History TearJerker / TheHobbit

** [[spoiler:Fili and Kili]] dying is understated in itself, but throughout the book the narration makes it clear that they are the youngest and merriest of the group, which you notice a lot more when you re-read the book.

** Almost as a precursor to this, during the Stone Giants scene the dwarves are separated when part of the cliff they are on comes alive, with Kili and a few others being carried away. Seeing Fili reaching out helplessly to try and grab his brother's hand is bad enough, but when the giant falls and appears to have crushed the group Thorin just about loses his composure and runs towards the wreckage screaming Kili's name. Never mind that the rest might also have died - in the end, Thorin values his nephews above all.

** And, in addition to losing Erebor, the beginning of Thorin's grudge against the Elves; Thranduil shows up with his army, but when he sees there's nothing they can do against Smaug, he retreats. (Several viewers have criticized him for this, but really, what was he ''supposed'' to do against a dragon?) It's not as if he doesn't care, though; you can see on his face that he hates having to do this. Unfortunately you can also see the look on Thorin's face, thus seeing his despair and utter betrayal. Their next meeting is ''not'' going to be pretty.

** [[spoiler:[[FridgeBrilliance As you've already read the stories or watched the LOTR movies,]] [[SpannerInTheWorks Bilbo's compassion is what will save Middle-Earth.]]]]

** Almost as a precursor to this, during the Stone Giants scene the dwarves are separated when part of the cliff they are on comes alive, with Fili and a few others being carried away. Seeing Kili reaching out helplessly to try and grab his brother's hand is bad enough, but when the giant falls and appears to have crushed the group Thorin just about loses his composure and runs towards the wreckage screaming Fili's name. Never mind that the rest might also have died - in the end, Thorin values his nephews above all.

** [[spoiler:[[FridgeBrilliance As you've read the stories or watched the movies,]] [[SpannerInTheWorks Bilbo's compassion is what saved Middle-Earth.]]]]

*** According to the books, that is indeed true. Yet while the directors have gone to great lengths to be loyal to the books, there are still subtle and major differences between the two continuities. I got the sense that, in the 2012 movie, Moria’s loss was more recent. Regardless, whether or not it fell before or after Erebor, for a race as long-lived as the Dwarves, it would still be a very "recent" event by their standards.

!!The film

** Almost as a precursor to this, during the Stone Giants scene the dwarves are separated when part of the cliff they are on comes alive, with Fili and a few others being carried away. Seeing Kili reaching out helplessly to try and grab his brother's hand is bad enough, but when the giant falls and appears to have crushed the group Thorin loses all composure and runs towards the wreckage screaming Fili's name. Never mind that the rest might also have died - in the end, Thorin values his nephews above all.

** If this wasn’t bad enough, according to the book, after the battle where Thoren fought Azog there were so many Dwarven casualties that they couldn’t bury them in time before they were claimed “By wolves or worse”. They were forced to cremate the dead instead, which the Dwarves consider ''sacrilege''. A short while ago, Smaug incinerated hundreds of dwarves, effectively killing them and desecrating their bodies simultaneously. A few years later, a similar desecration occurred, only this time the dwarves were forced to ''inflict it on themselves.''

* ''The Hobbit'' computer game is mostly a brightly-colored, action-adventure version of [[{{JRRTolkien}} Tolkien's]] [[TheHobbit book]]. Then you get to Mirkwood, and meet Corwin, a soldier from Laketown, whose entire party was just killed by spiders, including his brother. The music alone will tear your heart out.

-->"[[spoiler: There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage, and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell.]]"

** Fili and Kili dying is understated in itself, but throughout the book the narration makes it clear that they are the youngest and merriest of the group, which you notice a lot more when you re-read the book.

* ''The Hobbit'' is mostly a brightly-colored, action-adventure version of [[{{JRRTolkien}} Tolkien's]] [[TheHobbit book]]. Then you get to Mirkwood, and meet Corwin, a soldier from Laketown, whose entire party was just killed by spiders; including his brother. The music alone will tear your heart out.