History TearJerker / TheHobbit

* Bombur's enchanted stream incident is something that get worse and worse the more and more one thinks about it. He forgets the entire journey from Bilbo's house, which is tragic in a meta way since it's been such a journey, and then there's the fact that since he hasn't been able to eat, walk, or drink properly ''for nearly an entire week'', he has no idea ''how he even got to be that way''. And then, he who spoke his mind, but never about low rations, despite his weight. When he sits down and weeps about the food that ran out the day before -he w it comes off as sad and genuinely surprising for an otherwise hardy, snarky character. And while it's understandable that the other dwarves would be uninterested in hearing about Bombur's pleasant dreams, Thorin's response, which goes leaps and bounds ahead of just "Please do not talk about that"...

* Specifically Bombur as well, who’s given extra focus to show just what kind of awful, undiscriminating place the battlefield is. He’s given extra focus and becomes Bilbo's friend throughout the travels. Like in the books, he is repeatedly shown as ''not'' a fighter, but still gets caught up in the company's 'war' manifesto. When we next see the poor guy, it's during the battle montage, where his bravado has shifted to utter confusion and terror, as all he can do is grasp his sword, frozen, before getting stabbed onscreen (without blood, but his agonized expression says it all.) And unlike Thorin's death, which the reader gets plenty of warning for (and a nice speech to help ease).

* Specifically Bombur as well, who is given extra focus to show just what kind of awful, undiscriminating place the battlefield is. He is given extra focus and becomes Bilbo's friend throughout the travels. Like in the books, he is repeatedly shown as ''not'' a fighter, but still gets caught up in the company's 'war' manifesto. When we next see the poor guy, it's during the battle montage, where his bravado has shifted to utter confusion and terror, as all he can do is grasp his sword, frozen, before getting stabbed onscreen (without blood, but his agonized expression says it all.) And unlike Thorin's death, which the reader gets plenty of warning for (and a nice speech to help ease).

!!The films

* The deaths of [[spoiler:Thorin, Fíli, and Kíli]], and particularly the FinalSpeech of the first:
-->"[[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.]]"
** [[spoiler:Fíli and Kíli]] dying is understated in itself, but throughout the book the narration makes it clear that they're the youngest of the group, which, when you know about how Tolkien fought in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, makes the terrible waste of young men's lives all the more poignant.

* Although it's pretty short and limited (may or may not because of LimitedAnimation), [[spoiler: Thorin]]'s death scene is played as sad as possible, with Thorin apologizes and makes peace with Bilbo for calling him a coward before. Also, the DeathByAdaptation for some other dwarves.

* ''TearJerker/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies''

!!Meta

* The Extended Edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' reveals that the Bag End scenes for Sir Creator/IanMcKellen 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. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments 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.]]
* 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 of the word]], it's very sobering to hear it coming from him.
** And yet, and yet, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome he returned to do it, in the first and third films.]] Badass, indeed.
*** In fact, Creator/PeterJackson decided that if Saruman couldn't come to Middle-Earth, Middle-Earth would come to him. Lee's work was shot on a sound stage and merged into the relevant scenes, so that he never had to leave the UK.
* The music video for ''The Battle of the Five Armies''' official song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ir8rVl2Z4 The Last Goodbye]]" sung by Creator/BillyBoyd, has scenes from both ''The Hobbit'' trilogy and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' 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.
* The Appendices of ''The Battle Of The Five Armies'' has a bonus video that pays tribute to cinematographer Andrew Lesnie, who died of a heart attack in April 2015. Philipa Boyens mentions that the first people who sent their condolences were the cast who'd worked with him over the years, saying that it shows how much of a family they were. The other person interviewed in the video was Christopher Lee, who said that he considered Andrew to be the greatest cinematographer he'd ever worked with (and considering how many films he'd been in, that's saying ''a lot''). The tear jerker factor is raised even higher when you remember that this was only two months before Christopher himself sadly passed away, as well.
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* Bert, Tom, and William being turned to stone. They were essentially just predators doing what predators were supposed to do. While they were an obstacle that needed to be overcome, it becomes HarsherInHindsight when it's revealed in Lord Of The Rings that they did not turn back to normal at nightfall and were instead left as stone forever. Considering how affable they were doesn't help matters.

* The Extended Edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' reveals that the Bag End scenes for Sir Creator/IanMcKellen 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. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments He sent Creator/PeterJackson 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.]]

*** In fact, Peter Jackson decided that if Saruman couldn't come to Middle-Earth, Middle-Earth would come to him. Lee's work was shot on a sound stage and merged into the relevant scenes, so that he never had to leave the UK.
* The music video for ''The Battle of the Five Armies''' official song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ir8rVl2Z4 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.

** Watching the company turn on Bombur is pretty gutting, whether you’d become taken with sassy, no-nonsense Bombur and then seeing him reduced to literally crying for help or whether you just plain [[SoDisappointedInYou expected better of the rest.]]

** Watching the company turn on Bombur is pretty gutting, whether you’d become taken with sassy, no-nonsense Bombur and then seeing him reduced to literally crying for help or whether you just plain [[DisappointedInYou expected better of the rest.]]

** Watching the company turn on Bombur is pretty gutting, whether you’d become taken with sassy, no-nonsense Bombur and then seeing him reduced to literally crying for help or whether you just plain [[SoDisappointedInYou expected better of the rest.]]

'''Thorin:''' You need not try, in fact if you can't talk about something else, you had better be silent. We are quite annoyed enough with you as it is. If you hadn't waked up, we should have left you to your idiotic dreams in the forest; you are no joke to carry even after weeks of short commons.
** B

* Although it's pretty short and limited (may or may not because of LimitedAnimation), [[spoiler:Thorin]]'s death scene is played as sad as possible, with Thorin apologizes and makes peace with Bilbo for calling him a coward before. Also, the DeathByAdaptation for some other dwarves.

* Specifically Bombur as well, who is given extra focus to show just what kind of awful, undiscriminating place the battle field is. He is given extra focus and becomes Bilbo's friend throughout the travels. Like in the books, he is repeatedly shown as ''not'' a fighter, but still gets caught up in the company's 'war' manifesto. When we next see the poor guy, it's during the battle montage, where he his bravado has shifted to utter confusion and terror, as all he can do is grasp his sword, frozen, before getting stabbed onscreen (without blood, but his agonized expression says it all.) And unlike Thorin's death, which the reader gets plenty of warning for (and a nice speech to help ease).

* Specifically Bombur as well, who is given extra focus to show just what kind of awful, undiscriminating place the battle field is. He is given extra focus and becomes Bilbo's friend throughout the travels. Like in the books, he is repeatedly shown as ''not'' a fighter, but still gets caught up in the company's 'war' manifesto. When we next see the poor guy, it's during the battle montage, where he his bravado has shifted to utter confusion and terror, as all he can do is grasp his sword, frozen, before getting stabbed onscreen (without blood, but his agonized expression
says it all.) And unlike Thorin's death, which the reader gets plenty of warning for (and a nice speech to help ease).

* The Extended Edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' reveals that the Bag End scenes for Sir Creator/IanMcKellen 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 Creator/PeterJackson 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.]]

** And yet, and yet, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome he returned to do it, in the first and third films.]] Badass, indeed.

* 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.
** And yet, and yet, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome he returned to do it, in the first and third films.]] BadassGrandpa, indeed.

* 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.]]

** [[spoiler:Fíli and Kíli]] dying is understated in itself, but throughout the book the narration makes it clear that they're the 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.

* Although it's pretty short and limited (may or may not because of LimitedAnimation), Thorin's death scene is played as sad as possible, with Thorin apologizes and makes peace with Bilbo for calling him a coward before. Also, the DeathByAdaptation for some other dwarves.

* The deaths of [[spoiler:Thorin, Fíli, and Kíli]], and particularly the FinalSpeech of the former: