Stone Giants Scene - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

[@navrroboy]

The sound that the first stone giant makes and music in the background when he throws that huge rock is awesome.

[@stonegaint4180]

Thanks

[@grahammaxwell2112]

sounds likes hes shouting you

[@ChrisValera]

Sounds almost as cool as Seismic Charges

[@Jampolo_OG]

Fun fact: the stone giants were not originally part of the film, but one day they started horsing around while the crew was filming and Peter Jackson said "keep recording"

[@overthehorizon3100]

Apparently this is a casual behavior for this species

[@florencejohnpaclibar.1b872]

Wow

[@florencejohnpaclibar.1b872]

@@janicefedoriw584 I guess that makes sense since playing tag to us humans would probably look something like this to ants

[@SirToaster9330]

@@janicefedoriw584 a pretty violent one at that

[@DrZeddy-wo5fd]

Those are Interesting giant facts

[@teleportedbreadfor3days]

I think this is a sport for them

[@movieguy6239]

I got goosebumps when Bofur said stone giants.

[@Alphaterrahatake]

I got the chills when he said well blast me the legend are true giants stone giants

[@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904]

Him saying that is what ruined the goosebumps. Couldn't have said it cheesier.

[@CrniWuk]

In the Simarilion there are battles mentioned between what you can see as the gods or higher beeings of the Lord of the Rings. And it says that it was so powerfull it literaly shaped the land, created mountains and filled seas where none have been before. I guess this is what it must have looked like.

[@CeruleanSword]

Yes, perhaps at the very beginning, battles like this occurred between the Vala themselves. However Ancalagon the great Dragon was definitely larger than these stone giants.

[@CrniWuk]

@@CeruleanSword Yes but it is not only about size. It is also about the sher power. Take Morgoth for example who created Ancalagon and who ruled over Sauron basically.

[@RandomYT05_01]

@@CeruleanSword This thunder battle seems to be a scaled down version of that. And taking into account how they are throwing mountains at eachother... Thinking about that shivers me to the bone.

[@teleportedbreadfor3days]

What if the Storm Giants battling are actually an aftereffect from the old world, an impression left behind from the War of Powers between the young Valar and Melkor, when they battled for the world. Melkor would be imprisoned for his misdeeds after the world would be reshaped from flat to round, but their impressions left the Storm Giants battling forever after.

[@1Corinthians15_1-4]

@@teleportedbreadfor3days The earth has always been flat but satan changed it from flat earth to cgi globe-lie. The rocks and mountains are all petrified, giant silicon based tree stumps, titans and giants. The hellywood movies have to put some truth and there you have it folks, truth in plain sight. Have you connected the dots yet? After the flood of Noah, the earth was shaped by the impact of the fountains of the great deep that were broken up and drowned these monsters in the process and you see them all around you. Rocks and mountains never existed. We have been lied to for a very, very long time. It is time to wake up to the truth.

[@WKADESIGNS]

Throin - He has no place amongst us! *Me* ~ As if all of you were handling this stone giant battle swimmingly? 🙄

[@Bauglir100]

He was just pissed because he nearly fell to his death while stopping Bilbo from doing the same.

[@mrviking2mcall212]

Sauron: Man, I should’ve hired one of these guys and curbstomped Helm’s Deep…

[@Potarnul]

So basically they are hurling guts and mutilated pieces of corpses at each other. 02:11 Here's a liver

[@ericarthedain]

This shit should be funny but it is

[@annalena8346]

Omg the way thorin screamed when he thought half of his crewmembers died is so 🥺🥺🥺

[@cleme7917]

He also thought he lost his nephew and heir

[@b-a-trekky2018]

He shouted Kili even though it was Fili he thought he'd lost at 2:55

[@xXSoneaXx]

​@@b-a-trekky2018 I mean.. They are twins so😂 They may not look exactly the same but they are still twins

[@SirToaster9330]

2:28 can we talk about how Thorin was willing to square up with a stone giant

[@masterpenguin8472]

2:00 Best shot in the scene.

[@Shadowkey392]

“Bless me! The legends are true! Giants! Stone Laser Giants!”

[@nobuffer101]

I still wish we could’ve seen more of them...

[@tandord491]

Funny thing, in the the book´s Chapter IV: "Over Hill and Under Hill" Bilbo spoted the stone giants. The scene was very different from the movie but is the only time in the legendarium that Tolkien speaks about the Stone Giants. Thou, the Misty Mountains were created by Melkor during the Time of the Trees, who wanted to make it difficult for Oromë to pass, as he often rode across Middle-earth hunting the Dark Lord's fell beasts, maybe giants are part of Melkor twisted creations, but theres no record of the Stone Giants nature (good or evil), in the book The Hobbit they were "playing" by tossing rocks around.

[@Protato666]

Thats why you always save your state before venturing into dangerous grounds

[@AScottish-AustralianM-84]

Thanks for the advice Grandmaster Sub-zero.

[@fargoisnthere]

My favorite scene in that movie BY FAR

[@zinozee8929]

2:36 exactly why Thorin is the leader. They all have their own individual qualities but dude was ready to throw down with the mountain that they have all just witnessed fighting another mountain. Balls of steel this one 😂

[@eric0380]

great scene. very creative. how they made the giant boulders battle each other

[@kevinvalle137]

What ants see when humans are fighting

[@Danche925]

When the big kids join the pillow fight.

[@ahsokatano6044]

2:42 Thorin:NOOOOOOOO HOW DARE SOMEONE BE MORE MAJESTIC THAN ME!

[@allsparkwarrier]

Ngl if I got caught up in the middle of what Balin calls a Thunder Battle I would be both terrified and amazed at the sight I was witnessing

[@arktya]

I'm pretty sure that's how all 14 of them felt

[@lovehappy2407]

It was a good sign of a grand adventure on the Hobbit's unexpected journey. This scene was a completely unexpected scene, and many people who were new to the reality of Giant Stone might have wondered, but the more I thought about it, the more surprising, amazing, and creepy it was. In particular, the scene where Stone Giant was hit by a stone and shouted caught my ears. This is the first time in the history of The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, and I can only admire it. It was reminiscent of the scene where a huge stone was thrown at Gondor Castle in The Lord of the Rings 3 and paid for a group of Orcs. Personally, when I think of the Hobbit, this first scene comes to mind and I can't forget it. So I think I'll come back later. I learn that humans are only weak beings before nature.

[@gaesnidarich2764]

I love Thorin. Such a shame he passed before the war of the ring. Imagine that.

[@thearmyflyer4905]

Why so he could be bi-polar in the Lord of the Rings too?

[@b-a-trekky2018]

At 2:55 Thorin shouts Kili even though it is Fili who is in danger.

[@cybercase_7807]

And in the book they were just playing a game

[@cgt3704]

This may be their game. Beating each other up in a wwe battle royale

[@UndyingWladeslaus]

Basically fratboys getting drunk and brawling out. Maybe they smoked ents together when they were done and got high.

[@CrazyHeadassery]

I don't care how bad these movies are, this scene deserves it's own oscar.

[@brotherbarbatos8981]

Bad?!

[@masonmccoppin7743]

@@brotherbarbatos8981 they are considerably bloated is the main complaint, especially when referring to the source material. The Hobbit book is 1/5 the length of The Lord of the Rings series, while the Hobbit trilogy is 3/4 the length of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

[@tukatl]

I’d say they were good just not as good as lotr, which is a high bar tbf. The cgi orcs are just never as good as practical effect orcs

[@JohnPeacekeeper]

@@masonmccoppin7743 In all fairness, they did add content from the Appendices and whatever they could slip in from Unfinished Tales

[@aleksamrkela831]

@@masonmccoppin7743 That may be true, but they're a masterpiece compared to the retch-inducing atrocity that is Rings of Power...

[@gracelynroberts-cn2hu]

This scene is amazing, and the giants are really cool, but the only thing I can focus on every time I watch it is that despite all the noise of everything else, you can still hear Fili screaming for his brother.

[@kimlowney6180]

This was one of my favorite parts. So cool

[@menacingbread7909]

"what is our purpose?" "You kill each other." "Oh my god"

[@Guilty_Crown]

Can you imagine a world where ANY MOUNTAIN might be a stone giant in disguise? Like what if each of the tallest mountains in the world could be a giant just sleeping? Wild lol

[@mihirshah5820]

Background music is awesome for this Giant stone scean

[@firstclass2222]

Those scenes got me...

[@BitterComments]

What would stones have to fight about?... _besides the consistency of squirrel droppings..._

[@WitcherGerd]

More like mountain goat droppings

[@KhanSaab-pi6sw]

This scene is fucking epic!

[@archive881]

I can imagine a movie or trailer based on the Rock Lords toy line being inspired by this scene.

[@13kbagels]

2:08 He got third partied

[@markgillianlelis3528]

Knocked out:

[@kolisionn]

I don't care about the hate this trilogy gets. Yes, it's longer than the actual book, but just accept it for what it is and appreciate it. Unexpected journey is definitely the weakest of the 3 but this scene is so damn epic. Always gives me chills watching it

[@JohnPeacekeeper]

I forgive the length because I'm also fully aware that it also adapted from ROTK Appendices and Unfinished Tales

[@matiaspereira9382]

Thorin is such an idiot. He wasn't forced to save Bilbo

[@Sub___Zero]

Height Gigantic; more than 12'......... Well .......i think more than 120' !

[@Alphaterrahatake]

You are very so far my favorite mortal combat character

[@mohammadtausifrafi8277]

@@Alphaterrahatake More like more than 1200'. They take boulders in palms of their hands.

[@doriyanpetkov8510]

Those stone giants are massive ⛰️

[@seventyfour8256]

Austrians probably see this every day

[@somevigilantewithagrudge4383]

Supposedly they’re just playing but that one dude got his head knocked off?

[@Goodroosters]

Hey you know it happens

[@vexron5872]

I mean to be fair, did he even die from it?

[@stonegaint4180]

@@vexron5872 well, since we're made of stone, we just replaced his head

[@vexron5872]

@@stonegaint4180 how nice of you to give him another head

[@NathanN-m6n]

@@stonegaint4180 So, you guys were just having a wrestling match?

[@ImGazu]

Basically Shadow of the Colossus

[@pizzaparker7424]

HELL YEAH!

[@FreakyTeeth]

Imagine what would've been had they helped in the battles for middle earth during the lord of the rings trilogy...

[@DeepikaGinger]

I’m very confused. Wasn’t Kili the one with Thorin, and Fili the one that was separated from them? Why was Thorin screaming Kili’s name?

[@angelitemoon6254]

He’s so nearsighted he couldn’t tell This is just a theory

[@DeepikaGinger]

@@angelitemoon6254 Very likely. Thorin in the book was pretty near-sighted

[@hadassah179]

There's actual evidence of actual *human giants* that existed at Lundy Island a *tiny* island south of Wales where they would have fights throwing massive stones at each other that made me think back to this scene. Was that what Tolkien was referring to being a true native and historian of England? Whether or not the two are connected it certainly proves a point.

[@hahahahyousuklul]

So they're basically playing dodgeball?

[@markgillianlelis3528]

No its actually a wrestling free for all

[@doriyanpetkov8510]

Wonderful video. ⛰️🙂❤️🦊

[@dagger1580]

The thing I hated the most about this movie was the way Thorin was with bilbo! In book Thorin wasn’t too crazy about the idea of bilbo tagging along with them but he was never disrespectful or hateful towards bilbo his character got better in the later 2 movies but they really butchered Thorins character in the first one

[@xtrydelta7596]

And people say Harry Potter is better

[@jlarry1]

Do they explain what these things are in the books?

[@timpossible181]

Not really. They are only briefly mentioned in the book. There is a caveat to their existence, however, and a reason as to why I (along with a lot of others) interpret their description as metaphors for the ensuing storm. When Tolkien initially wrote The Hobbit, he had no plan for it to be part of his legendarium, or even Middle Earth for that matter. As such, giants were definitely, at the time, intended to be actual physical beings. Not only does the narrator explicitly mention the giants, but so do Thorin and Gandalf. If you were to read The Hobbit as it was intended in the late 1930's, a standalone children's book, the stone giants were actual physical beings. Then Tolkien started fleshing out his world for Lord of the Rings and realized he had to make The Hobbit part of that legendarium. During this reconciliation, he did a bit of retconning. All mentions of giants were systematically eliminated and eventually evolved into the ents and the trolls. Giants weren't just "not mentioned," they canonically became something else entirely, leaving no room for a literal interpretation in The Hobbit. If one is to reconcile The Hobbit with The Lord of the Rings, they must acknowledge Tolkien's retcon, thereby interpreting the giants as anthropomorphism of the storm.

[@ouchiegiverjr]

Are these in the books? I hope not cause the very existence of these creatures just raises way too many questions.

[@jarlsterra]

Stone giants are mentioned in the book, but I always thought it was a metaphor. It wasn't a big scene like this though, more of a single comment. Tolkien seemingly scrapped giants from his series though. They appeared in a lot of early drafts of his stories, but were slowly phased out or replaced with other creatures.

[@rileypotter230]

Yeah, these giants were in the book. but I always pictured them in my head as giant humans rather than giant rock creatures. Also, you do have to note that the hobbit was written 20 years before the Lord of the Rings, so Tolkien didn't really have a super clear picture of his world yet.

[@Vatsuggggg]

They do

[@ryan979_]

@@jarlsterra what? It’s very obvious that this is similar to what it described on the book. Twice even when they beat beoren

[@ryan979_]

@fee foo the book mentions something about them interacting with each other. To me it was obvious they were alive, but I guess not for other people

[@isakito1997]

well in andean cultures people tought montains are alive xd

[@T..5156]

3:54

[@voidw4lker]

I don't get it...

[@alexwallar8608]

2:58; "Well...That's just lazy writing.

[@KaNole1943]

2024

[@mr.raindrop6110]

This scene has Dark Souls vibes for some reason

[@behrouz6625]

3:54 ist this a "Among us" reference?!

[@spirz4557]

Dude, the Hobbit was made in *2012.*

This scene came a bit out of the blue.... It was nice to see but a bit unnecessary. It did not add any value to the movie.

[@exxodas]

This scene was completely useless

[@grahammaxwell2112]

maybe read a book you delinquent fuck

[@exxodas]

@@grahammaxwell2112 this stupid rock monster scene added absolutely nothing to the plot line. I knew then that this movie was gonna suck.

[@grahammaxwell2112]

ok you make a film that some what recreates the stone giant from the book?

[@grahammaxwell2112]

@fee foo stone giants are still mentioned in the book though. this is obviously done for entertainment

[@PENDANTturnips]

I thought it was pretty neat, but yeah The Hobbit series had too many ridiculous action scenes.

[@jjgalletta66]

I was into this movie right up until this ridiculous scene. Gratuitous action that made zero sense except to add minutes to the first installment of a 300 page book. Weak. So weak. 😂

[@Elektr0hazard]

This is actually in the book

​@@Elektr0hazardperhaps, but the way it was in the movie felt simply out of the blue and could have been removed

[@Elektr0hazard]

@ I think similarly to you. It could’ve been done better. Our characters don’t need to always be in the middle of it… a view from afar or something would’ve felt a lot better!

[@pizzaparker7424]

Funny how it was the opposite to me. The first half was such a chore to sit through that I had to stop in Rivendell and continue the movie in other day. After they leave Rivendell the film got good for me and this was the best scene lol

[@Tarkus-Ivalice-dweller]

What a mess, so much about this trilogy is such a mess. This wasn't a good idea.

[@t.k7five084]

Aside from a few things I think this was a great idea

[@ericarthedain]

It's based on the books maybe not all of it but this part was in the books and i think its fine

[@imaplaguedoctor2146]

Cry harder

[@Tarkus-Ivalice-dweller]

@@imaplaguedoctor2146 why so rude? : ( Log off the internet for a couple of weeks if you think everyone's out there to be a troll or something.

[@Tarkus-Ivalice-dweller]

@@ericarthedain In the books, the giants thing may have been a metaphor, and it was described as happening really, really far away from them, also it lasted like half a page. This isn't it.