Honest Trailers Casts Its Eye Upon The Hobbit

[Sniper Team 4]

I'm actually really worried about the spiders talking now too, as that is how Bilbo names his sword. They literally ask, "What is it called?" and Bilbo says, "Sting!" Sigh...sorry, you're not the only one out there who is one of 'those nerds.'

I have to outnerd you here. If i recall spiders talking has nothing to do with Bilbo naming the sword. He wakes up to find a spider trying to bind him with webs, cuts the webs with his sword and kills it. After that he looks at the blade with reverence and says to himself "I shall give you a name, i shall call you Sting"

You are indeed correct. I realized that later that night after I posted it. However, I know that the spiders still ask what it's called and he shouts back, "Sting!" and the spiders run away saying, "We are no match for Sting!" So I really want that scene to be in the movie, because the spiders are part of how Sting gets named.

 

[Deviluk]

I know this makes me one of those nerds, but both The Hobbit and LOTR offer clear explanations on why the eagles don't just fly them all the way to the end. In The Hobbit, the eagles were too afraid to fly over Mirkwood. The trip would have taken more than a day, which means the eagles would have had to land in Mirkwood to rest. And it's not like the eagles were morally obligated to do it anyway. The dwarves aren't out to save the world, they just want their gold and land back. Not to mention that the only other place the eagles could have taken them was Lake Town, and Smaug regularly goes on patrols around the mountain and might have seen them coming.

And you know what would have solved that problem? If the eagles had freaking TALKED in the movie like they do in the books. You're right. They explain not only why they don't go all the way, but also why they always show up when Gandalf calls them. However, since Jackson has apparently decided that animals don't talk in The Hobbit (unless you're a dragon, of course), the eagles don't explain what they're doing, and thus fans like you and me have to constantly endure 'smart' comments such as, "Why didn't the eagles take them all the way?" I'm actually really worried about the spiders talking now too, as that is how Bilbo names his sword. They literally ask, "What is it called?" and Bilbo says, "Sting!" Sigh...sorry, you're not the only one out there who is one of 'those nerds.'

Anyway, as always, Honest Trailers did an amazing job. Funny, but also brutally honest about the movie's flaws. Sadly, they nailed the Extended Edition as well. It adds almost nothing noteworthy, unlike the Lord of the Rings Extended Editions.

The eagles talking also would show that their not just normal animals that can be used like horses, wargs or...rabbit sleighs. They are a sentient race which are one of the oldest in Middle-Earth, and respect Gandalf but don't want to do everything for the 'good' races for them. Then there would be no end to the requests, and they'd be no better then those feathered taxis from WoW. They saved the dwarves from certain death, because they know Gandalf wouldn't ask if it wasn't life/death. I'm another one of those nerds too.