I was pleasantly surprised to see that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (AUJ) starts off in the same place and time that The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (FOTR) starts off at. A day or two before Bilbo Baggins' 111th birthday party. We see Bilbo and Frodo Baggins making some preparations for the party and we again see Bilbo at his writing table. Bilbo opens his book and begins writing, presumably a story for Frodo to someday read.