Rebus

January 14, 2013 Steve 6 Comments

6 Comments

A Jolly Old Knight Enters!

I liked The Hobbit. Some people thought it was too long, or that it had too much fighting and action, but as far as I’m concerned, these movies are all about soaking in the Middle-Earth atmosphere, so really long is really good. I just make sure to not drink anything for hours before seeing it.

.. Eh. The movie’s good by itself, but it’s not the Hobbit I went to see. Extra stuffed in that wasn’t in the book, stuff that I was waiting for because I loved the scene ripped out.

That’s the reason I made sure not to re-read the book before I went to see An Unexpected Journey – I made that mistake with The Two Towers, and rather than enjoying the movie I spent most of it being annoyed at the things that were different from the book. One of the main cuts I noticed from my (hazy) recollection was the wight barrow bit, which is where they actually found Glamdring, Orcrist and Sting in the book.

close, but the barrow is in the fellowship. the swords in the hobbit were pillaged from trolls.

Yup! My mistake, I actually looked it up and you’re right. Objection withdrawn!

Wasn’t there something in one of the Troll’s pockets that Bilbo pilfered before they turned to stone?