The Hobbit Movies Get A Lot Of Hate, But I'll Always Love These 10 Things About The LOTR Prequel Trilogy

There was a lot of hate for The Hobbit movies on their release and to this day, but I will always love many things about them. From some immaculate casting down to impressive sequences, the movies had a lot going for them, despite the divided fan response. Peter Jackson’s Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogies faced inevitable comparisons, with The Lord of the Rings movies launching in 2001 and changing the fantasy landscape forever. These are some of my favorite movies, like many other LotR fans, but unlike the masses, I appreciate the different beast that is The Hobbit.

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Jackson had years and years to prepare for the filming of The Lord of the Rings, having secured a risky budget from big players to adapt a relatively little-known novel, in the context of the commercial mainstream. He ended up creating some of the best (and highest-grossing) movies in the genre and the world. But The Hobbit was plagued with more difficulty from the start, originally tapping Guillermo del Toro to direct. Rewinding in The Lord of the Rings timeline from the original trilogy to a time before Frodo was born, The Hobbit endured development hell to emerge pretty strong.

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Aidan Turner As Kíli In The Hobbit

The Hobbit’s Dwarf Was Made To Stand Out

Aidan Turner killed his role as one of The Hobbit’s Dwarves, Kíli. He was made to stand out from a commercial perspective, adding an element of romance to an otherwise unromantic story. While Kíli’s romance with the trilogy’s invented Elf, Tauriel, felt like an unnecessary and, at times, obstructive addition to the story, Turner was a delight. Now famous for playing the BBC’s eponymous Poldark, Turner’s heartthrob credentials were evident from the get-go.

The costuming, hair, and makeup were flawless, introducing a new aesthetic for Dwarves that invited a different audience to relate to the storied species.

Not only did Turner appear as an unlikely hero alongside his older comrades, but he also carried a pretty significant role, made larger by Peter Jackson than what it was in the book. The costuming, hair, and makeup were flawless, introducing a new aesthetic for Dwarves that invited a different audience to relate to the storied species. They were no longer just hoary old woodcutters, opening a door into Tolkien’s lore for younger and newer fans.

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The Hobbit’s Dwarves Singing A Capella

Thorin’s Company Could Hold A Tune In The Hobbit

The Dwarves’ singing was a highlight of The Hobbit for me, no matter what other fans might say. The Lord of the Rings was an action adventure movie but also quite serious in tone a lot of the time, whereas The Hobbit took frivolity to new heights. Many critiqued some of this. For instance, Gandalf’s conversation with Bilbo about good mornings. But light-hearted exchanges like this and Dwarvish singing truly reflected the tone of the children’s book.

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I loved the Dwarves bursting into song over Bilbo’s dinner table, letting viewers know what they were in for with the trilogy for the first time in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The odd bit of song is essential in a Hobbit or Lord of the Rings adaptation, but thankfully, The Hobbit never descended into a full-blown musical either. What may have been even better than the dinner table tune was the medieval dirge sung by the Dwarves. As far as departures from the book went, this was a magical one.

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Smaug Turning Gold In The Hobbit

An Unforgettable Image Of Violence Made Oddly Beautiful

There were a few characters in The Hobbit movie that weren’t in the book, but Smaug was a blessedly faithful adaptation of one of Tolkien’s best villains. When Bilbo, Thorin, and the Dwarves finally succeeded in getting to Erebor in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, they carried out a cunning plan to defeat the evil dragon. Managing to melt Smaug’s hoarded gold, the company poured it over Smaug.

Smaug was a blessedly faithful adaptation of one of Tolkien’s best villains.

This was one of the fantasy trilogy’s most unforgettable visuals. Though greedy and selfish, Smaug was a feat of CGI and a beauty to behold. Bilbo had the Midas touch in The Hobbit and took this impressive specimen to new heights, turning him gold and even more beautiful, in a strange and violent kind of way. I know a lot of people hated the overt CGI in the trilogy, but I found this part laudable, especially as Smaug stunned viewers by bursting out of the gold and flying free.

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The Development Of Sauron’s Terrifying Eye

The Hobbit Dragged Viewers Into The Eye

The Hobbit movies leave much to be desired in terms of sticking to the plot of the children’s book religiously, but I did appreciate the trilogy’s diversion into Necromancer territory. Although the Necromancer was mentioned in The Hobbit novel, released in 1937, his fight with the White Council was not. However, the White Council did go to Dol Guldur, according to the appendices of The Lord of the Rings.

Benedict Cumberbatch was the voice of the Necromancer in The Hobbit.

This jot of faithfulness was enough to convince me that the feeling of falling into Sauron’s core was definitely one of the times that The Hobbit was as good as Lord of the Rings. This played on the setup of Peter Jackson’s giant, disembodied eye – unfaithful but brilliant. Just as the Eye consumed Frodo, it consumed viewers, taking up the whole screen when it appeared. The Hobbit took this a step further with the Necromancer, zooming into his center in a dizzying fractal infinity.

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A Glimpse Into Legolas’ Relationship With His Father

Orlando Bloom And Lee Pace Had Chemistry

The Hobbit opened a fascinating window onto Legolas’ home life. Amazingly, Orlando Bloom may revive Legolas for The Hunt for Gollum, because he was incredible in both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. He also worked well with Lee Pace, another highlight of the trilogy. The background of both Legolas and Gimli was obscure in the trilogy, but their camaraderie made them some of the most intriguing characters of the Fellowship.

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is the working title of Warner Bros.’ next Lord of the Rings movie, coming out in 2027.

The Hobbit added Legolas to a story he had no need to be in, but it drew in The Lord of the Rings crowd from the first trilogy, helping to bridge the gap between the two trios. This commercial decision could have been a lot more frustrating had the trilogy’s exploration of Thranduil’s woodland realm not been such a treat. From the set design to the complex and layered dynamic between Legolas and his father, this is one element of invention that I don’t begrudge The Hobbit.

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Luke Evans Was A Revelation As Bard In The Hobbit

Evans Gave Bard The Bowman Main Character Energy

Luke Evans was a total revelation in The Hobbit – the Welsh actor brought stoic and heroic life to a roughly sketched character. Playing an important part in the Third Age of Lord of the Rings, Bard the Bowman is a critical character in lore, but he didn’t get a huge amount of actual time on the page in the children’s book or legendarium. Evans did a lot with a little and made every viewer root for him and care about him.

More can be discovered about Bard in The History of the Hobbit, published in 2007.

The Hobbit had many differences from the book, but Evans’ portrayal of Bard was quite spot-on. The trilogy didn’t need a whole three movies to tell its story – one or two would have been enough. But the time taken to explore Bard’s family and make him sympathetic was one of the benefits of this protracted runtime. Evans’ star quality made Bard into the center point that he needed to be in The Desolation of Smaug.

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Howard Shore’s Soundtrack

The Lord Of the Rings Movie Franchise’s Soundtrack Is Outstanding

Howard Shore and his ensemble never fail to disappoint, but The Hobbit was The Lord of the Rings refresher that everyone needed. It wouldn’t be an understatement to say that Howard Shore’s soundtrack was the main character of The Lord of the Rings if it hadn’t been so perfectly cast that almost every character felt somehow “main.” For millennials like me, growing up with fantasy franchises like Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, those soundtracks were a rite of passage.

Tolkienian Age	Event Marking The Start	Years	Total Length In Solar Years
Before time	Indeterminate	Indeterminate	Indeterminate
Days before Days	Ainur entered Eä	1 – 3,500 Valian Years	33,537
Pre-First Age Years of the Trees (Y.T.)	Yavanna created the Two Trees	Y.T. 1 – 1050	10,061
First Age (F.A.)	Elves awoke in Cuiviénen	Y.T. 1050 – Y.T. 1500, F.A. 1 – 590	4,902
Second Age (S.A.)	War of Wrath ended	S.A. 1 – 3441	3,441
See more : Who Plays Buggy in the One Piece Live-Action? Who is Jeff Ward? Third Age (T.A.)	Last Alliance defeated Sauron	T.A. 1 – 3021	3,021
Fourth Age (Fo.A)	Elven-rings left Middle-earth	Fo.A 1 – unknown	Unknown

Shore’s “Concerning Hobbits” is still spine-tingling in the warmest possible way and probably always will be, the ultimate reminder that home is somewhere, even if it’s far away. This refrain made a triumphant comeback in The Hobbit trilogy and was probably a large part of its success. The trilogy was juggling diversions from lore with embellishments to the story with original characters and familiar ones, but the soundtrack was inarguably brilliant throughout.

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Lee Pace As Thranduil

Pace Made Lord Of The Rings’ Perfect Elf

The Gollum movie could finally do Lee Pace’s Thranduil justice, which is a blessing since the right level of praise for his performance got lost in The Hobbit’s mixed reception. Lee Pace was haughty and icy as Thranduil, which was the right characterization for an ambivalent role. He was a threat but not a villain, a good guy on the wrong side of the Dwarves. Characterizing Thranduil this way was a stroke of genius.

It helped communicate the historical rift between the Elves and the Dwarves, which made the idea of his son befriending Gimli in The Lord of the Rings even better. This, in turn, made the somewhat fractured relationship between Thranduil and his son, Legolas, seem sadder and more understandable all at the same time. Thranduil was stuck in his ways but not past admitting wrongdoing, with a Tolkienian moral complexity.

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Benedict Cumberbatch Voicing Smaug

Cumberbatch’s Voice Talents Can’t Be Imitated

Smaug must be one of the best parts of both Lord of the Rings trilogies, and the best thing about him was the immaculate voice talents of the inimitable Benedict Cumberbatch. Giving substance to the stereotype that British actors just sound more evil than those with other accents, Cumberbatch imbued Smaug with monstrous disdain that barely needed to be edited at all to sound like a fire-breathing dragon. He will forever be the voice of any fantasy dragon I read about.

Even more impressively, Cumberbatch was the voice of villainy in The Hobbit trilogy in general. He also voiced the Necromancer, proving the diversity of his skill and the range of his vocal cords. Cumberbatch wore a motion capture suit to make his movements match the cadence of his lines, which helped make Smaug realistically emotive and convincing. This was great work on the part of the crew of The Hobbit.

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Martin Freeman As Bilbo Baggins

The English Actor Was Born To Play The Hobbit

Martin Freeman is, of course, the best thing about The Hobbit. Also known for playing John Watson in the fantastic Sherlock, Freeman is the quintessential middle-class Brit, both on-screen and off. On-screen, he excels as quiet types, not shy, just polite. But exceptionally, Freeman has a core of ferocity that comes out when you least expect it. He was hilarious as the bumbling and conflicted Bilbo, becoming heroic when the situation called for it.

Freeman is inevitably one of The Lord of the Rings movies’ greatest assets. In a way, it is a shame that there aren’t other stories that could bring Freeman’s Bilbo back to life. However, it may be a blessing so that his groundbreaking performance can remain exemplary and unpolluted by future attempts at dragging out the franchise. The unlikely and reluctant hero had never looked quite as unlikely as Freeman did in The Hobbit, making his dynamic turn as the beloved Baggins a national treasure.

The Hobbit

The Hobbit film series is a fantasy adventure trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit. Set 60 years before The Lord of the Rings, the films follow Bilbo Baggins’ quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. The series grossed nearly $3 billion worldwide and is known for its elaborate visuals and epic storytelling.

Created by

Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro

First Film

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Latest Film

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Cast

Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Orlando Bloom

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