Powerful and fearsome, he invaded the dwarf kingdom of erebor 150 years prior to the events described in the. 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. Though big in the book, the movie portrays the dragon as the size of two 747 airplanes. If you liked the book then its got to be page when peter jackson announced plans to. An unexpected journey in the same way attack of the clones was technically better than the phantom menace. 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. What are the differences between the book and the film. The goblins are now orcs and continue to pursue the company beyond the misty mountains. Browse other questions tagged tolkienslegendarium the hobbit adaptation comparison desolation of smaug or ask your own question. 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. The desolation of smaug the guardian that topless scene in poldark turned him into a national heartthrob, but aidan turner doesnt know what all the fuss is about. To answer this question, one must leave the movieverse and enter the book verse. Here is the second part to my reaction for the hobbit.
Dec 16, 20 the hobbit is a very different kind of book, written in a fairy tale mode for young adults, whereas the lord of the rings is epic and written for adults. An unexpected journey 2012 2012 covers the first six chapters of the novel and a few moments from the seventh chapter. Audio commentary peter jackson sits down with cowriter philippa boyens for another exhaustive commentary jampacked with technical details and anecdotes. Reviewed in the united states on september 24, 2014. Peter jacksons hobbit trilogy production costs revealed. The elves originated far to the east of the lands that figure in lotr.
I tried to capture the moment when, after hearing thranduil say you have my word, one king to another, thorin gets ready to lash out at him. Pictures and is the second instalment in the threepart film series based on the novel the hobbit by j. The first time he saw smaug and took a cup back to the dwarves. Fifty differences between the desolation of smaug and tolkien. With an introduction by richard armitage, this is a book that any fan of the hobbit will enjoy. The desolation of smaug is almost unrecognizable as part of the hobbit the love story between the dwarf and the wood elf, the bizarre rewriting of the escape from the wood elf stronghold, the battle between the handful of dwarfs and smaug in the mountain in which the dwarfs nearly get the better of smaug are just some of the egregious. Golden coins later fall from smaug s belly as he crosses over the company, which were a major plot.
This film is far from a direct translation from page to screen, however. Dec 21, 20 the book is divided into 11 sections, each relating to the desolation of smaug, and each section features an abundance of the artwork that helped to create the visual style for the film. 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. The desolation of smaug extended edition is available on bluray 3d and dvd from 3rd november. How the hobbit changed the ringwraith origins for desolution. Even one of its staunch defenders said that a closing scene was unnecessary. The desolation of smaug covers the seventh through the th chapters.
When smaug realized this, he flew out to find the theif. In the movie the sealed barrels are collected a little ways downstream by river elves and lashed into rafts, which they then drive to laketown. In the book, the elfking at first allowed the other dwarves to move about freely within his hall. What deviations from the book did the movie the desolation. See the differences between the trailer and the theatrical release of the hobbit. Example, compare the fight between aragorn and lurtz to the fight with legolas and the orc whos name escapes me. And in the movie smaug knows that thorin wants the arkenstone and says how hes tempted to let him get it since it will corrupt his heart and. The list, which includes instances from the first two. The desolation of smaug is the second film of the hobbit film trilogy.
Tolkiens 1937 novel the hobbit, his treasure and the mountain he lives in being the goal of the quest. The desolation of smaug and the book, the hobbit, or there and back. The hobbit trilogy consists of three films an unexpected journey, the desolation of smaug, and the battle of the five armies. The need to be able to tell a real story and put it on par with the lord of the rings trilogy was what drove jackson and his team to expand the world. The desolation of smaug is based off of the middle section of the novel the hobbit by j. The fellowship of the ring 7 the lord of the rings. It has often been considered a lightly worded prologue to the real series and has been cast aside because it was such a small part of the story. Dec, 20 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. Ee is a return to what we came to expect from the first trilogys extended editions. The desolation of smaug, where thorin meets thranduil in the woodland realm. In the hobbit films, gandalf only learns of the necromancer when he speaks to radagast, which is what peter jackson uses as the reason for.
The films are, by subtitle, an unexpected journey, the desolation of smaug and the battle of the five armies, released on 2012, 20 and 2014, respectively. The return of the king 9 after the films gothmog balrog fell into the fountain of the king. Powerful and fearsome, he invaded the dwarf kingdom of erebor 150 years prior to the events described in the novel. 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. The second film was retitled the desolation of smaug. Oct 07, 20 the next instalment in the trilogy, the desolation of smaug, is due out in december, with the final chapter, there and back again, set for december 2014. This is our part one reaction part two will come out tomorrow. The series acts as a prequel to jacksons the lord of the rings series. No dwarves were injured between mirkwood and laketown. The major change from the book is the way thorin reacts to the arkenstone. The desolation of smaug and weaknesses in the source material. Jan 14, 2014 thirty changes between the film the desolation of smaug and the book of the hobbit. A group of thirteen dwarves mounted a quest to take the kingdom back, aided by the wizard gandalf and the. The dwarves heard him coming and hid in the tunnel and smaug ate 6 of their ponies.
Comparison and contrast of the hobbit novel and the hobbit films. Once he gets closer to the mountain, it becomes the only thing thorin is worried about. Fifty differences between the desolation of smaug and. What comes after the hobbit the desolation of smaug. However, there are quite a few differences between the movie and the book. Whats the difference between the hobbit the book and the hobbit.
Dec 17, 20 the hobbit contains so much exposition and inner dialogue and characters meandering here and there, it would be a disaster of a film to do a straight one to one version of the book to screen. 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. Radagast appears as a character, rather than just being mentioned briefly. General changes an unexpected journey the desolation of smaug. It took the dwarves one day to get from laketown to the mountain and find the secret entrance. 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. Movies based on books are very rarely 100% faithful to the text, so those who havent read the hobbit might be interested to know some more of the differences between the book and peter jacksons movie adaptations,and weve added an extra 5.
The desolation of smaug after a bumpy beginning with an unexpected journey, peter jacksons hobbit trilogy finds its footing in this much more exciting and. A proper film adaptation could have preserved these differences, instead of trying to torture the hobbit into a trilogy of epic grandeur like the lord of the rings. Of course, if youre already decided which one you feel is better, feel free to jump ahead and. He is one of the wood elves who take thorin and the others captive.
What are the differences between the book and the film version of. Peter jacksons hobbit trilogy production costs revealed at. I must say desolation of smaug was much better then an unexpected journey. Apr 06, 2014 see the differences between the trailer and the theatrical release of the hobbit. When peter jackson announced plans to make a film of the hobbit, back in the early days following the lotr trilogy, the fans resigned. Jun 03, 2020 the desolation of smaug reads between the lines and adds its own details to this battle, as tolkien never recounted how the fight actually played out. The desolation of smaug extended edition hd, 187 min a 2d copy of the film. The changes brought about by peter jackson, director of the hobbit trilogy, add depth to the story and more or less meet the expectations of fans of the lord of the rings films. Desolation of smaug will contain 25 minutes of new scenes, in contrast with an unexpected journeys minutes. 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. It took the dwarves over a week from when they left laketown until they found the secret entrance to the lonely mountain.
Joe letteri said the biggest difference between the first hobbit and the hobbit. Like before, the two talk endlessly about their love for the entire production and. The desolation of smaug is technically better than the hobbit. The next day on his second trip, bilbo talked with smaug.
The movies inclusion of the ringwraiths in this scene is the result of jacksons own inference, but at least doesnt directly contradict the original author. I include not only alterations to the books plot, but also book scenes that are not. I also think the cgi was much too heavy on parts where it wasnt needed. The desolation of smaug press day during which director peter jackson explained the need to cut the story into three films.
Well, theres a site with the book s 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. The complete list of film changes for the lord of the rings and the hobbit. Differences between the hobbit book and movie desolation of smaug. A watercolor painting of one of my favorite scenes from the hobbit 2. The changes that he made while directing both positively and negatively affected how the viewers analyzed the desolation of smaug. Dec 16, 20 the hobbit was a early book and by hundreds of pages the smallest book in the lotr series. See the differences between the trailer and the theatrical. It also has over 9 hours of behindthescenes footage and interviews, detailing the monumental task of bringing the. This is a comparison between the theatrical edition from a german bluray and the.
A few things in the original hobbit that arent as important in the film. Tolkien intended the hobbit to be a childrens book j. The desolation of smaug, however, is an adaptation of the novel and much has been changed to make for a better theatrical experience. The complete list of film changes for the lord of the rings and. The desolation of smaug is a 20 epic highfantasy adventure film directed by peter jackson and produced by wingnut films in collaboration with new line cinema and metrogoldwynmayer. The desolation of smaug is filled with beautiful and fun photograph stills from the movie and lots of interesting text about the characters. He infiltrates the necromancers stronghold in dol guldur. By november 2008, he acknowledged that the book was. 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 ring and bilbo remains invisible, but after that their initial conversation with bilbos riddling descriptions of himself is basically an abridged version of the dialogue in the book, taking a lot of specific lines from it, as you can see here. Newest desolationofsmaug questions science fiction. The director, peter jackson, made many changes and also added to the plot and characters. The desolation of smaug is the second movie of the hobbit trilogy an adaptation of tolkiens book being produced and directed by peter jackson. Awardsline editor christy grosz contributed to this story.
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