Jazz

He surprised us at the sneak peek screening of the Hobbit a month before it was released. I twas a media event and he came to introduce the film.

ice choco

I didn't even remember that I had started this (#5) thread Feels like forever ago

Does anyone have a favorite scene or quote from this character?

florerr

I loved the scene, where Thorin told Bilbo that he was never more wrong in his life when he said that Bilbo doesn't belong there... something along those lines. can't recall the exact quote...

ice choco

OHH yeah.. Didn't he hug Bilbo? Or something...

florerr

Yes, I think he hugged him... that was the closing scene of the 1st Hobbit movie...

... It's a pity that Thorin went slightly mad by the end of the 3rd movie - but it was done in a way close to how it's told in the original novel...

Meliana

It was true to the character. It wasn't fun to watch when you had invested in his character by that point though.

ice choco

So he was supposed to go mad?

Meliana

Oh yes, that's straight from the book.

florerr

Yep

Only the addition of Azog to the mix was sort of an invention, but yes, the dragon's gold & the desire for the Arkenstone made him mad in the book as well...

... But I liked the additional information we got in the films taken from the lotr appendices & untold stories, as the Hobbit book is quite a short one... around 250 pages

Meliana

There isn't much at all, that's true!

The last film is like a few pages of the book.

florerr

Yep, like 3 chapters of the original book - plus all the relevant appendices from lotr with everything, which happened more or less during that period

lessismore

Thorin, my guy


amazing video!

Meliana

That's a great one, although his story is so tragic.

florerr

Thorin was a true hero, and he died as one.

he was able to overcome the madness of ancestors caused by one of the rings, and by the Arkenstone - he did as a king and even was able to make peace with Bilbo before dying.

Meliana

It was good he did those things for sure.