The Hobbit

**The Hobbit** is an epic fantasy film by 1001 Spears.

## Plot

Gandalf tricks Bilbo Baggins into hosting a party for Bard the Bowman and the dwarves Thorin Oakenshield and Balin, who sing of reclaiming their ancient home, the Lonely Mountain, and its vast treasure from the dragon Smaug. When the music ends, Gandalf unveils Thrór's map showing a secret door into the Mountain and proposes that the dumbfounded Bilbo serve as the expedition's "burglar"; the dwarves ridicule the idea, but Bilbo, indignant, joins despite himself.

The group travels into the wild and Gandalf saves the company from trolls before leading them to Rivendell, where Elrond reveals more secrets from the map. When the company tries to cross the Misty Mountains, they are caught by goblins and driven deep underground; although Gandalf rescues them, Bilbo gets separated from the others as they escape from the goblins. Lost in the goblin tunnels, Bilbo stumbles across a mysterious ring and then finds Gollum, who engages him in a game, each posing a riddle until one of them cannot solve it, the rules being that if Bilbo wins, Gollum will show him the way out of the tunnels, but if he fails, he will get killed. With the help of the ring, which confers invisibility, Bilbo flees and rejoins the dwarves, improving his reputation with them. The goblins and Wargs pursue the company until they are rescued by eagles, after which they rest in the home of Beorn.

The company enters the dark woods of Mirkwood without Gandalf, who has other responsibilities; in Mirkwood, Bilbo rescues the dwarves from the dungeons of the Wood-elves. Nearing the Lonely Mountain, the travellers are welcomed by the human inhabitants of Laketown, who hope the dwarves will fulfill prophecies of killing Smaug, before the expedition reaches the mountain and the company finds the secret door. The dwarves send a reluctant Bilbo inside to scout the dragon's lair, upon which he steals a large cup and, while talking to Smaug, sees a gap in the ancient dragon's armour. Furious, Smaug deduces that Laketown has helped the intruders and flies off to destroy the village, a thrush overhearing Bilbo's report of Smaug's vulnerability and informing Bilbo's fellow traveller Bard, who returned to Laketown after Bilbo reached the Lonely Mountain. Smaug causes a massacre in the village until Bard fires an arrow into his hollow spot, killing the dragon.

When the dwarves reclaim the mountain, Bilbo finds the Arkenstone, the most-treasured heirloom of Thorin's family, and hides it away; the Wood-elves and Lake-men request compensation for Laketown's destruction and settlement of ancient claims on the treasure. When Thorin refuses to give either side anything, they besiege the mountain until Thorin sends a message to his kinfolk in the Iron Hills and reinforces his place. Bilbo slips out and gives the Arkenstone to the besiegers, hoping to stop their war, but after they offer the gem to Thorin in exchange for treasure, Bilbo is forced to reveal how they got it. Enraged at what he sees as betrayal, Thorin banishes Bilbo, and battle becomes inevitable when Dáin Ironfoot, Thorin's second cousin, arrives with an army of dwarf warriors.

Gandalf returns to warn the dwarves, men, and elves of an approaching army of goblins and Wargs, upon which all three sides unite, but only with the timely arrival of the eagles and Beorn do they win the climactic Battle of Five Armies. Thorin is fatally wounded and reconciles with Bilbo before he dies. Bilbo accepts only a small fraction of his share of the treasure, having little desire or need for more, but still returns home a priveleged hobbit a year and a month after he first left. Years later, Bilbo writes the story of his quest.

## Cast

* Warwick Davis as Bilbo Baggins
* Rupert Everett as Gandalf the Gray
* TBA as Thorin Oakenshield
* Kiran Shah as Balin
* James Marsden as Beorn
* Luke Bracey as Bard the Bowman
* Justin Bieber as Gollum
* Machine Gun Kelly as Elrond
* Tom Bateman as Thranduil
* Tom Hollander as Sauron
* Peter Stormare as Radagast the Brown

## Changes

* If possible, the film will make the troll scene more than filler (it is way too iconic to drop entirely).
* While the movie is almost exclusively based around the book, Bard the Bowman will have subtext similar to the Peter Jackson trilogy to make his killing of Smaug have a genuine impact.
	+ For comparable reasons, Thorin and Balin battle Smaug similarly to how they do in Desolation of Smaug, albeit in a much quicker scene.
* The scene where Bilbo awakens the Trolls' wallet is also replaced because it isn't explained and doesn't fit with the rules of Middle-Earth that Tolkien established later.
* Most instances of filler, namely the spiders of Mirkwood, are removed because of time constraints; Beorn is still present but only as a minor character and the scene with the golems, while not inherently filler, is dropped because stone giants are never mentioned in later Middle-Earth material. Almost all of the Peter Jackson trilogy's additions and even those from Tolkien's later works that add to the story are not included for similar reasons.

## Trivia

* Despite having a very similar tone to the novel, the film is rated R and includes graphic violence such as slow-mo shots of goblins getting decapitated and Smaug slitting an adolescent's throat with his claws during the destruction of Laketown. Much of the killing is subtle black comedy and the tone of the action is similar to *Deadpool*.
* Peter Dinklage was originally cast as Thorin Oakensheild but upon learning of his hate of short people being cast as dwarves, Trigger decided he couldn't cast him.

## Does the Dog Die?

* Does the Dog Die? Wargs that look like giant wolves are killed.
* Are Animals Abused? Snails are eaten alive.
* Are There Bugs? Insects appear in the film.
* Does An Animal Die? Snails are killed.
* Is There a Dead Animal? Decapitated and eviscerated animal carcasses are depicted.
* Does a Horse Die? Horses are killed in battle.
* Are There Spiders? Large spiders appear but the giant ones from Mirkwood aren't adapted.
* Is Someone Stalked? Characters are stalked throughout the film and have to escape.
* Is Someone Gaslighted? Yes.
* Is There Addiction? Alcohol addiction.
* Does Someone Use Drugs? There is talk of "Halfling leaf" that Gandalf and Bilbo smoke, with Thorin claiming it messes with their brains.
* Does Someone Abuse Alcohol? Bard abuses alcohol.
* Is Someone Restrained? The dwarves are imprisoned.
* Is There Excessive Gore? Hoo boy...
* Is There Shaving/Cutting? Characters are depicted shaving and Bilbo accidentally cuts himself with a blade.
* Is There Genital Trauma/Mutilation? Goblins are slashed along the genitals, arrows impale the crotch of human soldiers, and a man's penis is severed offscreen (we see it on the ground, bleeding excessively).
* Is There Cannibalism? Goblins cannibalize each other.
* Is Someone Burned Alive? Many characters are burned alive with visible wounds.
* Is Someone Buried Alive? A soldier is buried alive when a building collapses.
* Is There Amputation? Goblins have their arms cut off, including a significant one whose stump is depicted throughout.
* Does a Head Get Squashed? Both human soldiers and goblins have their heads squashed with blood.
* Is There Finger/Toe Mutilation? Fingers and toes are sliced off in battle.
* Is There a Hanging? A goblin is hanged.
* Is There Eye Mutilation? Both goblins and people are shot in the eyes with arrows and there's a torture scene where a goblin's eye is mutilated for a prolonged period.
* Does Someone Struggle to Breathe? Characters suffocate.
* Does Someone Fall to Their Death? Yes.
* Is Someone Tortured? Yes.
* Does Someone Break a Bone? Arms, legs, and necks are fractured.
* Is the R Word Used? Yes.
* Is Someone Kidnapped? Characters are abducted.
* Does a Parent Die? Yes.
* Is a Child's Toy Destroyed? A doll is seen burning in front of a kid during Smaug's attack.
* Are There Ghosts? The true, ghost form of Nazgul are depicted.
* Is Someone Possessed? Yes.
* Are There Clowns? A goblin puts on extremely clown-like war paint.
* Are There Jumpscares? Yes.
* Is There Audio Gore? Pervasive audio gore accompanying onscreen and a few offscreen kills.
* Does Someone Vomit? Yes.
* Does Someone Fart or Spit? Both farting and spitting come up.
* Is There a Hospital Scene? The Middle-Earth equivalent of a hospital appears.
* Is a Mentally Ill Person Violent? Yes.
* Does Someone Suffer From PTSD? Thorin has PTSD.
* Does Someone Die by Suicide? Characters heroically sacrifice themselves and a character burns himself alive and jumps off of a building.
* Does Someone Self Harm? Characters cut themselves on purpose.
* Is There Shaky Cam? Every fight scene has shaky cam.
* Is There Antisemitism? Dwarves are hit with the same hate speech as Jewish people, they do not reflect these stereotypes aside from Thorin's money obession and the race's short stature.
* Does an LGBT Person Die? A gay couple (one of them trans) are brutally murdered in battle, it's not because of their sexuality or gender but it's horrific to watch.
* Is Someone Misgendered? Alfrid misgenders the trans guy, he's talking to Bard when doing this but it's still misgendering.
* Are There "Man in a Dress" Jokes? Bard goes undercover as a woman in a dress during the battle to stealthily kill the goblins.
* Is There Hate Speech? Dwarves and elves speak hatefully of each other and the whole plot is effectively a race war.
* Are There Fat Jokes? Countless.
* Does the Black Guy Die First? There are barely any black people, unfortunately, but no.
* Are There Homophobic Slurs? The f-slur is used in a song and a line by Gandalf, referring to sticks in both instances.
* Are There Nude Scenes? Butts and penises are briefly shown a few times, including severed genitalia.
* Is There Sexual Content? There's an obscured sex scene.
* Does it Have A Sad Ending? The sadder parts of the original ending are dwelled on way more, with the addition of Bard's son and his boyfriend getting killed if that wasn't enough.
* Is There Gun Violence? A lot of bow and arrow violence but no gunplay.
* Does Someone Drown? Yes.
* Is There Blood/Gore? Too much to list.

## BBFC (12 Cut)

12 for moderate violence, horror, threat

**Violence (3/5)**

Frequent scenes of moderate violence include many fights and battles where the band of dwarves fight many goblins, giant spiders, and people with bladed weapons and projectiles, with people and creatures being stabbed and slashed but with relatively little bloodshed. In one battle there is reference to a dwarf king being beheaded, with sight of a head being held by an orc before it is thrown to the ground. Goblins are dismembered, stabbed, decapitated, including with a head held up, and shot with arrows, including arrows which pierce their heads, but mostly without much detail. A large goblin's stomach is slashed open. A creature is tortured, although without sight of injuries being inflicted.

**Threat and horror (3/5)**

There are scenes of moderate threat, including a dragon laying waste to a town and a dwarf city as the inhabitants flee in terror, characters being kidnapped by trolls who nearly eat them, a character bound in a giant spider's web, and when the character is chased through a dark forest as they try to escape. Other scenes include the dragon, Smaug, searching for the hero and breathing large blasts of fire at him, characters fleeing from villains, and brief threat to children from attacking orcs. A man transforms into a bear and breaks into the room of the heroes at night, but this sequence ends reassuringly. There is other fantasy threat from monsters and magical forces. Characters find themselves in dangerous settings, such as crossing a collapsing bridge and being kidnapped by goblins that they must fight to escape. The battle violence is also fairly intense and includes many sequences of exploding buildings.

**Language (2/5)**

There is mild bad language ('shit,' 'bastard,' 'piss,' 'bugger') as well as milder terms (damn, hell, god).

**Discrimination (3/5)**

There is infrequent use of homophobic language ('f\*\*got') which is explained by narration to have a different meaning in the film's era.

**Sex (1/5)**

There are some very mild sexual references, including to 'inbreeding' and to a character searching another's trousers, as well as scenes of kissing.

**Injury detail (3/5)**

There is some sight of blood and wound detail in the aftermath of violence, including severed heads being thrown and goblin heads impaled on spears. There is sight of piles of dead bodies, including with arrows in their backs, as well as sight of skeletons. Soldiers catapult the severed heads of prisoners onto the opposing army, with brief moderate bloody detail. A person’s toe is bitten off during a fight, resulting in brief aftermath images of the bloody stump.

**Theme (2/5)**

Characters grieve their fallen friends and family members, including a father burying his daughter.

**Alcohol & tobacco (1/5)**

Fantasy characters smoke pipes and drink alcohol

## Parents Guide

### Violence & Gore

* In an extended battle scene, we hear horns that sound like foghorns as Elves, Dwarves, Humans, Orcs, black bats (a close-up shows a black vampire bat), and giant wolf-like creatures are fighting; ravens drop a brown bear into the battle and it charges over soldiers, snarling while the ravens snatch up Orcs and carry them away; the bats create swarming confusion as soldiers stab one another, cut off heads (a little gore shows at the necks), stomp feet, butt heads and hack at ankles, but we see little blood except for two close-ups of blood on a man's chest and many images of a bloody cut on a woman's cheek and on many men's foreheads, noses, and mouths; many arrows sail through the air as men and two women fight and an arrow flies through the torso of an Orc facing the camera and we see fur, hair, and blood fly off in bits; two short one-on-one sword fights between Dwarf men and Orcs end with Dwarves dying with eyes open while lying on the ground and other Dwarves ride warthogs, one of which falls to its side, dead and after the battles, we see piles of bodies with arrows sticking out of them and pools of blood in the snow and around one soldier's face.
* An Orc throws an elderly woman off the balcony of a house and off-screen by her throat (she dies). An Orc chokes a woman many times, punches her in the face and together, they fall off a tower; he is fine, but the woman lands on her back on a stone step, groaning (her back is broken); she crawls up steps and sees her partner die in the hands of an Orc who is stabbing her in the chest (blood is shown on her face and a little on her chest) as they look at each other and an Elf jumps on the back of an Orc and stabs it in the top of the head with a sword (we see blood cover the entire blade as the Orc falls dead). A Dwarf fights an Orc with swords, both falling on an ice-covered river and using a flail, and the Orc accidentally breaks the ice and falls through; while underneath ice, he stabs up through the toe of his opponent, who screams, the ice shatters and the two fighters continue fighting on more ice; they stab each other in the chest simultaneously while lying on ice (the Orc is on top of the Dwarf) and the Orc groans and dies with its eyes open; the Dwarf rolls over and with a bloody face and chest as he dies with his eyes open.
* Elves attack many Orcs fighting a Dwarf army: many Orcs are killed by bow and arrow as well as sword strikes and hammers, one Orc's head is sliced off (we see the head separate from the body and blood and gore at the neck is seen), another Orc is shot through the head with an arrow and the arrow point moves toward the audience in 3D, another Orc is stabbed to a tree by a thrown sword, and two others are shot through the head by the same arrow (we see the arrow pass through them both). An Elf beheads an Orc and drops the head to the ground (we see the body flop around on the ground and the head rolls around). A Dwarf is shot in the Achilles heel by an Orc's arrow and we are told that he has been poisoned; he moans in pain and we see a bloody wound on his Achilles. An Orc attacks a Wizard and he is thrown; they fight and the Wizard then fights a dark cloud swirling around him.
* We see a battle between Orcs (brutish creatures with sharp teeth, heavy scarring and battered features) and Dwarves: an Orc attacks many Dwarves, cuts the head off of the Dwarf king (we see a bloody line appear on his throat) and holds the severed head in the air (we see blood and tissue at the severed neck). A Dwarf fights a large Orc using a branch to break his blows until the Dwarf cuts the Orc's arms and head off (we see blood pouring from the stumps) and he is carried away by many other Dwarves; many other Orcs are struck down and we hear that there were few survivors.
* Many Orcs charge into a kingdom and attack a home with children inside; two Elves fight with many Orcs and we see many stabbed in the head and slashed around the throat (blood and gore are visible and we hear squishing sounds); one Orc is launched into the air and we see his head separate from his body. An Elf and an Orc fight with swords: the Elf is thrown against a post, then falls to the ground, they continue to fight with blows and sword strikes (the Elf is shown with bloody cuts on his face and blood coming out of his mouth and nose) and another Orc enters the fight with the Elf as the other Orc runs away and the Orc is slammed against a pillar repeatedly; the Elf on horseback chases the first Orc riding a beast.
* Armed dwarves wait inside a gate as a dragon pounds on the door and blows fire; the dragon bursts through the gate, and several villagers are thrown and others are crushed under the feet of the dragon (we see some blood spray).
* A Dwarf shoots an Orc in the head with an arrow (we see blood) and many more Orcs are struck by arrows; one Dwarf pulls an arrow out of a dead Orc and we see the glistening of blood on the arrow. A Dwarf shoots an Orc and a wolf-like creature with arrows (we the the arrows enter their throats with some blood) and two other Dwarves attack other Orcs with bows and arrows; the Orcs chase the dwarves, who climb up trees. Sunlight strikes three Trolls and they are turned to stone.
* An Orc with a prosthetic claw replacing his hand stabs another Orc, lifts him up and throws him into a pillar (we hear a crunch and see his arm limp); the wounded Orc is attacked by wolf-like creatures (we hear growling and crunching as they devour him and see intestines fly into the air).
* An Orc and a Dwarf fight: the Dwarf is struck by a giant wolf-like creature's paw (we see the Dwarf with a bloody wound on his head), he is struck with a giant hammer and thrown, and he is bitten and picked up in the mouth of the wolf then thrown; the Orc tells another Orc to "Sever his head" and the Orc places a sword to the Dwarf's throat (we see bloody wounds on his face) but the Orc is tackled and stabbed in the stomach, many other Orcs and wolf-like creatures approach and they fight with other Dwarves; a Dwarf falls down a staircase (no blood is shown) and he is caught by a giant eagle, while others are snatched up off the ground by other huge eagles and they are all flown away from a forest fire and to safety while other eagles attack the remaining Orcs.
* An Orc attacks a Dwarf and another Orc says, "Cut off his head"; many Orcs fight with three Dwarves and we see Orcs being slashed with swords and decapitated, two Orcs are stabbed in the abdomens (blood is shown), one Orc is beheaded and we see the head slide off the body (blood is briefly shown), many Orcs are thrown off a high walkway by Dwarves fighting them and many more Orcs are beheaded, a giant boulder rolls over and crushes many Orcs, and a wizard stabs a large Orc in the eye, then slashes him across the abdomen and stabs him (we see a cut open and a bit of blood is shown) and we see him fall over motionless.
* A Dwarf hits a Troll in the leg with a sword while two others attack two other Trolls, stabbing one in the stomach (blood is shown), one is stabbed in the eye (he yells and holds his eye) and one is struck in the crotch (he bends over yelling in pain); two of the Trolls hold a Hobbit between them and try to pull his arms off and a remark is made about the Trolls sitting on someone and squashing his head. Three Dwarves are tied together and placed over a flame to cook for Trolls to eat (they are shown with burns but are freed before they die); a Hobbit tells them to "skin them first." A Troll picks up a Dwarf and swallows him whole, nearly eating him (he spits him out).
* Giant wolf-like creatures with sharp fangs lunge toward three Dwarves and the creatures have their throats slashed by a Dwarf using a sword (we hear a crunch and blood is evident). A pack of giant wolf-like creatures chases a wizard and an Orc swings a weapon at him.
* In a brief scene, dozens of Goblins attack Dwarves at a castle, but Dwarves stab and kill them all with swords; we see Goblins falling with blood and the attackers have body and facial scars and metal staples in their bald scalps. In a battle scene, Elf warriors jump over the backs of Dwarves holding shields and attack Orcs; extended swordplay results in some chopped off Orc heads that have a lot of black blood and gore at the neck, a wooden war machine belonging to Orcs falling on a unit of Orcs (crushing them to death in a long shot), another Orc stumbles around on two prosthetic legs made of iron bars each to which an iron foot-disk is attached and he receives an arrow to the heart and dies with blood showing.
* A Hobbit falls from the top of a tree through branches (he grunts as he hit several limbs and we see bruises). We see an Orc unconscious with malformed toes and blood on his mouth and nose.
* We see dead animals on the ground and blood pooled along with a bloody leg on the ground. An Orc tastes a puddle on the ground and identifies it as "Dwarf blood." Three Dwarves and a Hobbit climb up and out of a toilet. Many Dwarves climb into barrels and are covered with dead fish to disguise them. A giant bee is shown landing on a Hobbit's nose and the Hobbit swats it away (he is stung).
* A Hobbit encounters a small being and threatens him with a sword while the small being talks about eating the Hobbit and how he would taste ("Is it soft?" "We eats it whole"). A Troll with a knife puts it to a Hobbit's throat and threatens him. A Troll asks, "Can we eat them?" when three Dwarves appear. A small being makes a comment about "things it devours." A Troll tells another Troll to "Shut your eating hole." Two men argue. An Orc orders other Orcs to "drink their blood" and "rip them to shreds." A wizard talks of evil and black magic. A Hobbit tells Trolls that are about to eat Dwarves that the Dwarves have "worms and parasites." Three Dwarves, a Hobbit and a wizard make plans to take over an area held by a dragon. A voiceover talks about a dwarf king suffering from a mental illness when he becomes entranced by gold. A Hobbit says, "Over my dead body" when referring to inviting a relative to a party. A comment is made stating "smells like trolls." A Hobbit reads a contract that makes reference to "burning alive" and he has an anxiety attack. A reference is made to "puff, you are nothing more than a pile of ash." A dragon is described as a beast with "razors for teeth." A reference is made to someone's head having been cut off and it "went down a hole." A reference is made to reclaiming "your wounded." A Troll talks about getting a man's broken bone stuck in his teeth (we see it). A wizard talks about giant spiders and refers to a "dark power," "the shadow of an ancient horror" and something having the power to "summon the souls of the dead." A Dwarf says, "I hate green food" when dining with Elves. A character says, "Everyday deeds keep the darkness at bay."

Rated PG-13 for strong violence and scary action, some bloody images, brief nudity, and some thematic elements.