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Originally Posted by Grand Bob
I enjoyed your review, and was wondering what you meant by your statement [Show spoiler] that you were expecting the Riddles in the Dark section to be darker?
I personally felt the riddle scene was well done, but thought that the glaring omission was the beginning of that part of the chapter, when Bilbo awakes from unconsciousness to find that he is alone in the dark. This is where he is completely alone, totally self-dependent, and has to muster his long-suppressed courage to move forward. IMO this was one of the most important scenes of the entire story, as it was a major stage in the evolution of Bilbo's character, and well... yes, it was left out of the movie. |
I haven't read the hobbit so i am not familiar with that scene, Ill be honest with you the major step in Bilbos character I saw as someone who was opened to this world through the movie was
[Show spoiler]Bilbo saving Thorin.
To me thats where he found his courage and perhaps the scene you are describing was left out intentionally due to it taking away from the scene I am describing. I remember Jacksons notes on LOTR where he explained that when they wrote and scripted everything out and dropped it on film, sometimes certain scenes just didnt transcend well into film so they were omitted. Perhaps this is the case here.