Set-pieces:Gandalf's fight against Balrog during their free-fall, Gollum's schizophrenic talk with himself (as Smeagol), the Orc/Warg (giant wolves) attack upon the Rohan exiles fleeing to Helm's Deep, and the climactic battle at Helm's Deep.The beast was stirred from its slumber by the thrush opening a nut on a rock.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)A fantasy film from Warner Bros.(New Line) - the first of a three part trilogy of epicHobbitfilms, adapted from J.R.R.Tolkien's beloved fantasy novel about Middle Earth, first published in 1937.It has inspired many other fantasy tales, including the author's ownThe Lord of the Ringstrilogy.Guillermo del Toro was originally hired to direct, but dropped out, so Peter Jackson (producer and co-writer) took the job.Think of the power to create a man - and I did it.I did it! I created a man, and who knows, in time, I could have trained him to do my will.I could have bred a race.I might even have found the secret of eternal life.Elizabeth: Henry, don't say those things.Don'tthinkthem! It's blasphemous and wicked.We are notmeantto know those hings.Henry: It may be that I'mintendedto know the secret of life.It may be part of the Divine Plan.Elizabeth: No, no! It's theDevilthat prompts you.It's death, not life, that is in it all and at the end of it all.During Elizabeth's admonishments about meddling in God's affairs, she experiences a bizarre fit (she imagines an apparition hat has come to claim Henry) that reduces her to hysterical tears:Elizabeth: Listen Henry, while you've been lying here, tossing in your delirium, I couldn't sleep." Virgil notified distraught Caesar of Aldo's take-over of power, seizure of weapons, and corraling of humans.