We’re opening this feature on a moment that any self-respecting Hobbit fan will have seen.
Heck, you’re like to have seen it if you’ve been to the cinema within the last few months.
But be warned: HUGE spoilers will follow. Ent-sized spoilers. The kind of spoilers that anyone who hasn’t seen The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will wish to cast into the very fires of Mount Doom.
So if you haven’t seen AUJ, leave now (and don’t even think about reading the comments section), and return once you’ve caught up with Peter Jackson’s epic prequel.
Still with us? Then we look forward to going in-depth on the greatest bits that The Hobbit had to offer (and there were plenty). And as ever, we’d like to hear about your favourite moments in the comments.
Here we kick things off with a moment that featured heavily in the trailers, and, fittingly, kicks off the movie’s adventure.
Bilbo, having had time to sleep on Gandalf’s offer of partaking in an adventure with the Company of Dwarves, realises he actually quite fancies leaving behind his cosy hole-in-the-hill to grubby up his fingernails on quest for gold.
Bilbo sprints across Bag End, contract flailing in his hand, announcing with a cry to his neighbours that, “I’m going on an adventure!” We’re very glad to be joining you, Bilbo.
And if that weren’t enough to get the hairs on the back of your neck pointing skyward, the Howard Shore’s rousing score surely will, as the jangling jaunty tune that accompanies Bilbo’s exit gradually segues into the classic Hobbiton theme that defined the most hospitable location in all The Lord Of The Rings movies.
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Hadouken76
Dec 19th 2012, 9:44
Frankly, I couldn't give 2 sh/ts if the movie was in 48fps, technicolor or freaking shadow puppets, I just wanted a something to watch and lose myself in. But thanks to the frame rate, everything in the first hour was slightly speeded up, like it was on FWD (x1), it completely ruined the atmosphere. So rather than concentrating on the story, I was too busy wondering if the projectionist had put the movie on the wrong speed. It calmed down after that, but still I felt like I had come into the film a third of the way in. it was an alright movie.
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mattburgess
Dec 19th 2012, 11:55
Sounds like the projectionist probably DID put the film on too fast, as the version I saw was perfect speed, and looked absolutely glorious. More 48fps please.
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obzentai
Dec 19th 2012, 11:58
Moment 31 correction: Out of the frying pan and into the fire, guys.
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CallumJones
Dec 19th 2012, 11:59
Out of the frying pan and into the frying pan, really?
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MattMaytum
Dec 19th 2012, 13:01
@obzentai @CallumJones - My attempt to launch a new phrase has fallen flat. Amended now.
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lolaarcana
Dec 19th 2012, 13:40
OMG! You really banged on about 48FPS in this didn't you? Calm down, it's really not that big a deal. I watched it in 2D anyway because I hate glasses over glasses.
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zufarzshahrir
Dec 19th 2012, 13:42
my fav moments when bilbo put on the RING in his hand...
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SiMan
Dec 19th 2012, 14:35
I still don't know if i watched it in 48FPS or not, as i'm sure some screenings were just standard - well, i didn't notice anything different anyway. The only thing about the film that irked me a littel as well was that i'd hoped the bit where Bilbo obtains the ring would have had Martin Freeman re-film the bit from the opening segment of Fellowship in the exact same as Ian Holm did it. It was the same director after all, so i was a little disappointed that he made it slightly different.
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marcusstenberg
Dec 19th 2012, 16:46
"Rhosgobel". "[i]Rhosgobel[/i] rabbits."
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martinjamesking
Dec 19th 2012, 16:46
SiMan, i thought that too, I was looking forward to Bilbo scurrying over to it like at the start of The Fellowship.
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FBSJohnson19
Dec 19th 2012, 16:57
Moment #1 - wasn't the 'nut' the bird was cracking a snail? Anyhoo. I absolutely loved AJ and can't wait for the next film! p.s. I went to see the regular 2D version and it was ace, although I'm not a fan of digital projection. It's too much like watching on a huge TV...
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mattburgess
Dec 19th 2012, 17:38
I'm glad Jackson changed the moment of Bilbo finding The Ring. If anything, I'd rather they release a copy of LOTR on blu-ray with an excerpt of Martin Freeman in that scene, but it kind of works if you think of it as Bilbo's memory of the event.
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FBLHealy85
Dec 19th 2012, 17:46
I'm glad somebody else felt like the movie was slightly sped up. Everything else was AMAZING about the 48FPS but it was a bit jarring seeing them move faster than usual.
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Ali1748
Dec 19th 2012, 19:14
Gollum's breif glimpse of humanity and fear was beautiful.
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Hadouken76
Dec 20th 2012, 0:12
FBLHealy85 Thats a relief, I thought I had picked a rubbish cinema.
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