Though The Hobbit movies are divisive, one unique part of them solved a problem with Peter Jackson’s Balrog. When the trilogy began, fans were eager for more epic fantasy films from Jackson, whose Lord of the Rings series, while equally scrutinized by Tolkien enthusiasts, were still highly entertaining adaptations of the author’s beloved novels. Tolkien’s The Hobbit was stretched into three films, beginning with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, in which Bilbo Baggins agrees to accompany Gandalf, Thorin Oakenshield, and his company of Dwarves to the Lonely Mountain, where the dragon Smaug has lain claim to Erebor’s massive treasure horde.

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