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We look forward to meeting you. Forums The Works of J. Tolkien "The Hobbit". JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. How old was Bilbo in the Hobbit? And he did look quite young for a year old. Not exactly an answer to the question - but your point is well made, they should have cast a younger person in the LOTR.
I think that the casting of Bilbo in the hobbit was an excellent choice, the only thing I have wrong with it is that the scene in LOTR FOTR where we see Bilbo take the ring was a lot different and that is what has disappointed me the most really. However as for someones comment on Frodo looking older the young Bilbo I disagree because I think Elijah Wood looks slightly younger then Martin Freeman and so he fits the part perfectly in the movie — user MoonShine - I think so too, the casting has been very well done.
I think at some point they might retcon that sceene in TLOTR, and perhaps refresh the effect a little bit. Show 1 more comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Frodo was 33 years when Bilbo celbrated his th birthday. And Frodo looks younger than 33 for the same reason that Bilbo looks younger than Does anybody know how old is Gandalf? Just feeling curious! Beorn also lent several ponies to be used until the group reached Mirkwood.
However, Beorn did not fully trust the Dwarves, so Bilbo saw Beorn giving careful watch to see that his ponies were unharmed. When the company arrived at Mirkwood the ponies were let go to several of the dwarves discontent and Gandalf left the group as well, warning them, "Do not stray off the path. The Company began to follow the path through the treacherous forest.
Eventually the provisions ran low and the Company was forced to send Bilbo up a tree to see where the forest ended. Bilbo climbed up a tree, where a rewarding breeze of cool air and butterflies met him.
Bilbo only saw more forest, so when he reluctantly climbed back down, he did not see that the forest ended. He reported his findings to the Dwarves, where they met the news with ill comfort, angry that they were fatter than Bilbo and so could not climb the trees to feel cool air or see the butterflies. Eventually the last provisions were eaten.
The Company then came upon the Enchanted stream , of which they had been warned not to drink by Beorn. Bilbo saw a boat on the other side, leading the dwarves to retrieve it. A deer came out of nowhere when all the dwarves were on the other side. A dwarf shot it where it died, on the other side. The dwarves hoped for venison for dinner when Bilbo realized that Bombur was drowning.
The dwarves fished him out to find he had been put to sleep by the stream's magic, but the boat was knocked away, ending the hope for venison. While wandering down the path, the Dwarves saw lights in the forest. Deciding that they would rather leave the path than starve to death they headed after the lights. As soon as they got to the lights, they went out and one of their party fell asleep. This happened twice. On the third time all of them fell asleep. When Bilbo awoke in the night, he was alone.
He cursed the Dwarves for leaving the path and discovered that great spiders had captured his companions. Bilbo was forced to find his lost companions and cut through the cocoons the spiders had formed around his companions. He distracted the spiders by improvising several insulting songs to irritate them, and succeeded when the creatures left their domain to find the intruder and eat him.
Bilbo killed a few by throwing stones at them and by stabbing them with Sting. The spiders never found him, since during this time Bilbo made use of the Ring to remain invisible.
After freeing the Dwarves, he led them into a charge against the spiders, where the company killed dozens of the arachnids. After traveling through Mirkwood the Dwarves were taken prisoner by Wood-elves , who believed that the company had "assaulted" the Elves while they were partying the bright lights the company had seen in the forest.
Bilbo avoided being caught by using the ring to stay invisible, and followed them into the Halls of Thranduil , the elven-king, where they were held captive. Eventually Bilbo was able to rescue the dwarves by stealing the butler Galion 's keys, and found a way for the company to escape the Woodland Realm by stowing away in a number of empty barrels, which periodically were taken by the Elves down the Forest River to Lake-town for trading purposes.
The plan worked, and soon they all arrived at Lake-town, which they found to be a small town occupied by Men that Smaug would sometimes attack, though he had not been seen in many years. The men of Lake-town took Bilbo and the Dwarves to the Great Hall to present the company to the Master and his councilors, and though the Master initially thought to imprison them in order to keep good relations with the wood-elves, he decided against it when the populace proved to be strongly in support of Thorin's company.
Thus, Bilbo and the Dwarves spent several weeks in Lake-town as guests of honor, though Bilbo eventually caught a cold. Upon discovering the keyhole, the door was opened and Bilbo was sent in alone in order to scout ahead and perhaps to steal some treasure from Smaug.
Smaug, though unable to see the hobbit, tried to figure out who or what the intruder was, but Bilbo refused to tell the dragon his true identity, answering Smaug's questions only in riddles. While invisible, Bilbo noticed that Smaug had a bare spot on his jewel-encrusted underbelly.
Finally, Bilbo removed the ring and Smaug saw that he had stolen a cup, causing him to go into a terrible rage. After Bilbo made it out of Smaug's lair safely, he convinced Thorin and the other dwarves to enter the side-door and close it behind them, which saved their lives when Smaug left the mountain, and flying to the side-door, scorched the surrounding area. Foiled, the dragon flew off to Lake-town with the intent to destroy it once and for all. On Smaug's arrival, Bard shot the Black Arrow at the bare spot, killing Smaug and sending him to rot at the bottom of the lake, but destroying most of Lake-town.
In the meantime, Thorin and company had reclaimed the Lonely Mountain, though Bilbo, having found the Arkenstone that Thorin greatly desired, kept it secret from the dwarf. Thorin, suspicious of the armies, refused to make any deal, with them at their arrival, and barricaded the mountain, thus beginning a siege. Despite Bard and the Elvenking's offers for the hobbit to stay with them for the time being, Bilbo decided to return to the mountain.
To his surprise on leaving to return to Thorin's company, he found that Gandalf had returned, and found the wizard supported his decision. It was changed to T. Book publisher sales volume distribution in France , by book genre. This feature is limited to our corporate solutions. Please contact us to get started with full access to dossiers, forecasts, studies and international data.
Skip to main content Try our corporate solution for free! Single Accounts Corporate Solutions Universities. Taking full advantage of the perks of the fantasy genre, J. Tolkien not only invented a whole universe, he also did not adhere to known age structures when he wrote The Lord of The Rings. The ages of his characters differ wildly; Gollum is almost years old, while Elrond, the elf, is several thousand years old, and Gandalf the Grey — and later the White — is immortal for display reasons, both are thus not mentioned here.
One trilogy to rule them all Already an established literary success, the The Lord of the Rings movie adaptations by Peter Jackson were also extremely successful at the box office and even won several Oscars. The third part in particular, The Return of the King , was very popular. There have been other adaptations of the trilogy, for radio, stage, and television, but none were ever that successful. There and back again After the immense success of The Lord of the Rings, Jackson then decided to also adapt the prequel.
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