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- While still slightly hamstrung by "middle chapter" narrative problems and its formidable length, The Desolation of Smaug represents a more confident, exciting second chapter for the Hobbit series.
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Dec 19, 2013 · Much of Smaug’s dialogue—what Drout describes as the “aggressive politeness” of the British upper class—was taken straight from the book. In other instances, some might argue that ...
Dec 13, 2013 · In the book, Bilbo (Martin Freeman) first encounters a sleeping Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch) in the gold-filled chambers of Erebor. In the film, Smaug’s presence is revealed a little...
But in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, part 2 of Jackson’s three-part quest to wring ever last ounce of drama from Tolkien’s slim Lord of the Ring‘s predecessor, the visual feast starts ...
Dec 13, 2013 · Smaug is a fearsome beast, but you still laugh at the detail of Bilbo wincing at the breath emerging from the dragon's mouth. (Now that's the Bilbo I recognize from the book.) There's a moment before the spider attack that perfectly aligns us with the overall intent of Tolkien's fiction.
Dec 30, 2013 · The dwarves (and Bilbo) battle Smaug by tricking him into starting up some furnaces and covering him with molten metal. In the book, the dragon and the dwarves never encounter each other and...
Dec 9, 2013 · When The Desolation of Smaug is at its best, you can almost glimpse the sleeker, more straightforward adaptation of The Hobbit that could have been. I’d like to know what that movie would have ...
Dec 8, 2013 · Jackson's second entry in the prequel trilogy opening in theaters this month, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, continues that cinematic success with a thrilling, fun adaptation that moves...
