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* The Extended Edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' reveals that the Bag End scenes for Sir Ian [=McKellen=] were shot on a green screen, separately from the other actors. This proved stressful for him as an actor and, after having a slight on-set breakdown, he very nearly decided that perhaps it was time for him to quit acting. He sent Peter Jackson an email telling him as much, whilst Peter had sent him a reassuring email telling him that they had gotten some good footage from the shoot and that everything was fine. The crew secretly decorated the actor's tent with some leftover props and it gave him enough of a boost to keep going.
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* The Extended Edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' reveals that the Bag End scenes for Sir Ian [=McKellen=] were shot on a green screen, separately from the other actors. This proved stressful for him as an actor and, after having a slight on-set breakdown, he very nearly decided that perhaps it was time for him to quit acting. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming He sent Peter Jackson an email telling him as much, whilst Peter had sent him a reassuring email telling him that they had gotten some good footage from the shoot and that everything was fine. The crew secretly decorated the actor's tent with some leftover props and it gave him enough of a boost to keep going.]]
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** And yet, and yet, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome he returned to do it, in the first and third films.]] BadassGrandpa, indeed.
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* The music video for ''The Battle of the Five Armies''' official song, "The Last Goodbye" sung by Billy Boyd, has scenes from both ''The Hobbit'' trilogy and ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. It also includes behind the scenes footage showing Peter Jackson hugging the cast members from both trilogies after filming had wrapped. The song's content and video really hammers in the fact that ''The Battle of the Five Armies'' is truly the last Middle Earth film.
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* The music video for ''The Battle of the Five Armies''' official song, "The "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ir8rVl2Z4 The Last Goodbye" Goodbye]]" sung by Billy Boyd, has scenes from both ''The Hobbit'' trilogy and ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. It also includes behind the scenes footage showing Peter Jackson hugging the cast members from both trilogies after filming had wrapped. The song's content and video really hammers in the fact that ''The Battle of the Five Armies'' is truly the last Middle Earth film.
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** [[spoiler:Fíli and Kíli]] 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, when you know about how Tolkien fought in UsefulNotes/{{WWI}}, makes the terrible waste of young men's lives all the more poignant.
!!''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
* The scene where Gandalf gives Bilbo his sword (Sting), and tells him that "True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one" is notably heartwarming. This provides the setup for the scene where Bilbo spares Gollum. Bilbo is invisible while wearing the One Ring, so he is able to look Gollum directly in the face; he sees that, though Gollum might be outwardly savage, there is a rather tragic person underneath, so Bilbo spares his life. Both scenes feature the music played in Fellowship of the Ring after Gandalf tells Frodo about why Bilbo chose to spare Gollum. The music complements the scenes perfectly, making them an emotional highlight of the film.
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* The scene where Gandalf gives Bilbo his sword (Sting), and tells him that "True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one" is notably heartwarming. This provides the setup for the scene where Bilbo spares Gollum. Bilbo is invisible while wearing the One Ring, so he is able to look Gollum directly in the face; he sees that, though Gollum might be outwardly savage, there is a rather tragic person underneath, so Bilbo spares his life. Both scenes feature the music played in Fellowship of the Ring after Gandalf tells Frodo about why Bilbo chose to spare Gollum. The music complements the scenes perfectly, making them an emotional highlight of the film.
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** [[spoiler:Fíli and Kíli]] dying is understated in itself, but throughout the book the narration makes it clear that they are they're the youngest and merriest youngest of the group, which, when you know about how Tolkien fought in UsefulNotes/{{WWI}}, makes the terrible waste of young men's lives all the more poignant.
!!''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
* The scene where Gandalf gives Bilbo his sword (Sting), and tells him that "True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one" is notably heartwarming. This provides the setup for the scene where Bilbo spares Gollum. Bilbo is invisible while wearing the One Ring, so he is able to look Gollum directly in the face; he sees that, though Gollum might be outwardly savage, there is a rather tragic person underneath, so Bilbo spares his life. Both scenes feature the music played in Fellowship of the Ring after Gandalf tells Frodo about why Bilbo chose to spare Gollum. The music complements the scenes perfectly, making them an emotional highlight of the film.
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!!''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
* The scene where Gandalf gives Bilbo his sword (Sting), and tells him that "True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one" is notably heartwarming. This provides the setup for the scene where Bilbo spares Gollum. Bilbo is invisible while wearing the One Ring, so he is able to look Gollum directly in the face; he sees that, though Gollum might be outwardly savage, there is a rather tragic person underneath, so Bilbo spares his life. Both scenes feature the music played in Fellowship of the Ring after Gandalf tells Frodo about why Bilbo chose to spare Gollum. The music complements the scenes perfectly, making them an emotional highlight of the film.
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* In an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qGFbBNnodw interview back in 2008]], Creator/ChristopherLee, said that while he would be enthusiastic to return to do The Hobbit, the trip to New Zealand would be too far from him at his age, he was over 86 at the time. While it doesn't change the fact that he truly is a CoolOldGuy in [[SugarWiki/RuleOfSeanConnery every sense]] [[BadassGrandpa of the word]], it's very sobering to hear it coming from him.
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* In an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qGFbBNnodw interview back in 2008]], Creator/ChristopherLee, said that while he would be enthusiastic to return to do The Hobbit, ''The Hobbit'', the trip to New Zealand would be too far from him at his age, he was over 86 at the time. While it doesn't change the fact that he truly is a CoolOldGuy in [[SugarWiki/RuleOfSeanConnery every sense]] [[BadassGrandpa of the word]], it's very sobering to hear it coming from him.
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!!The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
* The scene where Gandalf gives Bilbo his sword (Sting), and tells him that "True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one" is notably heartwarming. This provides the setup for the scene where Bilbo spares Gollum. Bilbo is invisible while wearing the One Ring, so he is able to look Gollum directly in the face; he sees that, though Gollum might be outwardly savage, there is a rather tragic person underneath, so Bilbo spares his life. Both scenes feature the music played in Fellowship of the Ring after Gandalf tells Frodo about why Bilbo chose to spare Gollum. The music complements the scenes perfectly, making them an emotional highlight of the film.
* The scene where Gandalf gives Bilbo his sword (Sting), and tells him that "True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one" is notably heartwarming. This provides the setup for the scene where Bilbo spares Gollum. Bilbo is invisible while wearing the One Ring, so he is able to look Gollum directly in the face; he sees that, though Gollum might be outwardly savage, there is a rather tragic person underneath, so Bilbo spares his life. Both scenes feature the music played in Fellowship of the Ring after Gandalf tells Frodo about why Bilbo chose to spare Gollum. The music complements the scenes perfectly, making them an emotional highlight of the film.
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* The Extended Edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' reveals that the Bag End scenes for Sir Ian [=McKellen=] were shot separately from the other actors. This proved stressful for him as an actor and, after having a slight on-set breakdown, he very nearly decided that perhaps it was time for him to quit acting. He sent Peter Jackson an email telling him as much, whilst Peter had sent him a reassuring email telling him that they had gotten some good footage from the shoot and that everything was fine. The crew secretly decorated the actor's tent with some leftover props and it gave him enough of a boost to keep going.
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* The Extended Edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' reveals that the Bag End scenes for Sir Ian [=McKellen=] were shot separately from the other actors. This proved stressful for him as an actor and, after having a slight on-set breakdown, he very nearly decided that perhaps it was time for him to quit acting. He sent Peter Jackson an email telling him as much, whilst Peter had emailed sent him a reassuring email telling him that they had gotten some good footage from the shoot and that everything was fine. The crew secretly decorated the actor's room tent with some leftover props and it gave him the enough of a boost to keep going.
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!!''An Unexpected Journey''
* For many a longtime fan, [[http://youtu.be/G0k3kHtyoqc the trailer of the first movie]] was enough to do it.
* Seeing Frodo in the beginning, helping Bilbo get ready for his birthday party. He looks so happy and innocent and you cannot help but smile/{{squee}} at his young self. Then you remember that this is his last truly happy day. From here on out, it's all downhill for him. He'll never be truly happy again once he's become the Ringbearer.
* True, his greed caused the whole disaster, but it is honestly heartbreaking to see poor Thrór as Smaug attacks his home, stealing all the wealth he'd amassed over the years and taking away his heart's desire. You really do have to feel sorry for him.
* The lyrics to the song "Misty Mountains" are absolutely heartbreaking, as it is a song about the [[DoomedHometown destruction of Erebor.]]
-->''The pines were roaring on the height,''\\
''The winds were moaning in the night.''\\
''[[InferredHolocaust The fire was red,]]''\\
''[[InferredHolocaust It flaming spread,]]''\\
''The trees like torches blazed with light.''
* Thorin's story. His city razed, his people mostly dead (including his grandfather, little brother, and most likely his father), on a seemingly hopeless quest... When he turns around after Balin's InfoDump and just looks so ''broken'', you just want to give the poor guy a hug.
** Balin and Dwalin embracing in grief during said InfoDump, surrounded by hordes of dead dwarves ([[AllThereInTheManual incidentally, their father being among them]]).
* For those who know how the book ends, many of the dwarves being as likable as they are. Especially Fíli and Kíli.
** 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 Fíli and a few others being carried away. Seeing Kíli 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 Fíli's name. Never mind that the rest might also have died - in the end, Thorin values his nephews above all.
** Adding to this (combined with {{Fridge Horror}}): Ori, that adorable little dwarf who, at the party, politely asks Bilbo where he can put his plate, and murmurs about the green food in Rivendell, will - fifty/sixty or so years later - be writing the horrific words Gandalf reads in the Mines of Moria during ''Fellowship of the Ring'': "We cannot get out. They are coming."
*** Doubly so, for those who've played ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline'', as, during one point, you play Ori during the final stand in the Chamber of Mazarbul (where Balin's tomb is). And the instance there only ends when Ori dies. Which how {{Adorkable}} and likeable he is that much more painful here.
** And he will die on an expedition led by the equally ill-fated Balin, the kind, wise, CoolOldGuy of the dwarves, Bilbo's dear friend and one of the most developed characters.
** There was a third member of their party who joined their expedition: Óin (the dwarf who used an ear-horn), who was unceremoniously eaten by the Watcher in the Water (the giant squid-thing that almost got Frodo in the first movie). He also happens to be Gimli's uncle and Glóin's brother.
* The plight of the Erebor dwarves is one horrid tearjerker after another. Not only do they lose Erebor and all the priceless relics within, but Moria and dozens of other strongholds began to fall one after another. This would be hard for any people to endure, but dwarves in particular value their ancestral homes in a way few humans can comprehend.
** If this wasn’t bad enough, according to the book, after the Battle of Azanulbizar where Thorin 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.'' On the other hand, this becomes a point of pride for the dwarves' families - "He was a burned dwarf" is a statement of pride, not shame.
** 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 by the look on his face that he ''hates'' having to do this. Unfortunately you can also see the look on Thorin's face, thus witnessing his despair and utter betrayal. Their next meeting is ''not'' going to be pretty.
*** It makes sense considering Thranduil's past. The last time his people helped another army out led to the deaths of 2/3 of their army including Thranduil's father Oropher, and that was for the fate of all Middle-Earth. Thranduil wasn't going to risk that again for one dwarf kingdom. In addition, Mirkwood was fighting it's own battles against the darkness that was slowly taking over and he couldn't spare any of his warriors for a battle he knew would lose.
**** From ''TheUnfinishedTales'': "Oropher was slain in the first assault on Morder, rushing forward at the head of his most doughty warriors before Gil-galad had given the signal for the advance. Thranduil his son survived, but when the war ended and Sauron was slain (as it seemed) he led back home barely a third of the army that had marched to war."
* The death of [[spoiler:Sebastian, Radagast's hedgehog]]. He gets better, sure, but ''still''.
** The look on Radagast's face is ''heartbreaking'' all by itself.
*** Yeah considering he doted on him and named him and his panic at trying to cure him, he probably thought of Sebastian and all the animals in the forest as his children. Any parent who's ever had a sick child knows the same fear and dread he was going through.
** The forest creatures dying as the Shadow spreads over Greenwood/Mirkwood.
* In the Extended Edition, we see Thorin overhearing Elrond and Gandalf talking about how insanity runs in Thorin's family. Despite his bluster, it's clear that Thorin feels the weight of what he is attempting and having his sanity questioned and his father and grandfather spoken of is like a knife in his heart.
* The look on Bofur's face after Bilbo says that he and the other dwarves "don't belong anywhere". You can tell he's trying to hide how much those words ''hurt'' him, and he still wishes Bilbo the best of luck with a smile.
** Bilbo realizing how insensitive his comment was and almost immediately attempting to backtrack on it more than likely helped assuage the blow.
** On top of that, Bilbo's face as he realizes that the dwarves are fighting for exactly what he can scurry off to any time, and that is why he has to stay. His conversation with Bofur ties in nicely with his speech to Thorin near the end.
* One of the goblin's [[KickTheDog smashing Óin's ear-horn.]] It's just so cruel that it's hard not to feel sorry for the poor old dwarf.
* The look on Gollum's face when he knows his "precious" is lost. Bilbo can't even try to kill him after that. And even though you know what will happen with him later on, you can't help but feel at least a tad sorry for him.
** Indeed, Gollum's face was of a lost boy, looking for his mother. Slow tears and all, and a complete sadness. This is how Gollum is in reality: not a vengeful monster, or a dark lord, he's just a little guy who succumbed to the Ring's evil.
** Its his eyes for me, especially when The Sméagol side looks at Bilbo and they remind you of a child who doesn't understand what's going on or what just happened. How sad and broken he looks as Sméagol was basically just a child being bullied around by The Gollum part into doing bad things
** [[spoiler:[[FridgeBrilliance As you've read the stories or watched the movies,]] [[SpannerInTheWorks Bilbo's compassion is what saved Middle-Earth.]]]]
* The ending where Thorin and Bilbo reconcile is also one [[ForegoneConclusion if you know how their relationship will end.]]
!!''The Desolation of Smaug''
* [[LastOfHisKind Beorn the Skinchanger]] describing the history of his people in brief. Entire bloodlines wiped out in brutal fighting with the Orcs, the rest enslaved and hunted for sport. Beorn still wears one of his imprisonment cuffs, and he hates the Orcs so much, [[EnemyMine he's willing to aid the Dwarves]], who he's not overly found of either.
* Bilbo's dawning horror [[spoiler: as he holds up the Ring after killing a baby spider for just ''grazing'' it. Before that, Bilbo had just thought it was a magic trinket. But when he snaps out of it, you can see him begin to realize that what he carries is something bad, but he still can't let go of it.]]
** Earlier, when [[spoiler: Bilbo almost tells Gandalf about the Ring. His voice breaks when he tells Gandalf that he was going to tell him earlier, but...]]
* When Thranduil offers to help Thorin get to the mountain, in exchange for some of the treasure, Thorin violently rejects him - but ''not'' because he's greedy and doesn't want to part with some of the hoard. He's ''never'' forgiven Thranduil for refusing to help the Dwarves of Erebor when Smaug attacked, and for turning his back on the surviving refugees all those years ago. You can tell that betrayal still hurts - and that it hurts both of them; Thranduil actually looks regretful. ''Right'' up until Thorin insults him...
* [[spoiler:The budding romance between Kíli and Tauriel becomes tragic when you realize that he is going to die during the Battle of the Five Armies.]]
** Worse is [[spoiler: the runestone he carries, which he tells her is a gift from his mother - Lady Dís - as a promise that he'll come home. That's when it hits you that Dís is not just going to lose her last living brother, but her two sons as well.]]
*** Really, the circumstances in which [[spoiler: Kíli tells Tauriel about the runestone is heartbreaking as well. Thranduil has just sentenced the dwarves to a hundred years in his dungeons. Kíli's response? To hold his mother's gift in his hands, and think about how he won't be able to keep his promise to her.]]
* When Balin tries to negotiate passage to Laketown with Bard, he comments how Bard's wife must be very beautiful. Bard corrects him, [[PosthumousCharacter telling him that she]] ''[[PosthumousCharacter was]]'' [[PosthumousCharacter beautiful]]. You can see Balin's immediate regret for his ignorance.
* Kíli's expression when Thorin tells him to remain behind because of his injury. Kíli just looks devastated in being left behind.
** This is made even worse when you realize that Kíli and Fíli idolized their uncle Thorin, who likely spoke at length of the splendor of Erebor during their formative years, and built up in their minds the glory to come when they took back their home. The circumstances of Kíli's injury are heartbreaking, and Thorin must be devastated by having to leave him behind, but in his mind, he cannot either risk Kíli's safety on the approach or bear him as a burden with Durin's Day so near, so he has to leave behind one of the two people he wanted more than anything to share in the triumph of retaking the Lonely Mountain. This makes Fíli's decision much nobler and more devastating. This is the moment he's been awaiting probably his whole life, but his brother came first. If Kíli could not share in that moment, neither would Fíli. Noble as all get out, and it probably broke Thorin's heart that much more.
** Kili collapses right after the boat leaves Laketown. Sure, it's probably for dramatic pacing reasons, but it also makes you wonder how hard he'd been trying to hold himself together so he could go with the company. And once he realizes that chance is lost, so is his resolve to stay upright and stable.
** [[spoiler: And worst of all, thanks to the party being split, this could well be the ''last'' time Thorin sees his nephews, at least up close and not in the heat of battle. What a terrible next-to-final parting - his rejection of Kili, and Fili's rejection of him in turn.]]
*** As Kili's wound gets worse, he grows feverish and starts writhing and screaming in agony; Fili, Oin, Bofur, Bard and his kids do their best to help him, but nothing seems to work. It's dreadful to see their anguish at being unable to help Kili or ease his suffering.
* The broken-hearted looks on the dwarves' faces when it seems like they were wrong, and the keyhole doesn't appear when it should. After coming so far and going through so much only for nothing to happen, all of them, even Thorin, give up despite Bilbo's pleas.
** Thorin's voice, reading the words on the map over and over. He sounds positively betrayed.
* When the Dwarves finally open the secret door into Erebor, it's an extremely emotional moment. For some of them, such as Thorin and Balin, this is the first time they've stepped foot in their home since Smaug's attack. For others, like Ori, it's the very first time they've entered, much less seen, their ancestral home.
-->'''Thorin:''' I know these walls. These halls. This stone...
* When [[spoiler:Thorin starts to be corrupted by the dragon sickness]]. When Balin calls him out on it, he goes in after Bilbo, but then he draws his sword to block the door, and you can just SEE it's started.
* When attempting to flee Smaug, Bilbo and Thorin's party come across a room filled with the corpses of dwarven women and children who were trapped in Erebor when Smaug attacked. Even though their faces are mummified, you can still see their expressions of fear and despair.
* [[spoiler: Bilbo's guilt and horror as Smaug leaves the Mountain to lay waste to Laketown, just because the dragon could smell the scent of the townspeople on the Company, and because the deaths of all those people would make them suffer.]]
** [[spoiler: The look on Thorin's face as he realises what Smaug's planning to do. He essentially just turned a dragon loose on the town that helped him, and more importantly on his friends and ''nephews.'']]
* For many a longtime fan, [[http://youtu.be/G0k3kHtyoqc the trailer of the first movie]] was enough to do it.
* Seeing Frodo in the beginning, helping Bilbo get ready for his birthday party. He looks so happy and innocent and you cannot help but smile/{{squee}} at his young self. Then you remember that this is his last truly happy day. From here on out, it's all downhill for him. He'll never be truly happy again once he's become the Ringbearer.
* True, his greed caused the whole disaster, but it is honestly heartbreaking to see poor Thrór as Smaug attacks his home, stealing all the wealth he'd amassed over the years and taking away his heart's desire. You really do have to feel sorry for him.
* The lyrics to the song "Misty Mountains" are absolutely heartbreaking, as it is a song about the [[DoomedHometown destruction of Erebor.]]
-->''The pines were roaring on the height,''\\
''The winds were moaning in the night.''\\
''[[InferredHolocaust The fire was red,]]''\\
''[[InferredHolocaust It flaming spread,]]''\\
''The trees like torches blazed with light.''
* Thorin's story. His city razed, his people mostly dead (including his grandfather, little brother, and most likely his father), on a seemingly hopeless quest... When he turns around after Balin's InfoDump and just looks so ''broken'', you just want to give the poor guy a hug.
** Balin and Dwalin embracing in grief during said InfoDump, surrounded by hordes of dead dwarves ([[AllThereInTheManual incidentally, their father being among them]]).
* For those who know how the book ends, many of the dwarves being as likable as they are. Especially Fíli and Kíli.
** 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 Fíli and a few others being carried away. Seeing Kíli 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 Fíli's name. Never mind that the rest might also have died - in the end, Thorin values his nephews above all.
** Adding to this (combined with {{Fridge Horror}}): Ori, that adorable little dwarf who, at the party, politely asks Bilbo where he can put his plate, and murmurs about the green food in Rivendell, will - fifty/sixty or so years later - be writing the horrific words Gandalf reads in the Mines of Moria during ''Fellowship of the Ring'': "We cannot get out. They are coming."
*** Doubly so, for those who've played ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline'', as, during one point, you play Ori during the final stand in the Chamber of Mazarbul (where Balin's tomb is). And the instance there only ends when Ori dies. Which how {{Adorkable}} and likeable he is that much more painful here.
** And he will die on an expedition led by the equally ill-fated Balin, the kind, wise, CoolOldGuy of the dwarves, Bilbo's dear friend and one of the most developed characters.
** There was a third member of their party who joined their expedition: Óin (the dwarf who used an ear-horn), who was unceremoniously eaten by the Watcher in the Water (the giant squid-thing that almost got Frodo in the first movie). He also happens to be Gimli's uncle and Glóin's brother.
* The plight of the Erebor dwarves is one horrid tearjerker after another. Not only do they lose Erebor and all the priceless relics within, but Moria and dozens of other strongholds began to fall one after another. This would be hard for any people to endure, but dwarves in particular value their ancestral homes in a way few humans can comprehend.
** If this wasn’t bad enough, according to the book, after the Battle of Azanulbizar where Thorin 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.'' On the other hand, this becomes a point of pride for the dwarves' families - "He was a burned dwarf" is a statement of pride, not shame.
** 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 by the look on his face that he ''hates'' having to do this. Unfortunately you can also see the look on Thorin's face, thus witnessing his despair and utter betrayal. Their next meeting is ''not'' going to be pretty.
*** It makes sense considering Thranduil's past. The last time his people helped another army out led to the deaths of 2/3 of their army including Thranduil's father Oropher, and that was for the fate of all Middle-Earth. Thranduil wasn't going to risk that again for one dwarf kingdom. In addition, Mirkwood was fighting it's own battles against the darkness that was slowly taking over and he couldn't spare any of his warriors for a battle he knew would lose.
**** From ''TheUnfinishedTales'': "Oropher was slain in the first assault on Morder, rushing forward at the head of his most doughty warriors before Gil-galad had given the signal for the advance. Thranduil his son survived, but when the war ended and Sauron was slain (as it seemed) he led back home barely a third of the army that had marched to war."
* The death of [[spoiler:Sebastian, Radagast's hedgehog]]. He gets better, sure, but ''still''.
** The look on Radagast's face is ''heartbreaking'' all by itself.
*** Yeah considering he doted on him and named him and his panic at trying to cure him, he probably thought of Sebastian and all the animals in the forest as his children. Any parent who's ever had a sick child knows the same fear and dread he was going through.
** The forest creatures dying as the Shadow spreads over Greenwood/Mirkwood.
* In the Extended Edition, we see Thorin overhearing Elrond and Gandalf talking about how insanity runs in Thorin's family. Despite his bluster, it's clear that Thorin feels the weight of what he is attempting and having his sanity questioned and his father and grandfather spoken of is like a knife in his heart.
* The look on Bofur's face after Bilbo says that he and the other dwarves "don't belong anywhere". You can tell he's trying to hide how much those words ''hurt'' him, and he still wishes Bilbo the best of luck with a smile.
** Bilbo realizing how insensitive his comment was and almost immediately attempting to backtrack on it more than likely helped assuage the blow.
** On top of that, Bilbo's face as he realizes that the dwarves are fighting for exactly what he can scurry off to any time, and that is why he has to stay. His conversation with Bofur ties in nicely with his speech to Thorin near the end.
* One of the goblin's [[KickTheDog smashing Óin's ear-horn.]] It's just so cruel that it's hard not to feel sorry for the poor old dwarf.
* The look on Gollum's face when he knows his "precious" is lost. Bilbo can't even try to kill him after that. And even though you know what will happen with him later on, you can't help but feel at least a tad sorry for him.
** Indeed, Gollum's face was of a lost boy, looking for his mother. Slow tears and all, and a complete sadness. This is how Gollum is in reality: not a vengeful monster, or a dark lord, he's just a little guy who succumbed to the Ring's evil.
** Its his eyes for me, especially when The Sméagol side looks at Bilbo and they remind you of a child who doesn't understand what's going on or what just happened. How sad and broken he looks as Sméagol was basically just a child being bullied around by The Gollum part into doing bad things
** [[spoiler:[[FridgeBrilliance As you've read the stories or watched the movies,]] [[SpannerInTheWorks Bilbo's compassion is what saved Middle-Earth.]]]]
* The ending where Thorin and Bilbo reconcile is also one [[ForegoneConclusion if you know how their relationship will end.]]
!!''The Desolation of Smaug''
* [[LastOfHisKind Beorn the Skinchanger]] describing the history of his people in brief. Entire bloodlines wiped out in brutal fighting with the Orcs, the rest enslaved and hunted for sport. Beorn still wears one of his imprisonment cuffs, and he hates the Orcs so much, [[EnemyMine he's willing to aid the Dwarves]], who he's not overly found of either.
* Bilbo's dawning horror [[spoiler: as he holds up the Ring after killing a baby spider for just ''grazing'' it. Before that, Bilbo had just thought it was a magic trinket. But when he snaps out of it, you can see him begin to realize that what he carries is something bad, but he still can't let go of it.]]
** Earlier, when [[spoiler: Bilbo almost tells Gandalf about the Ring. His voice breaks when he tells Gandalf that he was going to tell him earlier, but...]]
* When Thranduil offers to help Thorin get to the mountain, in exchange for some of the treasure, Thorin violently rejects him - but ''not'' because he's greedy and doesn't want to part with some of the hoard. He's ''never'' forgiven Thranduil for refusing to help the Dwarves of Erebor when Smaug attacked, and for turning his back on the surviving refugees all those years ago. You can tell that betrayal still hurts - and that it hurts both of them; Thranduil actually looks regretful. ''Right'' up until Thorin insults him...
* [[spoiler:The budding romance between Kíli and Tauriel becomes tragic when you realize that he is going to die during the Battle of the Five Armies.]]
** Worse is [[spoiler: the runestone he carries, which he tells her is a gift from his mother - Lady Dís - as a promise that he'll come home. That's when it hits you that Dís is not just going to lose her last living brother, but her two sons as well.]]
*** Really, the circumstances in which [[spoiler: Kíli tells Tauriel about the runestone is heartbreaking as well. Thranduil has just sentenced the dwarves to a hundred years in his dungeons. Kíli's response? To hold his mother's gift in his hands, and think about how he won't be able to keep his promise to her.]]
* When Balin tries to negotiate passage to Laketown with Bard, he comments how Bard's wife must be very beautiful. Bard corrects him, [[PosthumousCharacter telling him that she]] ''[[PosthumousCharacter was]]'' [[PosthumousCharacter beautiful]]. You can see Balin's immediate regret for his ignorance.
* Kíli's expression when Thorin tells him to remain behind because of his injury. Kíli just looks devastated in being left behind.
** This is made even worse when you realize that Kíli and Fíli idolized their uncle Thorin, who likely spoke at length of the splendor of Erebor during their formative years, and built up in their minds the glory to come when they took back their home. The circumstances of Kíli's injury are heartbreaking, and Thorin must be devastated by having to leave him behind, but in his mind, he cannot either risk Kíli's safety on the approach or bear him as a burden with Durin's Day so near, so he has to leave behind one of the two people he wanted more than anything to share in the triumph of retaking the Lonely Mountain. This makes Fíli's decision much nobler and more devastating. This is the moment he's been awaiting probably his whole life, but his brother came first. If Kíli could not share in that moment, neither would Fíli. Noble as all get out, and it probably broke Thorin's heart that much more.
** Kili collapses right after the boat leaves Laketown. Sure, it's probably for dramatic pacing reasons, but it also makes you wonder how hard he'd been trying to hold himself together so he could go with the company. And once he realizes that chance is lost, so is his resolve to stay upright and stable.
** [[spoiler: And worst of all, thanks to the party being split, this could well be the ''last'' time Thorin sees his nephews, at least up close and not in the heat of battle. What a terrible next-to-final parting - his rejection of Kili, and Fili's rejection of him in turn.]]
*** As Kili's wound gets worse, he grows feverish and starts writhing and screaming in agony; Fili, Oin, Bofur, Bard and his kids do their best to help him, but nothing seems to work. It's dreadful to see their anguish at being unable to help Kili or ease his suffering.
* The broken-hearted looks on the dwarves' faces when it seems like they were wrong, and the keyhole doesn't appear when it should. After coming so far and going through so much only for nothing to happen, all of them, even Thorin, give up despite Bilbo's pleas.
** Thorin's voice, reading the words on the map over and over. He sounds positively betrayed.
* When the Dwarves finally open the secret door into Erebor, it's an extremely emotional moment. For some of them, such as Thorin and Balin, this is the first time they've stepped foot in their home since Smaug's attack. For others, like Ori, it's the very first time they've entered, much less seen, their ancestral home.
-->'''Thorin:''' I know these walls. These halls. This stone...
* When [[spoiler:Thorin starts to be corrupted by the dragon sickness]]. When Balin calls him out on it, he goes in after Bilbo, but then he draws his sword to block the door, and you can just SEE it's started.
* When attempting to flee Smaug, Bilbo and Thorin's party come across a room filled with the corpses of dwarven women and children who were trapped in Erebor when Smaug attacked. Even though their faces are mummified, you can still see their expressions of fear and despair.
* [[spoiler: Bilbo's guilt and horror as Smaug leaves the Mountain to lay waste to Laketown, just because the dragon could smell the scent of the townspeople on the Company, and because the deaths of all those people would make them suffer.]]
** [[spoiler: The look on Thorin's face as he realises what Smaug's planning to do. He essentially just turned a dragon loose on the town that helped him, and more importantly on his friends and ''nephews.'']]
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** [[spoiler:Fíli and Kíli]] 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, when you know about how Tolkien fought in {{WWI}}, makes the terrible waste of young men's lives all the more poignant.
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** [[spoiler:Fíli and Kíli]] 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, when you know about how Tolkien fought in {{WWI}}, UsefulNotes/{{WWI}}, makes the terrible waste of young men's lives all the more poignant.
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* The Extended Edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' reveals that the Bag End scenes for Sir Ian [=McKellan=] were shot separately from the other actors. This proved stressful for him as an actor and, after having a slight on-set breakdown, he very nearly decided that perhaps it was time for him to quit acting. He sent Peter Jackson an email telling him as much, whilst Peter had emailed him a reassuring email telling him that they had gotten some good footage from the shoot and that everything was fine. The crew decorated the actor's room and it gave him the boost to keep going.
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* The Extended Edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' reveals that the Bag End scenes for Sir Ian [=McKellan=] [=McKellen=] were shot separately from the other actors. This proved stressful for him as an actor and, after having a slight on-set breakdown, he very nearly decided that perhaps it was time for him to quit acting. He sent Peter Jackson an email telling him as much, whilst Peter had emailed him a reassuring email telling him that they had gotten some good footage from the shoot and that everything was fine. The crew decorated the actor's room and it gave him the boost to keep going.
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* Seeing Frodo in the beginning, helping Bilbo get ready for his birthday party. He looks so happy and innocent and you cannot help but smile/squee at his young self. Then you remember that this is his last truly happy day. From here on out, it's all downhill for him. He'll never be truly happy again once he's become the Ringbearer.
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* Seeing Frodo in the beginning, helping Bilbo get ready for his birthday party. He looks so happy and innocent and you cannot help but smile/squee smile/{{squee}} at his young self. Then you remember that this is his last truly happy day. From here on out, it's all downhill for him. He'll never be truly happy again once he's become the Ringbearer.Ringbearer.
* True, his greed caused the whole disaster, but it is honestly heartbreaking to see poor Thrór as Smaug attacks his home, stealing all the wealth he'd amassed over the years and taking away his heart's desire. You really do have to feel sorry for him.
* True, his greed caused the whole disaster, but it is honestly heartbreaking to see poor Thrór as Smaug attacks his home, stealing all the wealth he'd amassed over the years and taking away his heart's desire. You really do have to feel sorry for him.
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* The death of [[spoiler:Sebastian, Radagast's hedgehog]]. He gets better, sure, but ''still''.
** The look on Radagast's face is ''heartbreaking'' all by itself.
*** Yeah considering he doted on him and named him and his panic at trying to cure him, he probably thought of Sebastian and all the animals in the forest as his children. Any parent who's ever had a sick child knows the same fear and dread he was going through.
** The forest creatures dying as the Shadow spreads over Greenwood/Mirkwood.
** The look on Radagast's face is ''heartbreaking'' all by itself.
*** Yeah considering he doted on him and named him and his panic at trying to cure him, he probably thought of Sebastian and all the animals in the forest as his children. Any parent who's ever had a sick child knows the same fear and dread he was going through.
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* The look on Gollum's face when he knows his "precious" is lost. Bilbo can't even try to kill him after that. And even though you know what will happen with him later on, you can't help but feel at least a tad sorry for him.
** Indeed, Gollum's face was of a lost boy, looking for his mother. Slow tears and all, and a complete sadness. This is how Gollum is in reality: not a vengeful monster, or a dark lord, he's just a little guy who succumbed to the Ring's evil.
* Its his eyes for me, especially when The Sméagol side looks at Bilbo and they remind you of a child who doesn't understand what's going on or what just happened. How sad and broken he looks as Sméagol was basically just a child being bullied around by The Gollum part into doing bad things
** [[spoiler:[[FridgeBrilliance As you've read the stories or watched the movies,]] [[SpannerInTheWorks Bilbo's compassion is what saved Middle-Earth.]]]]
** Indeed, Gollum's face was of a lost boy, looking for his mother. Slow tears and all, and a complete sadness. This is how Gollum is in reality: not a vengeful monster, or a dark lord, he's just a little guy who succumbed to the Ring's evil.
* Its his eyes for me, especially when The Sméagol side looks at Bilbo and they remind you of a child who doesn't understand what's going on or what just happened. How sad and broken he looks as Sméagol was basically just a child being bullied around by The Gollum part into doing bad things
** [[spoiler:[[FridgeBrilliance As you've read the stories or watched the movies,]] [[SpannerInTheWorks Bilbo's compassion is what saved Middle-Earth.]]]]
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**** “Oropher From ''TheUnfinishedTales'': "Oropher was slain in the first assault on Morder, rushing forward at the head of his most doughty warriors before Gil-galad had given the signal for the advance. Thranduil his son survived, but when the war ended and Sauron was slain (as it seemed) he lead led back home barely a third of the army that had marched to war.” -''The Unfinished Tales''"
* The death of [[spoiler:Sebastian, Radagast's hedgehog]]. He gets better, sure, but ''still''.
** The look on Radagast's face is ''heartbreaking'' all by itself.
*** Yeah considering he doted on him and named him and his panic at trying to cure him, he probably thought of Sebastian and all the animals in the forest as his children. Any parent who's ever had a sick child knows the same fear and dread he was going through.
** The forest creatures dying as the Shadow spreads over Greenwood/Mirkwood.
* In the Extended Edition, we see Thorin overhearing Elrond and Gandalf talking about how insanity runs in Thorin's family. Despite his bluster, it's clear that Thorin feels the weight of what he is attempting and having his sanity questioned and his father and grandfather spoken of is like a knife in his heart.
* The death of [[spoiler:Sebastian, Radagast's hedgehog]]. He gets better, sure, but ''still''.
** The look on Radagast's face is ''heartbreaking'' all by itself.
*** Yeah considering he doted on him and named him and his panic at trying to cure him, he probably thought of Sebastian and all the animals in the forest as his children. Any parent who's ever had a sick child knows the same fear and dread he was going through.
** The forest creatures dying as the Shadow spreads over Greenwood/Mirkwood.
* In the Extended Edition, we see Thorin overhearing Elrond and Gandalf talking about how insanity runs in Thorin's family. Despite his bluster, it's clear that Thorin feels the weight of what he is attempting and having his sanity questioned and his father and grandfather spoken of is like a knife in his heart.
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* True, his greed caused the whole disaster, but it is honestly heartbreaking to see poor Thrór as Smaug attacks his home, stealing all the wealth he'd amassed over the years and taking away his heart's desire. You really do have to feel sorry for him.
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* True, his greed caused the whole disaster,will happen with him later on, you can't help but it is honestly heartbreaking to see poor Thrór as Smaug attacks his home, stealing all the wealth he'd amassed over the years and taking away his heart's desire. You really do have to feel at least a tad sorry for him.
** Indeed, Gollum's face was of a lost boy, looking for his mother. Slow tears and all, and a complete sadness. This is how Gollum is in reality: not a vengeful monster, or a dark lord, he's just a little guy who succumbed to the Ring's evil.
** Its his eyes for me, especially when The Sméagol side looks at Bilbo and they remind you of a child who doesn't understand what's going on or what just happened. How sad and broken he looks as Sméagol was basically just a child being bullied around by The Gollum part into doing bad things
** [[spoiler:[[FridgeBrilliance As you've read the stories or watched the movies,]] [[SpannerInTheWorks Bilbo's compassion is what saved Middle-Earth.]]]]
* The ending where Thorin and Bilbo reconcile is also one [[ForegoneConclusion if you know how their relationship will end.]]
* True, his greed caused the whole disaster,
** Indeed, Gollum's face was of a lost boy, looking for his mother. Slow tears and all, and a complete sadness. This is how Gollum is in reality: not a vengeful monster, or a dark lord, he's just a little guy who succumbed to the Ring's evil.
** Its his eyes for me, especially when The Sméagol side looks at Bilbo and they remind you of a child who doesn't understand what's going on or what just happened. How sad and broken he looks as Sméagol was basically just a child being bullied around by The Gollum part into doing bad things
** [[spoiler:[[FridgeBrilliance As you've read the stories or watched the movies,]] [[SpannerInTheWorks Bilbo's compassion is what saved Middle-Earth.]]]]
* The ending where Thorin and Bilbo reconcile is also one [[ForegoneConclusion if you know how their relationship will end.]]
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* When Balin tries to negotiate passage to Laketown with Bard, he comments how Bard's wife must be very beautiful. Bard corrects him, [[PosthumousCharacter telling him that she ''was'' beautiful]]. You can see Balin's immediate regret for his ignorance.
* When the Dwarves finally open the secret door into Erebor, it's an extremely emotional moment. For some of them, such as Thorin and Balin, this is the first time they've stepped foot in their home since Smaug's attack. For others, like Ori, it's the very first time they've entered, much less seen, their ancestral home.
-->'''Thorin:''' I know these walls. These halls. This stone...
* When attempting to flee Smaug, Bilbo and Thorin's party come across a room filled with the corpses of dwarven women and children who were trapped in Erebor when Smaug attacked. Even though their faces are mummified, you can still see their expressions of fear and despair.
* When the Dwarves finally open the secret door into Erebor, it's an extremely emotional moment. For some of them, such as Thorin and Balin, this is the first time they've stepped foot in their home since Smaug's attack. For others, like Ori, it's the very first time they've entered, much less seen, their ancestral home.
-->'''Thorin:''' I know these walls. These halls. This stone...
* When attempting to flee Smaug, Bilbo and Thorin's party come across a room filled with the corpses of dwarven women and children who were trapped in Erebor when Smaug attacked. Even though their faces are mummified, you can still see their expressions of fear and despair.
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* When Balin tries to negotiate passage to Laketown with Bard, Bilbo's dawning horror [[spoiler: as he comments how Bard's wife must be very beautiful. Bard corrects him, [[PosthumousCharacter telling him that she ''was'' beautiful]]. You holds up the Ring after killing a baby spider for just ''grazing'' it. Before that, Bilbo had just thought it was a magic trinket. But when he snaps out of it, you can see Balin's immediate regret for his ignorance.
* When the Dwarves finally open the secret door into Erebor, it's an extremely emotional moment. For somehim begin to realize that what he carries is something bad, but he still can't let go of them, such as Thorin and Balin, this is the first time they've stepped foot in their home since Smaug's attack. For others, like Ori, it's the very first time they've entered, much less seen, their ancestral home.
-->'''Thorin:''' I know these walls. These halls. This stone...
* When attempting to flee Smaug,it.]]
** Earlier, when [[spoiler: Bilboand Thorin's party come across a room filled with almost tells Gandalf about the corpses of dwarven women and children who were trapped in Erebor Ring. His voice breaks when Smaug attacked. Even though their faces are mummified, you can still see their expressions of fear and despair.he tells Gandalf that he was going to tell him earlier, but...]]
* When the Dwarves finally open the secret door into Erebor, it's an extremely emotional moment. For some
-->'''Thorin:''' I know these walls. These halls. This stone...
* When attempting to flee Smaug,
** Earlier, when [[spoiler: Bilbo
* When Balin tries to negotiate passage to Laketown with Bard, he comments how Bard's wife must be very beautiful. Bard corrects him, [[PosthumousCharacter telling him that she]] ''[[PosthumousCharacter was]]'' [[PosthumousCharacter beautiful]]. You can see Balin's immediate regret for his ignorance.
* The broken-hearted looks on the dwarves' faces when it seems like they were wrong, and the keyhole doesn't appear when it should. After coming so far and going through so much only for nothing to happen, all of them, even Thorin, give up despite Bilbo's pleas.
** Thorin's voice, reading the words on the map over and over. He sounds positively betrayed.
* When the Dwarves finally open the secret door into Erebor, it's an extremely emotional moment. For some of them, such as Thorin and Balin, this is the first time they've stepped foot in their home since Smaug's attack. For others, like Ori, it's the very first time they've entered, much less seen, their ancestral home.
-->'''Thorin:''' I know these walls. These halls. This stone...
** Thorin's voice, reading the words on the map over and over. He sounds positively betrayed.
* When the Dwarves finally open the secret door into Erebor, it's an extremely emotional moment. For some of them, such as Thorin and Balin, this is the first time they've stepped foot in their home since Smaug's attack. For others, like Ori, it's the very first time they've entered, much less seen, their ancestral home.
-->'''Thorin:''' I know these walls. These halls. This stone...
* When attempting to flee Smaug, Bilbo and Thorin's party come across a room filled with the corpses of dwarven women and children who were trapped in Erebor when Smaug attacked. Even though their faces are mummified, you can still see their expressions of fear and despair.
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* Bilbo's dawning horror [[spoiler: as he holds up the Ring after killing a baby spider for just ''grazing'' it. Before that, Bilbo had just thought it was a magic trinket. But when he snaps out of it, you can see him begin to realize that what he carries is something bad, but he still can't let go of it.]]
** Earlier, when [[spoiler: Bilbo almost tells Gandalf about the Ring. His voice breaks when he tells Gandalf that he was going to tell him earlier, but...]]
* The broken-hearted looks on the dwarves' faces when it seems like they were wrong, and the keyhole doesn't appear when it should. After coming so far and going through so much only for nothing to happen, all of them, even Thorin, give up despite Bilbo's pleas.
** Earlier, when [[spoiler: Bilbo almost tells Gandalf about the Ring. His voice breaks when he tells Gandalf that he was going to tell him earlier, but...]]
* The broken-hearted looks on the dwarves' faces when it seems like they were wrong, and the keyhole doesn't appear when it should. After coming so far and going through so much only for nothing to happen, all of them, even Thorin, give up despite Bilbo's pleas.
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** Earlier, when [[spoiler: Bilbo almost tells Gandalf about the Ring. His voice breaks when he tells Gandalf that he was going to tell him earlier, but...]]
* The broken-hearted looks on the dwarves' faces when it seems like they were wrong, and the keyhole doesn't appear when it should. After coming so far and going through so much only for nothing to happen, all of them, even Thorin, give up despite Bilbo's pleas.
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* The broken hearten broken-hearted looks on the Dwarves faces when it appears they are wrong and the keyhole doesn't appear when it should. After coming so far and going through so much only for nothing to happen when the last light of The Sun doesn't reveal it all of them, even Thorin gives up despite Bilbo's pleas and walk away.
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* The broken hearted hearten looks on the Dwarves faces when it appears they are wrong and the keyhole doesn't appear when it should. After coming so far and going through so much only for nothing to happen when the last light of The Sun doesn't reveal it all of them, even Thorin gives up despite Bilbo's pleas and walk away.
