Compliment... or not? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Elladan and Elrohir · 09-18-2005, 01:15 PM

I think it's a compliment, if a rather convoluted one. I was so happy to see this line in the movie; Ian Holm gives it perfectly, and the looks on the faces of the hobbits!

Formendacil · 09-18-2005, 06:02 PM

I've always thought of it as a compliment- and an apology. Bilbo is admitting that he hasn't made the effort to know them as well as he should, and he admits that they would have been worth knowing.

And being Bilbo, he does it in such a way as to completely befuddle them, as I'm sure he intended.

09-18-2005, 01:15 PM	#1
Elladan and Elrohir Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Halls of Mandos Posts: 332	I think it's a compliment, if a rather convoluted one. I was so happy to see this line in the movie; Ian Holm gives it perfectly, and the looks on the faces of the hobbits! __________________ "If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door." THE HOBBIT - IT'S COMING

09-18-2005, 06:02 PM	#2
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	I've always thought of it as a compliment- and an apology. Bilbo is admitting that he hasn't made the effort to know them as well as he should, and he admits that they would have been worth knowing. And being Bilbo, he does it in such a way as to completely befuddle them, as I'm sure he intended. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.