I just watched "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" film and saw sling in one scene.  It seem it was not mentioned here...  Style is standard Hollywood helicopter.

Alas, no shot is shown (unlike other gnome's dwarf's slingshot).

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Good eye!

When I saw that movie, I remember being disappointed that they included a slingshot, but not a sling.  Where in a high fantasy setting did they get rubber?

I mentioned it in a post after seeing the film :)

And_Your_Bird_Can_Sling, that magic elven rubber :)

timann, I typed "hobbit" in search box before posting and found nothing :(

I totally missed that, I will have to look out for it next time I watch it. What scene is it in?

David Morningstar wrote on Apr 9^th, 2013 at 12:51pm:

I totally missed that, I will have to look out for it next time I watch it. What scene is it in?

It's right after that part where they are walking a really long way...

But seriously, I believe its right before they enter the troll cave where they find the old elvish blades. I could be wrong though.

Nothing deadlier than a Dwarven slinger :3 but even deadlier would be a smurf slinger  :D Papa Smurf looks like he can be a slinger.

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The_Peltast wrote on Apr 9^th, 2013 at 3:00pm:

David Morningstar wrote on Apr 9th, 2013 at 12:51pm: I totally missed that, I will have to look out for it next time I watch it. What scene is it in? It's right after that part where they are walking a really long way... But seriously, I believe its right before they enter the troll cave where they find the old elvish blades. I could be wrong though.

It's right before they enter Rivendell

Thunder Chief wrote on Apr 9^th, 2013 at 6:10pm:

It's right before they enter Rivendell

You are right.

haven't seen the movie yet:(

Nor I. I'll wait 'til all three movies are made, and on DVD. Much cheaper to do that, than pay for three trips to the cinema. And what I don't get, is why "the Hobbit" takes three movies when it's just two skinny, little books, but LOTR is three thick books and only warrants one DVD/movie per book?!?!


Mick

Mick wrote on Apr 11^th, 2013 at 1:45am:

Nor I. I'll wait 'til all three movies are made, and on DVD. Much cheaper to do that, than pay for three trips to the cinema. And what I don't get, is why "the Hobbit" takes three movies when it's just two skinny, little books, but LOTR is three thick books and only warrants one DVD/movie per book?!?! Mick

Yeah, I'll probably do the same thing, or even better, borrow the series from a friend.

The reason for 3 movies instead of one: $$$  ;)

I didn't like the hobbit near as much as lotr. It was too much Disney fluff for a devoted fan like myself!
Hopefully there is more slinging footage in the upcoming movies!!

Let's send them petition :)

Mick wrote on Apr 11^th, 2013 at 1:45am:

Nor I. I'll wait 'til all three movies are made, and on DVD. Much cheaper to do that, than pay for three trips to the cinema. And what I don't get, is why "the Hobbit" takes three movies when it's just two skinny, little books, but LOTR is three thick books and only warrants one DVD/movie per book?!?! Mick

Not even, it's just one book.

I finally figured out why I didn't like The Hobbit much.  Almost all of the man-shaped beasties in LoTR were excellent costume and make-up jobs, in the The Hobbit, all the non-good guys were CG.  All of them.

Gnomes? Tolkien is spinning in his grave!

Yes, they are dwarves, but Russian translation uses same word as "gnome" :(

Tomas wrote on Apr 11^th, 2013 at 8:48am:

I didn't like the hobbit near as much as lotr. It was too much Disney fluff for a devoted fan like myself! Hopefully there is more slinging footage in the upcoming movies!!

   I, for one, expected this.  If you compare the books of the Hobbit with LOTR it seems pretty obvious that even Tolkien was writing for a less devoted or sophisticated audience.  I kinda think of the Hobbit as Tolkien's version of a Tween - Teen Book...  
   The thing that got under my skin with this movie was the Goblin King's last words...  Almost killed the rest of the movie for me actually...

Mick wrote on Apr 11^th, 2013 at 1:45am:

Nor I. I'll wait 'til all three movies are made, and on DVD. Much cheaper to do that, than pay for three trips to the cinema. And what I don't get, is why "the Hobbit" takes three movies when it's just two skinny, little books, but LOTR is three thick books and only warrants one DVD/movie per book?!?! Mick

Money aside, it's because 3 hours is hardly enough time to do each book justice

Watched it again last night, I found it interesting that the oldest dwarf was the one to use the sling while the youngest was using a slingshot. I wonder if the age vs which type of weapon used was a conscious decision by Hollywood? Since they had both, at least they would have realized they aren't the same thing; sling vs. sling shot. I wonder if Tolkien as boy would have had a sling?

The sling isnt mentioned at all in anything by Tolkien, to the best of my knowledge.

I think Tolkien threw rocks by hand as a kid. He mentions Bilbo having a good throwing arm and chucking stones at birds but no sling.
Elven bowmen were the snipers in his books. I bet they would have been great slingers having all the ages of the world to hone their skills

It's never mentioned or shown anywhere else... and we never see a stone or bullet shot. Not sure its actually a sling... could be a weight on a chain or cord... you know... a flexible weapon of some sort. Hopefully we'll get some clarification when the extended version and appendices comes out.

I am sad to confirm that the weapon used by Dori is not a sling.  The extended version "making" cut shows they are a bola-type weapon, not a sling. 

Sad, because a sling would have been cooler, and because I was convinced it was a sling.

2 movies would have been perfect with the way they are now. I'm deferring judgment until Smaug makes his appearance. It does feel kind of "fluffy" compared to the LOTR movies which I don't like.  But then again, the Hobbit as a book had a different feel than the LOTR's books.  Also, the music, which added so much to the LOTR movies, is not up to par IMO.