Topic > The Hobbit Movie vs. Movie Analysis - 1745

Other events are expanded upon much more in the movies than in the book. Despite this, the setting of the films is almost identical to that of the books. An example of this is Thranduil's hall, which is depicted as having a “bridge that led across the river to the king's gates. The water ran dark, swift and strong below; and at the far end there were gates before the moth of a huge cave which ran up the side of a steep tree-covered slope” (Tolkien 155). The film follows this description very closely. Likewise, the Shire, Rivendell, and the Lonely Mountain closely resemble what the book describes. This helps familiarize readers with the Middle-earth setting and connects it to certain locations in The Lord of the Rings. On the other hand, the filmmakers added more action scenes to the films to attract an older audience who are fans of The Lord of the Rings. These include a chase scene near Rivendell and a duel between Azog and Thorin in the first Hobbit film. A fight scene involving dwarves in barrels is added in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, along with another skirmish at Lake-town. A battle between Smaug and the dwarves is also present in the film, but absent in the book. The events surrounding the elves and Bard the Bowman are also largely extended in the films. Finally, the most important battle of the book is the Battle of the Five Armies, of which we witness only a small part through Bilbo's eyes when "a stone thrown from above struck his helmet heavily, and he fell with a crash and knew not more." (Tolkien 252). In the book Bilbo wakes up after the battle ends, but in the film we get to witness the battle while Bilbo is unconscious. While the description of the battle is relatively brief in the book The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the final film describes it in more detail. Showing the battle in great detail the movement