History Awesome / TheHobbit

* Smaug's BadassBoast, as delivered by voice-actor [[BadassBaritone Richard Boone.]]
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See [[Awesome/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney here]], [[Awesome/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug here]], and [[Awesome/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies here]] for awesome moments related to the Creator/PeterJackson [[Film/TheHobbit films]] (''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'', 'Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'' and ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'', respectively).

See [[Awesome/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney here]], [[Awesome/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug here]], and [[Awesome/TheHobbitThBattleOfTheFiveArmies here]] for awesome moments related to the Creator/PeterJackson [[Film/TheHobbit films]] (''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'', 'Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'' and ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'', respectively).

See [[Awesome/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney here]] and [[Awesome/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug here]] for awesome moments related to the Creator/PeterJackson [[Film/TheHobbit films]] ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'' and ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'', ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' respectively.

See [[Awesome/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney here]] and [[Awesome/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug here]] for awesome moments related to the Creator/PeterJackson [[Film/TheHobbit films]] ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'' and ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'', respectively.

!!''An Unexpected Journey''
* Gandalf coming to the rescue of Bilbo and the dwarves by [[spoiler:splitting a boulder in two, revealing sunlight, and [[TakenForGranite causing the trolls to turn to stone]].]]
--> '''Gandalf''': [[PreMortemOneLiner The dawn take you all!]]
** And even before that, when Bilbo shows some GuileHero qualities and tries to put the trolls off eating the dwarves by insisting they have parasites. Of course, that nearly gets ''him'' eaten instead, but it was still pretty quick thinking.
** Really, seeing the dwarves furiously charge out of the undergrowth to rescue Bilbo (which culminates in an epic fight), when compared to the original book where they all got caught with relative ease.
** Dori gets a good shot at one of the troll's [[GroinAttack unmentionables]] with his bolas. And then Dwalin knocks its teeth out with his war-hammer.
** The dwarves preferred method of freeing comrades who were grabbed by trolls? Launching themselves bodily into the air, and then slicing the troll's arms so they'll drop'em.
** It's not in the final film but video blogs show Glóin throwing his biggest axe to Fíli, who jumps onto Kíli's shoulders and proceeds to calmly smack one of the trolls in the face with it. Hopefully that one will make it to the EE.
** Three trolls were all it took in ''Return of The King'' to scatter the Gondorian knights guarding the gates of Minas Tirith (though those were the NewAndImproved breed, immune to sunlight, trained and armored for battle). This RagtagBandOfMisfits would have made the fight a CurbStompBattle if Bilbo hadn't gotten caught.
* "''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyy_FIYE7EE Far over the misty mountains cold...]]''". That whole scene has the power to make even the rowdiest cinema audience go completely silent and listen to the haunting beauty filling their ears.
* The "Blunt the Knives" song. It's the scene where the dwarves reveal that they can match Legolas from LOTR in terms of dexterity, tossing around plates and fragile china one dwarf to another (Balin not even paying much attention as he does so) and it all ends up in a neat set of piles at the end.
* Radagast vs. [[spoiler:the Witch-King of Angmar. A hippie wizard gets ambushed by the spirit of pure evil, takes him down with a few blows from his staff and escapes.]]
** And let's not forget the chase between the wargs and his rabbits. He manages to outrun the wargs.
--->'''Gandalf:''' Those are Gundabad wargs. They'll outrun you.\\
'''Radagast:''' [[BadassBoast These are Rhosgobel rabbits! I'd like to see them]] ''[[BadassBoast try]]''!
* The [[MeleeATrois three-way rock fight]] between mountain-sized stone giants in the middle of a storm.
-->'''Balin:''' This is no thunderstorm! It's a ''thunder battle!''
** The whole scene can be summed up as "Stone Giant Smackdown" or a "Rock Giant Royale"
* Bilbo's sword fight with a goblin before falling down the chasm.
** And then his game of riddles with Gollum.
** Gollum retracting the ButtMonkey status many labeled him with in LOTR and returning to his NightmareFuel roots.
* The entire escape from the goblin caves is filled with Crowning Moments every five seconds: they were quite literally being swarmed at every conceivable angle and opportunity, yet none of them suffered anything more than a few scratches - they weren't even out of breath!
** Gandalf. This is the first time he uses Glamdring, and how well does he wield it? He slices through a goblin. The goblin panics silently, trying to process both the fact that he knows a sword went through him, and that he doesn't have a mark on him. Gandalf gently taps the confused goblin on the head, and the head tumbles off, neatly severed at the neck.
*** Gandalf's [[DynamicEntry dynamic entrance]].
*** Gandalf blasting a large boulder out of the walls, and giving the orcs first-hand experience in the life of [[IndyEscape Indiana Jones]].
** Kíli BLOCKING ARROWS WITH HIS SWORD! And then with a [[ImprobableWeaponUser LADDER]]! And then using the ladder to push goblins off a chasm! And then using the ladder to cross the chasm!
** Bombur running along, and when he's dogpiled by a swarm of smaller goblins, he just keeps running!
** Balin, the oldest dwarf in company, who wears no armor but a simple red robe more suited for a wizard then a warrior, flourishes his scimitar and with one hand takes out the five or six goblins that were surrounding him.
** Dwalin when encountering a particularly large group of goblins sheathes his axe and picks up a big plank of wood and starts swatting the goblins off the edge as he charges into them.
** Óin, one of the eldest and most infirm of the Company, takes out a whole crowd of goblins just by swinging his staff around his head and building up a bit of momentum.
** Speaking of those scenes, seeing the special effects with the Great Goblin and the trolls talking were ''amazing''. In the earlier films, there seemed no possible way that they could sound like normal people, only like trolls and orcs. Seeing them talk like regular humans made them really scary and cool at the same time.
* Thorin charging Azog across a burning tree after [[spoiler:Azog taunts Thorin that he encountered Thráin (Thorin's father), and that Thráin "stank of fear"]].
** From that same scene, [[spoiler:Bilbo flinging himself at Azog's lieutenant in an attempt to save Thorin's life - and it WORKS!]] Plus when he defended himself, he stabbed the orc not once but ''three times''.
*** And his example inspires most of the other dwarves to follow him into battle, instead of simply hanging for their lives.
** Every scene with Azog, period. Not only is he quite the AdaptationalBadass from a token mention in the book, but (related to the above point on special effects) he looks ''very'' real for a being that's purely computer-generated.
** Related: Thorin showing us how he got the title 'Oakenshield'.
* The final scene of the first film. [[spoiler: Smaug awakens.]]
* [[spoiler: The song in the credits, which is an extended and revised edition of "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpzkPzeewXI Misty Mountains Cold]]".]] Honestly, PeterJackson really knows how to play the unexpected.

* The entire scene where the [[spoiler: eagles rescue the company]]. Shows you exactly why [[spoiler: the great eagles]] are such powerful allies, and why Tolkien referred to them as a "dangerous device" for his narrative.
** The fact that they were shown to be intelligent, one using the power of its wings to roast several wargs in an inferno, and another ''physically uprooting a tree'' to squash several of them instead of just attacking a single orc. It's awesome for those of us who haven't read the books and didn't know the eagles were an actual race instead of a summon spell.
** The cinematography for the eagle scenes ''alone'' are a gorgeous sort of awesome.
* One for the elves when they ride out to eliminate the orc scouting party chasing the dwarves. They completely slaughter the orcs with almost no effort.
* Gandalf outsmarting Saruman by predicting he'd try to stop the dwarves from reclaiming Erebor and sending the dwarves away from Rivendell ahead of time. Not even Elrond and Galadriel caught onto his plan until it was too late.
* The cameo of the [[spoiler:Necromancer]] is as awesome as it is creepy. He barely appears, all we see of him is shadow and yet he manages to steal the scene.
* Bilbo sparing Gollum's life. It doesn't seem like much on its own, but then you remember this is the action that would eventually ''save all of Middle Earth''.
* The flashback to the Battle of Azanulbizar is full of this. Most notably Thorin using an oak branch as a shield and taking off Azog's arm.
** On top of that after Thrór's death, the dwarf army begins to rout, but once he cuts off Azog's arm, Thorin stands up and rallies his army, shouting a Dwarvish BattleCry and leading them to victory.
** Dwalin can be seen in the background of several shots headbutting any orc that gets in his way.
** For the orcs, Azog is seen knocking two dwarves into the air with one swing.
* A meta-example is how much more of the original lines from the book got into the film compared to ''TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy. Bilbo starting his book with "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit", closely followed by Bilbo and Gandalf's argument over "Good morning", were a gratifying EstablishingCharacterMoment for the film itself for long-term fans.
* Bilbo's short speech to the company manages to perfectly encapsulate the philosophy a [[InnocentBystander hobbit]] [[TheHero hero]] would have. It's not a big declaration or a promise to eradicate some evil or enemy, there are just people who don't even have the simple comforts of home and he would like to fix that.
-->'''Bilbo Baggins''': ...I often think of Bag End. I miss my books. And my armchair. My garden. See, that's where I belong. That's home. And that's why I came back, 'cause... You don't have one. A home. It was taken from you. But I will help you take it back if I can.

!!''The Desolation of Smaug''
* The first trailer [[http://pmchollywoodlife.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/hobbit-trailer-smaug-featured.jpg reveals Smaug in all his draconic glory.]]
* When the Lonely Mountain rumbles...
--> '''Dori:''' Was that an earthquake?
--> '''Balin:''' That, my lad...was a dragon.
* The very end of the second trailer when [[BadassBaritone Smaug]] [[EvilSoundsDeep speaks]]:
--> '''''"Well...thief. Where are you? Come now. Don't be shy. Step into the light."'''''
** Also a [=MOA=] for the sound engineers (or whoever's in charge of these things) for the alterations to Smaug's voice, which make the voice truly draconic rather than just deep.
** From the newest trailer released at the end of the live event:
--> '''"''[[BadassBoast I]]''''' '''[[BadassBoast am King Under The Mountain!]]"'''
** The movie takes absolutely no shortcuts in showing Smaug in all his glory, and it is amazing.
*** Practically every other word out of his mouth qualifies as awesome... or terrifying... or both.
** Bilbo's initial [[OhCrap moment of realization]] when he sees Smaug's eye in the pile of gold.
** And his second [[OhCrap moment of realization]] when he sees Smaug's other end waaaaaaaaaay over there.
** Smaug waking up and rising out of the gold.
*** Indeed earning the title, "Smaug the Golden".
** Smaug knowing exactly where Bilbo is despite the Ring thanks to his SuperSenses. And Smaug knowing exactly what's happening with Sauron half a country away, and even knowing what the One Ring is and even capable of identifying who sent Bilbo and what he is after! Yes there is a reason why Gandalf wants him to be killed! If Sauron gets Smaug on his side, the world is doomed.
** His complete NoSell reaction to [[spoiler: having a ton of molten gold dumped onto him]]!
** The ending:
-->'''Smaug''': ''I...am...FIRE. I...am...'''''DEATH.'''''''
* The Mexican stand-off between Smaug and Bilbo. Surrounded by mountains of gold, a scared Hobbit on one side, and one of the most dangerous dragons in the history of the world on the other. The Arkenstone between them. Bilbo is awesome simply for standing his ground at that point, while Smaug coolly ponders whether or not to just [[HopeSpot give Bilbo the Arkenstone and kill Thorin later.]] Then Smaug brings out his fire, and Bilbo brings out his Ring.
** The winner? Bilbo, who stole the Arkenstone and slipped away invisibly.
* Gandalf single-handily infiltrates Dol Guldur, and boldly commands the evil within to reveal itself. What happens when it finally does? [[spoiler: We get to see Gandalf taking on Sauron himself in a magic duel. And while [[CurbStompBattle he is defeated]], Gandalf does manages to hold off Sauron for a surprising length of time]].
** Likewise, [[spoiler: everything regarding Sauron. He initially appears as a mass of evil, tendril-like smoke, and then appears in his armor-form, ''while also on fire'' '''that forms his Lidless Eye''']]. Much like his first appearance, he completely stole the show.
* The dwarves infiltrating Erebor, and then taking on Smaug by [[spoiler: burying him under a tidal wave of liquid gold. Sure, it didn't work, but at least they tried.]]
** Thorin FINALLY being able to face Smaug, ''a hundred and seventy years'' after he took Erebor.
--->'''Thorin:''' I am taking back what you stole!
* Legolas is just as badass as he was in the other movies. Among his other accomplishments, he manages to headshot two orcs with the same arrow, the tip skewering the first and embedding itself in the one behind it.
** At another point, he kills one of the orcs that attacked Bard's house and sends him flying over a ledge to land on a boat below, causing another orc on the boat to be sent flying into the air. Legolas then decapitates this orc by swinging a couple of daggers at ''just'' the right moment.
* Bard displays great accurancy with his bow, appearing like Legolas' long lost human brother.
** He's Bard the motherfucking Bowman! More like Legolas is HIS long lost elvish brother.
* Bard practically runs Laketown. He has the Master's eye on him, with spies everywhere. Yet he still manages to sneak thirteen dwarves and a hobbit into town, all while jauntily waving at the spies trailing him.
** The Master of Laketown is concerned that Bard could lead an uprising. Given the way he gets away with bringing a boatload of illegal fish into town, as well as the fairly impressive weapons cache he hides in the same spot the spies looking for him fish, he's not wrong.
** Bard turning around a threat from the Master's lacky, pointing out that sure, the Master knows where he lives, but it's a small town, and he knows where the Master lives as well.
** Bard figuring out who Thorin is, and trying to stop him from going to the mountain. And then when that fails, helping Thorin's sick nephew despite the trouble he's about to cause.
*** Bard in general.
* Bolg actually coming close to killing Legolas, who up until this point in the series seemed pretty darn indestructible.
** After failing to kill the elf, he neatly breaks away from the fight and simply strolls away like a boss.
*** More than that but when Legolas stab him in the gut, which has shown to pretty much insta-kill every orc so far, Bolg just literally knocks him back and lets the other orcs handle him as his main goal(Thorin) wasn't there. He also made Legolas BLEED! You can see Legolas stare in shock at his own blood. There is a ''reason'' why Azog chose him to handle Thorin.
* Kíli soldiering on all the way to Laketown and then some after being shot in the thigh with a Morgul arrow - the same type of fell blade that instantly drops Frodo like a bag of rocks when he's stabbed with one in ''The Fellowship of the Ring''.
* Beorn being so terrifying that a whole band of orcs that were perfectly willing to attack an elven stronghold are afraid to attack him.
** And Gandalf stopping a pair of assassin bounty hunters from killing Thorin just by being in the same room.
** In general, the order of who scares who seems to be thus; [[BullyingADragon Random Thugs]] < [[MagicKnight Gandalf]] < [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits Thorin and Company]] < [[AdaptationalBadass Azog]] < [[BearsAreBadNews Beorn]] < [[BiggerBad Sauron]] < [[TheDreaded Smaug]]. The fact that Gandalf is the second lowest on the list really says something about the cast.
* Bilbo saving the dwarves from the spiders, then the elves, and ''then'' figuring out the riddle / ProphecyTwist to find the entrance to the mountain. They would have been screwed several times over, if not for him.
* Bombur kicking ass during the barrel chase sequence.
** That entire sequence in general, really.
* Considering the early concerns whether a canon foreigner would be able to "keep pace" with the classic book characters, ''all'' of Tauriel's action scenes are awesomely performed by Evangeline Lilly. She fires arrows while running, parkouring and ''sliding'' at lightening pace and is terrifying in close quarters with her knives.
* We get a flashback where Girion, the last King of Dale, repeatedly tried to bring Smaug down by firing ballasts even as the dragon destroyed his city, refusing to give up and fighting until the moment he died. Thorin and the Master of Laketown consider this an abject failure considering he failed to ''kill'' Smaug, but he probably came closer than anyone ever has to actually doing it. [[spoiler: And furthermore, he made it that much easier for his descendant, Bard, to finally succeed.]]
** More than that, since if you watch that scene closely, you realize that Girion actually managed to HIT Smaug successfully with every arrow, it's just that Smaug's scales were so damned tough that it only managed to remove them. But later, when Bilbo sees the chip in his scales and remarks that the legend of the black arrows are true, Smaug ''flips his lid.'' Girion may have failed, but when you manage to not only hurt a dragon the size of a city block, whose power and evilness is second only to Sauron, and to actually make him freak out when the word "black arrow" is spoken, you are BADASS!
* A meta moment: when Ed Sheeran was chosen to record the end credits song for the film, he watched it at Park Road Post, ''immediately'' wrote 'I See Fire' and ''recorded most of it himself.'' '''All in one day.''' While providing overdubbing on the violin, despite the fact he'd never learned to play the instrument.

** And then, when everyone else is fleeing, he's still firing arrow after arrow as the flames draw nearer, refusing to give up. When he learns the secret about Smaug's weakness he makes the shot that finally kills Smaug, fully aware that he'll probably die as well when the dragon collapses on the town; he was ready and willing to give his own life to save his people. Originally he ''was'' meant to die, but Tolkien himself recognised how awesome Bard is and kept him alive for the finale.

** More than that, since if you watch that scene closely, you realize that Girion actually managed to HIT Smaug successfully with every arrow, it's just that Smaug's scales were so damned tough that it only managed to remove them. But later, when Bilbo sees the chip in his scales and remarks that the legend of the black arrows are true, Smaug flips his lid. Girion may have failed, but when you manage to not only hurt a dragon the size of a city block, whose power and evilness is second only to Sauron, and to actually make him freak out when the word "black arrow" is spoken. You are BADASS!

* Considering the early concerns whether a canon foreigner would be able to "keep pace" with the classic book characters, ''all'' of Tauriel action scenes are awesomely performed by Evangeline Lilly. She fires arrows while running, parkouring and ''sliding'' at lightening pace and is terrifying in close quarters with her knives.

* Beorn being so terrifying that a whole band of orcs that were perfectly willing to attack an elven stronghold are afraid to attack him. [[spoiler: If the Battle of Five Armies goes like it does in the book, they have [[CurbStompBattle every reason to fear him]].]]

* Beorn being so terrifying that a whole band of orcs that were perfectly willing to attack an elven stronghold are afraid to attack him.

-->'''Smaug''': I...am...''FIRE.'' I...am...''DEATH.''

-->'''Smaug''': I...am...''FIRE.'' I...am...''DEATH.''"

** Smaug knowing exactly where Bilbo is despite the Ring thanks to his SuperSenses. And Smaug knowing exactly what's happening with Sauron half a country away, and even knowing what the One Ring is and even capable of identifying who sent Bilbo and what he is after! Yes there is a reason why Gandalf wants him to be killed! If Sauron gets Smaug on his side, the world is doom.

* Kíli soldiering on with his arrow wound.

* We get a flashback where Girion, the last King of Dale, repeatedly tried to bring Smaug down by firing ballasts even as the dragon destroyed his city, refusing to give up and fighting until the moment he died. Thorin and the Master of Laketown consider this an abject failure considering he failed to ''kill'' Smaug, but he honestly probably came closer than anyone ever has to actually doing it, [[spoiler: and furthermore made it that much easier for his descendant, Bard, to finally succeed.]]
** More than that, but if you watch that scene closely you realized that Girion actually manage to HIT Smaug successfully with every arrow- its just that Smaug's scales are too damned tough that it only managed to remove them. But later when BIlbo sees the chip in his scales and remarks that the legend of the black arrows are true Smaug flips his lid. Girion may have failed but when you managed to not only actually hurt a dragon the size of a city block, whose power and evilness is second only Sauron, but to actually cause them to freak out when the word "black arrow" is spoken. You are BADASS!

** More than that, but if you watch that scene closely you realized that Girion actually manage to HIT Smaug successfully with every arrow- its just that Smaug's scales are too damned tough that it only managed to remove them. But later when BIlbo sees the chip in his scales and remarks that the legend of the black arrows are true Smaug flips his lid. Girion may have failed but when you managed to not only actually hurt a person who power and evilness is second only Sauron, but to actually cause them to freak out when the word "black arrow" is spoken. You are BADASS!

** Smaug knowing exactly where Bilbo is despite the Ring. And Smaug knowing exactly what's happening with Sauron half a country away, revealing that he is perfectly willing to go and burn the world if Sauron commands it.

* We get a flashback where Girion, the last King of Dale, repeatedly tried to bring Smaug down by firing ballasts even as the dragon destroyed his city, refusing to give up and fighting until the moment he died. Thorin and the Master of Laketown consider this a DethroningMomentOfSuck considering he failed to kill Smaug, but he honestly probably came closer than anyone to actually doing it, [[spoiler: and furthermore made it that much easier for his descendant, Bard, to finally succeed.]]

* Considering the early concerns whether a canon foreigner would be able to "keep pace" with the classic book characters, ''all'' of Tauriel action scenes are awesomely performed by Evangeline Lilly. She fires arrows while running, parkouring and ''sliding'' at lightening pace and is terrifying in close quarters with her knives.

** It becomes HilariousInHindsight when you remember he's played by Conan Stevens - the original [[GameOfThrones Gregor Clegane]]!