But if An Unexpected Journey had remained a brisk 2-film series, where would the split have occurred? Both del Toro and Peter Jackson have given their thoughts on where The Hobbit could realistically be split in half, citing the barrel sequence where the Dwarves and Bilbo escape from the Elves. Jackson has previously revealed this is where he would've bisected Bilbo's adventure, ending with the group meeting Bard for the first time, and Del Toro hints at much the same.
According to The Hobbit 's original director, his story would've split at the moment Bilbo's relationship with the Dwarves changed, and the Hobbit proved himself as more than just a sheltered Shire-dweller. The barrel sequence certainly fits that description as until then, the relationship between Bilbo and his companions is somewhat strained in Tolkien's story, but fending off the spiders and then spearheading the barrel escape finally cements the Hobbit's worth.
In Jackson's final version of An Unexpected Journey , it's evident how the director takes elements of this planned ending and works them into the Azog confrontation scene finale. In Tolkien's book, there is no Azog and Bilbo doesn't save the day. The gang are chased into trees by Wargs and Gandalf 's eagles swoop in to assist, with the Dwarves using pine cones as makeshift grenades as in the movie.
Additionally, if orcs can show up with an legion of catapult-firing trolls and earth-burrowing were-worms, then why doesn't Sauron tap into those havoc-making assets 50 years later, in the Lord of the Rings battles? And finally, what happens to Tauriel? Given that she's a recent Jackson invention, there's obviously no mention of her in the Lord of the Rings movies.
Unlike the Lord of the Rings movies, which ended on a high note at the Oscars, opinions about The Hobbit are much more of a mixed bag. Some viewers are happy that the whole thing has finally come to an end, declaring the project a failure. As Atlantic critic Christopher Orr wrote about the trilogy, "I can finally say something more upbeat: It's over. It very well could be, however, that Jackson didn't really have viewers like Orr, Rateliff and Drout in mind when he made this series of movies.
Instead, he might have been appealing directly to Tolkien's originally intended audience: children. But regardless of whether the movies were primarily intended for kids or adults, Drout and Rateliff—die-hard fans that they are—still appreciate them despite their arguable flaws.
Jackson excels at creating stunning, exceptionally detailed visuals that depict places previously only seen in the Tolkien reader's imagination, and he also captures the spirit of Bilbo's transformation from a sheltered member of the bourgeoisie to a capable hobbit who can navigate the heroic world.
And while Jackson's time in Tolkien's universe has likely come to the end, the experts predict that this will not be the last we see of Middle-earth. Drout imagines a "Game of Thrones"-style HBO take of the Silmarillion , while Rateliff thinks Tolkien's work will become a fantasy version of Pride and Prejudice —a story remade every decade or so with a new director, a new cast and a new take on the classic text.
We purists love those things. Bilbo realizes that Gandalf had represented him to the dwarves as a burglar. He reluctantly agrees to go, but he changes his mind the next morning.
Gandalf urges him to join them, however, and they depart — a band of fourteen. Chapters 2 through 10 depict Bilbo, Gandalf, and the dwarves traveling out of the hobbit-lands toward the Lonely Mountain far to the east. As the landscape becomes less hospitable and the group faces hunger, bad weather, and attacks from hostile creatures, Bilbo often thinks fondly of home and questions his decision to come on this journey.
In the Lone-lands, the travelers encounter trolls who capture the dwarves and tie them up in sacks, planning to roast and eat them later. They are rescued by Gandalf and Bilbo, who produces a key he found nearby.
The key unlocks the trolls' secret cave, where the travelers find gold and weapons, to which they help themselves. They travel on to the valley of Rivendell at the edge of the Wild, and stay at the home of Elrond, a hospitable elf leader. Elrond translates the runes on the swords that Gandalf and Thorin Oakenshield, king of the dwarves, took from the trolls' cave; they are ancient swords called Orcrist and Glamdring that come from dragon plunder or the Goblin-wars.
Elrond also translates Thorin's map, which clarifies the importance of Durin's Day, the first day of the dwarves' New Year.. After two weeks, Bilbo, Gandalf, and the dwarves resume their journey. Approaching the Misty Mountains, they take shelter from a storm in a cave that turns out to be the Great Goblin's cavern.
The Goblins capture Bilbo and his companions and take their ponies. The travelers try to find their way out of the cave as the Goblins retreat, but Bilbo falls on his way out and loses consciousness. When Bilbo regains consciousness and tries to make his way out of the cave, he finds a ring that he absentmindedly pockets. After slaying his first spider, Bilbo names his sword Sting. Shortly after escaping the spiders, the unlucky dwarves are captured by a group of wood elves who live near the river that runs through Mirkwood.
Bilbo uses his ring to help the company escape and slips the dwarves away from the elves by hiding them inside barrels, which he then floats down the river. After sneaking into the mountain, Bilbo talks to the sly dragon Smaug, who unwittingly reveals that his armorlike scales have a weak spot near his heart.
Before Smaug dies, however, he burns Lake Town to the ground. The humans of Lake Town and the elves of Mirkwood march to the Lonely Mountain to seek a share of the treasure as compensation for their losses and aid, but Thorin greedily refuses, and the humans and elves besiege the mountain, trapping the dwarves and the hobbit inside. Bilbo sneaks out to join the humans in an attempt to bring peace. At this moment, an army of goblins and Wargs marches on the mountain, and the humans, elves, and dwarves are forced to band together to defeat them.
The goblins nearly win, but the arrival of Beorn and the eagles helps the good armies win the battle. After the battle, Bilbo and Gandalf return to Hobbiton, where Bilbo continues to live.
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