Joe letteri said the biggest difference between the first hobbit and the hobbit. As the movie starts, bilbo and the dwarves are making their way towards. Try to find all the differences in this the hobbit game. The ultimate insider look at the filmmaking process of the hobbit. The complete list of film changes for the lord of the rings and. What are the differences between the book and the film. Orlando bloom returns to play legolas, an elf who was a member of the fellowship of the ring in the lord of the rings. Dec 14, 20 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 smaug contains 25 minutes of additional footage. I include not only alterations to the books plot, but also book scenes that are not included in the films as well as new scenes written by the filmmakers. Smaug has left the mountain to wreak havoc on the men of. That he could pimp out over the span of 3 movies for money.
The desolation of smaug and the book, the hobbit, or there and back. Smaug tells bilbo he is leaving for laketown in the book, there is some mystery about where smaug has gone twenty changes between the film the desolation of smaug and tolkiens legendarium. Thorin and company are captured by wood elves while walking through mirkwood, and are taken prisoner in the wood elves residence. The desolation of smaug was in first place at the box office for three consecutive weekends. Books dont often translate too well to film and this is surely one of those cases. Dec 12, 20 but, then again, there are only so many ways to expand one book into three films. One of the differences is the changing of bards future future weapon. Desolation of smaug will contain 25 minutes of new scenes, in contrast with an unexpected journeys minutes.
Though big in the book, the movie portrays the dragon as the size of two 747 airplanes. Dec, 20 the first part, an unexpected journey, came out last december. If book fans dont seem to remember azog the pale orc from the. The elves originated far to the east of the lands that figure in lotr. Uniquely, of all of the towns, settlements, fortresses, and cities of middleearth, laketown utilized water as its defense. What are the differences between the theatrical cut and the extende. The desolation of smaug, where thorin meets thranduil in the woodland realm. The desolation of smaug is out in theaters now, while the final film, there and back again, arrives in theaters on december 17, 2014. Smaug unleashing the dragon is the fourth book in the hobbit chronicles series which showcase the art, concept, and steps to get to what ultimately we end up seeing in the movies. 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. The hobbit the desolation of smaug, lost in adaptation the. Even one of its staunch defenders said that a closing scene was unnecessary. 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.
Why the desolation of smaug is so disappointing off hours. Count me in, and im going to love every minute of it. This film is far from a direct translation from page to screen, however. As we did last year with an unexpected journey ee, tor. Jun 30, 20 the book is never explicit with any solid number, but its enough for the massive dragon to comfortably lay on. 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. Thorin refuses to surrender and thinks of a new plan to trick smaug into rekindling the forge using his fiery breath. How the hobbit changed the ringwraith origins for desolution. The long lake was also surrounded by towering cliffs and high mountains. The music of the hobbit film series is composed and produced by howard shore, who scored all three the lord of the rings films, to which the hobbit trilogy is a prequel.
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. The changes that he made while directing both positively and negatively affected how the viewers analyzed the desolation of smaug. This book is an amazing insight into the wonderful creation process that gave us the king of dragons. Dec 17, 20 another 3 hours in tolkiens fantasy world for desolation of smaug. Fifty differences between the desolation of smaug and tolkien. An unexpected journey contains minutes of additional footage. The desolation of smaug covers the seventh through the th chapters. And the title is the hobbit the desolation of smaug after my viewing i believe they should have dropped the hobbit from the title entirely. 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. In it peter jackson and co might explain why they deviated from the book. The dwarfs, bilbo and gandalf have successfully escaped the misty mountains, but bilbo has gained the one ring.
In regards to the ending, even though tolkiens the hobbit is a childhood favourite of mine, it doesnt mean that im blind to its. 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 doesn t 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. Smaug the dragon, brilliantly played by benedict cumberbatch hats off. 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. Dec 30, 20 the desolation of smaug is out in theaters now, while the final film, there and back again, arrives in theaters on december 17, 2014. The desolation of smaug, the 34yearold actress was. 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. Tolkien intended the hobbit to be a childrens book j. What deviations from the book did the movie the desolation. Pictures and is the second instalment in the threepart film series based on the novel the hobbit by j. This can be for anyone who statte that there was not a well worth reading through. In desolation of smaug, the best parts were the alltoobrief encounter with beorn, the spider scene, bits and pieces of the barrel scene, and bilbos wordplay with smaug. Like smaug the book is magnificent filled with many, many images of would be smaugs and just generally amazing dragon artwork. The desolation of smaug continues the adventure of the title character bilbo baggins as he journeys with the wizard gandalf and thirteen dwarves, led by thorin oakenshield, on an epic quest to reclaim the lonely mountain and the lost dwarf kingdom of erebor.
A lot of folks have in the wake of the trailers for the desolation of smaug been pondering the question about the number of legs our favourite big, bad beastie might possess in the estimation of peter jackson and his conceptual artists alan lee and john howe. The desolation of smaug makes changes and additions as large. The desolation of smaug has many changes from the hobbit novel that negatively and positively influences the storyline. The desolation of smaug is the second movie of the hobbit trilogy an adaptation of tolkiens book being produced and directed by peter jackson.
The hobbit the desolation of smaug, lost in adaptation. Differences between the hobbit book and movie desolation of smaug. Ars resident tolkien nerd explains why deviating from the book can be a. The film is the fifth middleearth film adaptation to be released, and the second chronologically. It also has over 9 hours of behindthescenes footage and interviews, detailing the monumental task of bringing the. Newest desolationofsmaug questions science fiction.
Outside north america, the desolation of smaug was released internationally on 16,405 screens. If you liked the book then its got to be page when peter jackson. Whats the difference between the hobbit the book and the hobbit. All of these were foreshortened, changed, stripped of much of their magic in favor of added fights, orcs or elves, but at least they kept some of. 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. An unexpected journey 2012 2012 covers the first six chapters of the novel and a few moments from the seventh chapter. The score continues the style of the lord of the rings score, and utilizes a vast ensemble, multiple musical forms and styles, a large number of leitmotives and various unusual instruments, adding to shores overarching music. A watercolor painting of one of my favorite scenes from the hobbit 2.
The desolation of smaug by falconer, daniel, weta isbn. One of jacksons major deviations is the role of the nazgul in the desolation of smaug. Enjoy with the wonderful pictures from the desolation of smaug movie. Yet the desolation of smaug does have flashes of brilliance. Desolation of smaug takes bilbo baggins deep into the lair of the fearsome dragon smaug, but thats the only way to restore erebor. Once he gets closer to the mountain, it becomes the only thing thorin is worried about. The first part, an unexpected journey, came out last december. 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. However, there are quite a few differences between the movie and the book. That quest, which is told in somewhat of a fanciful way in tolkiens story the hobbit, had been organized by gandalf ostensibly to destroy the dragon, smaug.
Essentially, this is a retelling of some of the hobbit events in another order since bilbo is in erebor before smaug. These versions have new editing, scenes, special effects and music, and also more scenes and content than the theatrical versions. Legolas is more likely to be found patrolling the forest alongside the sylvan elves of the woodland guard than in the court of the king. To answer this question, one must leave the movieverse and enter the book verse. The hobbit, lord of the rings, differences, medieval, more heroes description. 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 desolation of smaug is technically better than the hobbit. The desolation of smaug is the second film of the hobbit film trilogy. Dec, 20 in fact, desolation of smaug is such a weird mix of hobbit, lord of the rings, and new material, its difficult to see where one ends and the others begin. An unexpected journey in the same way attack of the clones was technically better than the phantom menace. The desolation of smaug 20 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The battle of the five armies contains 20 minutes of. The hobbit extended edition is a version of peter jacksons hobbit trilogy. 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. Once you begin to read the book, it is extremely difficult.
The hobbit extended edition the one wiki to rule them all. The desolation of smaug is a 20 epic highfantasy adventure film. 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. Browse other questions tagged tolkienslegendarium thehobbit adaptationcomparison desolation of smaug or ask your own question. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. What are the differences between the book and the film version of. Ultimately, the desolation of smaug is a success which will. The desolation of smaug extended edition is out today as a download from itunes. Awardsline editor christy grosz contributed to this story. Book and film differences the hobbit wiki guide ign. There have been numerous complaints about all the differences between this film and the hobbit as a novel. The fact of the matter is, smaug has a lot of money a nearly unassessable amount. The desolation of smaug is based off of the middle section of the novel the hobbit by j. Tolkiens own drawing of smaug has a much smaller pile of gold, but its hardly fair to say that peter jacksons interpretation is wrong.
Other than the fact that a character in the movie is in fact a hobbit. Fifty differences between the desolation of smaug and. Laketown may have been separate settlements established on the same site, one predating smaug s destruction of dale and the lonely mountain in ta 2770 and the other built afterwards. The whole point of the scene is the difference between a good and kindly lord, one who openhandedly rewards his brave earls for their faithful service in battle, and the insane greed of the dragon, who cannot bear to part even with the smallest trifle, but who knows every article and implement and coin to the smallest detail. Jun 03, 2020 one of jacksons major deviations is the role of the nazgul in the desolation of smaug. An unexpected journey, lee pace, orlando bloom, evangeline lilly, luke evans and. Some people have been complaining about the size of the images, theres no issue here.
The desolation of smaug to 3d bluray as a fivedisc package with an ultraviolet digital copy code. For the next part of our hobbit book to film series, we will examine the changes made to the. 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. The major change from the book is the way thorin reacts to the arkenstone.
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