Bilbo Baggins & Gollum Play A Game of Riddles | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Max

Bilbo Baggins and Gollum compete in a game of riddles. #TheHobbit

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[barathrum]

In the books that was literally a horror scene, it was terrifying. In the movie they made it a little more funny but kept the tension, which is very good to ease the situation and then make a boom when Gollum realises he's been stolen his Precious.

[sweetsounds]

In the book Bilbo won on a lucky accident. With the time riddle, Gollum was about to call himself the winner, and Bilbo, wanting more time to think, simply burst out "time" in a panic, to which Gollum got angry at him saying the correct answer, and Bilbo just went along with it

[freebird]

0:16 I love how genuinely happy Smeagol looked when Bilbo said he wanted to play. He's been alone in the Misty Mountains for 500 years and finally a real person comes along who's actually being kind to him and wants to do some riddles. And yeah, he also wants to eat him, but at least it’s the closest thing he’s had to a friend since he found the Ring.

[janberkemeier]

Fun fact: In Middle-Earth lore, some of the oldest and most popular riddles were made up by the elves, who actually put some magic into them which made you forget the answer after a while, so the riddle could be asked time and time again. It's no coincidence that the riddles in "the Hobbit" were universally poems, they're more akin to magic formulas than trick questions from a lore perspective.

[CDark]

Andy serkis playing as Gollum was an amazing performance

[michaelluisalbaladejo]

I loved this scene. Even though you know Bilbo wins, you feel the tension.

[bradleyadams]

All of Gollum's riddles stem from his isolation in the mountain and the ring's influence on his mind. The mountain is where he's been trapped by it, the wind is what he heard before he entered the mountain, and time is what has lost meaning to him, due to the ring extending his lifetime.

[BrotherCarver]

I love how Gollum symbolizes Smeagol's fears and anxiety, when Bilbo mentions that he indeed does want to play, Smeagol comes out and is very happy. But when Smeagol starts being thrown tricky questions, he fluctuates between the two characters.

[ShadowZena]

Have you ever noticed that when smeagol is in control his eyes are dialated and when is gollum they aren't?

[jeremy]

Freeman and Serkis absolutely killed it in this scene 😊

[gauriparvatiberg]

I'm glad that despite its flaws, The Hobbit Trilogy got the two most important scenes in the book right: Riddles in the Dark and Conversations with Smaug. And this is one of the few reasons I don't hate and dismiss the Trilogy completely. It's scenes like these, and some other details that they did right, that makes it worth a watch for me.

[immydubby]

Gollum: "Three guesses, precious. It must give us three."

*Only two fingers up*

[ollow_is_sad]

"If Baggins looses, then we eats it whole. :)"

👁👄👁

"Fair enough."

[BloodyFlowerFilms]

Just when you think Gollum’s CGI couldn’t get any better, Weta does it again with The Hobbit.

[Nobodyyoucarabout]

anyone else notice at 5:25 he throws the rock he was about to kill Bilbo with after being stumped by the question. Bilbo looks and laughs like "Yeah but you were about to kill me with that rock dickhead"

[Cresposts]

This scene is so tense and frightening. Especially when Gollum figures out what Bilbo has in his filthy little Pocketses.

[pieter]

1:20 the animation is simply phenomenal

[anthonypedroza]

1:22
Am I only one Who Finds Gollum’s Thinking Expression kinda Cute?? 😄😊

[Nathan-oeut]

I love this, the three of them in a game of deathly riddles; Gollum obviously the brain and cunning, while Smeagol is just having fun playing and waiting for his meal, while Bilbo fights for his life

[Dynasty]

I love how CGI has improved so well that you can see Andy's face at times, his expressions mimicked so well with the mocap.