Journey through the Troll Hoard

As I continue to watch An Unexpected Journey I am finding lots of delightful little moments which endear me to the movie. Here are some highlights:

• More contextual clues as Balin tells Bilbo and the company about the terrible Dwarf-Orc Wars.
• Thror is killed by Azog the Defiler - beheaded to be exact and Thrain is lost. In this moment of despair Thorin took up his ancestor's lineage and led the Dwarves to victory; but Moria could not be reclaimed. 
• Here we saw some book departures: no Dain Ironfoot at the battle and no look at Durin's Bane. 
• Interestingly, when Bilbo asks about Azog and Thorin declares he died Balin and Gandalf share a quick knowing glance - how could they know more of Azog than Thorin?
• There is a great bit about the 5 Istari where Gandalf names them, except of course the Two Blue Wizards whom Gandalf had "quite forgotten their names" (and Peter Jackson did not have the rights to Unfinished Tales where they are named).
• This segued us to Radagast the Brown who appears very briefly in The Lord of the Rings and not at all in The Hobbit books. It's hinted in the book that Radagast has lost his mission caring more for the animals the Middle-earth at large. This is certainly played in Peter Jackson's movie as Radagast is quite an eccentric animal lover.
• There's a quick line as the company sets up camp where Thorin asks Oin and Gloin to start a fire (this is a fun little nod to the book)
• Gandalf and Thorin have a sharp disagreement about seeking help from Elrond and the Elves which sends Gandalf away and segues us to the Trolls. 
• The Trolls are one of the iconic book scenes but left me apprehensive about a film scene. After all they are very childish complete with talking purses that gave Bilbo away. Overall the scene worked with Bilbo being the quickest thinker of the group by engaging the Trolls in a conversation about cooking Dwarves - I am not sure if Gandalf throwing his voice would have worked better. If nothing else this begins to show Thorin that perhaps Bilbo is not so bad after all. And while I dreaded a talking purse it may have been better than Bilbo accidentally being covered by Troll snot. 
• The exploration of the Troll Hoard was a great scene complete with the burying of some gold - that I don't think we ever quite get back around too. 
• But the finding of Orcrist, Glamdring, and Sting were very rewarding. I love hearing Gandalf say they were "forged in Gondolin by the High Elves of the First Age".

Overall many rewarding scenes with some of the embellishments starting to show up.