Martin Freeman, compact and affable, is a snug fit in the difficult role of Bilbo.
In all, it is three-quarters of an hour before the youthful Bilbo departs, adventure-bound.
The difference is that Bilbo, eventually, does leave what is literally his comfort zone.
The moral problem for Bilbo is that the things which he possesses have come to possess him.
The movie itself is a flashback, from the point of view of a younger Bilbo (Martin Freeman).
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Bilbo proves himself to be an excellent, if somewhat flustered cook, before he is offered a position at his adVenture.
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Bilbo, of course, takes the plunge, and the merry band sets forth, toward the obstacle course of dangers that Tolkien devised.
The fate of the world is not yet at stake in The Hobbit, just the fate of Bilbo and his dwarven companions.
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What is changed about Bilbo Baggins is his relationship with his possessions.
The Hobbit's cast stars Sherlock's Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins.
Bilbo and Gollum are also mimetic rivals and literary doppelgangers.
Of the three main characters, Bilbo is the quintessential hero.
Although Bilbo comes off as a reluctant hero who soon sheds his reluctance, someone hoping for the more emotional journey that Frodo had undertaken in the previous trilogy will be disappointed.
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As with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit opens with a scene not present in the original story: re-meeting older Bilbo (Ian Holm) and a heartbreakingly innocent Frodo (Elijah Wood).
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Eventually both Smaug and Gollum lose their lives due to their inability to free themselves from their golden shackles, while Bilbo is saved, both body and soul, by the skin of his teeth.
Among them was former local government official Tony Wrench who built the turf-covered roundhouse - resembling the home of Bilbo Baggins in Lord of the Rings - as a home for himself and partner Jane.
Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman seemed to grow a little more slowly into his character, but only because we are used to seeing Ian Holm for so long in the The Lord of the Rings film credits.
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