The Hobbit: This Cut Jailhouse Scene Was One Of The Dwarves' Best Moments

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Some of the most funny and delightful moments in many film series come from the ad-lib moments, and unfortunately these don’t always make it into the final cut of the films. This is absolutely the case with one of the best scenes that was filmed for The Hobbit trilogy, which unfortunately didn’t even reach the director's cut extended edition DVD’s: The moment in which all of the dwarves are thrown in the dungeons of Mirkwood by the guard elves of the woodland realm.

This scene is classic comedy in lots of ways, using clever techniques like juxtaposition and slapstick to capture the attention of the audience. Meanchile, it also weaves in some deeper layers, and more significant messages about the characters involved.

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The Dwarves are facing a possible hundred years rotting away below the forest which, as Thranduil puts is “a long time for the dwarves but, is a blink of an eye in the life of an elf.” Luckily, however, Bilbo is not included in this capture, and therefore remains free to roam the halls looking for a way to help his friends out of their hapless state of incarceration. However, the dwarves don’t know that Bilbo has followed them inside Thranduil’s fortress, or that he has the One Ring to help him avoid being spotted and thrown in a jail cell himself. What makes this scene so brilliant is watching how each character attempts to whittle away their time behind bars, with no knowledge or hope of their imminent rescue.

Dwalin spends his confinement bashing against the bars, over and over again, as if he is trying to break out. There is something manic about it, like a scene from One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, or “Here’s Johnny!” in The Shining. Dwalin knows