The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug
Most
people who LOVE the books, the Lord of the Rings, also love the movies. Although there are many who do not feel that
way about “The Hobbit: Unexpected Journey” and “The Hobbit: Desolation of
Smaug.” People do not feel this way as
much with the first Hobbit, but it does apply to the second. Fans were worried about Smaug, how the dragon
would look, and that his voice would match up to what J. R. R. Tolkien would
have imagined. To many people’s (and my) excitement, Smaug was…well, AWESOME! Although
the movie is not completely filled with correct facts, it was still well
produced.
One
thing I really enjoyed is how Peter Jackson “created” Beorn. Peter used the imagery that Tolkien wrote and
created a perfect picture for our minds.
Beorn really shows in the movie that he is dangerous and people, elves,
dwarves, orcs, hobbits, and other creatures that roam Middle Earth should not
mess with him. A few things that are not in the book is Azog the Defiler. Peter
Jackson created him and a few other creatures that are not in the book. There is controversy over whether or not he
should have created Thranduil. She is a
very cool character, but was never EVER mentioned in the Hobbit or in the LOTR
series. Another thing is that, in the book, Bilbo did not need to wear the ring
to hear the Spiders (Sindarin-Ungol, Gnomish-cingwin, and Qenya- ung-we), while
in the movie he could not understand the spiders until he put the ring on. An ironic thing with the spiders in the movie
is when Bilbo takes off the ring and says, “Here.” (Meaning, Here I am.) and he
then stabs the spider. The spider then
talks, without Bilbo having the ring on, and Bilbo is able to understand what
the spider is saying.
I could
probably talk about all the bad things that happened within the 2nd
Hobbit like the meeting between Bilbo and Smaug and the gold statue of the dwarf
that bursts in front of Smaug’s face. Instead
of talking about all the things that was/is wrong with the movie I will talk
about its good sides. A lot of the information was correct within the story,
but my favorite part had to be The Company when they were traveling through
Mirkwood. This was also a favorite part
in the book and I wish they did a little more with it than adding all of this
extra stuff that was never included in the book. In the movie Peter Jackson seemed
to include the part where Bombur fell into the enchanted river and became unconscious.
See the picture below.
(Look in the right hand corner and look who is unconscious
on a stretcher. If y’all don’t believe me go watch the movie).
In the book when Bombur fell into the river I thought that
was a very exciting part in the story and now to believe that Peter might of
added that section into the movie made me very happy. Although it also makes me
very sad to think that they took that part out.
Overall
both Hobbits were excellent (I preferred the first one) and filled with
excitement and I cannot wait till the third is released! If anyone who knows
how to contact Peter Jackson tell him that he should turn the Silmarillion into
a movie. I hope everyone who reads this is entertained and happy and please
feel free to notify me if I put any wrong information. --Smaug
