The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Peter Jackson, 2012.
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Edition screened: Warner ‘Two-Disc Special Edition’ DVD, released 2013. English language. Runtime approximately 169 minutes.
Summary: Woodland animals dying from an evil magical contamination; combat killing of fantasy animals.
1) A sympathetic montage shows rabbits and foxes lying dead or dying in the woods, 51:39-51:44.
2) This disaster focuses on Sebastian the hedgehog who is taken back to the wizard’s home for treatment, but still appears to be dying 52:01-53:38. Sebastian is revived at 54:18.
Like the other films in Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, various animals are depicted as killed in combat situations that are clearly computer animated. Most of these animals are menacing fantasy creatures that bear human riders, usually killed by spear or bow. Their deaths come quickly and there are no Zack Snyder-style silly blood sprays or gratuitous gore.