Along the way, the adventurers encounter trolls, orcs, goblins and the mysterious gollum. The dwarves, along with bilbo baggins and gandalf the grey, continue their quest to reclaim erebor, their homeland, from smaug. An assassin sent by azog to kill thorin oakenshield in bree and retrieve. Hobbit fans, some exciting news coming out of new zealand this week, the announcement of the latest the hobbit chronicles book for the upcoming installment, the desolation of smaug. With hobbit bilbo baggins still in tow but gandalf away on a secret.
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. The hobbit trilogy bilbo baggins is swept up into an epic quest to reclaim the lost dwarf kingdom of erebor from the fearsome dragon smaug, in the company of thirteen dwarves and the wizard gandalf the grey. Buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore. Posted in artwork, collectibles, hobbit movie, lord of the rings, lotr movies, merchandise, movie fellowship of the ring, movie return of the king, movie the two towers, posters prints, shop, the hobbit, the hobbit.
The desolation of smaug begins, thorin and his band of dwarves are a year into their journey to the lonely mountain. The desolation of smaug is the second film of the hobbit film trilogy. Jackson strayed from the hobbit book in his first movie but those additions largely borrowed from tolkiens broader lore. Smaug is easily one of wetas best pieces with some of the most fantastic details and paints weve seen.
The desolation of smaug is my favorite peter jackson tolkien movie so far. Hobbit sequel desolation of smaug to take box office gold. Share your thoughts, experiences and the tales behind the art. In the book, thorin was captured separately before the rest of the company. With ian mckellen, martin freeman, richard armitage, ken stott. Benedict cumberbatch studied iguanas and komodo dragons at the london. Featuring the music from acclaimed composer, howard shore composer, this 6lp boxed set is housed in a collectors box with a green leatherstyle spine, and limited to 8,000 individually numbered copies on green vinyl. An unexpected journey, the first of three installments, dutifully reflected the lighter tone of the pre. In general, the 3d is shot for depth not popout gimmicks, and aside from a distracting sequence with a honey bee flying at the screen, most of the thirddimension effect is used for subtle immersion. Hobbit the desolation of smaug visual companion by jude. Dec 03, 20 based on the book by jrr tolkien, the hobbit. The party must complete the journey to lonely mountain and burglar baggins must seek out the secret door that will give them access. Tolkiens little childrens fantasy book continues the feeling of disappointment engendered by its predecessor an unexpected journey. 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 ultimate insider look at the filmmaking process of the hobbit. The desolation of smaug slithers into theaters this weekend. What ensues is an endless runaround as the dwarves dash hither and thither with their hands in the air trying to escape from the mountain. Part two of peter jacksons adaptation of the tolkien classic picks up speed, but theres still plenty of bagginess.
Case is designed somewhat differently than ive seen before. The desolation of smaug by fisher, jude a copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. There and back again is probably post hobbit pre lord of the rings. The film rolls and continues the adventure of bilbo baggins. Oct 03, 20 the second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece the hobbit, by j.
Movie the hobbit 2 the desolation of smaug when in. When balin said the desolation of smaug line, i actually thought roll credits in my head as a. The desolation of smaug extended edition youtube movies. Hobbit sequel desolation of smaug to take box office. The movie is fun better than the first goround for those keeping score and the bluray itself delivers all the quality and extras youd expect from the theatrical cut bd release. Collecting the precious weta workshop tauriel pre order, mini epic witchking, new ringwraith,and 12 days. The 3d hobbit sequel, starring martin freeman as bilbo. The desolation of smaug was the second in peter jacksons trilogy of films spun out from j. A look into what it took to bring to life the greatest dragon to ever grace the cinema screens. The desolation of smaug is proof that when you go the other wayreally. When jackson decided to tackle the hobbit in 2012, it took little convincing to bring shore back to middle earth along with him, and the resulting hobbit. The desolation of smaug bluraydvd, 2014, 3disc set at the best online prices at ebay. Sculpted by lindsey crummett and gary hunt this piece is a perfect representation of what we saw of smaug during the hobbit trilogy.
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. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. 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. Acting is a bit shakylee pace leads the charge here as the elven king, hamming it up like hes in a lotr parody. Dec, 20 as a general rule, i think the former temptation, overfidelity, is the greater hazard. Desolation of smaug is a bloated and exhausting 161 minutes. These in turn, for anyone who has lived in a fallout shelter for the last decade, were a followupprequel to jacksons earlier, massively. Featuring the music from acclaimed composer, howard shore composer, this 6lp boxed set is housed in a collectors box with. Despite critical indifference to the first new film from the lord of.
Tolkien which is the prequel to the much celebrated trilogy, the lord of the rings. Though big in the book, the movie portrays the dragon as the size of two 747 airplanes. Dec, 20 even rote fantasy blockbusters can and usually do feature the showdown of good and evil. See more ideas about desolation of smaug, the hobbit, smaug. The desolation of smaug on bluray for you to check out. It also has over 9 hours of behind the scenes footage and interviews, detailing the monumental task of bringing the incredible world of middle earth to the screen. Pictures and is the second installment in the threepart film series based on the novel the hobbit by j. The desolation of smaug represents an improvement over the first installment of peter jacksons threepart adaptation of j. The hobbit desolation of smaug is the second of the film trilogy of the adaptation of the book the hobbit by j. The desolation of smaug extended edition from amazon. But the desolation of smaug turned out to be a bloated mess that. The desolation of smaug has a few beautiful moments, but. An excellent movie and a fair adaptation of smaug portion of the book. Parents need to know that the desolation of smaug is the second installment in director peter jacksons threepart adaptation of the hobbit.
In the book, bilbo hid the dwarves in the barrels closed up, not. If you saw the prior movie but also read the book, this will make even less sense to you. The desolation of smaug will hit shelves along with a special edition soundtrack featuring 12 extended tracks, a bonus track, expanded liner notes. 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 desolation of smaug 20 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. After seeing this latest installment of bilbos tale i no longer ruminate on peter jacksons adaptation of j. The movie is fun better than the first goround for those keeping score and the bluray itself. To conjure true darkness, however, is a trickier feat. The desolation of smaug is released in the uk and us on december and 26 december in australia tue 3 dec 20 05. An unexpected journey 2012 and followed by the hobbit. Dec 28, 20 bilbo ends up narrowly avoiding a singed behind after smaug loses patience, but thorin decides to start acting like a prize tool, drawing sword pon our valiant hobbit until smaug shows up in fury. 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 is once again playing as both 3d and 3d hfr high frame rate premium presentations. The desolation of smaug er en amerikansknewzealandsk episk fantasyfilm fra 20 regissert av peter jackson. Desolation of smaug finally cements the opinion that i had when an unexpected journey was released, namely that if there ever was a composer put on this earth to write and complete a single work, it has to be howard shore, writing his tolkien opus. 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.
Jackson is clearly in his element and has lovingly recreated middle earth, its inhabitants and has stayed loyal to the world that his previous trilogy of the lord of the rings began. The desolation of smaug continues the adventure of the title character. It was preceded by an unexpected journey in 2012 and followed by the battle of the five armies in 2014. If they reach the human settlement of laketown it will be time for the hobbit bilbo baggins to fulfill his contract with the dwarves. Smaug is easily one of wetas best pieces with some of the most. While still slightly hamstrung by middle chapter narrative problems and its formidable length, the desolation of smaug represents a more. Tolkien dragon will torch the competition as the hobbit. The desolation of smaug dvd and bluray extended edition release date is set for november 4 and will include 25 minutes of additional footage. The desolation of smaug is the middle chapter of peter jacksons hobbit trilogy, based on the childrens book by j. Desolation of smaug will contain 25 minutes of new scenes, in contrast with an unexpected journeys minutes. The desolation of smaug is the second of peter jacksons the hobbit film trilogy based on j. Splitting the hobbit into two movies and then three.