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Saneliur
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Dec 26 2014, 6:46am
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Symbolism in BOFA and the Hobbit trilogy
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I don't know if there's an existing thread dedicated to this, but I found there is rather interesting (intentional or not) symbolism in this last movie and the trilogy as a whole. One particular detail that many might not know, stuck out to me. There's an interview where Richard Armitage talks about a Deleted Scene between Thorin and Bilbo in Rivendell, in AUJ:
"I talked [with Bilbo] about where I was born, and seeing fireflies on the roof; being born in darkness, underground... His childhood has been quite claustrophobic and insular... very much under the control of his father and his grandfather." I don't know if this was intentional, but I thought it was beautiful contrast to how Thorin dies: Outside in the light, atop Ravenhill, looking at the sky with eagles flying overhead. And the only person at his side when he dies is Bilbo, a hobbit. It is strikingly different from his circumstances at birth and his origins, being raised underground in Erebor and always surrounded by other dwarves. Almost the complete opposite one can say. Has anyone found other interesting symbolism, metaphors, or parallels within the Hobbit movies? -------------- And the written interview is here: http://www.theonering.net/...s-to-theonering-net/ Also he talks about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouUEiaDQ0tk
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DwellerInDale
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Dec 26 2014, 7:33am
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Hi Saneliur, a wee while ago I started a thread concerning visual metaphors and symbols in DOS: http://newboards.theonering.net/...?post=750069;#750069 One that I did not include was the image of blowing fallen leaves, which occurs at least three times in DOS. The same image occurs in BOTFA as well. The falling leaves can symbolize the last days of autumn, a metaphor for the last days of this age of Middle-Earth.
Don't mess with my favorite female elf.
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Earl
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Dec 26 2014, 7:50am
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Arrgh! I would like to have words with PJ
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Why can't he just give us everything in the EEs already!? *shakes finger* Bad, bad PJ
The Hobbit Soundtracks - Being an online archive of information concerning Howard Shore's score for The Hobbit films.
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Scorchster
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Dec 26 2014, 4:46pm
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I thought there was a nice visual parallel in two of Thorin's scenes - the part where he walks on the gold-plated floor in Erebor and hallucinates a manifestation of Smaug underneath him reflected in the gold, and the scene where Azog floats beneath him under the ice on Ravenhill. Just as Thorin finds himself consumed by the gold in the earlier scene, Azog also bursts from the ice and pins Thorin down. Both scenes are resolved by a selfless act by Thorin - in Erebor, he throws away his crown and lets go of his greed to help in the battle outside, on Ravenhill, he sacrifices his life to remove the leader of the orcs. To me, the Ravenhill scene was a nice callback to the earlier Erebor scene - Thorin's greed for gold and his actions after retaking Erebor finally found redemption through his selfless actions on Ravenhill.
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Riven Delve
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Dec 28 2014, 1:27pm
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This is only one particular moment
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but it relates far beyond: At the end of BotFA, young Bilbo comes back into an empty Bag End. As he stands fingering the Ring in his pocket, he is facing his large window. The light is streaming in, illuminating his face, but behind him it is utterly dark. He turns slightly to look down toward the Ring, and the shadow creeps over his face. A very fitting segue into the LOTR series, I think.
“Tollers,” Lewis said to Tolkien, “there is too little of what we really like in stories. I am afraid we shall have to try and write some ourselves.”
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Scorchster
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Dec 28 2014, 3:55pm
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Yes! Although I was quite exhausted by the end!
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Have you seen it a second time? I saw your post in the review thread, and I shared quite a few of your concerns about the film after the marathon. But the film felt a lot better on my second viewing when I was more rested - I guess the marathon really sapped quite a lot of my energy, even with copious amounts of coffee. And yes, Thorin all alone of the broken throne was a great visual reminder of how he was now king and possessed all that gold, but at the expense of kin and friends.
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