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/unpopular opinion

So far, I think The Hobbit might be. The book was wonderful but the dwarves are more distinct and likable in the movie, IMO.

I'm going to have to agree with you here (even though I haven't finished the book yet), I'm having trouble keeping tabs with the dwarves in the book because they don't seem very different from one another.

Very few of the dwarves in the book have personalities tbh. There isn't much to tell them apart besides the color of their hoods and their names. Thorin, Balin, and Fili and Kili are the main ones, and the others got shafted. I'm pleased with how the movie has handled them so far, and look forward to seeing more of them.

(Still hope you enjoy the book, though!)

I like the book far better than the movie overall, but I agree with you on the point about the dwarves.

I suppose it's partly because the book was not only shorter, but also more centered on Bilbo than the movie, but I definitely did enjoy the extra character development when I watched it.

I just thought Tolkien didn't go to much effort to make the readers like the dwarves he didn't kill. (Besides Balin, anyway.) So although I think the book is fantastic I definitely don't think it's perfect, and I'm willing to let some things slide in movie!verse for the extra characterization and close-ness with the cast. In the end, I think it'll make the journey to Erebor more meaningful, too.

I agree wholeheartedly. While I have childhood nostalgia for the book, re-reading it as a grown-up leaves me very disappointed.

I'm sorry the book didn't live up to your expectations or memories. :/

The book was still lots of fun and very enjoyable upon my re-read, but I do admit that I noticed the books faults more this time around. It didn't lessen my love for it, but it definitely made the movie more pleasurable for me.

*nods nods*

And I certainly don't hate on the book at all or look down on people who enjoy it, but the movie fleshes out the characters for me in a way the book doesn't.

I am super stoked about the second movie; I have a suspicion it will be the best because forest! And elves! And lost in the scary dark!

:)

Yea, I completely understand. The one thing that I think the majority of Hobbit fans can agree on is that the movie did right by the characters.

Me too! Plus, SMAUG! And Beorn!

To be completely honest I can't wait till the third film because of all the angsty death. As someone who loves the characters, I am confused by my own excitement.

Oh man, I love angst and angsty death, and I think the angsty death is going to mean more to me in the third film than it did in the book because I really really like the slightly different take on Thorin's character in the movie. It makes him a lot more sympathetic to me.

That's seemingly a common reaction to this Thorin! He is more likable than his book counterpart imo, because you see a different side of him; there was more focus on him too, which never hurts.

I remember being sad about the deaths when I first read the book, but I was more upset about Fili and Kili than I was Thorin. I was about 40 pages from the books ending when I saw the movie, so I finished up afterwards and was sobbing; it was so much more emotional imagining the movie versions in that situation.

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