The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson. It is the first installment in a three-part film adaptation based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s 1937 novel The Hobbit. It is followed by The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), and together they act as a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The film's screenplay was written by Jackson, his longtime collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro, who was originally chosen to direct the film before leaving the project in 2010. The story is set in Middle-earth seventy-seven years before the main events of The Lord of the Rings, and portions of the film are adapted from the appendices to Tolkien's The Return of the King. An Unexpected Journey tells the tale of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), who is convinced by the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) to accompany thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. The ensemble cast also includes James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis, and features Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries and Manu Bennett. An Unexpected Journey premiered on 28 November 2012 in New Zealand and was released internationally on 12 December 2012. The film grossed over $1. 021 billion at the box office, surpassing both The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers nominally, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of 2012 and the 35th highest-grossing film of all time. Receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. It was also nominated for three British Academy Film Awards.

Production: Warner Bros.
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 72 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
PG-13
Year:
2012
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$303,001,229
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From the smallest beginnings come the greatest legends.

Galadriel:
The dragon has long been on your mind.

Gandalf:
This is true, my lady. Smaug owes allegiance to no one, but if he should side with the Enemy... A dragon could be used to terrible effect.

Saruman:
What enemy? Gandalf, the Enemy is defeated. Sauron is vanquished. He can never regain his full strength.

Elrond:
Gandalf, for four hundred years, we have lived in peace - a hard-won, watchful peace.

Gandalf:
Are we, are we at peace? Trolls have come down from the mountains, they are raiding villages, destroying farms. Orcs have attacked us on the road!

Elrond:
Hardly a prelude to war.

Saruman:
Always you must meddle, looking for trouble when none exist...

Galadriel:
Let him speak.

Gandalf:
There is something at work beyond the evil of Smaug. Something far more powerful. We could remain blind to it but it will not be ignoring us, that I can promise you. A sickness lies over the Greenwood. The Woodsmen who live there now call it Mirkwood and, uh, they say...

Saruman:
Well, don't stop now. Tell us what the Woodsmen say.

Gandalf:
They speak of a Necromancer living in Dol Guldur, a sorcerer who could summon the dead.

Saruman:
That's absurd. No such power exists in this world. This "Necromancer" is nothing more than a mortal man, a conjurer dabbling in black magic.

Gandalf:
And so I thought too, but Radagast had seen...

Saruman:
Radagast? Do not speak to me of Radagast the Brown. He is a foolish fellow.

Gandalf:
Well, he's odd, I'll grant you. He lives a solitary life...

Saruman:
It's not that. It's his excessive consumption of mushrooms! They've addled his brain and yellowed his teeth!

Gollum:
[to Bilbo; after answering the first riddle] Our turn...

[reciting riddle; as he recites, Gollum menacingly creeps around a rock, not taking his eyes off of Bilbo, who slowly and cautiously steps away from him]

Gollum:
Voiceless it cries; Wingless flutters; Toothless bites; Mouthless mutters.

[he glares at Bilbo deviously]

Bilbo Baggins:
Just a minute...

[Bilbo walks away to think]

Gollum:
[his pupils widen; as Friendly Gollum] Ooo, Ooo! We knows! We knows!

[as treacherous Gollum]

Gollum:
Shut up!

Bilbo Baggins:
[Bilbo sees ripples in the lake, made by the wind; he smiles] Wind...

Bilbo Baggins:
[turning to Gollum] It's wind, 'course it is.

[Gollum growls]

Gollum:
[prowling towards Bilbo] Very clever, hobbitses... VERY CLEVER...

Bilbo Baggins:
[holds out his sword towards Gollum, stopping him; reciting] A... A box without hinges, key, or-or lid... and yet, golden treasure inside is... hid.

Gollum:
[Gollum creeps away to think; as he is thinking, he begins to mutter and whisper to himself] Box... um uh... Box... lid... and a key...

Bilbo Baggins:
Well?

Gollum:
[annoyed; pointing at Bilbo] It's nah-stee.

[He continues to whisper to himself]

Bilbo Baggins:
Give up?

Gollum:
[strained] Oh, give us a chance, precious! Give us a CHANCE!

[Gollum continues to groan, growl, grunt and hiss in frusteration. As he thinks, he makes faces; making "oo" sounds and blowing raspberry sounds with his lips stretched when suddenly, his eyes open wide and his mouth is agape]

Gollum:
*EGGSES!*

[Gollum chuckles as Bilbo shakes his head, dismayed]

Gollum:
Eggses! Wet, crunchy little eggses! Grandmother taught us how to suck them, yes! heh, heh...

Bilbo:
Good morning.

Gandalf:
What do you mean? Do you mean to wish me a good morning, or do you mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not? Or perhaps you mean to say that you feel good this particular morning? Or are you simply stating that it is a morning to be good on?

Bilbo:
...All of them at once, I suppose. [long pause] Can I help you?

Gandalf:
That remains to be seen. I'm looking for someone to share in an adventure.

Bilbo:
[Bilbo stares at Gandalf] An adventure?... Well, I don't imagine anyone west of Bree would have much interest in adventures. Nasty, disturbing, uncomfortable things. Make you late for dinner! [When Gandalf still doesn't leave, Bilbo awkwardly goes to his mail, pretending to pay no attention to him. Finally, he clears his throat.] Good morning! [Heads for his front door]

Gandalf:
To think that I should have lived to be "good morninged" by Belladonna Took's son as if I were selling buttons at the door!

Bilbo:
[stops] Beg your pardon?

Gandalf:
You've changed. And not entirely for the better, Bilbo Baggins.

Bilbo:
I'm sorry, do I know you?

Gandalf:
Well, you know my name although you don't remember I belong to it; I am Gandalf! And Gandalf means... me.

Bilbo:
Not Gandalf, the wandering wizard who made such excellent fireworks. Old Took use to have them on Mid-summer's Eve. [chuckles] No idea you were still in business.

Gandalf:
And where else should I be? [Bilbo continues to smoke his pipe] All the same, I'm pleased to find you remember something about me, even if it's only my fireworks. Well, that's decided. It will be very good for you... and most amusing for me. I shall inform the others.

Bilbo:
[startled] Inform who? Wait, wha- no! No. No, wait. We do not want any adventures here, thank you- not today! Not-- I suggest you try over the Hill or across the Water. Good morning! [hurries inside and shuts the door]

[The doorbell rings; Bilbo goes to answer it and finds a dwarf.]

Dwalin:
[Bows] Dwalin, at your service.

Bilbo:
Uh, Bilbo...Baggins. At yours. [Dwalin walks in] Do we know each other?

Dwalin:
No. Which way, laddie? Is it down here?

Bilbo:
Is what down where?

Dwalin:
Supper. He said there'd be food and lots of it.

Bilbo:
He said? Who said?

[Dwalin proceeds to the kitchen and eats Bilbo's dinner]

Dwalin:
Very good, this. Any more?

Bilbo:
What? Oh, uh, yes, yes. [finds a jar of seed-cakes] Help yourself. [pauses as Dwalin eats away] It's just that, um, I wasn't expecting company.

[The doorbell rings]

Dwalin:
That'll be the door.

[Bilbo opens the door, the dwarf smiles and bows]

Balin:
Balin, At your service.

Bilbo:
[blankly] Good evening.

Balin:
Yes, it is. Though I think it might rain later. Am I late?

Bilbo:
Late for what?

Balin:
[catches Dwalin trying to get more scones out of another jar]OH! Evening, brother!

Dwalin:
[sets down the jar and smiles] Ho ho, by my beard! You are shorter and wider than last we met.

Balin:
Wider, not shorter. Sharp enough for both of us.

[Dwalin and Balin laugh and butt heads. They proceed to raid Bilbo's pantry while talking with each other]

Bilbo:
Excuse me? Sorry, I hate to interrupt, but the thing is I'm not entirely sure you're in the right house. It's not that I don't like visitors. I-I like visitors as much as the next hobbit, but I do like to know them before they come visiting. The thing is...uh...the thing is, I don't know either of you, not in the slightest. I don't mean to be blunt, but I had to speak my mind. I'm sorry.

Balin:
[suddenly noticing that Bilbo was talking] Apology accepted. [smiles, to Bilbo's growing confusion]

[Bilbo opens the door]

Fíli:
Fíli.

Kíli:
And Kíli.

Fíli and Kíli:
[bowing] At your service.

Kíli:
You must be Mr. Boggins!

Bilbo:
Nope! You can't come in; you've come to the wrong house.

[Bilbo tries to shut the door, but Kíli pushes it open]

Kíli:
[deflated] What? Has it been cancelled?

Fíli:
No one told us.

Bilbo:
Ca-? No, nothing's been cancelled.

Kíli:
[smiles] That's a relief!

[They walk in as if they had been expected.]

Fíli:
Careful with these. I just had 'em sharpened. [tosses Bilbo their blades]

Kíli:
It's nice, this place. You do it yourself?

Bilbo:
Well, no, it's been in the family for years- [Sees Kíli rubbing his shoes on the furniture] That's my mother's glory box! Could you please not do that?

Dwalin:
Fíli, Kíli, come on. Give us a hand.

Kíli:
[smiling at the sight of Dwalin] Mr. Dwalin.

[Dwalin leads Fíli and Kíli into the dining room.]

Balin:
[about the table] Let's shove this in the hallway. Otherwise, we'll never get everyone in.

Bilbo:
[surprised] He-- "Everyone"? How many more are there? [doorbell rings again, Bilbo is getting rather cross as he heads for the door.] Oh no. No, no. [louder, tossing the knives to the floor] There's nobody home! Go away and bother somebody else! There's far too many dwarves in my dining room as it is! I-i-if this is some... clot-head's idea of a joke... [chuckles sarcastically] ...I can only say. It is in very poor taste! [opens the door and eight dwarves (Dori, Nori, Ori, Óin, Glóin, Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur) fall down on top of each other. Gandalf stands behind looking at Bilbo.] [with an irritated look on his face] Gandalf.

Bilbo:
[annoyed] Bebother and confusticate these dwarves!

Gandalf:
My dear Bilbo, what on earth is the matter?

Bilbo:
What's the matter? I am surrounded by dwarves! What are they doing here?

Gandalf:
Oh, they're quite a merry gathering, once you get used to them.

Bilbo:
I don't want to get used to them! The state of my kitchen! There's mud trod into the carpet! They pillaged the pantry. I'm not even gonna tell you what they've done in the bathroom. They've all but destroyed the plumbing! I don't understand what they're doing in my house! [Ori walks up]

Ori:
'Scuse me. I'm sorry to interrupt, but what should I do with my plate?

Fíli:
Here you go, Ori, give it to me. [Fíli takes the plate and tosses it to Kíli, who throws it across the hall; Bifur catches it, while not looking]

Bilbo:
[mortified] Excuse me! That's my mother's West Farthing pottery, it's over 100 years old! [to the other dwarves clashing the cutlery together] And can you not do that? You'll blunt them!

Bofur:
Oh, did you hear that, lads? He says we'll blunt the knives!

Kíli:
[singing] Blunt the knives, bend the forks!

Fíli:
[singing] Smash the bottles and burn the corks!

Dwarves: [singing] Chip the glasses and crack the plates... That's what Bilbo Baggins hates! Cut the cloth, tread on the fat! Leave the bones on the bedroom mat! Pour the milk on the pantry floor! Splash the wine on every door! Dump the crocks in a boiling bowl! Pound them up with a thumping pole! And when you're finished, if they are whole... Send them down the hall to roll! That's what Bilbo Baggins hates!


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