

The name There and Back Again refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see The Hobbit (disambiguation). In addition, it seems strange to have her save Kíli in the second film only to have her watch helplessly in the third film as he perishes while sacrificing himself to save her.The name The Hobbit refers to more than one character, item or concept. Plus, her healing skills seem way too advanced beyond her years, seemingly better than Elrond’s who is perhaps one of the oldest and wisest elves in Middle Earth. She is captain of the guard of Thranduil’s Woodland Realm, but seems too young and inexperienced compared to some of Thranduil’s other soldiers. However, Tauriel, who appears in the second and third Hobbit movies, feels very unnecessary and even a bit cheesy. The elven character of Tauriel (Evangeline Lilly) was created to add a strong, relatable female figure to The Hobbit films as well as to add some romance between Kíli (Aidan Turner), one of the dwarfs, and Legolas (who also wasn’t in The Hobbit book). However, Peter Jackson or the studio apparently thought The Hobbit needed a love twist when he decided to create his own character that wasn’t in The Hobbit or any of The Lord of the Rings books.

The Hobbit already has strong friendships that drive its plot.

Not every story has to feature a love story or a love triangle for that matter. While there were many minor changes from the book to the movie, here are just some of the biggest changes made by Peter Jackson and his team. That’s because they are long, drawn out, and contain many additions that feel unnecessary. They aren’t terrible, but they are nothing in comparison to The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Regardless of the reasons why The Hobbit is three films instead of one, we would have hoped that those three films would be epic and worthy of the source material. This is contrary to most book-to-film adaptations, where things have to be omitted as there is not enough time for every detail of the book to be in the movie. The Hobbit story is quite short, especially in comparison to The Lord of the Rings books ( The Hobbit is less than a quarter of the length of the Lord of the Rings trilogy), so things had to be added to the movies to fill up the timeframe, which is about 8½ hours for all three films. In any case, The Hobbit film trilogy was a long, drawn-out version of the classically-structured story by the late and great J.R.R.
