Tolkiens playful childrens book, says robbie collin. Thrain confirms gandalfs fears of smaug being in league with another unseen evil force, later revealed to be. Learn the major plot points and story structure of the hobbit. The first time he saw smaug and took a cup back to the dwarves. The desolation of smaug continues the adventure of the title character bilbo baggins as he journeys with the. 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.
But there are two other things you also need to know about the hobbit. This book and all content within is the property of the respective owners. Starring ian mckellen, martin freeman, richard armitage, evangeline lilly and orlando bloom. With the desolation of smaug, peter jacksons the hobbit trilogy finds its groove. The desolation of smaug is the second installment of filmmaker peter jacksons version of tolkiens childrens classic. The desolation of smaug is a 20 epic fantasy adventure film directed by.
The dwarves heard him coming and hid in the tunnel and smaug ate 6 of their ponies. As the dragon passes over bilbo, the hobbit spies the bare spot on smaugs chest where the black arrow shot by bards ancestor knocked a scale loose. In an interview with joe letteri, smaugs design was changed to the form shown in the film after the crew saw how benedict cumberbatch. Tolkien this story takes place in the fantasy world of middle earth, after the age of the faerie but before the dominion of men. To be sure, the desolation of smaug is more fun than an unexpected journey, the first movie in jacksons the hobbit trilogy. The desolation of smaugs cliffhanger ending is one of the most climactic finishes to a middle earth film. Below you will find his analysis concerning the sindarin phrases from the movie the hobbit. Elendilion, a polish website about tolkien and tolkienists, has about 100 articles in english westron. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
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. The desolation of smaug is clearly going to be the winner and it is the only real choice for the target film for this weeks box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for the hobbit. The extended edition of the hobbit trilogy is coming to movie. The hobbit the desolation of smaug, lost in adaptation. The desolation of smaug official movie guide sibley, brian on. The hobbit desolation of smaug official synopsis the mary sue. Another christmas and another honest gift from the hungarian linguist, gabor cerebrum lorinczi of parfenereglas website. The second part of peter jacksons hobbit trilogy is a weary take on j.
The desolation of smaug is more of a bad steven seagal clone than an adaptation of wellread literature. The first film in the new trilogy, an unexpected journey, was very good, with one problem ill mention later. By grace, sarah, patrick and francis devine if you want to watch part 1 click on the link below. The whole story could have been told in a single, twohour movie. The desolation of smaug, in my opinion, was even better than the first prequel because the antagonist smaug was brilliantly portrayed and highly relevant to the previous older works his character, personality, and dialogue was brilliantly executed. The art of smaug is some of my favorite in the book. But a new report has the films running smaug hoard numbers. The desolation of smaug will see the company of thorin oakenshield encounter even greater perils in their quest to claim their longforgotten gold.
The desolation of smaug, is undeniably a very different story than its simple, warmhearted literary source. As the movie starts, bilbo and the dwarves are making their way towards. Cost of directors threefilm adaptation of jrr tolkiens book exposed after a budget report was filed in new zealand. Desolation of smaug from the story my official rant book by mazzy15 maddie with 85 reads. Smaug moves around causing bilbo to fall down the heap of gold coins, outside the dwarves hear and feel the rumblings from inside the mountain ori. When the famous forest of mirkwood was still standing, the elves. Desolation of smaug synopsis explains how the second hobbit movie will fill 3 hours. The orcs and dol guldur each received their own chapters though not where they chronologically appear. First, it is peter jacksons most audacious departure yet from tolkiens original source material. The dragon makes his full appearance in the second part.
I was requested by alex bernhardt to do a full reading of an excerpt from the book the hobbit. This is where the dragon smaug finds bilbo baggins in. Pictures and is the second installment in the threepart film series based on the novel the hobbit by j. The ultimate insider look at the filmmaking process of the hobbit. When smaug realized this, he flew out to find the theif. Why the desolation of smaug is so disappointing off. The thirteen dwarves commanded by thorin, the burglar bilbo baggins and the wizard gandalf travel to lonely mountain to steal the arkenstone from the dragon. Smaug is a topic of discussion among the white council as gandalfs reason to support thorin oakenshields quest. In 1990 a onevolume edition was released by unwin paperbacks.
Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. A threepart comic book adaptation with script by chuck dixon and sean deming and illustrated by david wenzel was published by eclipse comics in 1989. Design features azog the defiler from the movie the hobbit. The desolation of smaug official movie guide by brian. The desolation of smaug continues to follow the quest of dwarf heir apparent thorin oakenshield richard armitage, wizard gandalf the grey ian mckellen, hobbit bilbo baggins martin freeman, and a motley crew of dwarves as they travel toward their. Video quality has been deliberately limited to ensure the books text remains unreadable. Before bilbo is really able to improve upon the situation, gandalf has invited himself to tea and when he arrives, he comes with a company of dwarves led by thorin. Tolkiens childrens book the hobbit to the big screen, peter jackson didnt go for a straightforward. The desolation of smaug visual companion jude fishers visual companion is the most basic of the three books, although that does not make it less enjoyable.
The second epic instalment of peter jackson s trilogy the hobbit. At the same time, gandalf, after sending radagast away with a message for galadriel. If you love the lotr and hobbit movies, i can only recommend to read this book, particularly if you are interested how your favourite characters or scenes were made to come real. Except for a flashback which shows gandalf ian mckellen and the exiled dwarf king thorin oakenshield richard armitage joining forces in a dark and beersoaked pub straight out of chaucers canterbury tales, the desolation of smaug picks up where the last one left off, with bilbo martin freeman and the posse of rowdy dwarves deep into their journey to. Desolation of smaug will contain 25 minutes of new scenes, in contrast with an unexpected journeys minutes. The fuss isnt just about tolkien, its about peter jackson and tolkien and they are hugely enjoyable together, writes peter. He enjoys a peaceful and pastoral life but his life is interrupted by a surprise visit by the wizard gandalf. In addition, movie smaug is much larger than he is in the book, being over 140 meters in length, or twice the size of a 747. Jacksons first mistake, of course, was to puff up j.
Tolkiens book as source material, but the films pacing, structure, and dialogue are much better than an unexpected journeys. 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. On the other hand, theres no clear prize for this weeks winner. Desolation of smaug covers roughly the middle third of the book, as the hearty dwarf band and one hobbit continue their quest to recover the dwarves lost underground kingdom from the dragon. The desolation of smaug bilbo turns tougher and more cunning and the hobbit turns altogether more entertaining in the desolation of smaug. Though big in the book, the movie portrays the dragon as the size of two 747 airplanes. I absolutely enjoy reading this book, i also bought the official movie guide of the unexpected journey, but havent read it yet i trust it is of the same quality. That a pack of canting dwarves would come crawling back to the mountain.
Thorin and company have reached laketown and it is time for the hobbit bilbo baggins to fulfill his contract with the dwarves. Bilbo and the dwarves travel through a dark and evil forest to get to the lonely mountain so they can rally the folk of middle earth to help the dwarves overcome an evil dragon and restore a lost kingdom. Its about as good a middle section for jacksons project as you could expect. A compendium of differences between peter jacksons the hobbit. Smaug appears as the titular antagonist in the second film, the hobbit. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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