Why Is The Hobbit Better Than The Movie

The Hobbit: Movies Are Better Than The Book Over time, it has become more and more desirable for movie makers to create movies from globally popular novels. JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit is no exception. In 2012, the world had the opportunity to watch the story of Bilbo Baggins unfold on the big screen with the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. In 2013, the story continued with the release of The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug. Since the release of these two additions to the Lord Of The Rings, there have been skepticism on whether or not the movies do the book justice. With the addition of Elves, Wizards and Orcs into the story, the experience for both fans and curious viewers has been enriched. This essay will cover why the movies
Orlando Bloom returns to play Legolas, an Elf who was a member of the Fellowship of the Ring in The Lord of the Rings. As the son of Thranduil, ruler of the Woodland Realm, Legolas appears among the Wood-elves who imprison Thorin & Company. Legolas is more likely to be found patrolling the forest alongside the Sylvan Elves of the Woodland Guard than in the Court of the King. He is fiercely loyal to his father and his people; however, events in the outside world have begun to encroach upon the insular world of the Wood Elves. A growing sense of foreboding forces Legolas to choose between the will of his father and his own conscience. Legolas does not appear in The Hobbit; however, in The Lord of the Rings, he is identified as the son of Thranduil, who in The Hobbit appears as the Elvenking. Although the age of Legolas is never clearly specified, The Lord of the Rings drops hints that he may be several thousand years old and thus would have been alive during the events of The Hobbit. Since Thorin & Company encountered the entire army of the Wood-elves, it is reasonable to assume that Legolas would have been among them. Legolas is also a great lead in into The Lord Of The Rings. Another Elven addition is the
Radagast the Brown, played by Sylvester McCoy, appears throughout the films as one of Gandalf’s fellow wizards. Radagast first appears prior to Thorin & Company 's encounter with the trolls. Radagast 's hair is stained with bird droppings due to his feathered friends living under his hat. Radagast is indeed one of the five Wizards, or Istari, whom the Valar sent to Middle-Earth in the guise of old men to aid the Free Peoples against the return of Sauron. However, Radagast appears in The Hobbit only by name when Gandalf mentions his “good cousin Radagast who lives near the Southern Borders of Mirkwood” (Tolkien, 111) to Beorn. Gandalf again refers to Radagast in The Lord of the Rings, when, during the Council of Elrond, the gray wizard explains that Radagast the Brown delivered Saruman’s message summoning Gandalf to Orthanc. Radagast lived close enough to Dol Guldur that it reasonable that he would have played a part in the White Council 's investigation into the Necromancer during the timeframe of The Hobbit. The bird-droppings is a humorous representation of Radagast 's affinity for birds and beasts and disinterest in the ways of Men and Elves. Radagast 's investigation into the darkness overtaking Mirkwood leads him to Dol Guldor, where the brown wizard encounters the Necromancer, whom The Hollywood Reporter says looks not unlike the video