Well, considering that they took about 25 pages of the book and turned it into a 2 hour movie, not terrible. While i can honestly say that i have told you the truth, i may not. View entire discussion 162 comments more posts from the lotr community. Alex jones in september 21, 1937, the fantasyfiction writer j. Dec 30, 2012 i read the hobbit when i was younger 12 or. The desolation of smaug is based off of the middle section of. Most know the hobbit as the beloved novel by jrr tolkien, but the movie trilogy adaptation deviates from the source material in different ways. While perched atop the tree, bilbo notices something shaking the trees in the distance, and its growing closer. What are the differences between the book and the film. Peter jacksons adaptation of jrr tolkiens hobbit was not a faithful one.
However, radagast is the only one of the three to be mentioned in the book. I defended this as educational, claiming that we were going to compare and contrast the book and movie. There is a prologue before the story begins that lays out the history for the viewer. Bilbo in the main story is played by a 40yearold martin freeman, while bilbo in the bookend sequences is played by an 80yearold ian holm. An unexpected journey, but it fails to rectify any of the fatal issues at play. Check out these cinematic restylings and decide for yourself if they make the story more or less magical. Now originally i heard it was going to be split into 2 films and i thought its not a big book but okay, then it was announced it was going to be a trilogy and i just. Radagast the brown appears in scenes taking place at rhosgobel, his home at the edge of mirkwood. The hobbit an unexpected journey, lost in adaptation the. In the film, radagast is the one who sees the shadows in dol guldur.
The dom and calluna discuss what went right and what and wrong with the first movie in peter jacksons the hobbit adaptation. I always got the sense there was an understanding that it would be impossible to fit in every event as it happened into the film due to time constraints. The desolation of smaug is a 20 epic fantasy adventure film directed by peter jackson and produced by wingnut films in collaboration with new line cinema and metrogoldwynmayer. Book and film differences the hobbit wiki guide ign. Why is the hobbit movie trilogy so bad, compared to the. Some book fans found this entire sequence unnecessary. Divergent book to film differences divergent wiki fandom. I, and many other fans, await notsopatiently the release of the next hobbit movie. Oct 26, 2016 the book is pretty much always going to be better than the movie.
Tolkiens the hobbit will be made into three whole movies. In the movie, the trick is actually bilbos idea, and gandalf steps in at. The two movies that have been released will be what i am covering in this report. The hobbit, or there and back again read the book before. This movie, subtitled an unexpected journey, was one that i was very impressed with. Though tolkien wrote a vaguely similar event in the novel, he drew the line. I will always recommend reading the book first because sometimes there are things added like in the lord of the rings movies that you just dont understand until youve read about the extra information in the book. The complete list of film changes for the hobbit and the lord of. The book is pretty much always going to be better than the movie. Like its predecessor, the death cure movie is very different from the source material. This content is intended for adult audiences and is not suitable for children.
In the book, bilbo martin freeman first encounters a sleeping smaug benedict cumberbatch in the goldfilled chambers of erebor. In the book, gandalf tricks the trolls into not eating the dwarves until the sun rises, which turns the trolls to stone. I just want some major highlights as to how the 2 scenes differed, and what impact the differences could have in the third film. Top ten differences between the hobbit book and films. The hobbit book vs movies im pretty sure at this point everyone is aware that the book version is far superior than the movie adaptations. Jan 14, 2014 some book fans found this entire sequence unnecessary.
Desolation of smaug, talking about the creative process and a sneak peek into what went into making smaug himself. For an epic like peter jacksons film trilogy of the hobbit, whose source material has a major and rabid fanbase, theres going to be a lot of dissection of the adaptations thats why it helps to. I have read in several places that the movie scene differs quite a bit from the book scene. I am attempting to document each difference, regardless of whether i personally consider them to be good or bad, major or trivial. Spoilers for both down below do not read if you have not watched or read hobbit and want to. Although bilbo was 51 years old at the beginning of the hobbit and 111 when he departed bag end in the lord of the rings, the book states that the passage of time had little effect on bilbo. Of course, the film also encompasses things that are only mentioned later in the book ie the necromancer and some features that only come into play in the lord of the rings appendices ie the meeting of the white council. Auj neither radagast nor lady galadriel or saruman appear in the books, but do in the films. As for what impact the differences could have in the third film, that involves some spoilers so anyone who doesnt know the plot of the hobbit and would rather be surprised should stop here, but basically these changes are all just giving smaug knowledge of plot points that were in the books but that he didnt know about there perhaps so he. And yet while we counted more changes in this movie than we did in the scorch trials, the very core of the book s story is present.
At first glance, peter jacksons trilogy of epic films based on the hobbit, a slender childrens book, might appear to leave its source behind in order to make more capital out of the. Tolkiens book the fellowship of the ring and the peter jackson film screenplay of the same name are fairly easy to document because, in both the book and film, the story maintains a single thread from beginning to end. Book film film in the books, it is all of the white cousil members who see shadows in dol guldur. For examble, the hobbit features several characters from the lord. Check out the trilogys worst changes from page to screen.
The hobbit, or there and back again the hobbit book vs. However, there were some things that i was pleased and disappointed in for both the book and the movie. The hobbit as film is two hours and 40 minutes long, and encompasses only onethird of the bookand mathematically speaking, we. Instead of all black costumes, the dauntless also wear red, and their hq pit is made of whitelight grey marble as opposed to dark stone in tris priors aptitude test, a female voice tells. Differences between the hobbit movie and book 19 dec. The complete list of film changes for the hobbit and the. History of middle earth detailing the hobbits past and the dwarves present state are revealed throughout the context of the story. Life of pi movie and movie comparison 827 words 4 pages. Here is a compare and contrast essay dealing with the hobbit book and movie. It was said by critics, fans, and countless others to be a fantastic, intriguing read for any age.
Many tolkien loyalists are outraged that director peter jackson added female characters to the classic novel the hobbit, but jackson didnt stop there. How faithful are the hobbit films to tolkiens books. The second lord of the rings movie suffered from middle film syndrome. Resident tolkienite anna klassen compares the film to the original novel, revealing 19 differences between the tolkien classic and the movie. The hobbit there and back again is an absolutely wonderful classical book. The hobbit was originally one book, but made into three films 2. The hobbit tells a fantastic story of adventure, danger, friendship, and courage, and serves as a prequel to the even more immersive and epic book series, the lord of the rings. What portions of the book are in each hobbit movie. However, there are quite a few differences between the movie and the book. An unexpected journey only covers about a third of tolkiens the hobbit, it would make sense that is the bit in the book that i will be focusing on.
He basically says that goblin is the english translation of orc. The desolation of smaug book vs movie add a difference. Id been wanting to read it, but unlike many classics, it wasnt free on my kindle, so i put it off. Most know the hobbit as the beloved novel by jrr tolkien, but the movie trilogy adaptation deviates from the source material in different. Its been some 30 years since i read the hobbit, but im pretty certain she was exaggerating. If asked to define the modern era of movies in a single film, any of the hobbit entries would do. Firstly, we must examine that the story itself as presented in the book is bilbos edited version of events, thus jacksons film adaptation is the true story, in.
A longtime screen rant contributor, jared canfield is an actor and. However, i find that it makes some nice continuity with the lord of the rings films for viewers unfamiliar with the hobbit, instead of overwhelming viewers with new characters they have frodo and bilbo to ease the transition. The hobbit or there and back again the hobbit book vs the hobbit movies showing 125 of 25. Compare and contrast essay alexs collective writing. An unexpected journey and by extension, parts 2 and 3 of this unnecessary trilogy, but i wound up comparing the density of the hobbit movies, as measured in words in book per second of movie wibpsom, to other prominent movie adaptations of books. The book is titled the hobbit, yet, by the middle of the second movie, we see bilbo being pushed to the sideline to focus on thorins and his band of dwarves. The complete list of film changes for the hobbit and the lord. Differences between the hobbit movie and book creativity. While there are some changes in sequence, the storyline is well aligned between the two sources. Each movie has a running time between 2 hours and forty minutes and.
Hobbit 2, despite occupying the same position in a trilogy, does not suffer to the same extent, and perhaps this is because it is exciting all the way through, yet follows on from a film which was pretty slow throughout its first half. For the next part of our hobbit book to film series, we will examine the changes made to the general plot of tolkiens text. Firstly, the first movie versus the first part of the book. Pictures and is the second installment in the threepart film series based on the novel the hobbit by j. Dec, 20 at first glance, peter jacksons trilogy of epic films based on the hobbit, a slender childrens book, might appear to leave its source behind in order to make more capital out of the. He tries to shout a warning to the others but trips and falls.
First major difference is the fact that there is one book and. Today i am going to be comparing the book version vs. Compare and contrast a book and movie activities my first year teaching when i was constantly running on empty i slipped several movie watching afternoons into my lesson plans. Benedict cumberbatch behindthescenes of the hobbit. Still, it made me wonder how much of the book was covered in each movie.
There is no mention of legolas, the son of the elvenking thranduil, in the hobbit book. The folks over at the tolkien fan site the one ring have brought attention to a list, created by fan gary appenzeller, of the differences and similarities between the hobbit book and its 3 film. But in the films, legolas plays a role as a loyal admirer of tauriel, a hater of dwarves and a skilled warrior killing off the orcs in the desolation of smaug and the battle of the five armies movies. The difference with the hobbit is pj fleshed out massively what could have been done much better in 2 short or 1 longish film by staying true to the book. In the movie smaug initially seems to sense bilbos ring and bilbo takes it off out of fear, becoming visible, whereas in the book smaug doesnt say anything about the ring and bilbo remains invisible, but after that their initial conversation with bilbos riddling descriptions of himself is basically an abridged version of the dialogue in the book, taking a lot of specific lines from it, as you can see here. In the movie the story is narrated by the author as an omnicient voice. R tolkien that takes place in the fictional world of middle earth, which is the setting of most of the authors works. He was introduced in the 1937 fantasy novel the hobbit, and became important in its sequel, the lord of the rings. Art and photography ag photography arizona art arts ashley gompert a short rest aspiring photographer avatar beauty bilbo baggins differences between the hobbit book and movie differences between the movie and the book of the hobbit does a photographer need an agent dwarves elves fashion. Although dangers lurk every step of the way even more than exist in the book the one looming over all is smaug, a huge dragon that. Sep 23, 2016 benedict cumberbatch behindthescenes of the hobbit. Book and film differences tuesday, november 4, 2014.
It followed the book extremely well better than most movies. What are the differences between the book and the film version of. Why is the hobbit book better than its movie adaptation. Hobbit film still of radagast playing with a hedgehog at his home, rhosgobel. So as far as the book is concerned, its a fairly even divide 667, although its notable that the pagecount covered by the last movie is quite a bit shorter although there is. Whats the difference between the hobbit the book and the hobbit. Jan 06, 20 advertising ag photo art and photography ag photography arizona art arts ashley gompert a short rest aspiring photographer avatar beauty bilbo baggins differences between the hobbit book and movie differences between the movie and the book of the hobbit does a photographer need an agent dwarves elves fashion fashion photographer galandriel. In fact, it has been made into a three part movie series, two of which have already been released. Hobbit 2, despite occupying the same position in a trilogy, does not suffer to the same extent, and perhaps this is because it is exciting all the way through, yet follows on from a film. I was mostly looking for a statistical basis to express my displeasure at the hobbit. As a novel the hobbit is 276 pages in its 75th anniversary edition.
Then i heard about the movie, and decided to wait until after seeing part 1 before reading. They embody the excess, the noise, and the offensive amount of mindless action that dominate blockbusters today. The desolation of smaug is a better film than the hobbit. Bard smuggles bilbo and the dwarves into laketown in the movie. As with any adaptation, there have been changes made from the source material to transition from the media of books to cinema. Bilbo tells his nephew, my dear frodo, you asked me once if i had told you everything there was to know about my adventures. The complete list of film changes is my ongoing project to list all the reported differences between peter jacksons hobbit and lord of the rings films and the j. But i feel like some points of the movie were pretty good or even superior than the book. It built at a great pace and was a fun, actionpacked adventure.
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