The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: PART 1 (FATHER & SON FIRST TIME WATCHING REACTION)

[@tigqc]

Sadly Ian Holm (who plays older Bilbo) was suffering from Parkinson's disease and needed his lines held up just off camera so he could remember them. Martin Freeman actually doubled for Ian Holm in all the shots where you don't see his face and even mimicked his voice so Elijah Wood could have an easier time acting off of him.

[@sprayarm]

Wow! I had not heard that before about Ian Holm. 😢

[@christoperwallace6197]

I didn't know this either

[@im-gi2pg]

Marlon Brando never learned lines. He had the other actor hold his lines. I’m glad that was available for Ian. I’m not minimizing his illness. Just that Brando was a natural at acting.

[@di3486]

Sir Ian Holm was the real life Bilbo. He was born to be Bilbo!. Martin Freeman did a great job considering the shoes he had to fill!

[@anixara9]

Watching the Hobbit, then leading it into the Lord of the Rings right after, is actually a great idea. It fits well as the tone shifts with each movie as things become more and more serious.

[@marcusfridh8489]

I allways watch them in that order, including the bonus features after each movie, takes me three days to complete, day 1: Hobbit- an unexspecting journey, desolation of smaug, day 2: battle of the five armies, fellowship of the ring, day 3 Two towers and return of the king

[@elenanegrete4384]

This is the troll story the older Bilbo was telling the kids at his birthday party! Loved this movie

[@sylvanaire]

Yes, I was hoping somebody had mentioned this. And also the stone trolls that the Fellowship stop beside when Frodo is so sick after he’s stabbed at Weathertop.

[@lizd2943]

After Lord of the Rings wrapped they tore down the Hobbiton set. New Zealand tourism got such a boost from the movies that when they rebuilt it for The Hobbit they used permanent materials and it's stayed up as an attraction you can visit.

[@correypeta]

Its on my bucket list

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

Balin, the oldest dwarf, was the Lord of Moria in the Fellowship of the Ring. If you remember, Gimli found his tomb and Gandalf rode the inscription.

[@jamesplunkett8912]

That saddens me knowing what happened to Balin and that I've grown to like him very much in the later movies by Peter Jackson.

[@marcusfridh8489]

And Ori was the skeleton holding the book

[@jamesplunkett8912]

And Oin. The watcher in the water got Oin.

[@Xerrand]

8:15 I never blamed the Elves for turning their back on the battle here so to speak, because it was already over by the time their armies arrived. All they could is attempt to send their troops into the mountain, which would have resulted in Smaug killing them all, probably fairly easily. But they COULD have offered help to the homeless dwarfes afterwords lol

[@hauntsquad8602]

Holy hell man! Lewis is going STRAIGHT thru that puberty!!! Hes evolving too quickly!!! Someone stop him! 😂 cant wait to see what the future holds for the channel!!! Been here watching yall grow since your vikings series! Much love from Georgia, USA

[@SofaandChill]

I know right? Crazy stuff. You will be pleased to hear that I have decided to finish Vikings.

[@hauntsquad8602]

@@SofaandChill oh boy!!!! If you havent watched the last season you’re in for a treat!! All i can say! Keep up the good vibes!!!

[@LadyIarConnacht]

He has all that food because he's a rich bachelor hobbit and his pantries are huge. I think Gandalf was trying to clean out the food because Bilbo wasn't going to be around for quite a while. Read the book - it's a children's book but it's absolutely delightful, funny and enchanting.

[@MichaelHattem]

If everyone watched The Hobbit first, they would like it so much more.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

It would be like reading the book after reading Lord of the Rings and complaining it wasn't as good...well, of course not. We always watch through the films in chronological order.

[@sunray535]

The rift between the dwarves and elves begun far earlier than what The Hobbit portrays. In The Silmarillion, when dwarves first woke up from being stones, elves mistaken them for animals and hunted them. That is a traceable point of their tension. The second possible point of tension and one that I believe is more likely the case for the tension, involves a Silmaril set in a necklace call the Nauglamír. An elven king name King Thingol of Doriath received a Silmaril, one of three created by Galadriel’s half-uncle Fëanor. King Thingol commissioned the dwarves to put it in a necklace and as payment, the dwarves wanted the Silmaril necklace. The dwarves slain Thingol when the elvish king refused. It is reasonable that Thranduil was alive during this time along with his father, Orophir. Orophir died in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, leaving Thranduil to rule the Woodland Realm alone. Peter Jackson might have been inspired by this tidbit of the Silmarillion to create a subplot for Thranduil and King Thrain of Erebor. Hope this helps. Have a lovely watch!

[@lelandcuellar3097]

I was fortunate enough this winter to visit Hobbiton in New Zealand, it was truly amazing experience which I had dreamed about for so long. If you ever get a chance to go, it's worth it.

[@VaughanTaylor-v4y]

I agree, so fun there.

[@sonofthanos4464]

I love this movie as much as the Lord of the Rings, because of the amazing music, Great battles, and it tells more about Bilbo's adventure

[@Mini_Hayley]

Don’t let the naysayers get you down, no these movies don’t follow the book page for page, they are a little bloated, this is true. But they’re VERY fun and it’s 10-11 more hours of middle earth! If you just watch them for what they are: bilbos adventure. They’re fantastic!❤

[@lizd2943]

A little bloated in that they're three movies from one book where LotR was 3 movies from 3 books. Gotta love studio greed.

[@marcusfridh8489]

The Lord of the rings movies are not word by word from the books either, but i dont see people complain about that. And we have to remember that Jackson was taking over halfway in when Del Toro left the production. So he did what he could with the material he was given, and we should be glad that he did manage to get something decent out if it.

[@thesnazzycomet]

You see those troll statues in the fellowship of the ring when Frodo is poisoned. Sam says “look mr Frodo, it’s mr Bilbo’s trolls!”

[@wesleylatham3913]

I actually just finished watching you guys react to the Lord of the Rings trilogy for the first time on Friday. Super excited to see your reaction to this trilogy now. 😊

[@SofaandChill]

Awesome stuff, thank you so much for watching

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

The rift between elves and dwarves happened long before the Hobbit, but in the 1st age, the age of elves depicted in the Silmarillion. The dwarves basically slew one of their great kings due to greed. Celebrimbor, the last Noldor prince and king of Eregion who was also a smith, on the other hand had a great relationship with the dwarves of Moria tho prior to Lotr and the Hobbit.

[@aaron_22766]

The extended scenes in this part are: - the tiny bit about the Dwarves refusing to give Thranduil the box of gems - baby Bilbo playing with Gandalf - and now at the very end, the bit where Bilbo feels something magical

[@vanessavalentin3788]

Wow Lewis! You are looking more like your dad. All grown up. God bless you.

[@79mib]

Some writing suggests that the 7 rings for the dwarves didn’t make them wraiths, but twisted them to more greed and paranoia.

[@ryankelly8966]

The actor who provides the voice for the dragon in the later films is the guy who plays doctor strange. And the elf lord actor was also the villain in the first guardians of the galaxy movie he played ronin

[@ReelMeurik]

In Fellowship of the Ring, Old Bilbo told a story about how Gandalf turned a group of trolls into stone. That happened in this film, when he split the rock, letting the sun shine on them 🙂

[@lesliedaubert1411]

John Rease Davis popped into the Bilbo's house while the dwarves were at the dinner table at the beginning while they were taking a break to say hello to them and the man who plays Gimli's (John Rhyes Davis) father . It's shown in behind the scenes. Gimli's father was part of this journey.

[@custardflan]

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. The first line of the book, which Tolkien wrote on a paper he was grading.

[@ajandrianjafymusic]

Man I’d of loved to have had Tolkien as a professor, that man’s mind was something else

[@michaeltaberner4079]

I just spit my drink out when the little bo... I mean young man spoke. Thanks for the explanation. Ive would have been questioning that for a while.

[@gildo101rossi]

I actually went to school with James Nesbitts (who plays one of the dwarves) niece & live in the same village as his sister. His sister taught my music at school, met him once when he came to pick up his nieces.

[@pricemoore2022]

Awesome reaction of my favorite The Hobbit movie!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊

[@SofaandChill]

So cool, thank you very much :)

[@lesliedaubert1411]

Remember about Bilbo's story about the 3 trolls turned to stone? Here's what happened.

[@Bavio]

I think one of the coolest things continuity wise, is there's a shot in Fellowship where you can see these three trolls turned to stone in the background! Blew my mind when I found out!

[@shiftnative]

I love how excited you guys are diving back in the story, can't wait for you to see the rest!

[@feykabah]

I just came back from visiting The Shire set in New Zealand. I have to say its probably the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Please do a re watch of The Lord of the Rings!

[@Shinzo836]

31:39 Hobbit and LORT came before Skyrim games most games like that take huge inspiration from this world of Tolkin

[@KatBee00]

I can't believe how much he's grown up 😂 why do our children do that!

[@skinnyjax]

Yay! They guys are back!

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Also ironically even though the Hobbit happened long before Lotr, because this was made after the trilogy everyone is much older when they should be younger, especially Orlando Bloom… Elija Wood still looks young. Also annoying how they put in the love story between the elf and the dwarf just for the sake of ir, when Tauriel never existed in the book.

[@SalvableRuin]

"Why does he have all that food?" Because that's what hobbits are known for haha. They eat 5 meals a day, and that's not including snacks.

[@joshuacoldwater]

4:13 - the two of you crack me up 😂

[@ajandrianjafymusic]

Aye I just started rewatching the hobbit trilogy yesterday, talk about timing! Man I love these movies I used to watch them with my dad as kid, must be a dad thing 😂

[@mikecooper7755]

Just finished your LOTR series. Excited to see you guys dive in here!

[@muldoone6920]

XD Every single time I see a new video, I get more and more surprised by how your son's becoming a spitting image of you. XD

[@thesnazzycomet]

a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[@Frankynz1]

I've been waiting for you two to watch these. You have seen those trolls before, after Frodo is stabbed on the way to Rivendell they stop there briefly. Frodo is fevered, Sam points out that they are there "look mr frodo bilbo's trolls". link in reply

[@atanamorell2]

Yay! Was waiting for this 😊 Please do a rewatch of Lord of the Rings!

[@PhilBagels]

When you're done watching this trilogy, you might want to read The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. You'll find there are a few similarities.

[@custardflan]

The swords Gandalf and Thorin take also glow blue but don't in the movies.

[@WilliamRAguilar]

Are you guys watching the normal versions of these movies or the extended editions? The extended editions of the Hobbit movies are better

[@ace360]

Yes!!!!⚡🤘

[@philipholder5600]

where is the Sofa?? Isn't this SOFA AND CHILL?

[@sandrakiefler4649]

YES!!!so freaking stoked my dudes…idc wtf people say, these films aren’t as good as the original trilogy…DUH!!! (If people went in expecting that…they are complete idiots imo)😅 it’s IMPOSSIBLE…end of story! But they are well worth watching! The 2nd is my absolute favorite! Just keep in mind that “The Hobbit” was basically a childrens book, so if there is some kinda “silly” things, that’s why. Imo it’s best to just go into it to have the chance to expand the LOTR “universe/world” 🤔 kinda like a DLC of sorts 😂😉👍

[@sandrakiefler4649]

but there’s also a pretty good story that stands on its own too(just wanted to clarify that)😉

[@custardflan]

There have been several fan edits of this trilogy to only include what's in the book. Each of them come in as a 3 to 4 hour single movie.

[@martinkilbey9243]

An advert every 5 seconds. How entertaining!

[@bSHU89]

When it comes to a Star Wars rewatch, might I suggest something? I would see about trying to get your hands on Harmy’s Despecialized edition or some other original SW restoration. It might be fun to see the versions of SW that everyone saw in 77,80, and 83 so you can see the changes and talk about them. Just a thought! Love your reactions! All the love!

[@borisketou3177]

Did you really watched Lord of the Rings trilogy? Or do you just have goldfisdh memory?

[@marianm2680]

Pity the Hobbit wasnt as good .... loads of padding but now, years after I forgive a lot of things and have 4K extended blu rays too.

[@tentoesdownchristianity]

I very much enjoy the Hobbit. I actually prefer Bilbo to Frodo.

[@sarahstardust]

Bilbo is ICONIC 😄

[@Jeowyn]

I do too, by far. Elijah Wood can't really act at the level the LOTR films required, and the filmmakers made a mistake in depicting Frodo as a helpless, doe-eyed incompetent who keeps squealing, crying, tripping over nothing and having to be rescued all the time. Martin Freeman *can* act, was perfect for the role as Bilbo, and depicted him as a proactive, intelligent adult who doesn't need Gandalf's permission to do things. He's the best thing about these films (Lee Pace is a delight too.)

[@emmerrick4563]

@@Jeowynfrodo is just well off sheltered young hobbit tho but bilbo has lived a long life I think Frodo should be given some credit. He fought the power of the one ring that’s a pretty big deal

[@hellosurge4622]

The hobbit sucks.

[@marcusfridh8489]

No one forces you to watch it