The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Ken Stott: Balin

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• Balin : [sees a chamber full of dead dwarves, with their only means of escape blocked]  The last of our kin. They must have come here hoping beyond hope. We could make for the mines. Might last a few days.

  Thorin Oakenshield : No. I will not die like this, cowering, clawing for breath. We make for the forges.

  Dwalin : He'll see us! Sure as death.

  Thorin Oakenshield : Not if we split up.

  Balin : Thorin, we'll never make it.

  Thorin Oakenshield : Some of us might. Lead him to the forges. We kill the dragon. If this is to end in fire, then we will all burn together!

• [hearing a rumbling noise within the Mountain] 

  Dori : Was that an earthquake?

  Balin : That, my lad, was a dragon.

• [from trailer] 

  Balin : It never ceases to amaze me, the courage of Hobbits...

• [observes a carving of the Arkenstone] 

  Bilbo Baggins : What's that?

  Balin : That is the Arkenstone.

  Bilbo Baggins : And what is it?

  Thorin Oakenshield : That, Master Burglar, is why you are here.

• Thorin Oakenshield : You're afraid.

  Balin : Yes! Yes, I'm afraid! I fear for YOU, Thorin. A sickness lies on that treasure, a sickness that drove your grandfather mad!

  Thorin Oakenshield : I am not my grandfather.

  Balin : You are not yourself! The Thorin I know would not hesitate...

  Thorin Oakenshield : I will not risk this quest for the life of one burglar.

  Balin : Bilbo. His name is Bilbo!

• [as Bilbo enters Erebor] 

  Balin : Bilbo, if there is indeed a live dragon down there, don't waken it.

• Dwalin : [on Bard]  I don't care what he calls himself, I don't like him.

  Balin : We do not have to like him, we simply have to pay him!

• Thorin Oakenshield : [after putting in the key and opening the door]  Erebor.

  Balin : [In tears]  Thorin.

  Thorin Oakenshield : I know these walls. These halls. This stone. Do you remember it Balin? Chambers filled with golden light.

  Balin : I remember.

  Gloin : [Reading the Dwarvish writing in the stone]  Herein lies the 7th kingdom of Durin's folk. May the heart of the mountain unite all dwarves in defense of this home.

  Balin : The throne of the king.

  Bilbo Baggins : [Observing the carving]  And what's that, above it?

  Balin : The arkenstone.

  Bilbo Baggins : And what's that?

  Thorin Oakenshield : That, Master Burglar, is why you are here.

• Balin : [to Thorin]  We'll get this started in a jiffy!

  Dwalin : [seeing Smaug breaking through the iron framework to the boiler room]  We don't have a jiffy!

• Bilbo Baggins : You do know we're one short; where's Bofur?

  Thorin Oakenshield : If he's not here, we leave him behind.

  Balin : We have to, if we're to find the door before nightfall. We can risk no more delays.

• Ori : [sees a glowing red light from inside the hidden door]  What about Bilbo?

  Thorin Oakenshield : Give him more time.

  Balin : Time to do what? To be killed?

  Thorin Oakenshield : [faces Balin; realises]  You're afraid.

  Balin : *Yes,* I am afraid!

  [approaches Thorin and points] 

  Balin : I fear for you! A sickness lies upon that treasure hoard!

  [Thorin is slack-jawed] 

  Balin : A sickness which drove your grandfather mad!

  Thorin Oakenshield : [turns away]  I am not my grandfather.

  Balin : You're not yourself! The Thorin *I* know would not hesitate to go in there--!

  Thorin Oakenshield : I will *not* risk this quest for the life of one... burglar.

  Balin : [appalled]  Bilbo. His *name* is Bilbo.

• [Thorin's Company has reached Erebor; they gaze out at a distant dilapidated city] 

  Bilbo Baggins : What is this place?

  Balin : It was once the City of Dale. Now it is a ruin. The Desolation of Smaug.

  Thorin Oakenshield : [looks to the sky]  The sun will soon reach midday. We must find the hidden door into the Mountain before it sets. This way!

  [walks away] 

  Bilbo Baggins : Wait!

  [Thorin stops to look at him] 

  Bilbo Baggins : Is this... the overlook? Gandalf said to meet him here. On no account were we to...

  Thorin Oakenshield : Do you see him? We have no time to wait upon the wizard. We're on our own. Come!

  [Thorin leads the Company away; Bilbo looks back at Dale in worry, then follows] 

• [Thorin is locked in Thranduil's dungeon; Balin speaks from a neighbouring cell] 

  Balin : Did he offer you a deal?

  Thorin Oakenshield : He did. I told him he could go îsh kakhfê ai-'d dûr-rugnu! Him and all his kin!

  Balin : [nods]  Well, that's that, then. A deal was our only hope.

  Thorin Oakenshield : [looks out heavenward; whispering]  Not our only hope.