The Hobbit an Unexpected Journey

I viewed The Hobbit an Unexpected Journey, the other day. Although it has been many years since I read the Hobbit and I cannot say whether the movie followed books plot closely or not, there were many memorable scenes in this movie. The fact that the movie was shot in New Zealand made for many fine scenes indeed.

Memorable Scenes

The chase scene with the Orcs riding their Wargs, were chasing the dwarfs on a large rocky plain. Apparently Gandalf new of an entrance to a tunnel that would eventually lead to Rivendell and had led the dwarfs to this cave, whereby evading the Orcs.

The Rivendell scene with its magnificent architecture and waterfalls, this is where the dwarfs emerged from the underground tunnel onto a ledge overlooking the legendary elfin outpost.

Another scene that I thought was remarkable was the scene where giant hawks swept the Orcs and their Warg’s off the face of the mountain. One by one they were plucked up and dropped to the valley floor below. Once this was complete the hawks plucked Gandalf, the hobbit, and the dwarfs up in their talons and flew them all to safety.

Although there were so many great scenes in this movie, the scene with the Hobbit and character Gollum sparring each other with riddles. If the Hobbit won then Gollum was to see the Hobbit out of the cave. I do remember this situation from my reading of the book. This scene helped help me to realize just how demented Gollum was.