i would be....uhh....a human. or very tall dwarf woman, though no beard XD NOT skinny lol

Are there even that many humans in the Hobbit movie?

not really.....theres Bard, and the other people of Laketown i guess....and Beorn isnt really a human is he? does skin-changer count, with human as his usual form?

It is quite limited as to the number of human characters since it is more about Bilbo......at least from what I remember.

It's kind of interesting contrasting the Men in the Hobbit to those in LotR. The Dale-men seem very provincial, sort of nestled in their little pocket of safety, living these dull little lives on the river. Then you read LotR and the Silm. and realize how incredibly far humans have fallen in this setting from their Numenorean ancestors (who averaged 7 feet tall, built all those indestructible towers and fortresses, had an army that made Sauron at his height surrender on the spot upon seeing it, and included mechanized battleships in their war arsenal).

Granted, though, the Men of Laketown are not, I believe, descended from the Numenoreans, they're more closely linked to the indigenous tribes of Middle-Earth who thought that the Numenoreans were gods when they first landed in Middle-Earth.

It also has to do with the original nature of the Hobbit as a fairy tale not tied very closely (if at all) to Tolkien's legendarium until later.

I have just finished re-reading the Hobbit, and Now i can understand a lot of the upsets the trailer has thrown up. But at the same time it has made me all the more exiting.
The battle of the 5 armies has the potential to be truly epic. They better get Beorn right, or I'll be pissed..

I'm fairly indifferent to the differences between the book and the movie...
its just..a different interpretation, rather than a re-telling.
Just like how the Harry Potter movies suck dick.

Also, I was in this play in high school.
I was Bombur.
go me

I can't wait for the movie to come out in December.

My dad bought me every Christmas another volume to the book that I'm not intrested in reading in the first place.....no offense to anyone in this thread that loves the hobbit

Not entirely sure how that fits into a Hobbit movie topic, but no offence taken anyway XD