Martin Freeman Addresses The Hobbit Role Rumors!

I still haven't watched The Lord of the Rings yet. After reading the book on The Hobbit, I can say if they follow it, it could be a great film.

@ destroyer14

haven't watched lord of the rings yet.

you must my good man,its a modern classic.

second best trilogy,the original star wars is the first.

While you are technically correct, Mars, that really is a minor point and not essential to the story. In the movie universe you could easily say he was in his thirties and from then to 111, he aged in appearance only about 20 years. If you look at LOTR, they messed with the timeline there as well, in the books, 17 years passed between the birthday party and Frodo actually leaving The Shire, while in the movies only a short time passed to avoid a myriad of issues, pacing, having to artificially age the characters, etc... Minor technical changes for the purposes of smoother storytelling in transitioning between book and movie is not only acceptable but in many cases the correct artistic choice. It will also be easier for audience members who are not intimately familiar with the minutia of the book to understand that it was a younger Bilbo. In fact, if you look at that quick flashback they showed of Bilbo finding the ring, they DID make Ian Holm noticeably younger in appearance than when he was in the present at the big birthday bash.