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The Hobbit
January 08, 2013 | 10:55 PM
I completely agree with OSC's assessment of "The Hobbit". I am surprised, however, that the mistreatment of Bilbo's character was not mentioned. I was upset that Jackson showed Bilbo about to break contract with the dwarves and return home when in the cave in the Misty Mountains. Yes, he had just been verbally berated by Thorin (which was a petty thing to have Thorin do) but breaking a contract would not have been done by a hero in Tolkien's world. The modern world may hold agreements lightly, but Jackson's script made Bilbo out to be a despicable oath-breaker. Then, even worse, Jackson's script has Bilbo watch Gollum drop the ring before picking it up. Tolkien's justification that Bilbo could live with the ring for so long without being morally destroyed was that he obtained the ring without deceit. Having Bilbo take the ring, knowing that it belonged to Gollum, makes him a thief. And must I add how out of character it was for Bilbo to jump out of a burning tree to fight and kill an orc? That was beyond ridiculous.
Lyndsey
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