If you want a cinema story explanation, remember that the battle in the ruins between the 13 and the forces of Azog was happening away from the main battle front. I mean, could you imagine it, Bilbo gets hit on the head, fade to black then wake up and it’s all over and Thorin dies being killed by Azogs henchmen as Azog watches and laughs before a giant bear eats him? So Thorin has to die, but being one of the lead characters of 3 movies, Peter Jackson decided to give him and Bilbo very very different story endings. In many ways this allowed Tolkien to skip over the majority of the battle, instead recounting only the bits that Bilbo has been told after he wakes up (remember The Hobbit is meant to be Bilbo's own account of his trip, written by him). As an aside in the book, Bilbo himself has a less then heroic battle he is brave in his way but he gets knocked out by a rock and misses the battle (his ring means his body is not seen). Beorn then smashes though the ranks and kills Bolg.Īt the end of the battle, as Thorin lies dying, Gandalf brings Bilbo to him and Thorin dies with Bilbo, Gandalf and others there.
#When does thorin first name himself king under the mountain movie
In the book, Thorin is attempting to attack Bolg (replaced by Azog in the movie in the book Azog actually died 150 years before the events of The Hobbit) when he is mortally wounded by Bolg's bodyguard spearmen before he reaches him. The cinematic reason is that Peter Jackson wanted to make a scene that does not exist in the book. This time, when he comes to the bodyguard of Bolg, Beorn smashes right through it and kills Bolg himself, which marks a major turning point in the battle. After bearing the dying Thorin back to Dain's lines, Beorn is so overcome with rage on Thorin's behalf that he plunges right back into the fray. However, by that time, it is too late for Thorin to survive. It takes an ally of tremendous power, Beorn in bear form, seemingly grown to superursine size, strength, and nigh invulnerability, to rescue the wounded king. What made their attack effective was it coming from the enemy's rear, but when Thorin's advance is stemmed, this geographic fact changes from an advantage to a liability, since Thorin is separated from succor by a large bulk of hostile troops. His group is completely cut off from the other dwarves, elves, and men. This buys the king some time, but rescue is still slow to arrive. Fili and Kili give their lives to protect Thorin personally, as he is not only their lord but also their uncle. Other goblins and wargs close in behind them, leaving the King Under the Mountain and his compatriots pinned against the bodyguard of Bolg, son of Azog. This allows the dwarves to cut through rank after rank of enemies, until they reach the strongest goblins, surrounding Bolg of the North, where their advance is balked. Part of what makes Thorin's unexpected charge effective is that he and the others fall upon the goblins from above and, more importantly, from the rear. However, the thirteen dwarves coming from inside Erebor enter the fight from a different direction. The men of Esgaroth, the elves of Mirkwood, and the dwarves of the Iron Hills wait to fall upon them when the wargs and goblins come down between the ridges on the south side of the mountain. The Battle of Five Armies sees the goblins and wargs coming from the north, around the Lonely Mountain. Tolkien does not emphasize this point, but it is clear if one looks at the geography of the battle. In The Hobbit, there is a very particular reason why Thorin is difficult to rescue.
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