New Hobbit Trailer

[Magus]

The difference from the book is basically, "In the book when escaping from the goblins it said, 'They managed to escape from the goblins' in one or two paragraphs. In the movie it requires a 20 minute action sequence."

[Locke cole]

The escape from the goblins was like 3 chapters, but otherwise yeah.

[Doc ock rokc]

Originally Posted by Magus

The difference from the book is basically, "In the book when escaping from the goblins it said, 'They managed to escape from the goblins' in one or two paragraphs. In the movie it requires a 20 minute action sequence."

You're forgetting this is written by Tolkien. The man who put a 3 page report on magical fucking bunnies in the middle of an action sequence.

[Magus]

Originally Posted by Locke cole

The escape from the goblins was like 3 chapters, but otherwise yeah.

What I mean is I don't remember them leaping off bridges or Bilbo dueling with an orc or whatever the hell is going on in these trailers. There is no big action sequence involved, they kill a few goblins and escape, until I guess they climb up those trees and get taken away by the eagles. In the middle is the part with Bilbo and Gollum. The movie is filling in the gaps of a tiny book with extended action sequences. There's no other way to get three three-hour movies out of this one book.

[Locke cole]

Wasn't there a battle in the cave with the false back, where, among other things, Gandalf kills the goblin chief and Bilbo tumbles down into Gollum's little cavern?

[RickZarber]

Originally Posted by Doc ock rokc

You're forgetting this is written by Tolkien. The man who put a 3 page report on magical fucking bunnies in the middle of an action sequence.

Waitwaitwait. What?

[walkertexasdruid]

are the magical bunnies fucking or are they just magical fucking bunnies?

[Aerozord]

So while reading the hobbit anyone else get the feeling Gandalf was just trolling Bilbo for like the entire story?

[Bum Bill Bee]

I only got that feeling when watching the animated movie, Aerozord.

[Locke cole]

Originally Posted by Aerozord

So while reading the hobbit anyone else get the feeling Gandalf was just trolling Bilbo for like the entire story?

For about half of it, I'd say, the other half of which he spent faffing about to deal with various wizard-level threats.

And remember that Bilbo is supposed to have written the book, so some of it may be author bias.