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Tolkien Topics: Movie Discussion: The Hobbit:
I was thinking more along the lines of Thorin and the Dwarves:
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Chen G.
Gondor
Feb 14 2018, 4:37pm
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I was thinking more along the lines of Thorin and the Dwarves
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Most of what I think of in terms of the trilogy relates to Thorin and the Dwarves. Just about every moment that I think of as particularly emotionally resonant has to do with them, and not necessarily Bilbo: Thorin and Balin setting foot inside the mountain again, Dwalin confronting Thorin, Thorin confronting the company before they charge out of the mountain, the final confrontation on Ravenhill, the funeral...
The action finale of The Desolation of Smaug does tie into the story of the Dwarves, I think. If you consider the book, its kinda lame that Thorin not only isn't the one to actually kill Smaug, but doesn't get so much as a chance to confront him. The filmmakers realized this, and manufactured such a confrontation for the film.
That's par for the course as far as an adaptation is concerned: If something in the source material doesn't work, either on its own right or in the context of filming it, you change it. The adaptation has to serve the film over the source material.
I do think that some of the shots of the liquid gold don't look as good as they should, but in terms of meaning to the story - I would argue its very meaningfull.
It also gives some of the individual Dwarves a chance to affect the story: Bombur uses his weight to operate the bellows, Balin mixed flash-flame, Ori and Dori throw them at Smaug, Gloin drops buckets on him, etcetra.
(This post was edited by Chen G. on Feb 14 2018, 4:42pm)
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(Gondor) on Feb 14 2018, 4:39pm
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(Gondor) on Feb 14 2018, 4:40pm
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(Gondor) on Feb 14 2018, 4:41pm
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