The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Difference between revisions

From Tolkien Gateway
m (→‎Cast: and also Meg Winchester did not appear in this movie because of her age during filming)
(47 intermediate revisions by 11 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{film infobox
{{film infobox
| image=[[File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - poster 1.jpg|250px]]
| image=[[File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - poster 2.jpg|250px]]
| name=''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''
| name=''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''
| director=[[Peter Jackson]]<ref name="HBTitles">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2563|articlename=Titles and Release Dates Announced|dated=31-May-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref><br/>[[Andy Serkis]] (Second Unit Director)<ref name="HBAndy">
| director=[[Peter Jackson]]<ref name="HBTitles">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2563|articlename=Titles and Release Dates Announced|dated=31-May-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref><br/>[[Andy Serkis]] (Second Unit Director)<ref name="HBAndy">
Line 7: Line 7:
| writer=Peter Jackson<br/>Fran Walsh<br/>Philippa Boyens<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| writer=Peter Jackson<br/>Fran Walsh<br/>Philippa Boyens<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| narrator=
| narrator=
| starring=[[Martin Freeman]]<br/>[[Ian McKellen]]<br/>[[Richard Armitage]]<ref name="PJCasting1">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150168211921558|articlename=Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit|dated=20-March-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref><br/>''[[The Hobbit (film series)#Confirmed cast|See cast section below for more]]''
| starring=[[Martin Freeman]]<br/>[[Ian McKellen]]<br/>[[Richard Armitage]]<ref name="PJCasting1">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150168211921558|articlename=Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit|dated=20-March-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref><br/>''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug#Cast|See cast section below for more]]''
| music=[[Howard Shore]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| music=[[Howard Shore]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| cinematography=[[Andrew Lesnie]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| cinematography=[[Andrew Lesnie]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
Line 14: Line 14:
| distributor=[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| distributor=[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| released=[[13 December]] [[2013]]<ref name="HBTitles2">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/the-hobbit-trilogy-titles-and-release-dates/|articlename=The Hobbit Trilogy titles and release dates|dated=2-September-2012|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=2-September-2012}}</ref>
| released=[[13 December]] [[2013]]<ref name="HBTitles2">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/the-hobbit-trilogy-titles-and-release-dates/|articlename=The Hobbit Trilogy titles and release dates|dated=2-September-2012|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=2-September-2012}}</ref>
| runtime=
| runtime='''Theatrical:'''<br>161 minutes<br>'''Extended Edition:'''<br>186 minutes
| country=[[New Zealand]]<br/>[[United Kingdom]]<br/>[[United States]]
| country=[[New Zealand]]<br/>[[United Kingdom]]<br/>[[United States]]
| language=English
| language=English
Line 21: Line 21:
| imdb_id=1170358
| imdb_id=1170358
}}
}}
'''''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''''' is the second of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was released on [[13 December]] [[2013]] in North America. It was preceded by ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]'' in [[2012]] and will be followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' in [[2014]].
'''''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''''' is the second of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was released on [[13 December]] [[2013]] in North America. It was preceded by ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]'' in [[2012]] and followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' in [[2014]].


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
Line 44: Line 44:


===Scenes===
===Scenes===
# The Quest for Erebor**
# [[The Quest for Erebor (scene)|The Quest for Erebor]]**
# Wilderland
# [[Wilderland (scene)|Wilderland]]
# The Master Summons
# [[The Master Summons]]
# A Commander of Legions
# [[A Commander of Legions]]
# Queer Lodgings*
# [[Queer Lodgings (scene)|Queer Lodgings]]*
# Last of the Skin-changers
# [[Last of the Skin-changers]]
# Where the Shadows Lie*
# [[Where the Shadows Lie]]*
# The Elven-gate**
# [[The Elven-gate]]**
# Mirkwood**
# [[Mirkwood (scene)|Mirkwood]]**
# Flies and Spiders
# [[Flies and Spiders (scene)|Flies and Spiders]]
# The Woodland Realm
# [[The Woodland Realm (scene)|The Woodland Realm]]
# The Elvenking
# [[The Elvenking]]
# King and Captain
# [[King and Captain]]
# Feast of Starlight
# [[Feast of Starlight]]
# Barrels Out of Bond
# [[Barrels Out of Bond (scene)|Barrels Out of Bond]]
# The High Fells
# [[The High Fells (scene)|The High Fells]]
# Bard the Bowman
# [[Bard the Bowman (scene)|Bard the Bowman]]
# The Nature of Evil
# [[The Nature of Evil]]
# Smuggled Cargo
# [[Smuggled Cargo]]
# Lake-town
# [[Lake-town (scene)|Lake-town]]
# The Master of Lake-town**
# [[The Master of Lake-town]]**
# The World of Men**
# [[The World of Men (scene)|The World of Men]]**
# The Home of Bard
# [[The Home of Bard]]
# "It Is Our Fight"
# [["It Is Our Fight]]"
# The Prophecy**
# [[The Prophecy (scene)|The Prophecy]]**
# A Warm Welcome**
# [[A Warm Welcome (scene)|A Warm Welcome]]**
# The Parting of the Company**
# [[The Parting of the Company]]**
# The Lonely Mountain**
# [[The Lonely Mountain (scene)|The Lonely Mountain]]**
# A Spell of Concealment**
# [[A Spell of Concealment]]**
# The Hidden Door
# [[The Hidden Door]]
# Son of Thrór*
# [[Son of Thrór]]*
# On the Doorstep
# [[On the Doorstep (scene)|On the Doorstep]]
# Kingsfoil
# [[Kingsfoil (scene)|Kingsfoil]]
# The Courage of Hobbits
# [[The Courage of Hobbits]]
# The Enemy Revealed**
# [[The Enemy Revealed]]**
# Inside Information
# [[Inside Information (scene)|Inside Information]]
# The Black Arrow
# [[The Black Arrow]]
# In the Dragon's Lair
# [[In the Dragon's Lair]]
# Under Arrest
# [[Under Arrest]]
# Bilbo the Burglar
# [[Bilbo the Burglar]]
# Smaug the Magnificent
# [[Smaug the Magnificent]]
# Orc Attack
# [[Orc Attack]]
# Confrontations
# [[Confrontations]]
# Elvish Medicine
# [[Elvish Medicine]]
# Hunter and Hunted
# [[Hunter and Hunted]]
# "She Walks in Starlight"
# [["She Walks in Starlight]]"
# A Desperate Plan
# [[A Desperate Plan]]
# Duel in Lake-town
# [[Duel in Lake-town]]
# The Forges Relit
# [[The Forges Relit]]
# Smaug the Golden
# [[Smaug the Golden]]
# Credits
# Credits


Line 104: Line 104:
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
! Actor !! Role
|-
| Frazer Anderson || Hunter Orc<br>Lake-town resident
|-
|-
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]
|-
| Jim Baltaxe || Lake-town resident
|-
| Rodney Bane || Lake-town merchant
|-
|-
| Dallas Barnett || "[[Bill Ferny#Films|Bill Ferny, Sr.]]"
| Dallas Barnett || "[[Bill Ferny#Films|Bill Ferny, Sr.]]"
|-
| Aleksandr Beliaev || Lake-town resident
|-
|-
| [[John Bell]] || [[Bain]]
| [[John Bell]] || [[Bain]]
|-
| Vivien Bell || Lake-town woman
|-
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
|-
| Terry Binding || Lake-town resident
| Nick Blake || [[Percy]]
|-
|-
| Nick Blake || [[Percy]]
| [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Galadriel]]
|-
|-
| [[Orlando Bloom]] || [[Legolas]]
| [[Orlando Bloom]] || [[Legolas]]
|-
| Shane Boulton || Ranger ([[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] only)
|-
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]
|-
| Riley Brophy || Lake-town resident
|-
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]
|-
| Tony Burton || Lake-town resident
|-
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]
|-
| Hong Chin || Lake-town resident
|-
| Colleen Cleary || Lake-town resident
|-
| John Colbert || Lake-town spy
|-
| Peter Colbert || Lake-town spy
|-
|-
| [[Stephen Colbert]] || Lake-town spy
| [[Stephen Colbert]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| Trevor Cooper || Lake-town resident
|-
| Yvette Cottam || Lake-town resident
|-
| Raymond Cox || Lake-town resident
|-
| Paul Craze || Lake-town resident
|-
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || [[Smaug]]<br/>The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]]
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || [[Smaug]]<br/>The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]]
|-
| David Donaldson || Lake-town musician
|-
| Alison Draine || Lake-town woman
|-
| Frank Edwards || Dock worker
|-
| [[Greg Ellis]] || Net mender
|-
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Bard]]<br/>[[Girion]]
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Bard]]<br/>[[Girion]]
|-
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]
|-
| Gary French || Prancing Pony patron
|-
|-
| [[Stephen Fry]] || The [[Master of Lake-town]]
| [[Stephen Fry]] || The [[Master of Lake-town]]
|-
|-
| [[Ryan Gage]] || [[Alfrid]]
| [[Ryan Gage]] || [[Alfrid]]
|-
| Paul Gaudin || Lake-town resident
|-
| Phoebe Gittins || Prancing Pony wench
|-
| Tim Gordon || Stallkeeper
|-
| Emily Gray || Lake-town resident
|-
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]
|-
| Zackary Hajek || Mirkwood Elf
|-
|-
| Craig Hall || [[Galion]]
| Craig Hall || [[Galion]]
|-
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]
|-
| Jamie Harrison || Hunter Orc
|-
| Ray Henwood || Old fisherman
|-
| Chris Hewer || Lake-town resident
|-
| Keirryn Hintz || Lake-town resident
|-
| Christian Hipolito || Lake-town resident
|-
| Kathryn Briggs Hobbs || Lake-town resident
|-
| Fataneh Howe || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[John Howe]] || Lake-town musician
|-
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]
Line 215: Line 147:
| [[Katie Jackson]] || [[Betsy Butterbur]]
| [[Katie Jackson]] || [[Betsy Butterbur]]
|-
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || "Ancestor of [[Albert Dreary]]"<br>Lake-town spy (Scenes Deleted)
| [[Peter Jackson]] || "[[Albert Dreary|Albert Dreary, Sr.]]"
|-
| Norman Kali || Lake-town spy
|-
|-
| Eli Kent || [[Lethuin]]
| Eli Kent || [[Lethuin]]
|-
|-
| Robin Kerr || [[Elros (Mirkwood guard)|Elros]]
| Robin Kerr || [[Elros (Mirkwood guard)|Elros]]
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]
|-
|-
| Kelly Kilgour || [[Soury]]
| Kelly Kilgour || [[Soury]]
|-
|-
| Dean Knowsley || Elven guard<br>Lake-town woman
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]
|-
| Simon Leary || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Alan Lee]] || Lake-town musician
|-
|-
| [[Evangeline Lilly]] || [[Tauriel]]
| [[Evangeline Lilly]] || [[Tauriel]]
Line 238: Line 162:
|-
|-
| [[Lawrence Makoare]] || [[Bolg]]
| [[Lawrence Makoare]] || [[Bolg]]
|-
| Heli Matilainen || Lake-town resident
|-
| Simon McArthur || Lake-town resident
|-
|-
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]
|-
| Steve McDonald || Lake-town resident
|-
| Evelyn McGee || Lake-town spy
|-
| Walter McGinnis || Lake-town guard
|-
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]
|-
| Dallas McKinley || Lake-town guard
|-
| Carlton McRae || Lake-town resident
|-
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]
|-
| Cecil Mediano || Lake-town resident
|-
| Sebastian Meek || Lake-town woman
|-
| Liz Merton || Lake-town resident
|-
| Joseph Mika-Hunt || Lake-town resident
|-
|-
| Ben Mitchell || [[Narzug]]
| Ben Mitchell || [[Narzug]]
|-
|-
| Mark Mitchinson || [[Braga]]
| Mark Mitchinson || [[Braga]]
|-
| [[Mike Mizrahi]] || [[Thráin II|Thráin]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Keith Mole || Lake-town guard
|-
| Sarah Morgan || Lake-town resident
|-
|-
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]
Line 282: Line 178:
|-
|-
| Peggy Nesbitt || [[Sigrid]]
| Peggy Nesbitt || [[Sigrid]]
|-
| Carter Nixon || Lake-town spy
|-
| Keith Nolan || Lake-town guard
|-
|-
| [[Dean O'Gorman]] || [[Fíli]]
| [[Dean O'Gorman]] || [[Fíli]]
|-
| Stephen O'Neill || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Jabez Olssen]] || Fishmonger
|-
|-
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
|-
| Ivy Padilla || Lake-town resident
|-
| Karen Palmer || Lake-town resident
|-
|-
| Sarah Peirse || [[Hilda Bianca]]
| Sarah Peirse || [[Hilda Bianca]]
Line 303: Line 187:
| [[Mikael Persbrandt]] || [[Beorn]]
| [[Mikael Persbrandt]] || [[Beorn]]
|-
|-
| Wayne Phillips || Lake-town resident
| [[Antony Sher]] || [[Thráin]] ([[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] only)
|-
| [[Shane Rangi]] || Hunter Orc
|-
| Daniel Rathbon || Lake-town resident
|-
| Adebisi Riwanou || Lake-town resident
|-
| Steve Roche || Lake-town musician
|-
| Tania Rodger || Lake-town resident
|-
| Gabrielle Roque López || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Brian Sergent]] || Spider
|-
| Kiran Shah || Prancing Pony Hobbit
|-
| [[Antony Sher]] || Older [[Thráin II|Thráin]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Fiona Simpson || Lake-town resident
|-
| Tim Simpson || Lake-town resident
|-
| Jeff Slaven || Lake-town resident
|-
| Allan Smith || Orc underling
|-
| Dianne Smith || Lake-town resident
|-
|-
| Matt Smith || "[[Squint-eyed Southerner#Films|Squint]]"
| Matt Smith || "[[Squint-eyed Southerner#Films|Squint]]"
Line 337: Line 193:
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]
|-
|-
| Jennifer Tebbs || Lake-town resident
| [[Jeffrey Thomas]] ||[[Thrór]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Royd Tolkien]] || Ranger (Extended Edition only)
|-
|-
| Mark Trotter || Hunter Orc
| [[Royd Tolkien]] || Burier of Witch-King (Extended Edition only)
|-
|-
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]
|-
| Lee Tuson || Lake-town man
|-
|-
| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Fimbul]]
| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Fimbul]]
|-
| Rosalie van Horik || Mirkwood Elf
|-
| Peter Vere-Jones || Spider
|-
| Manuela Vetters || Laketown resident
|-
|-
| [[Zane Weiner]] || Lake-town spy
| [[Zane Weiner]] || Lake-town spy
|-
|-
| Ruben Werle || Lake-town resident
| [[Richard Whiteside]] || "[[Barliman Butterbur#Portrayal in adaptations|Butterbur, Sr.]]"
|-
| [[Richard Whiteside]] || "[[Barliman Butterbur#Portrayal in adaptations|Butterbur, Sr.]]"<br>Lake-town guard
|-
| Christopher Winchester || Lake-town resident
|-
| Nikki Winchester || Lake-town resident
|-
| Min Windle || Hunter Orc
|-
| Joe Yabuki || Lake-town resident
|}
|}


==Deviations from the source material==
==Deviations from the source material==
The film covers the seventh through twelfth chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it generally follows the story, a number of liberties were still taken:
''The Hobbbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' covers the seventh through twelfth chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it generally follows the story, a number of liberties were still taken:


* [[Thorin]]'s encounter with [[Gandalf]] at [[the Prancing Pony]] in which the [[Wizards|Wizard]] urges him to take back [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] was not a chance meeting as it was in [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s writings, but rather orchestrated by Gandalf himself.
*[[Thorin]]'s encounter with [[Gandalf]] at [[the Prancing Pony]], in which the [[Wizards|Wizard]] urges him to take back [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]], was not a chance meeting as it was in [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s writings, but rather orchestrated by Gandalf himself.
* Instead of crossing [[Mirkwood]]'s [[Enchanted River]] by boat, [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] and the [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] climb on vines that extend across the river. This scene is only seen in the [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] of the film.
*Since the film's antagonist, [[Azog]], and the pursuit of the [[Orcs]] are invented for the film, in the books, Gandalf doesn't show Thorin a message in [[Black Speech]] about a bounty on Thorin's head, and Gandalf doesn't meet strangers who mistook him for a "vagabond." The two strange peoples in the Inn are inspired by [[Bill Ferny]] and the [[Squint-eyed Southerner]], who filled a similar role in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]''.
* In the book, Thorin was captured separately before the rest of the [[Thorin and Company|Company]] and kept captive in his own room (where he was treated and fed well) when he wouldn't reveal his purpose for being in Mirkwood. The other [[Dwarves]] weren't told he was there.
*Thorin says: "I received word that my Father had been seen wandering the wilds near [[Dunland]]. I went looking, and found no sign of him," and to Gandalf "My father came to see you before he went missing." There are no hints of this in the books, where Gandalf didn't encounter [[Thráin]] until he found him in [[Dol Guldur]].
* [[Thranduil]] guesses the purpose of the Company's mission was to retake Erebor, and tries to make a deal with Thorin. In the book, he is oblivious to this.
*Gandalf urges Thorin to unite the armies of the [[Dwarves]] to retake Erebor, but in the books from the beginning he planned to retake the Mountain in secret.
* Thranduil at first allowed the other Dwarves to move about freely within his halls, but he finally locked them up, each to his own cell, because they were being obnoxious and insulting in the book. In the film, they are immediately locked up.
*In Tolkien's writings, there is no "oath" sworn by the seven Dwarf families to the one who wields the [[Arkenstone]].
* Neither [[Legolas]] nor [[Tauriel]] appear in the book. Indeed, the latter character is a creation of the filmmakers.
*As told in ''[[The Quest of Erebor]]'', the term "Burglar" (or "Master Burglar") emerged by chance, but, in the film, Gandalf meant to use it in the particular context in which [[Thorin and Company]] see [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] later on.
* [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] hides the Dwarves in the barrels (with no tops) while the chief guard and [[Galion]] the butler were asleep, and he launches them into the [[Forest River|river]] himself. In the book, the Elves themselves later pushed the barrels (which they thought were empty; they were also covered with lids) through the trapdoor and opened the portcullis at the water-gate to let the barrels into the river.
*The meeting in [[Bree]] happened on [[15 March]] {{TA|2941}}, and the Company comes to [[Beorn]] in late summer, but the film says that 12 months are in between the prologue and the Company's arrival at Beorn's.
* In the book, the portcullis was a grate lowered down across the opening (the water-gate) that let the stream from the cave flow out into the river. In the film, the portcullis was a side-swinging type, and it wouldn't have kept anybody inside the cave because it was outside on the river.
*The Dwarves see Beorn first in his [[bears|bear]] form and flee from him into his [[Beorn's Hall|house]], and barricade the front door. In the book, they come as several couples while Gandalf is telling Beorn their story (which doesn't occur until the next morning in the [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] of the film).
* There is a pursuit by the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Elves]] after the Dwarves' escape from the [[Elvenking's Halls]] (where the [[Elves]] did not yet know how the Dwarves had escaped), and the pack of [[Orcs]] who were pursuing the Company in the previous film catch up and attack as the barrels float down the river. The Elves then counterattack the Orcs.
*In the book, Gandalf already knows that he must leave the Company to deal with the [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]], but in the film he doesn't decide to leave until noticing a banner with a red eye on a tree at the entrance of [[Mirkwood]]. He doesn't tell the Dwarves as to where he's leaving and why.
* [[Kíli]] is struck with a Morgul arrow by [[Bolg]] during the barrel escape when trying to open the water-gate, and it slowly saps his strength through the rest of the film. He is ultimately healed by Tauriel (who uses [[athelas]] to do so) in [[Lake-town]], where his health had become critical. No such incident occurs in Tolkien's works.
*Bilbo wants to tell Gandalf of [[the One Ring]]. In the books, he has no such tendencies.
* [[Bard]] meets the Dwarves on the river, and [[Balin]] convinces him to smuggle the Company into Lake-town in the barrels. In the book, [[Raft-elves]] intercepted the barrels and made them into a raft they steered down the river to [[Long Lake]] where [[Men]] in boats pulled it into Lake-town with the undiscovered Dwarves still inside and Bilbo (still wearing his [[The One Ring|Ring]]) invisibly riding along.
*In the Extended Edition of the film, Beorn says there is an alliance between the Orcs of [[Moria]] and the Necromancer in [[Dol Guldur]], and, throughout the film, Azog and his son [[Bolg]]'s alliance with the Necromancer is shown. Azog doesn't appear in any way in the books after his death at the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]], and his son also only appears at the end at the [[Battle of Five Armies]], while Sauron has nothing to do with Thorin's Company and the Erebor [[Quest of Erebor|quest]] at all (except for Gandalf's fear that [[Smaug]] could align with Sauron).
* In addition to [[Bain]], Bard has two other children: daughters [[Sigrid]] and [[Tilda]]. He is also revealed to be a widower.
*The corruption of the Ring concerning Bilbo is displayed clearer in the film; he is shown playing with it at night and very aggressevily killing a [[Spiders|spider]]-like creature that stands between him and the Ring.
* The [[Master of Lake-town]] has a majordomo in the film: [[Alfrid]]. He frequently informs the Master of various goings-on in the town, particularly the rumors of people plotting to possibly unseat him from his position of power - Bard, in particular. In the book, the Master had various aides who were unnamed and only briefly mentioned.
*As often in the trilogy, it isn't made clear how long the journey lasts; in the book, the Company wanders through Mirkwood for almost one month, and they are almost starving -- but the Company's confusion in the forest is not so strong as is depicted in the film.
* Due to his worsening condition, Thorin refuses to let Kíli go up to the Mountain with the rest of the Company. [[Fíli]] and [[Óin]] opt to stay behind to look after him. Additionally, [[Bofur]] gets left behind after oversleeping. All thirteen Dwarves went up to the Mountain in the book.
*Instead of crossing Mirkwood's [[Enchanted River]] by boat, Bilbo and the Dwarves climb on vines that extend across the river, and there is no deer leaping over it (Thorin sees a stag after crossing and shoots an arrow at it, at which point it runs away). This scene is only seen in the Extended Edition of the film.
* In the Extended Edition of the film, Gandalf encounters a gaunt, bewildered [[Thráin II]] while investigating [[Dol Guldur]]. He somewhat heals the Dwarf's insanity, and Thráin helps guide him through the fortress, also revealing that his [[Thrór|father]]'s [[Ring of Thrór|ring]] had been entrusted to him and had ultimately been cut from his finger and taken from him by [[Azog]] during the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]]. Thráin is ultimately swallowed up by [[Sauron]] just before the Dark Lord reveals himself to Gandalf. This is evidently a reworking of the encounter of the two that took place in {{TA|2850}} made to fit into the film trilogy's events, though Thráin does not give [[Thrór's Map]] and Erebor's [[Back Door]] key to Gandalf in the film (having done so on a previous, unseen occasion), nor does Gandalf not ever realise the Dwarf's identity during the meeting.
*The [[Elves]] fight the [[spiders]] and capture the Dwarves afterward.
* In the book, the last rays of the setting [[sun]] on [[Durin's Day]] reveal the keyhole to the [[Back Door|secret door]] into the [[Lonely Mountain]], as predicted by the [[Moon-letters|runes]] on the [[Thrór's Map|map]]. In the film, the light of the [[moon]] reveals the keyhole after the sun has set.
*In the book, Thorin was captured separately before the rest of the Company and kept captive in his own room (where he was treated and fed well), though he wouldn't reveal his purpose for being in Mirkwood. The other Dwarves weren't told he was there. In the film, they all get captured together after the Elves' fight with the spiders.
* Bard is imprisoned toward the end of the film, purely because the Master sees him as a threat.
*[[Thranduil]] guesses the purpose of the Company's mission was to retake Erebor, and tries to make a deal with Thorin. In the book, he is oblivious to this and only wants to know why they wandered through the forest.
* Bolg's Orc pack arrives in Lake-town to ambush the remaining Dwarves, but are foiled by the arrival of Legolas and Tauriel. They retreat once they realize Thorin has already reached the Mountain.
*Thranduil at first allowed the other Dwarves to move about freely within his halls, but he finally locked them up, each to his own cell, because they were being obnoxious and insulting in the book. In the film, they are immediately locked up.
* Bilbo has only one audience with [[Smaug]], and does not take a gold cup from him. He also takes his Ring off not long after the [[Dragons|Dragon]] detects his presence.
*Neither [[Legolas]] nor [[Tauriel]] appear in the book. The latter character is a creation of the filmmakers.
* Smaug seems fully aware of Thorin and Company's presence, as well as Sauron's impending attack on the Dwarves.
*The Elven-feasts and fires are only alluded to in a conversation between [[Kíli]] and Tauriel.
* The climax of the film is an involved battle between Thorin's Dwarves and Smaug inside of the Lonely Mountain, in which they ultimately try (unsuccessfully) to drown the beast in molten gold after re-lighting the forges. In the book, the Dwarves never see the Dragon at all; by the time they head downstairs to the Dragon's lair, Smaug is long gone (in fact, although they don't know it at that point, he's already dead).
*Bilbo hides the Dwarves in the barrels (with no tops) while the chief guard and [[Galion]] the butler were asleep, and he launches them into the [[Forest River|river]] himself. In the book, the Elves themselves later pushed the barrels (which they thought were empty; they were also covered with lids) through the trapdoor and opened the portcullis at the water-gate to let the barrels into the river.
*In the book, the portcullis was a grate lowered down across the opening (the water-gate) that let the stream from the cave flow out into the river. In the film, the portcullis was a side-swinging type, and it wouldn't have kept anybody inside the cave because it was outside on the river.
*There is a pursuit by the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Elves]] after the Dwarves' escape from the [[Elvenking's Halls]] (whereas the Elves did not yet know the Dwarves had escaped in the book), and the pack of Orcs who were pursuing the Company in the [[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|previous film]] catch up and attack as the barrels float down the river. The Elves then counterattack the Orcs.
*Kíli is struck with a Morgul arrow by Bolg during the barrel escape when trying to open the water-gate, and it slowly saps his strength through the rest of the film. He is ultimately healed by Tauriel (who uses [[athelas]] to do so) in [[Lake-town]], where his health had become critical. Throughout the film, an emotional relationship forms between both. No such incidents occur in Tolkien's works.
*There is an interrogation of a [[Narzug|captured Orc]] who reveals to Thranduil and Legolas that there is a "shadow" and that his master "serves the One", making Thranduil decide to barricade his kingdom, against the will of Tauriel.
*In the book, [[Raft-elves]] intercepted the barrels and loaded them into a raft they steered down the river to [[Long Lake]], where [[Men]] in boats pulled it to Lake-town with the undiscovered Dwarves still inside and Bilbo (still wearing his Ring) riding along. In the film, [[Bard]] is introduced in their place much earlier than in the book (where he does not appear before the attack of [[Smaug]] as one of the town's bowmen) where he is a bargeman and meets the Dwarves on the [[River Running|river]]. [[Balin]] convinces him to smuggle the Company into Lake-town in the barrels (where they are nearly discovered), to hide them in his house, and to give them weapons. Bard suspects who Thorin might be, and confirms it after examining a wall hanging with Thorin's genealogy.
*In addition to [[Bain]], Bard has two other children: daughters [[Sigrid]] and [[Tilda]]. He is also revealed to be a widower. Though Bain does appear in the Appendices, he does not appear in ''The Hobbit''.
*The part of the [[Master of Lake-town]] is extended as well, displaying his corruption in a more detailed way. He has a majordomo in the film: [[Alfrid]]. Alfrid frequently informs the Master of various goings-on in the town, particularly the rumors of people plotting to possibly unseat him from his position of power - Bard (who is frequently spied on by the Master), in particular. In the book, the Master had various aides who were unnamed and only briefly mentioned.
*The story concerning the Dwarvish wind-lance appears only in the film, as does the legend that [[Girion]] loosened a scale from Smaug's breast during the [[Dragons|Dragon]]'s attack on [[Dale]].
*The discussion about Thorin's Company doesn't take place in a great hall but in front of one.
*In the book, the poem concerning the return of the [[King under the Mountain]] has a positive connotation:
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;">
The streams shall run in gladness
The lakes shall shine and burn,
All sorrow fail and sadness
At the Mountain-king's return!
</poem>
In the film, it is recited by Bard with a negative meaning:
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;">
And the bells shall ring in gladness
At the Mountain King's return,
But all shall fade in sadness,
And the lake will shine and burn.
</poem>
*Due to his worsening condition, Thorin refuses to let Kíli go up to the Mountain with the rest of the Company. [[Fíli]] and [[Óin]] opt to stay behind to look after him. Additionally, [[Bofur]] gets left behind after oversleeping. All thirteen Dwarves went up to the Mountain in the book.
*The [[High Fells of Rhudaur]], as well as the tombs of the [[Nazgûl]], their rising, and Gandalf and [[Radagast]]'s examining of said tombs are all invented for the film.
*The events of ''The Hobbit'' take place {{TA|2941}}, but, in the books, Gandalf's second investigation of Dol Guldur happens {{TA|2850}}.
*In the Extended Edition of the film, Gandalf encounters a gaunt, bewildered Thráin while investigating Dol Guldur after discovering the open tombs of the Nine. He somewhat heals the Dwarf's insanity, and Thráin helps guide him through the fortress, also revealing that his [[Thrór|father]]'s [[Ring of Thrór|ring]] had been entrusted to him and had ultimately been cut from his finger and taken from him by [[Azog]] during the Battle of Azanulbizar (in the books, the Ring is not taken before Thráin's capture in Dol Guldur). Thráin is ultimately swallowed up by the Necromancer just before it reveals itself to Gandalf to be the [[Dark Lord]] [[Sauron]]. Gandalf calls the Dwarf his "old friend," whereas in the books he doesn't know him and doesn't realise his identity until months after the meeting. Thráin does not give [[Thrór's Map]] and Erebor's [[Back Door]] key to Gandalf in the film (apparently having done so in the films' timeline on a previous, unseen occasion).
*In the books, there is no mention of a combat between Sauron and Gandalf, and he isn't taken prisoner as depicted in the film.
*In the book, the last rays of the setting [[sun]] on [[Durin's Day]] reveal the keyhole to the [[Back Door|secret door]] into the [[Lonely Mountain]], as predicted by the [[Moon-letters|runes]] on the Thrór's Map. In the film, the light of the [[moon]] reveals the keyhole after the sun has set; the Dwarves, having tried to smash it, started to go back after losing hope.
*Bard is imprisoned toward the end of the film, purely because the Master sees him as a threat.
*Bolg's Orc pack arrives in Lake-town to ambush the remaining Dwarves, but are foiled by the arrival of Legolas and Tauriel. They retreat once they realize Thorin has already reached the Mountain.
*Bilbo has only one audience with Smaug, and does not take a gold cup from him. He also takes his Ring off not long after the Dragon detects his presence.
*Smaug seems fully aware of Thorin and Company's presence, as well as Sauron's impending attack on the Dwarves (since, as Thráin revealed to Gandalf, the Dragon is in league with Sauron).
*The climax of the film is an involved battle between Thorin's Dwarves and Smaug inside of the Lonely Mountain, in which they ultimately try (unsuccessfully) to drown the beast in molten [[gold]] after re-lighting the forges. In the book, the Dwarves never see the Dragon at all; by the time they head downstairs to the Dragon's lair, Smaug is long gone (in fact, although they don't know it at that point, he is already dead).
*At the battle, more places of Erebor are shown than are mentioned in the books, such as the forge hall, the "Gallery of Kings," and a chamber with the corpses of those who could not escape during the [[Sack of Erebor]].
*Bilbo leaves the Mountain watching Smaug fly toward Lake-town.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
Line 412: Line 284:
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of Mirkwood.jpg|Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of [[Mirkwood]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of Mirkwood.jpg|Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of [[Mirkwood]]
}}
}}
==Trailers==


==Trailers==
{{VideosHD|fnaojlfdUbs|Os1G8RtqY2c|lfflhfn1W-o}}
{{VideosHD|fnaojlfdUbs|Os1G8RtqY2c|lfflhfn1W-o}}



Revision as of 05:34, 18 February 2016

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is the second of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit. It was released on 13 December 2013 in North America. It was preceded by An Unexpected Journey in 2012 and followed by The Battle of the Five Armies in 2014.

Synopsis

“The Hobbit: 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. Having survived the beginning of their unexpected journey, the Company continues East, encountering along the way the skin-changer Beorn and a swarm of giant Spiders in the treacherous forest of Mirkwood. After escaping capture by the dangerous Wood-elves, the Dwarves journey to Lake-town, and finally to the Lonely Mountain itself, where they must face the greatest danger of all — a creature more terrifying than any other; one which will test not only the depth of their courage but the limits of their friendship and the wisdom of the journey itself — the Dragon Smaug.
Warner Bros.[5]

Plot

At the Prancing Pony Inn in Bree, Gandalf the Grey warns Thorin Oakenshield that someone is trying to have him killed. He persuades Thorin to obtain the Arkenstone to unite the Dwarves, and suggests that a stealthy burglar may be needed to steal the jewel back from Smaug.

Twelve months later, Thorin and his Company are being pursued by Azog and his Orc party down the Carrock following the events of the previous film. After Bilbo informs the group that a bear is also tracking them, Gandalf ushers them along to the home of a skin-changer. Upon their arrival, they are attacked by the same bear; Gandalf reveals that it is the home of Beorn and that he may be able to aid them in their journey. That night, Azog is summoned to Dol Guldur by the Necromancer, and instructs his son Bolg to take over the hunt for Thorin. The next day, Beorn loans his horses to the company so they can reach Mirkwood and hinder the pursuing Orcs. Upon arrival at the forest border, Gandalf discovers Black Speech graffiti imprinted on an old ruin, coinciding with a telepathic message from Galadriel imploring him to investigate the tombs of the Nazgûl (at an unnamed location). Without giving any reason for his sudden departure, Gandalf advises the Company to follow the Elven path though Mirkwood, and to wait for him before entering the Lonely Mountain. But upon losing their way in the forest, the Dwarves are captured by giant spiders. Bilbo, with the help of his new Ring, manages to free them from the webs and names his sword Sting. However, while fighting the attacking spiders, Bilbo drops the Ring, and he begins to learn of the corruption it has on him after brutally killing a crab-like spider to retrieve it.

The Dwarves are captured by the Wood-elves, including Legolas and Tauriel, a captain of the guard. They are to the Elven-king Thranduil's kingdom, and are locked up. During their captivity, a romantic subplot develops between Tauriel and Kíli. While the others are imprisoned, Thorin is given audience with Thranduil, but he refuses Thranduil's aid and is imprisoned as well. Under the cloak of the Ring, Bilbo helps the Dwarves to escape by using empty wine barrels, which are sent floating down the river. Along the way, they are ambushed by Bolg and his Orc party, while the Elves pursue the Dwarves to cease their escape. In the ensuing chaos, Kíli is wounded by a Morgul arrow. Legolas and Tauriel are forced to halt their pursuit of the Dwarves in order to end the Orc onslaught. One captive is imprisoned and questioned by Thranduil. When Thranduil learns that "The One" has returned, he decides to seal off his kingdom to protect it from the impending evil. However, Tauriel leaves to save Kíli, whom she learns has been poisoned by Bolg's arrow, and Legolas accompanies her.

Subsequently, the Company meets a man named Bard, and they bribe him to smuggle them into Lake-town, where the descendants of Dale made their home, and where the Master of the town rules with an iron fist. The group attempts to steal weapons before being captured and in the process learn that Bard is a descendant of Dale's ruler, Girion, who died attempting to kill Smaug with Black Arrows. After Thorin convinces the townfolk and Master that they will share the riches of the recaptured Mountain, the adventurers receive a grand send-off the next morning. The injured Kíli is ordered to stay behind until he gets his strength back; Óin, Fíli and Bofur also remain to tend him in Bard's house.

As the events of Thorin's Company occurs, Gandalf reaches the remote tomb of the Nazgûl and found that they have been revived. He is joined by Radagast the Brown, and it is revealed that the Necromancer cannot be a mere human, as the Nazgûl answer only to one master. Returning to Mirkwood, while sending Radagast to warn Galadriel of their discovery, Gandalf enters the Orc- and Warg-infested Dol Guldur, and is attacked by Azog. While attempting to escape, the Necromancer appears, and, following a duel between the two, Gandalf is captured. With his worst fears realized – that the Necromancer is indeed Sauron – Gandalf watches in horror as the Orc army marches toward the Lonely Mountain.

Once at the Lonely Mountain, Bilbo deciphers the map's cryptic clue and uses moonlight to find the hidden keyhole that opens the secret door into the mountain. Balin then explains Bilbo's real purpose and sends him down to the treasury to locate the Arkenstone. Unfortunately, Bilbo's searching quickly awakens Smaug, who initially finds the Hobbit amusing, but swiftly tires of him and intends to kill him. In Lake-town, Bard hears the rumbling caused by Smaug's awakening and attempts to affix the last Black Arrow to the town's launcher, but is arrested. Óin, Fíli, Bofur, and Bard's daughters, Sigrid and Tilda, are attacked by Bolg's hunting party before Legolas and Tauriel drive them off, with the latter remaining behind to tend to Kíli. Then, in a dream-like state after his medication, Kíli admits his love for Tauriel. After convincing Thorin that they must help Bilbo, the Dwarves enter the Mountain and find themselves and the Hobbit being hunted by Smaug. Tricking the fire-breathing Smaug into rekindling the forges, they attempt to kill the dragon by drowning him in a flood of molten gold. However, Smaug survives, and stumbles out of the mountain determined to make the people of Lake-town suffer for giving aid to the Dwarves, leaving Bilbo horrified at the turn of events.

Scenes

  1. The Quest for Erebor**
  2. Wilderland
  3. The Master Summons
  4. A Commander of Legions
  5. Queer Lodgings*
  6. Last of the Skin-changers
  7. Where the Shadows Lie*
  8. The Elven-gate**
  9. Mirkwood**
  10. Flies and Spiders
  11. The Woodland Realm
  12. The Elvenking
  13. King and Captain
  14. Feast of Starlight
  15. Barrels Out of Bond
  16. The High Fells
  17. Bard the Bowman
  18. The Nature of Evil
  19. Smuggled Cargo
  20. Lake-town
  21. The Master of Lake-town**
  22. The World of Men**
  23. The Home of Bard
  24. "It Is Our Fight"
  25. The Prophecy**
  26. A Warm Welcome**
  27. The Parting of the Company**
  28. The Lonely Mountain**
  29. A Spell of Concealment**
  30. The Hidden Door
  31. Son of Thrór*
  32. On the Doorstep
  33. Kingsfoil
  34. The Courage of Hobbits
  35. The Enemy Revealed**
  36. Inside Information
  37. The Black Arrow
  38. In the Dragon's Lair
  39. Under Arrest
  40. Bilbo the Burglar
  41. Smaug the Magnificent
  42. Orc Attack
  43. Confrontations
  44. Elvish Medicine
  45. Hunter and Hunted
  46. "She Walks in Starlight"
  47. A Desperate Plan
  48. Duel in Lake-town
  49. The Forges Relit
  50. Smaug the Golden
  51. Credits

* denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.
** denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

Cast

See also:The Hobbit (film series)#Cast
Actor Role
Richard Armitage Thorin
Dallas Barnett "Bill Ferny, Sr."
John Bell Bain
Manu Bennett Azog
Nick Blake Percy
Cate Blanchett Galadriel
Orlando Bloom Legolas
Jed Brophy Nori
Adam Brown Ori
John Callen Óin
Stephen Colbert Lake-town spy
Benedict Cumberbatch Smaug
The Necromancer
Luke Evans Bard
Girion
Martin Freeman Bilbo Baggins
Stephen Fry The Master of Lake-town
Ryan Gage Alfrid
Mark Hadlow Dori
Craig Hall Galion
Peter Hambleton Glóin
Stephen Hunter Bombur
Katie Jackson Betsy Butterbur
Peter Jackson "Albert Dreary, Sr."
Eli Kent Lethuin
Robin Kerr Elros
Kelly Kilgour Soury
William Kircher Bifur
Evangeline Lilly Tauriel
Simon London Feren
Lawrence Makoare Bolg
Sylvester McCoy Radagast the Brown
Ian McKellen Gandalf the Grey
Graham McTavish Dwalin
Ben Mitchell Narzug
Mark Mitchinson Braga
James Nesbitt Bofur
Mary Nesbitt Tilda
Peggy Nesbitt Sigrid
Dean O'Gorman Fíli
Lee Pace Thranduil
Sarah Peirse Hilda Bianca
Mikael Persbrandt Beorn
Antony Sher Thráin (Extended Edition only)
Matt Smith "Squint"
Ken Stott Balin
Jeffrey Thomas Thrór (Extended Edition only)
Royd Tolkien Burier of Witch-King (Extended Edition only)
Aidan Turner Kíli
Stephen Ure Fimbul
Zane Weiner Lake-town spy
Richard Whiteside "Butterbur, Sr."

Deviations from the source material

The Hobbbit: The Desolation of Smaug covers the seventh through twelfth chapters of The Hobbit with a few elements added from the Appendices from The Lord of the Rings. While it generally follows the story, a number of liberties were still taken:

  • Thorin's encounter with Gandalf at the Prancing Pony, in which the Wizard urges him to take back Erebor, was not a chance meeting as it was in Tolkien's writings, but rather orchestrated by Gandalf himself.
  • Since the film's antagonist, Azog, and the pursuit of the Orcs are invented for the film, in the books, Gandalf doesn't show Thorin a message in Black Speech about a bounty on Thorin's head, and Gandalf doesn't meet strangers who mistook him for a "vagabond." The two strange peoples in the Inn are inspired by Bill Ferny and the Squint-eyed Southerner, who filled a similar role in The Fellowship of the Ring.
  • Thorin says: "I received word that my Father had been seen wandering the wilds near Dunland. I went looking, and found no sign of him," and to Gandalf "My father came to see you before he went missing." There are no hints of this in the books, where Gandalf didn't encounter Thráin until he found him in Dol Guldur.
  • Gandalf urges Thorin to unite the armies of the Dwarves to retake Erebor, but in the books from the beginning he planned to retake the Mountain in secret.
  • In Tolkien's writings, there is no "oath" sworn by the seven Dwarf families to the one who wields the Arkenstone.
  • As told in The Quest of Erebor, the term "Burglar" (or "Master Burglar") emerged by chance, but, in the film, Gandalf meant to use it in the particular context in which Thorin and Company see Bilbo later on.
  • The meeting in Bree happened on 15 March T.A. 2941, and the Company comes to Beorn in late summer, but the film says that 12 months are in between the prologue and the Company's arrival at Beorn's.
  • The Dwarves see Beorn first in his bear form and flee from him into his house, and barricade the front door. In the book, they come as several couples while Gandalf is telling Beorn their story (which doesn't occur until the next morning in the Extended Edition of the film).
  • In the book, Gandalf already knows that he must leave the Company to deal with the Necromancer, but in the film he doesn't decide to leave until noticing a banner with a red eye on a tree at the entrance of Mirkwood. He doesn't tell the Dwarves as to where he's leaving and why.
  • Bilbo wants to tell Gandalf of the One Ring. In the books, he has no such tendencies.
  • In the Extended Edition of the film, Beorn says there is an alliance between the Orcs of Moria and the Necromancer in Dol Guldur, and, throughout the film, Azog and his son Bolg's alliance with the Necromancer is shown. Azog doesn't appear in any way in the books after his death at the Battle of Azanulbizar, and his son also only appears at the end at the Battle of Five Armies, while Sauron has nothing to do with Thorin's Company and the Erebor quest at all (except for Gandalf's fear that Smaug could align with Sauron).
  • The corruption of the Ring concerning Bilbo is displayed clearer in the film; he is shown playing with it at night and very aggressevily killing a spider-like creature that stands between him and the Ring.
  • As often in the trilogy, it isn't made clear how long the journey lasts; in the book, the Company wanders through Mirkwood for almost one month, and they are almost starving -- but the Company's confusion in the forest is not so strong as is depicted in the film.
  • Instead of crossing Mirkwood's Enchanted River by boat, Bilbo and the Dwarves climb on vines that extend across the river, and there is no deer leaping over it (Thorin sees a stag after crossing and shoots an arrow at it, at which point it runs away). This scene is only seen in the Extended Edition of the film.
  • The Elves fight the spiders and capture the Dwarves afterward.
  • In the book, Thorin was captured separately before the rest of the Company and kept captive in his own room (where he was treated and fed well), though he wouldn't reveal his purpose for being in Mirkwood. The other Dwarves weren't told he was there. In the film, they all get captured together after the Elves' fight with the spiders.
  • Thranduil guesses the purpose of the Company's mission was to retake Erebor, and tries to make a deal with Thorin. In the book, he is oblivious to this and only wants to know why they wandered through the forest.
  • Thranduil at first allowed the other Dwarves to move about freely within his halls, but he finally locked them up, each to his own cell, because they were being obnoxious and insulting in the book. In the film, they are immediately locked up.
  • Neither Legolas nor Tauriel appear in the book. The latter character is a creation of the filmmakers.
  • The Elven-feasts and fires are only alluded to in a conversation between Kíli and Tauriel.
  • Bilbo hides the Dwarves in the barrels (with no tops) while the chief guard and Galion the butler were asleep, and he launches them into the river himself. In the book, the Elves themselves later pushed the barrels (which they thought were empty; they were also covered with lids) through the trapdoor and opened the portcullis at the water-gate to let the barrels into the river.
  • In the book, the portcullis was a grate lowered down across the opening (the water-gate) that let the stream from the cave flow out into the river. In the film, the portcullis was a side-swinging type, and it wouldn't have kept anybody inside the cave because it was outside on the river.
  • There is a pursuit by the Elves after the Dwarves' escape from the Elvenking's Halls (whereas the Elves did not yet know the Dwarves had escaped in the book), and the pack of Orcs who were pursuing the Company in the previous film catch up and attack as the barrels float down the river. The Elves then counterattack the Orcs.
  • Kíli is struck with a Morgul arrow by Bolg during the barrel escape when trying to open the water-gate, and it slowly saps his strength through the rest of the film. He is ultimately healed by Tauriel (who uses athelas to do so) in Lake-town, where his health had become critical. Throughout the film, an emotional relationship forms between both. No such incidents occur in Tolkien's works.
  • There is an interrogation of a captured Orc who reveals to Thranduil and Legolas that there is a "shadow" and that his master "serves the One", making Thranduil decide to barricade his kingdom, against the will of Tauriel.
  • In the book, Raft-elves intercepted the barrels and loaded them into a raft they steered down the river to Long Lake, where Men in boats pulled it to Lake-town with the undiscovered Dwarves still inside and Bilbo (still wearing his Ring) riding along. In the film, Bard is introduced in their place much earlier than in the book (where he does not appear before the attack of Smaug as one of the town's bowmen) where he is a bargeman and meets the Dwarves on the river. Balin convinces him to smuggle the Company into Lake-town in the barrels (where they are nearly discovered), to hide them in his house, and to give them weapons. Bard suspects who Thorin might be, and confirms it after examining a wall hanging with Thorin's genealogy.
  • In addition to Bain, Bard has two other children: daughters Sigrid and Tilda. He is also revealed to be a widower. Though Bain does appear in the Appendices, he does not appear in The Hobbit.
  • The part of the Master of Lake-town is extended as well, displaying his corruption in a more detailed way. He has a majordomo in the film: Alfrid. Alfrid frequently informs the Master of various goings-on in the town, particularly the rumors of people plotting to possibly unseat him from his position of power - Bard (who is frequently spied on by the Master), in particular. In the book, the Master had various aides who were unnamed and only briefly mentioned.
  • The story concerning the Dwarvish wind-lance appears only in the film, as does the legend that Girion loosened a scale from Smaug's breast during the Dragon's attack on Dale.
  • The discussion about Thorin's Company doesn't take place in a great hall but in front of one.
  • In the book, the poem concerning the return of the King under the Mountain has a positive connotation:

The streams shall run in gladness
The lakes shall shine and burn,
All sorrow fail and sadness
At the Mountain-king's return!

In the film, it is recited by Bard with a negative meaning:

And the bells shall ring in gladness
At the Mountain King's return,
But all shall fade in sadness,
And the lake will shine and burn.

  • Due to his worsening condition, Thorin refuses to let Kíli go up to the Mountain with the rest of the Company. Fíli and Óin opt to stay behind to look after him. Additionally, Bofur gets left behind after oversleeping. All thirteen Dwarves went up to the Mountain in the book.
  • The High Fells of Rhudaur, as well as the tombs of the Nazgûl, their rising, and Gandalf and Radagast's examining of said tombs are all invented for the film.
  • The events of The Hobbit take place T.A. 2941, but, in the books, Gandalf's second investigation of Dol Guldur happens T.A. 2850.
  • In the Extended Edition of the film, Gandalf encounters a gaunt, bewildered Thráin while investigating Dol Guldur after discovering the open tombs of the Nine. He somewhat heals the Dwarf's insanity, and Thráin helps guide him through the fortress, also revealing that his father's ring had been entrusted to him and had ultimately been cut from his finger and taken from him by Azog during the Battle of Azanulbizar (in the books, the Ring is not taken before Thráin's capture in Dol Guldur). Thráin is ultimately swallowed up by the Necromancer just before it reveals itself to Gandalf to be the Dark Lord Sauron. Gandalf calls the Dwarf his "old friend," whereas in the books he doesn't know him and doesn't realise his identity until months after the meeting. Thráin does not give Thrór's Map and Erebor's Back Door key to Gandalf in the film (apparently having done so in the films' timeline on a previous, unseen occasion).
  • In the books, there is no mention of a combat between Sauron and Gandalf, and he isn't taken prisoner as depicted in the film.
  • In the book, the last rays of the setting sun on Durin's Day reveal the keyhole to the secret door into the Lonely Mountain, as predicted by the runes on the Thrór's Map. In the film, the light of the moon reveals the keyhole after the sun has set; the Dwarves, having tried to smash it, started to go back after losing hope.
  • Bard is imprisoned toward the end of the film, purely because the Master sees him as a threat.
  • Bolg's Orc pack arrives in Lake-town to ambush the remaining Dwarves, but are foiled by the arrival of Legolas and Tauriel. They retreat once they realize Thorin has already reached the Mountain.
  • Bilbo has only one audience with Smaug, and does not take a gold cup from him. He also takes his Ring off not long after the Dragon detects his presence.
  • Smaug seems fully aware of Thorin and Company's presence, as well as Sauron's impending attack on the Dwarves (since, as Thráin revealed to Gandalf, the Dragon is in league with Sauron).
  • The climax of the film is an involved battle between Thorin's Dwarves and Smaug inside of the Lonely Mountain, in which they ultimately try (unsuccessfully) to drown the beast in molten gold after re-lighting the forges. In the book, the Dwarves never see the Dragon at all; by the time they head downstairs to the Dragon's lair, Smaug is long gone (in fact, although they don't know it at that point, he is already dead).
  • At the battle, more places of Erebor are shown than are mentioned in the books, such as the forge hall, the "Gallery of Kings," and a chamber with the corpses of those who could not escape during the Sack of Erebor.
  • Bilbo leaves the Mountain watching Smaug fly toward Lake-town.

Gallery

See also: Category:Images from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Pictures from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Bilbo fights the spiders of Mirkwood  
Bilbo and Sting  
Bilbo in the Lonely Mountain  
Dale in ruins  
Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of Mirkwood  

Trailers

Template:VideosHD

See also

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Titles and Release Dates Announced" dated 31 May 2011, The Hobbit Blog (accessed 21 December 2011)
  2. "Andy Serkis to serve as Second Unit Director" dated 8 April 2011, The Hobbit Blog (accessed 21 December 2011)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Peter Jackson, "Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit" dated 20 March 2011, Facebook (accessed 21 December 2011)
  4. "The Hobbit Trilogy titles and release dates" dated 2 September 2012, The Hobbit Blog (accessed 2 September 2012)
  5. "Warner Bros. full synopsis for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug provides some plot hints?" dated 17 October 2013, TheOneRing.net (accessed 17 October 2013)

Template:Films