Badass Adorable: Bilbo establishes himself as one when he kills a Giant Spider for the first time and names his blade Sting.Aside Comment: Bilbo after the dwarves chant about attacking the human and elvish armies: "Personally, I'd rather be back in Hobbiton.".Artistic License Biology: What are called ponies more closely resemble small mules.Animesque: Virtually all the animators and one of the two character designers were Japanese, some of whom went to work for Miyazaki so this may actually be more half- Anime than pseudo-Anime Animesque.Animal Eyes: The Goblins have cat-like eyes with dilated pupils.Regarding the Battle of the Five Armies and how wars fought for greed are incredibly stupid.Who sits by the window will one day see rain Will never know passion, will never know pain Who thinks of a world that is just make-believe The man who's a dreamer, and never takes leave The film's theme song, "The Greatest Adventure".All There in the Manual: Just like in the book, The Elvenking's real name, Thranduil, is never mentioned.The Necromancer is referred to, but it is so vague that the audience wouldn't know Gandalf was referring to him if they only saw this. Also, the Arkenstone is omitted, and Gandalf never mentions the Necromancer. Adapted Out: The stone giants, the Master of Laketown, Roäc the raven, Bolg, and, most notably, Beorn are omitted.Also in the same scene, Thorin and Gandalf kill several goblins in the book while being chased. Here, the sparks don't do very much aside from distract the goblins. Adaptational Wimp: When Gandalf arrives in Goblin-Town, the books' version has him emit a number of sparks from his staff that cause the goblins to go mad with pain for a short while.This makes Gandalf's victory less a matter of cleverness and more a display of raw power instead of playing for time he makes the sun come up earlier. Adaptational Villainy: The trolls are far more menacing and much more intelligent, having their decision over how to cook them not be an argument but each following their own personal preference.Elrond and his elves remain fair, however, which makes it seem as if they are two different species. Adaptational Ugliness: The wood elves are described as beautiful in Tolkien's writings, but here are shown as ugly and having blue skin.You can hardly blame Thorin for not wanting to give anything to that jackass. Adaptational Jerkass: The Elf-king just shows up to demand a share of treasure for flimsy reasons, when his book counterpart aided the Lake-men after the destruction of their town and was the most reluctant to go to war over the treasure.
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