In the movie it took the dwarves over a week from when they left laketown until they found the secret entrance to the lonely mountain. It took the dwarves one day to get from laketown to the mountain and find the secret entrance. The desolation of smaug trailer vs theatrical releasebluray. In an interview with joe letteri, smaug s design was changed to the form shown in the film after the crew saw how benedict cumberbatch. Peter jackson to keep every original concept that j. May 22, 2014 the complete confrontation between barrelrider and the chiefest and greatest of calamities from the hobbit. What are the differences between the book and the film. It built at a great pace and was a fun, actionpacked adventure. Even one of its staunch defenders said that a closing scene was unnecessary. Book and film differences the hobbit wiki guide ign.
The dwarves were held captive for one or two weeks in different parts of the elves palace. The director, peter jackson, made many changes and also added to. However, there are quite a few differences between the movie and the book. It was preceded by an unexpected journey in 2012 and followed by the battle of the five armies in 2014. What are the differences between the book and the film version of. The desolation of smaug is the second of peter jacksons the hobbit film trilogy based on j. He simply escapes with the money after the final indignity of being choked by bard, which is what we are told happened to him at the start of botfa anyway and in the book.
Benedict cumberbatch smaug mocap comparison youtube. I am attempting to document each difference, regardless of whether i personally consider them to be good or bad, major or trivial. When smaug realized this, he flew out to find the theif. The desolation of smaug, jackson revisits his style of elaborate escapist cinema, the visual vitality and expansive storytelling methods to convey tolkiens visionary landscape of. The setup is considerably different in the desolation of smaug, but thats only. The dwarves were captured by the elves who were hunting spiders. The desolation of smaug, uninterrupted as it damn well shouldve been to begin with. Well, theres a site with the books scene of bilbo and smaug s meeting here turn your speakers off because theres some annoying midi music that plays automatically, so you can read it and compare it to the movie version. Smaug appears as the titular antagonist in the second film, the hobbit. In the movie there is no femaile woodland elf named tauriel.
Bilbo voices his distress over what theyve gotten themselves into, and the scene cuts to black. The desolation of smaug is technically better than the hobbit. Both two towers and the desolation of smaug are cinematic circus performances, serving up hefty helpings of narrative bridge work, personal character moments, huge fights, bigbudget qualities costumes, sets, effects, etc. Though big in the book, the movie portrays the dragon as the size of two 747 airplanes. 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. Top ten differences between the hobbit book and films. The next day on his second trip, bilbo talked with smaug. Tolkiens original text, the source material becomes harder to pin down but. The dwarves heard him coming and hid in the tunnel and smaug ate 6 of their ponies.
They are both greedy because they have a love of gold and they both get dragon sickness and do bad things. Dec 14, 20 well, in keeping with our comparison between an unexpected journey and fellowship of the ring, well examine the desolation of smaug and the two towers with regard to five different aspects. Things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to. An unexpected journey in the same way attack of the clones was technically better than the phantom menace. If you were a bit befuddled to see orlando blooms lord of the rings fan favorite legolas pop up in trailers for the upcoming hobbit film, the desolation of smaug given that the elf warrior. While not being mentioned in the original book, frodo elijah wood, saruman sir christopher lee, legolas orlando bloom and several others have cameo appearances in the film. The desolation of smaug visual companion from the worlds largest community of readers. Well, theres a site with the books scene of bilbo and smaugs meeting here turn your speakers off because theres some annoying midi music. The desolation of smaug, however, the careful pacing of the first film seems to have gone out the hobbiton window, leaving behind a film that is, in parts, jawdroppingly spectacular seriously, my jaw actually dropped. Bilbo and the dwarves originally dont know where he went but it is revealed in chapter 14 he went to destroy laketown. For an epic like peter jacksons film trilogy of the hobbit, whose source material has a major and rabid. The battle of the five armies picks up where the desolation of smaug left off.
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 and weaknesses in the source material ars resident tolkien nerd explains why deviating from the book. The desolation of smaug and the book, the hobbit, or there and back. Well, in keeping with our comparison between an unexpected journey and fellowship of the ring, well examine the desolation of smaug and the two towers with regard to five different aspects. But in the films, legolas plays a role as a loyal admirer of tauriel, a hater of dwarves and a skilled warrior killing off the orcs in the desolation of smaug and the battle of the five armies movies. Fifty differences between the desolation of smaug and tolkiens. The desolation of smaug extended edition bluray at. The desolation of smaug represents an improvement over the first installment of peter jacksons threepart adaptation of j.
Of course, if youre already decided which one you feel is better, feel free to jump ahead and. 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. This book and all content within is the property of the respective owners. 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, 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. Smaug is a topic of discussion among the white council as gandalfs reason to support thorin oakenshields quest. Comparison and contrast of the hobbit and the hobbit films the hobbit. Nov 26, 20 if you love the lotr and hobbitmovies, i can only recommend to read this book, particularly if you are interested how your favourite characters or scenes were made to come real. Apr 11, 2014 this video comparison shows the changes made in shots between the trailer for the movie and the final theatricalbluray release. 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 and metrogoldwynmayer. The desolation of smaug ends just as the dragon smaug is about to attack laketown.
How the books differ from what is depicted in the films. The complete list of film changes for the hobbit and the lord. Also stream the hobbit the desolation of smaug on your mobile, tablets and ipads. The desolation of smaugs cliffhanger ending is one of the most climactic finishes to a middle earth film. This video comparison shows the changes made in shots between the trailer for the movie and the final theatricalbluray release. The folks over at the tolkien fan site the one ring have brought attention to a list, created by fan gary appenzeller, of the differences and similarities between the hobbit book and its 3film.
Tolkien would have in mind if he was the one to direct these movies. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. A sidebyside, shotforshot comparison between the rankinbass and peter jackson adaptations of jrr tolkiens the hobbit. The desolation of smaug as peter jackson ventures further from j. In the movie smaug initially seems to sense bilbos ring and bilbo takes it off out of fear, becoming visible, whereas in the book smaug doesnt say anything about the. 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. Many tolkien loyalists are outraged that director added female characters to the classic novel the hobbit, but jackson didnt stop there. The complete list of film changes is my ongoing project to list all the reported differences between peter jacksons hobbit and lord of the rings films and the j. There is no mention of legolas, the son of the elvenking thranduil, in the hobbit book. 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. 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. The complete list of film changes for the hobbit and the lord of.
In the book bilbo steals a cup which angers smaug so he flies off. The desolation of smaug picks up right where an unexpected journey concluded, with thorin, 12 dwarves, and one hobbit on the way into mirkwood, home of the lessthanhospitable wood elves. The second epic installment of peter jacksons trilogy the hobbit. Jan 19, 2016 the hobbit the desolation of smaug in hollywood movies the hobbit the desolation of smaug 20 download movie for mobile in best quality 3gp and mp4 format.
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