theatrical cut we only see the homebody Bilbo, never the playful character Gandalf refers to. Next, there's a brief scene of Bilbo ( Martin Freeman) as a child, playing with Gandalf (Ian McKellen). He does a few odd jobs and while the scene is incredibly short, I felt it added some depth to the character. We also learn a bit more about Thorin's ( Richard Armitage) time between losing the Lonely Mountain and setting off as the quest.
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