The desolation of smaug is technically better than the hobbit. Yep, as we left a miraculously healed thorin, the dwarvers, bilbo and gandalf and an. Thorin refuses to surrender and thinks of a new plan to trick smaug into rekindling the forge using his fiery breath. An unexpected journey 2012 2012 covers the first six chapters of the novel and a few moments from the seventh chapter. The hobbit the desolation of smaug that is our host. There are some differences between the book and movie versions of this arrow. Jan 02, 2014 welcome back to the chapterbychapter reread of the hobbit, which ive reopened so we can talk about the movie the hobbit. Lewiss beloved narnia series, discover lavish photos and behind the scenes stories that give you a frontrow seat of. Smaugs design from concept to digital reality is marvelous.
In the book, bilbo martin freeman first encounters a sleeping smaug benedict cumberbatch in the goldfilled chambers of erebor. The film gives bard two additional daughters, tilda and sigrid. An infuriated smaug chases them through the caverns. Complete with indepth notes and commentary by the crew of weta workshop and a stunning foreword by smaug s own voice actor, benedict cumberbatch, smaug. After setting out from the safety of bag end, bilbo baggins has journeyed through middleearth with his fourteen companions, fighting through fire, wargs, goblins and even. With an introduction by richard armitage, this is a book that any fan of the hobbit will enjoy. Then in the movie scene below smaug talks about how bilbo is being used by thorin oakenshield, whereas in the book smaug doesnt mention the name of thorin oakenshield and note that the first answer to this question suggests this is a mistake, since although smaug could have been familiar with thorin, thorin didnt get the name oakenshield until after smaug had already taken the treasure. The desolation of smaug, a continuation of the two of the worlds biggest motionpicture franchises, the hobbit, and the lord of the rings, by one of.
Details of his origin are unknown, but he apparently was considered still young by himself and gandalf when he first appeared in middleearths history in t. The desolation of smaug represents an improvement over the first installment of peter jacksons threepart adaptation of j. They approached the woodland elves, who were feasting in the forest, for help and were captured. A group of thirteen dwarves mounted a quest to take the kingdom back, aided by the wizard gandalf and the. This is an outstanding companion that compliments the hobbit chronicles books very well. Hobbit teaser trailer scene of gandalf exploring dol guldur, stronghold of the necromancer. The desolation of smaug visual companion from the worlds largest community of readers.
Part two of peter jacksons adaptation of the tolkien classic picks up speed, but theres still plenty of bagginess. Bilbo informs the company that a huge bear is tracking them. Welcome back to the chapterbychapter reread of the hobbit, which ive reopened so we can talk about the movie the hobbit. I did not come to steal from you, oh smaug, the unaccessibly wealthy. Hes attracted to this particular dwarf kingdom because its an especially wealthy one in the days of thorins grandfather, thror. The book has no passages about gandalf visiting dol guldur. The ultimate insider look at the filmmaking process of the hobbit. These, along with descriptions of dragons by tolkien to possess elongated, serpentine bodies, indicate that smaug in book could have been. In the book, smaug speaks with bilbo briefly and flies away to exact his revenge on laketown shortly after, leaving the hobbit and the dwarves to sit in the dark for days and wonder what happened. From the trailer there is tons of legolas and some other chick not in the book also jackson is adding in all the stuff that tolkien wrote in the appendix of the rotkall the stuff that sauron was supposedly doing during the hobbit. The desolation of smaug represents an improvement over the first installment of peter jacksons threepart adaptation of.
What are the differences between the book and the film. Complete with indepth notes and commentary by the crew of weta workshop and a stunning foreword by smaugs own voice actor, benedict cumberbatch, smaug. Though big in the book, the movie portrays the dragon as the size of two 747 airplanes. Unleashing the dragon takes you into the process it took to create, characterize and animate the chiefest and greatest of calamities. Ian mckellen, martin freeman, richard armitage, benedict cumberbatch, orlando bloom, evangeline lilly, lee pace, luke evans, stephen fry, dean ogorman, aiden turner, peter jackson, peter jackson, fran walsh, carolynne cunningham, alan horn, ken kamins, toby emmerich, zane weiner, peter. The desolation of smaug is the second of peter jacksons the hobbit film trilogy based on j. Smaug is a most especially greedy, strong, and wicked 1. The desolation of smaug covers the seventh through the th chapters. The desolation of smaug is slightly shorter, but still runs a hefty 161 minutes, and takes us about 23 of the way through the. He lives alone in the lonely mountain, his only purpose to guard the treasure he stole from the dwarves during the reign of thorins grandfather. In the village of bree, gandalf the grey meets with thorin oakenshield to help him plan a quest to retake erebor. The desolation of smaug is the second part of a threepart adaptation of the novel the hobbit, or there and back again by author j. Smaug steps around bilbo to stand in front of him to reveal his full stature smaug. It also has over 9 hours of behindthescenes footage and interviews, detailing the monumental task of bringing the incredible world of middle earth to the screen.
Starring ian mckellen, martin freeman, richard armitage, evangeline lilly and orlando bloom. In the movie the dwarves crossed a river in mirkwood that beorn warned them not to drink from and bombur fell in. The movies followed the basic plot, keeping all of the main pointing in the story as they were but the did leave out a few things, mostly all of the songs and poems, and they did add in quite a few things. To see if you really were as great as the old tales say. In laketown, bard hears the rumbling caused by smaugs awakening and attempts to affix the last black arrow to the towns launcher, but is. It was preceded by an unexpected journey in 2012 and followed by the battle of the five armies in 2014. The relationship between kili aidan turner and newcomer tauriel evangeline lilly helps but is so underdeveloped that its resolutionthe ethereal and strangely erotic healing scenecomes off laughable at best. The desolation of smaug is a 20 epic fantasy adventure film directed by peter jackson and produced by wingnut films in collaboration with new line cinema. The second movie of the hobbit carries on almost directly a short prologue aside from the first, with our heroes having descended from the carrock and travelling on eastwards towards the lonely mountain in comparison to the book, the events in the desolation of smaug start a few pages into chapter 7 queer lodgings and carry us through to the beginning of chapter 14 fire and water. The desolation of smaug and the book, the hobbit, or there and back. Tolkiens 1937 novel the hobbit, his treasure and the mountain he lives in being the goal of the quest. Although the age of legolas is never clearly specified, the lord of the rings drops hints that he may be several thousand years old and thus would have been alive during the.
Audiences could care less when it comes to what cranky critics have to say about tone, pacing and shooting at 48 frames per second, as the hobbit. This film is far from a direct translation from page to screen, however. The extended edition of desolation of smaug turns the film into a flabby affair, but the tenplus hours of bonus features could still make this purchase worthwhile for tolkien fans. Fifty differences between the desolation of smaug and tolkiens. The desolation of smaug, a continuation of the two of the world s biggest motionpicture franchises, the hobbit, and the lord of the rings, by one of the world s most notable directors, peter jackson. The desolation of smaug is filled with beautiful and fun photograph stills from the movie and lots of interesting text about the characters. The desolation of smaug is the 20 epic fantasy adventure film and the second installment in the hobbit motion picture trilogy based on the novel by j. Before him lies the great bottommost cellar or dungeonhall of the ancient dwarves right at the mountains root. Powerful and fearsome, he invaded the dwarf kingdom of erebor 150 years prior to the events described in the novel.
Inside this ultimate visual companion to the making of the second film in c. Tolkiens original text, the source material becomes harder to pin down but is still satisfyingly. It tells the tale of bilbo and his journey to the lonely mountain with thirteen dwarves and a wizard named gandalf the grey, to reclaim the treasure stolen by smaug the dragon. It tells the tale of bilbo and his journey to the lonely mountain with thirteen dwarves and a wizard named gandalf the grey, to reclaim the treasure stolen by smaug.
Smaug, for those who havent read the book, seen the first movie, or watched the 1977 tv special, is the dragon who has laid waste to the homeland of a tribe of dwarfs, and has been jealously guarding their hoard of treasure ever since, and whom the hobbit protagonist bilbo baggins must face. Gandalf takes them to the home of beorn to seek his assistance. The desolation of smaug is slightly shorter, but still runs a hefty 161 minutes, and takes us. Jan 14, 2014 the hobbit the desolation of smaug bilbo rescues the dwarves from the woodland realm hd duration. It is almost dark so that its vastness can only be dimly guessed but rising from the near side of. In the book, the dwarves are being pursued by goblins from their encounter in the misty mountains not by orcs that have been dispatched by the necromancer. In comparison to the book, the events in the desolation of smaug start a few pages into chapter 7 queer lodgings and carry us through to the beginning of chapter 14 fire and water. For an epic like peter jacksons film trilogy of the hobbit, whose source material has a major and rabid fanbase, theres going to be a lot of dissection of the adaptations thats why it helps to. Azog is summoned to dol guldur by the necromancer, who commands him to marshal his forces for war. When thorin and the company enter an isolated room, they find the last of thrors folk lying dead, trapped by smaug many years before they subsequently starved to death. In the film, smaugs presence is revealed a little differently. Devoid of anything remotely emotional, the film fails to engage the heart. In both the movie version and book version of the hobbit, the dragon smaug is defeated by an arrow the black arrow. Theres a lot more in the film than was in the book and to be quite frank, the first part, in my opinion didnt bear but a bit of resemblance to the book.
An unexpected journey in the same way attack of the clones was technically better than the phantom menace. The desolation of smaug will see the company of thorin oakenshield encounter even greater perils in their quest to claim their longforgotten gold. Spoilers for an unexpected journey and the hobbit book even if it is seventyfive years old follow so, part one of peter jacksons eversoslightly overstuffed hobbit trilogy, an unexpected journey is finally out, and after nearly three hours of movie, guess where we were in terms of the book. Description of smaug from the hobbit through it peeps the hobbits little head. The desolation of smaug has a few beautiful moments, but. After setting out from the safety of bag end, bilbo baggins.
Smaug in the hobbit, or, there and back again shmoop. Ian mckellen, martin freeman, richard armitage, benedict. The desolation of smaug, a continuation of the two of the worlds biggest motionpicture franchises, the hobbit, and the lord of the rings, by one of the worlds most notable directors, peter jackson. All of the dwarves leave laketown bilbo doesnt discover the door, and he is the only one who encounters the dragon meaning the whole epic chasefight at the end of the second movie is. The second epic installment of peter jacksons trilogy the hobbit. The desolation of smaug book vs movie add a difference. What chapters of the hobbit book does the desolation of. I only bought this to see what they had done with smaug, and they missed the plot on that was well.
The problem with desolation of smaug is that most of it isnt in the book. Part two of the hobbit serves up more epic fatigue than the four previous middle earth films combined. Smaug is a dragon whose evil, like gollums, is indicated by his isolation. What chapters of the hobbit book does the desolation of smaug. Dec 10, 20 the movies dont quite follow the book, but the books are divided by three.
Desolation of smaug will contain 25 minutes of new scenes, in contrast with an unexpected journeys minutes. Smaug was perhaps one of the dragons that infested the grey mountains. Apr 01, 2014 complete with indepth notes and commentary by the crew of weta workshop and a stunning foreword by smaugs own voice actor, benedict cumberbatch, smaug. May 21, 2020 smaug was perhaps one of the dragons that infested the grey mountains. He lives alone in the lonely mountain, his only purpose to guard the treasure he stole from the. Gandalf infiltrating the necromancers stronghold in dol guldur. Pictures and is the second installment in the threepart film series based on the novel the hobbit by j. The dwarves got lost in mirkwood and rand out of food. The desolation of smaug and weaknesses in the source material ars resident tolkien nerd explains why deviating from the book can be a good thing. Oct 25, 2015 the movies followed the basic plot, keeping all of the main pointing in the story as they were but the did leave out a few things, mostly all of the songs and poems, and they did add in quite a few things.