Choose expedited shipping at checkout for guaranteed delivery by wednesday, february 26. Thrain mentions how he lost his finger and the dwarf lord ring during the battle of moria. The thirteen dwarves commanded by thorin, the burglar bilbo baggins and the wizard gandalf travel to lonely mountain to steal the arkenstone from the dragon. The desolation of smaug official movie guide name author. The desolation of smaug, the second film in the trilogy adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece the hobbit, by jrr tolkien.
The dwarves heard him coming and hid in the tunnel and smaug ate 6 of their ponies. 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 feels like a raucous pop gem thats been remixed to death, its vital essence drained by good intentions gone awry. While at dol guldur, gandalf is suddenly attacked by a dwarf. The battle of the five armies is flowing gold in opening week. The desolation of smaug, the second part of peter jacksons extendedplay adaptation of j. Bilbo and his companions reach the lonely mountain, where they encounter the fearsome dragon smaug. Parents need to know that the desolation of smaug is the second installment in director peter jacksons threepart adaptation of the hobbit. The film gives bard two additional daughters, tilda and sigrid.
Cleared of its duty to start or finish the saga, the latest hobbit begins and ends in medias res, with barely any exposition. 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. The author knows the crew since the time of the lord of the rings and delivers a string of interesting interviews with cast and crew, as well as great photos documenting the making of process. The film is the fifth middleearth film adaptation to be released, and the second chronologically in addition to the previous cast from the hobbit. When smaug realized this, he flew out to find the theif. I am saddened to report that the desolation of smaug is freighted with the same problems as the first movie, and more. Along the way the company will encounter spiders, elves, orcs, and finally the dragon smaug himself. Weta workshop was thrilled to return to middleearth once again, contributing design, specialty props and specialty costumes to all three films. Case is designed somewhat differently than ive seen before. From academy awardwinning filmmaker peter jackson comes one of the most exciting adventures in motion picture history, adapted from the enduringly beloved novel, the hobbit, by j. In addition to the piano arrangements, this beautifully produced souvenir. That makes it better than most scififantasy films by a. Expand your home video library from a huge online selection of movies at. With an introduction by richard armitage, this is a book that any fan of the hobbit will enjoy.
Unlike the streamlined adaptations of each of the three lord of the rings novels, the hobbit is expanded beyond the source material with additional characters and story lines. Book overview the ultimate insider look at the filmmaking process of the hobbit. The book is wonderfully detailed with sketches, designs, concepts, and iterations of transforming smaug from the readers mind to visual splendor. The desolation of smaug is the second of peter jacksons the hobbit film trilogy based on j. The second epic installment of peter jackson s trilogy the hobbit. 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 the worlds most notable directors, peter jackson.
Desolation of smaug is a bloated and exhausting 161 minutes. An unexpected journey 2012 2012 covers the first six chapters of the novel and a few moments from the seventh chapter. More than 220 pages long and including a special foldout unique to this book, it is packed. The desolation of smaug is the second film of the hobbit film trilogy.
In the village of bree, gandalf the grey meets with thorin oakenshield to help him plan a quest to retake erebor. From new line cinema, peter jackson and warner bros. Hobbit teaser trailer scene of gandalf exploring dol guldur, stronghold of the necromancer. The second film in peter jacksons hobbit trilogy sets off at full pelt and maintains its energy, charm and mystery.
The desolation of smaug soundtrack list 20 tracklist, film score list, all songs played in the movie playlist and who sings them. The desolation of smaug book vs movie add a difference. The movie tries hard to change the story wherever it can, reducing fanfavorite chapters to 5 minute. All 3 films feature new and extended scenes of this epic middleearth adventure. Fifty differences between the desolation of smaug and tolkiens.
Tolkiens original text, the source material becomes harder to pin down but is still satisfyingly. The dwarves, along with bilbo baggins and gandalf the grey, continue their quest to reclaim erebor, their homeland, from smaug. The desolation of smaug looks like the script writers didnt even know there was a book. Dec 14, 20 the desolation of smaugs ending occurs after the titular dragon escapes from the lonely mountain and flies towards laketown where he plans to wreck havoc. The desolation of smaug, audiences worldwide were transported back to middleearth for more thrills and adventure. With ian mckellen, martin freeman, richard armitage, ken stott. Tolkiens playful childrens book, says robbie collin 2. The desolation of smaug represents an improvement over the first installment of peter jacksons threepart adaptation of j. The desolation of smaug should never have been made and doesnt deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as jacksons the lord of the rings trilogy. The desolation of smaug is a little less long and a little less boring. After setting out from the safety of bag end, bilbo baggins has journeyed through middleearth with his fourteen companions, fighting through fire, wargs, goblins and even escaping the creature known simply as gollum. The desolation of smaug will see the company of thorin oakenshield encounter even greater perils in their quest to claim their longforgotten gold.
In addition to the piano arrangements, this beautifully produced. With colourful images and over 100 reusable stickers from bilbo to gandalf, orc to goblin you with 10 pages of stickers plus lots of stunning activities, this amazing book is a great companion to the exciting new movie, the hobbit. Buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase. I was requested by alex bernhardt to do a full reading of an excerpt from the book the hobbit. The first time he saw smaug and took a cup back to the dwarves. Oct 03, 20 the second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece the hobbit, by j. Collecting the precious weta workshop tauriel preorder, mini epic witchking, new ringwraith,and 12 days. I can easily make out the subtleties of various stages of the artwork. It is the second installment of a threepart film adaptation based on the 1937 novel the hobbit by j. The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece the hobbit, by j. This book features the character sketches, production design and concept art of the desolation of smaug.
The ultimate insider look at the filmmaking process of the hobbit. Tolkienrelated films, but it is still peter jacksons take on tolkien. This is where the dragon smaug finds bilbo baggins in. Gandalf infiltrating the necromancers stronghold in dol guldur. The desolation of smaug, a continuation of the two of the world s biggest motionpicture franchises, the hobbit, and the lord of the rings, by one of the world s most notable directors, peter jackson. A group of thirteen dwarves mounted a quest to take the kingdom back, aided by the wizard gandalf and the. The battle of the five armies, might have been a little shortsighted as now that most readers of and other rabid tolkien fans have seen the film sorry australia friends, paddle over to new zealand. 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.
Have a look below to see the official soundtrack score list for the 20 fantasy movie, the hobbit. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the dragon, smaug. The desolation of smaug complete broll 20 lotr movie hd duration. Journey deeper into the magical world of the hobbit, bilbo baggins, through exclusive. Activity book is a 20 authorised activity book for the hobbit. This is an outstanding companion that compliments the hobbit chronicles books very well. Jackson may not actually wink at the audience, but his fleeting presence in the opening scene of the desolation of smaug seems to announce that this second of. Despite its questionable plot lines and dialogue, it ticks the boxes as an actionpacked, visually stunning feature. The desolation of smaug s ending occurs after the titular dragon escapes from the lonely mountain and flies towards laketown where he plans to wreck havoc. The book has no passages about gandalf visiting dol guldur. He infiltrates the necromancers stronghold in dol guldur. Meanwhile, with the levity of the first film a distant memory, the overall mood here is dour and oppressive.
This middle film about middleearth thus has more opportunity for tactile exploration. Powerful and fearsome, he invaded the dwarf kingdom of erebor 150 years prior to the events described in the novel. Tolkiens 1937 novel the hobbit, his treasure and the mountain he lives in being the goal of the quest. The desolation of smaug continues the adventure of the title character. The desolation of smaug continues the adventure of the title character bilbo. Gandalfs experiences at dol guldur are described only in the lord of the rings council of elrond chapter an in the appendices. 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. 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.
This book and all content within is the property of the respective owners. Acting is a bit shakylee pace leads the charge here as the elven king, hamming it up like hes in a lotr parody. After a brief scuffle, gandalf recognizes his assailant as thrain, and uses an enchantment to give him his memory back. This book gives excellent insight into the work happening behind the scenes we see in the movie. The desolation of smaug official movie guide as want to read. Pictures and is the second installment in the threepart film series based on the novel the hobbit by j. Some people have been complaining about the size of the images, theres no issue here. From the trailer there is tons of legolas and some other chick not in the book also jackson is adding in all the stuff that tolkien wrote in the appendix of the rotkall the stuff that sauron was supposedly doing during the hobbit. Dec, 20 this is the 3rd book in what will be a 6 book series of wetas chronicles of the hobbit trilogy. This book is filled with information on all of the main characters good and evil plus puzzles, quizzes and more. The desolation of smaug official movie guide paperback by brian sibley author.
Part two of peter jacksons adaptation of the tolkien classic picks up speed, but theres still plenty of bagginess, writes mark. The desolation of smaug is filled with beautiful and fun photograph stills from the movie and lots of interesting text about the characters. Pianists will have both classic and new themes from the epic journey right at their fingertips as they play. After seeing the desolation of smaug i reread the original novel, realizing several things when i was done. The desolation of smaug original motion picture soundtrack special edition, an album by howard shore on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. The desolation of smaug je drugi deo fantasticne epske filmske trilogije hobit reditelja pitera dzeksona snimljen 20.
It was preceded by an unexpected journey in 2012 and followed by the battle of the five armies in 2014. Welcome back to the chapterbychapter reread of the hobbit, which ive reopened so we can talk about the movie the hobbit. The next day on his second trip, bilbo talked with smaug. There are plenty of high quality images that fans of the film will be interested in.
Fellowship of the ring, hobbit book, hobbit movie, j. Dec 10, 20 the problem with desolation of smaug is that most of it isnt in the book. Peter jacksons middle chapter features elvish girlpower, a love. Tolkiens childrens book, bilbo baggins has a sword called. Tolkiens the hobbit, brought to the big screen in an epic trilogy. 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. Though big in the book, the movie portrays the dragon as the size of two 747 airplanes. 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.
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 treasure ever since, and whom the hobbit protagonist bilbo baggins must face. This is the 3rd book in what will be a 6book series of wetas chronicles of the hobbit trilogy. I was hoping that the first installment of the hobbit trilogy would be merely a phantom menace moment, and that peter jackson would produce leaner, tighter sequels that would pull this illconceived trilogy out of the crapper. 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 makes changes and additions as large and larger than these, and unlike the first hobbit film, the events of the second one depart from the book significantly. An unexpected journey, lee pace, orlando bloom, evangeline lilly, luke evans and. 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. The desolation of smaug featurette new zealand 20 lord of the rings movie hd duration. 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. To jacksons credit, however, he tries to pad out the story by inventing plot lines not found in j. This officially licensed sheet music collection features 19 piano renditions of howard shores masterful score. The desolation of smaug covers the seventh through the th chapters. What chapters of the hobbit book does the desolation of smaug. Balin describes how the desolation of smaug was once a lush woodland.
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. Jan 02, 2014 welcome back to the chapterbychapter reread of the hobbit, which ive reopened so we can talk about the movie the hobbit. The desolation of smaug and the book, the hobbit, or there and back. Dec, 20 smaug is a fearsome beast, but you still laugh at the detail of bilbo wincing at the breath emerging from the dragons mouth. If you thought an unexpected journey strayed a bit too far from the book. Smaugs design from concept to digital reality is marvelous.
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