THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (2013) MOVIE REACTION - FIRST TIME WATCHING - REVIEW
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- Welcome to our first-time watching as we react to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013).
We finally got our first look at a dragon in Middle-earth! Smaug voiced by the one and only Benedict Cumberbatch who did an excellent job with his performance.
Directed by Peter Jackson, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" follows Bilbo Baggins and the Company of Dwarves as they continue their perilous journey to reclaim Erebor. Along the way, they encounter treacherous enemies, including the fearsome dragon Smaug, who guards the Lonely Mountain with ferocity.
We got to see quite a few characters from "The Lord of the Rings" make an appearance here. From Legolas to Sauron there were definitely quite a few surprises we were not expecting
We hope that you enjoy our reactions, commentary and discussions as we delve into the film's themes and how it impacted the fantasy genre. How it's connection to the incredible "Lord of the Rings" trilogy made this such an enjoyable experience and how they continue to show the pure genius and innovation of J.R.R Tolkien who singlehandedly changed the landscape of what fantasy was as a genre and what could be achieved.
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At the end of the franchise would ya'll let me or should I say us which movie was the best one out of the three?
Guys, i wonder: will you be interested in watching "The Cell" (2000) movie?
Whoever had the idea of Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug needs a medal right this second.
We need to see him in more of these roles! His voice is perfect for it!
There was a great meme when the movie came out with a picture of Smaug on his treasure. It talked about the cost of the movie. It said the budget was so high because of Benedict. Paying the wizard to transform him into a dragon was cheap, but they blew most of the budget bribing him to accept being turned back into a human.
The behind the scenes is even better because it’s just Benedict crawling around in a motion capture suit lmfao
@@queengoddessb69 Pfffff stop, that killed me!
I can't remember 100% but I think it was Cumberbatch himself. He really wanted the role and was very ecstatic to get it as he is a big fan.
Benedict cumberbatch voicing smaug is so terrifying😂
Omg it was terrifying but also so satisfying for some reason 😂
@@OfficialMediaKnights with alot of autoning in the throat and neck lol 😉🖐🙄😉🖐🙄😉✌☝️
Don't forget he is also a VA of the Necromancer
@@OfficialMediaKnightsif you liked him as Smaug, check out the BBC radio adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. He plays the Angel Islington perfectly in that.
So "terrifying" I litterly had trouble not falling asleep in the cinema 😒
Fun Fact the actor who plays Legolas father loved the making of the armor behind the scenes he actually helped the costume designers with several different armors, and designers got a kick out of him making the orcs costumes. And in the books Smaug is actually of the few small dragons, so you think Bilbo is face to face with a giant dragon but he's face to face with a small one. Imagine how humongous the big dragons are. And Sauron and Smaug is voiced by 🥁🥁🥁🥁BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, Andy Kerkis aka Gollum gave Benedict some tips on how to act motion acting. This isn't the first time Martin Freeman and Benedict acted together, the starred in the show BBC Sherlock Holmes.
That is so cool! He must've had the time of his life working with the costume designers. Also Smaug is supposed to be a smaller dragon!? How big can they get!?
@@OfficialMediaKnightswell, the biggest one would be bigger than the mountain of Erebor. Forgot his name, but he was around for Morgoth, Sauron's boss, so that one is old.
indeed, Lee Pace seems like such a cool dude
@@colvamoon6962Ancelagon the Black
@@colvamoon6962Yes, I've seen others describe Smaug as "ant-sized" in relation to the largest of dragons.
16:40 the fact that Bilbo can understand Black Speech while wearing the ring was such a cool touch!
That was such an awesome moment!
The problem is how did he understand it say sting? He had taken the ring off
@@Bo2veteran Maybe it switched from Black Speech to Westron
@@Bo2veteran Maybe because the ring JUST came off all of the effects haven't all worn off.
@@Bo2veteran originally in the books the spiders do speak to where everyone can understand them, so that’s why Bilbo hears the spider say it “Stings”. But the idea of it being a consequence or hidden ability of the ring was a cool idea imo
"You look like a hair commercial..."
"Easy, breezy, beautiful... Oakenshield."
We NEED his haircare routine!!
This is the greatest thing ever. Well done!
This legit made me lol
@@OfficialMediaKnights All natural shirepoo followed by Galadriel Fructis conditioner.
"Maybe he's born with it... maybe it's Erebor!"
17:20 If you look closely at Sting in Fellowship, you’ll notice that there is lettering on the blade. It reads “Sting is my name. I am the spider’s bane.”
smaug was the best thing in this trilogy who thought a dragon could be so clever and charismatic benedict performance was outstanding
Benedict Cumberbatch pulled that off flawlessly!
Hey if it isn't the big big bad of Middle Earth, Melkor the mightiest of the Valar, the Lord of Discord, Bringer of misery, Morgoth himself.
@@TheGodofChaosItself184 indeed he is
Just read the book. In the book he’s even smarter, talking riddles with bilbo while trying to figure out how bilbo got inside the mountain and flying out at night to try to find the path Bilbo took in. Thats how he finds the dwarves ponies and realises from the taste and smells from the ponies that the lake men helped the dwarves. And thats why he attacks laketown: to get revenge but also to stop the lake men helping anyone else. The sly conversations Smaug has with Bilbo while he tries to figure out things (Smaug never sees bilbo, because bilbo a;ways wears the ring in his presence) is one of the highlights of the book, but a lot of the dialogue is verbatim from the book.
@@tileux that's what confused me, while watching this reaction (I haven't actually seen the movie) - it's been a long time, but I was fairly certain Bilbo never took off the ring, until he'd gotten away from Smaug
Those spiders are actually the children of shelob. Shelob herself is actually the child of an ungodly powerful being called Ungoliant. They seem to become less powerful with each generation.
I always remember the line from LOTR: "last child of Ungoliant, sent to trouble an unhappy world."
@@septegram its so funny how op ungoliant was, if she was alive she would eat sauron in like 2 seconds and inhale smaug like an animal cracker
You guys have GOT to watch the behind the scenes of Cumberbatch embodying Smaug. It is honestly incredible. He's such a talent.
Yes! I hope they do this!
1,000% agree!
Watching "The Appendixes" of 'LoTR' and 'The Hobbit' is (to me) MORE entertaining that the movies themselves!
Absolutely amazing feat by Sir Jackson and his entire 'Crew'!
Alfrid Lickspittle: not even two seconds of screen time in.
“I hate him already.” 😂😂😂
Hahaha he was just so despicable but Stephen Fry is utterly hilarious!
i saw him the same as Wormtongue tbh they're 2 peas in a grimy pod
@@personafanatic4597 honestly that’s insulting to wormtongue. You could take him seriously as a character atleast
I despise Alfrid beyond words.
Absolute worst addition they did
From what i remember, the "jewels" thranduil wants from thorin was actually something thranduil sought after the death of his wife. the dwarves had them when smaug attacked.
Yes. If not wrong, the "jewels" are a gift from Thranduil for his wife, before she died by Angmar or orcs. The dwarves had them and refused to give it to Thranduil.
Some say it's Silmarillion, the jewel that start the feud between elves and dwarves, but I don't think it is.
When Bilbo said that he found his courage instead of telling Gandalf he found the ring it was the very start of the ring starting to corrupt him
@@astrophile1188pretty sure it was just mithril gems arranged into a necklace
@@logankowatsch9669Not necessarily. There was nothing corrupt in him chosing to keep it a secret. He may have simply felt the time was not right.
Nothing need be corrupt for this ti happen as it did.
@@pickleboy6059 The White Gems of Lasgalen aren’t mithril
In fact Bilbo wasn‘t the only one to ever willingly give up the ring. There was also the best hobbit ever, a potato-lover, a gardener, the bane of Shelob and the most loyal friend anyone could ever wish for (I‘m talking about Sam of course. He gave the ring back to Frodo after he found him in the Tower of Cirith Ungol).
Technically if we are going by the movies, Frodo snatched it from him rather than Sam handed it over...
@@VW20-bq9in True. I like that they made Sam had that look too, it was like he was also reluctant to give it back. Frodo however, was familiar with the ring's pull and he immediately recognized it in Sam, so...yah he snatched it.
I thought OP was talking about Tom Bombadil lol
I immediately said Sam! thought of Tom bombadil also. Sam revealed it and held it out to Frodo, that's pretty good going.
Boromir: 😭
The Elves in the Hobbit are Wood Elves or Silvan Elves, as Tolkien writes "They differed from the High Elves of the West, and were more dangerous and less wise. For most of them (together with their scattered relations in the hills and mountains) were descended from the ancient tribes that never went to Valinor in the West". Without going into all the different groups and subgroups of Elves, the Silvan Elves were descended from the Nandor. In the first age the Valar (angelic beings of Middle Earth) called for all the Elves to leave Middle Earth and travel to Valinor because of the evil of Morgoth ( the first dark lord) it was known as the great journey west, some got part way and gave up before the Misty Mountains and decided to stay settling in the wide forests - this is who the Silvan Elves or wood Elves are descended from. Basically they are regarded as less advanced culturally and more rustic but attuned to nature, wanting to live simpler lives with nature and not worry about things the high lords like Galadriel, Elrond and Celeborn were concerned with. They could be regarded as more 'common' or 'rough and ready' than other groups of Elves, although to complicate things Thranduil was Sindar. This is why they appear different to the Elves seen in LOTR who are majestic, wise and fair - the Wood Elves could sort of be likened to your blue collar workers, blue collar Elves!
The Silvar Elves are part of the Moriquendi, those who did not embark on the journey over the sea to Aman and behold the light of the Two Trees of Valinor. The Moriquendi lingered on the shores of Middle-earth or, indeed, never passed the Blue Mountains in the east of Beleriand or the Misty Mountains further to the east. Those Moriquendi who originally started on the journey but did not finish it were named the Úmanyar, which meant "Those not of Aman", those who refuse to go to Valinor were called Avamanyar, "Those who would not go to Aman".
The Hobbit Trilogy has its moments of brilliance, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug is certainly one of them.
The first movie, the smaug sequence, the misty mountain song and the ending song of the third movie are the only things i like about this trilogy. Btw in the first movie i could go without all the white super villan arc and the huarg sequence. The rest of the trilogy for me is trash.
@@pilotoreplicante Every Dol Goldur scene is amazing what are you talking about.
@@patrickwoodlands4086 true, but in the theatrical version. Removing Thrain was the smartest move, but I agree, those sequences are phenomenal.
@@pilotoreplicante funny thing for me is, is that in my opinion the first movie is the weakest of the three, also I feel like the only person who actually really enjoys all three movies
legolas father makes a lot of sense on why he’s the way he is, the scar, his wife being dead, him protecting his ppl, the fact the dwarfs ignored his advice, his only son, n i assume elves mate for life so if legolas dies he loses everything
thranduil lost hisfirst home, doriath, to evil dwarves. later he lost his father and a good chunk of his people in the first war against sauron. it's understandable he doesn't want to get involved
So many people don’t know this and it paints him as evil, rather than the complex character that he is
Smaug '''I am fire, i am death'. Bilbo ''What have we done''. Then Ed Sheeran's song I See Fire starts was one of the most epic cinematography creations of all time.
Same. Love the song.Wish it gets more appreciation
no it was not. that song is lame af. for the greatest dragon in literature that lemanting, twinkle twinkle little star type of snoring music just ruined it. The song should have been epic rock and when I say rock I mean metal as fuck. Whoever listened to Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth album knows what I'm talking about.
@@ElysiumDusk that’s your type, that’s not mine. Whatever I eff with doesn’t mean you have to. Whatever you hate doesn’t necessarily applies to others so be respectful you ninny
the lamest of lame artist ed sheeran with a song from a completely different genre to a fantasy film?? are you serious? it was a joke of a choice the music should’ve been in keeping with the style of the film. An eerie lament of some sort or sorrowful elvish song
@@-isamu-9340 I totally agree with you. Everyone should enjoy whatever music they like. But that's not the issue and it wasn't my point. The point is that ed sheeran's song doesn't fit the movie at all. In another context it would work but not in this one. It's just marketing so that the movie appeals to a wider audience who listens to mainstream generic music. Another example is that song from travis scott at the end of Tenet. Compared to Ludwig Goransson's score, that song was kindergarten music. It's just marketing. It has nothing to do with art or the movie itself.
And when Bilbo retired to Rivendell, the Elven smiths engraved the blade with:
"Maegnas aen estar nín - dagnir in yngyl im"
(Sting is my name - I am the spider's bane)
So many little details make the movies so much better!
Fun fact: Smaug loves gloating and enjoys the flattery Bilbo gives him in part because he's a relatively small and weak dragon. In the LOTR world, there's another dragon (drake?) called Glaurung, who is probably two to five times the size of Smaug. Not to mention Ancalagon the Black, whose size was such that he destroyed three giant active volcanoes called the towers of Thangorodrim simply by falling on them. (He was not necessarily larger than the towers, though)
The towers of Thangorodrim are estimated to be approximately 35,000 feet tall, and 5 miles wide, according Karen Wynn Fonstad's "The Atlas of Middle-Earth", if her illustrations are drawn to scale.
At the beginning of the first movie Legolas dad had commissioned the dwarves to craft jewlery for his wife that sparkled like starlight, which is what they love more than anything else. While the dwarves were making them, Legolas' mother was killed by a dragon along with many other elves. When his father went to collect the jewelry the dwarves upped the price for them because they turned out so amazing, despite haveing already agreed to a price, knowing he wouldn't be able to pay the new price right away. His father warned them they were becoming too greedy and would bring a dragons attention. The dwarves were cocky and proud and ignored him.
Everyone immediately assumes Thranduil is just an asshole of an Elf (and granted, he kinda is, especially when speaking to Tariel about Legolas being in love with her) but theres more to it than that and its revealed slowly and in small pieces. Thranduil had fought and experienced dragons of the North before becoming king (or shortly after) the same dragons that killed his wife, hundreds of his people, and severely injured himself. He knew what the dwarves were doing and tried to reason with them. He wasn’t so much angry about the price as he was fearful to bring back the dragons that took nearly everything from him. Hes an ass yes, but for a reason. Hes been through a lot. Hes afraid. Lee Pace does an excellent job with what little screen time he gets in this film and the little bit more he gets in the third film. I had known of Lee Pace from Pushing Daises before this so I was excited to see his performance. His voice and stature (standing 6’5”) really gives Thranduil a certain weight and presence. The way that even when he bends over Thorin he’s still towering and pushing his chest out. It would have been really easy to make him this flat, one dimensional asshole and be done with it but Pace and the writers give him such depth and complexity. His love for his son, his people, his land and the want for the jewels which are his last connection to his wife.
Sir Ian McKellen said he loved playing Gandalf the Grey more than the White. He's a much more interesting character and also fun.
Loved seeing him as the Grey once more!
Not so fun fact- Ian had to do many scenes by himself due to heavy cgi, at a certain point while filming he broke down crying (prolly due to isolation) and was heard via a hot mike 😢
Fun fact: Benedict Cumberbatch not only did the voice work for Smaug but he also did the motion capture for him as well. There’s literally footage of him in a mocap suit doing all of the movements, even the face movements too. It’s actually really funny to watch, it’s all on CZcams!! ❤
I can’t wait to see your reaction to Five Armies next, it’s my favourite one out of the series. 😁
"Sting" was actually forged by the Elves to specifically take out spiders. It's true name is Magnus, and upon the blade, in Elvish, it says "I am the spider's bane"
And there's a film coming out called sting and it's about a young girl bringing up a spider but ends up killing people.
*Movie canon, not book canon :)
@@SimplyConeh It is a story, not a religion.
@@magicbrownie1357 I wasn’t trying to beef
@@SimplyConeh Fair enough, I just can't stand when people apply the word "canon" to a silly work of fiction.
That reveal of Sauron was amazing in 3d.
And Benedict Cumberbatch as the voice of Smaug was perfection.
I've very rarely seen ANYONE pick up on the fact that Bilbo can understand the spiders while wearing the Ring. Because that's exactly how it works in the books.
Also, can I just say? Denise's long red hair is GLORIOUS.
Haha Thank you! 😄
She's an absolutely gorgeous woman for sure. These smiles are out of this world.
Denise is glorious ☺️ I love these two! They do an amazing job with these vids
You two have quickly become my favourite reactors, can tell you're not just watching movies for quick, easy content and there's a genuine love for movies that you have, plus you're both very likeable. Great stuff, keep it up!
You did not just say “boop the snoot” when beorn was chasing them?!? Hahaha amazing. And I kinda feel the same way. That is hilarious.
The cliffhanger at the end of this film always gives me chills. Putting on headphones and turning up the volume to hear the bass of Smaug's voice and the despair in Bilbo's voice as he says "What have we done." was the perfect way to end this movie.
9:55 I remember a lot of people were upset because the Necromancer was not in The Hobbit book, Gandalf would regularly just dip out on the Company with no real explanation. It was revealed though in later writings that when he dipped out, it was because he was investigating the Necromancer.
22:40 "îsh kakhfê ai’d dur-rugnul!” there's some complexities in the literal but it roughly translates to "I poop on elf heads"
Funny thing, he actually was in the original version of the Hobbit that Tolkien wrote. Supposedly his editors had Tolkien take him out because it was, of course, supposed to be a children's book and the Necromancer would be "too frightening"
Legolas wasn’t present in the book, BUT, I love that they brought him in to the story. I also LOVE when he meets Gimli’s dad. 😂
It was so cool getting to see him once again! Also that little moment with Gimli's dad was kinda heartwarming knowing what's gonna go down between Legolas and Gimli.
@@OfficialMediaKnightsA lot of people don’t know this, but after “The Lord of The Rings” in his other writings Tolkien mentions that Legolas eventually builds a ship to head to the undying lands. He invited Gimli to join him, he was the first and only dwarf ever to do so. Talk about character growth.
Legolas is described in the Fellowship book as a Wood Elf like Thranduil, but I don't think he is ever described as Thranduil's son- interesting take for the movies to make them related.
@@kellypedersen6590 Actually, it IS canon.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legolas#:~:text=Legolas%20is%20the%20son%20of,Wood-elves"%20of%20Mirkwood.
@@cmdrbrantford888 - nice.
Thank you. (I wasn't 100% sure).
This movie is where they added a lot of extra stuff to help stretch the story out into three movies. I'm not complaining. Definitely needed more females, Bard's kids and the she-elf, to balance out the original set of 15 boys. And the fight on the river in the barrels was fun. The talk between Bilbo and Smaug was directly from the book. The power of Tolkien's words. it was the same between Bilbo and Gollum.
You should have been in the theaters when this movie ended and we all knew we had to wait another year to see what was going to happen next. The collective, “NOOO!!” was impressive 😅
Smaug's voice is Benedict Cumberbatch. He said that his father used to read The Hobbit out loud for him when he was a boy. His take on Smaug is how his father used to voice it to him.
Fun fact:
Dragon sickness, also known as Gold sickness is a type of sickness that is caused by large amounts of treasure, particularly treasure hoarded by dragons. It results in greedy, illogical, and even violent behavior.
This kind of sickness also affected the minds of Thror and Thorin as well.
I think they said the dwarves were more susceptible(at least in the expanded material)because when Sauron made the Dwarf Rings, the elves removed them, but the Dwarves were too stubborn to be controlled by Sauron and instead, it translated to insane amounts of greed.
I'm not so sure about Thrain (it's been 50 years since I read the books), but definitely Thror. Thrain's sickness in the movie was due to his captivity in Dol-Guldur.
yeah, it's not like the movie has been forshadowing and talking about that for 2 movies.
@@aleatharhea Thror is Thorin's grandfather and Thrain's father. Thrain is Thorin's father and was captured in Dol Guldur.
@@AngelusBrady allow me to quote my earlier comment from a day ago around the same time:
“Don't confuse Thrain with Thror. Thror, Thorin's grandfather, was beheaded. Thrain is son of Thror, father of Thorin.”
But you’re right about Dol Guldur. I have corrected my comment with the correct place name.
The point of my comment was that the dragon sicknes wasn’t upon Thrain (and hedged since it might differ in the books, but I haven’t read them in 50 years). But it was upon Thror and Thorin. A spell was upon Thrain.
I love Balin, the wise white-bearded dwarf. I think he's my favorite dwarf out of both trilogies.
Epic nerd moment... Stephen Colbert, along with his sons and wife make a very brief appearance in Lake Town! Colbert is a well-known Tolkien nerd so this must have been an amazing experience! He is the eye-patched guy who knocks the side of the house that starts the little chain of signals that ends with Bard tossing the apple to the "fishermen" outside his house.
There is also some great footage of Benedict Cumberbatch(sp?) doing the voice work for Smaug while on all fours swerving from side to side like he was a real dragon! These are the things that make you love movies!
He got to live out a fan's biggest dream!
Ehh, I will still watch and like this, despite his appearance.
He hasn't been funny since The Daily Show.
@@joelspaulding5964 his career and fanbase prove otherwise. 🤷🏽
"It never ceases to amaze me!" "What?" "The courage of hobbits!"Love Tauriels character the addition of Legolas (Denise's reaction btw "No way i gotta be hallucinating"😂) the festival of stars theme and Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug is iconic Awesome reaction guys 😊
The delivery of that line just hit straight to the heart ❤️ Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug was excellent! What a voice!
1:33 "Bilbo was the only one who willingly gave up the Ring"
Sam: Am I a joke to you?
Boromir: 😭
It’s crazy to me that smaug is one of the smallest dragons of middle earth. Like he’s a baby compared to the ones in the second age
"Ishkh khakfe andu null"
The dwarvish insult is quite difficult to translate as The Professor didn't fully complete Khuzdul, the dwarvish language. Closest translation is "to pour my excrement upon your head" hahaha. I love how childish the dorfs can be at times.
Compare that with what Gimli says to the Elves in Lothlorien: "Ishkhaqwi ai durugnul!" (I spit upon your grave!)
About the differences in story telling between Lord of the Rings and Hobbit: remember the Hobbit is written by Bilbo und the Lord of the Rings by Frodo. Different story tellers - different story telling.
Amazing point
What I noticed is that Smaug was also really polite when trying to find out what Bilbo’s name was. And also the I am Fire, I am death brings me chills can feel it way deep down in my gut 😂😂
Arkenstone reveal. In unison, "There it is!" Fist bump. LOL Love it.
Benedict cumberbatch did such an amazing job as Smaug in this movie!! 🎉😊
All I can think about when Legolas gets a nose bleed after fighting the orcs is the guy from Dodgeball lol. "Nobody makes me bleeding my own blood!" Lol
At least Bolg didn't (gasp!) mess up his hair!
Same.
When they were running to Beorn's house and Bombur outran them all that scene was created out of a bet. The actor playing Bombur is a runner but was having trouble with the shoes that were part of their costumes. He told Peter that he could outrun all of them if he could wear sneakers, and he did. If you look at their faces as he runs past the shock is very real.
In the book Gandalf just leaves and then returns just before the battle and we don't find out where he went until the Silmarillion.
Tauriel is completely made up and probably the thing that fans hate most about the movie, but mostly because of the love interest for a dwarf.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays both Smaug and Sauron/The Necromancer. For Sauron he recorded them in Black Speech but saying the words completely backwards and then they played it forward for the movie which gave it an extra distortion.
A subtle call back to The Fellowship of the Ring is the words Tauriel is saying while healing the dwarf is the same thing Arwen said in the common tongue on the river bank to preserve Frodo's life enough for him to last long enough for her father to heal him.
And Frodo used the name Underhill in Bree because he remembered Bilbo's story of using riddles to try to confuse Smaug. He had heard that story so many times that he remembered Bilbo's story about telling Smaug "I come from under the hill, and under the hill and over the hills my paths have led."
It's been some time from when I read the fellowship of the ring but doesn't Gandalf says to frodo go use Mr.Underhill?
Legolas was not in the Hobbit book BUUUT it just makes so much damn sense to put him in the story. He's the prince of Mirkwood, the very land they're crossing, he's the son of King Thranduil, who the protagonists meet with in the book, and he's a guard/patroller of those woods, making sure no invaders or intruders make it far. It would actually be stranger if they did NOT meet Legolas.
It makes sense he wouldn't be in The Hobbit book, as it was written long before TLOTR. I don't mind movies that choose to retcon characters into a movie adaptation. TLOTR movie came out first and it makes narrative sense for Legolas to be in The Hobbit since he was introduced in the TLOTR and, as you say, was son of King Thranduil in the movies and books.
Luke Evans been cast in this series is truly pure genius he fits this franchise to a tee
I don’t care what anybody says, I absolutely love this movie. I think it’s such a fun high fantasy adventure movie. And Benedict cumberbatch as Smaug and sauron was amazing
It's DEFINITELY the best of the trilogy, and has become my second favorite film in the franchise
Agreed, I think the entire trilogy was at the very least very enjoyable. And the Desolation of Smaug is definitely the best overall of the three for me
It is Big Smaug, he would have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda!
😂😂
And make the drink Diet...
Leave us hanging? Imagine seeing this in theatres and having to wait a goddamn YEAR for the next one! Think on that! You can just watch it in the next few days!
Love you are exploring all of the films! Nothing compares to the origional trilogy but these have their own place in the story telling of middle earth.
We have been having such a great time with these thus far, and honestly these movies stand on their own two feet, which is tough to accomplish after such an amazing trilogy with LOTR.
@@OfficialMediaKnightsTheir own two little hairy feet? 😊
@@OfficialMediaKnights The fact you're watching the Extended Versions help - they add a lot more substance to the movies.
I think Benedict Cumberbatch did a good job with Smaug. I really like the fact that the dragon can speak, is smart, and he's extremely cocky and glories in himself...there's something about that that just works
Here you realized that one of the dwarves it´s Gimli´s father (Gloin); also meeting King Thránduil, Légolas father. I like so much as well the chemistry between Kili and Tauriel. I cannot wait to see with you the final chapter guys!!
YES!! It's so wonderful to see that Legolas grows, and eventually builds such a strong bond with Gimli later on!
Also yesss, the chemistry between Tauriel and Kili is beautiful! Thank you for your support, we cannot wait for the next one!
@@OfficialMediaKnights I was wondering if you guys had figured out yet that this Balin is the same one whose tomb the Fellowship finds in Moria when they go there. (2 other dwarves of the 13 died there in battle as well).
@@cmdrbrantford888 my guy, wait for the last movies to say things about characters dying (even tho they already watched the movies), like c'mon man, that ain't nice.
It was mentioned elsewhere by someone in comments before me.. so I figured it was already out. They didnt answer then, so I thought I'd re-ask. No spoiling intended. @@royalexodus2666
If the Dragon wakes up he is automatically on Sauron's side, almost like The Knight King getting a Dragon in Game of Thrones but much much Worse..😅
I'm sick at home while it is warm outside during 4 days of holidays. Thanks for giving me some good comforting entertainment
Aw man! Sorry to hear about that! Listen, get comfy, get yourself your favorite comfort food and get better. We're glad we get to entertain you for the day ❤️
Legolas is a prince which Gimli kind of mentioned in Two Towers after the battle of Helms Deep when they say their kill count and Gimil says "That's not bad for a pointy-eared Elvish princeling"
15:40 "Another hobbit meal..." - like a spider's happy meal! 🤣🤣😂😂
in the book we didn't know about the rings of power or sauron. bilbo was using the ring as often as he could and it have no drawbacks except of making him a little bit secretive about founding it
I loved the reaction! Imagine to wait one year for the third movie on the theatre. I hope you don't make us wait too much for the next movie 🙏
Thank you sooo much, we're so glad you're enjoying our video!! Thankfully we don't have to wait, especially after that cliff hanger it must have been torture 😭
That Sauron's revelation made me scream at the theater. Man i loved that scene and the flame eye with Sauron in the middle...
You just said that the flames must be so hot and intense from this dragon. When I was a boy, I was friendly with the janitor in my high school. One day he said, give me I wanna show you something, and he made me stand in front of the furnace on a yellow line that was the safety zone. He says just stay in there and he open the door, well, the heat came out of the furnace and literally felt like someone slapped me in the face, so I imagine Smaug.
There is a great part in the book when they are in Rivendell, showing Elrond the items they found in the troll cave. Elrond is telling them the names of the Elven made blades. Bilbo asks if all Elven swords have names what is the name of his. Bilbo is told Elven *swords* have names, but his blade is more of a belt-knife than a sword.
That is why Bilbo names it himself.
It’s interesting you feel the “call backs” were heavy handed/ intentional fan service when The Unexpected Journey is closest to Tolkien’s writing out of the 3 movies & written prior to LOTR.
I had a friend watch the Hobbit trilogy 1st and she said the same thing about Fellowship of the Ring. 🤷🏽♀️😆
Benedict Cumberbatch did the voice and motion capture acting for Smaug the Dragon.
The animators didn't use his mocap data; they just used him as a visual reference.
@@aleatharhea I Stand corrected. But i did see video of him doing a motion capture session on CZcams.
@@MrBigPicture835 Yes, and it's cool and definitely something they should check out! (The studio did imply that they used his mocap, probably for marketing or fan service.) I think there just was no way using the mocap data would've been feasible because they would've had to build terrain for him to crawl upon that mimicked the shifting mountain of gold; also, they probably didn't even have that modelled at that point. But they definitely took ideas from his movements and expressions! Cheers!
Smaug’s voice in theaters literally rumbled the seats. It was AWESOME. I actually clipped the “come now, don’t be shy” line and made it my text tone and one time I had my phone in my bra and got a text and pretty much jump-scared myself because the vibration was so startling 😂 For me, Howard Shore’s Hobbit score isn’t as good as it was in LOTR, but one thing I think he really hit out of the park is Smaug’s theme. It’s eerie and distinct and sets the mood perfectly. I have some art design quibbles with the Hobbit (too much CGI for the orcs and goblins, some of the dwarves’ hair designs 😬), but they did not miss on a single bit of Smaug. Just an incredible dragon overall!
Also, thank you guys for these brilliant Hobbit movie reactions - you’ve reminded me how just fun and funny they are. They get a lot of hate and sure, they’re not the masterpiece the og trilogy is, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t worthwhile. I actually love how they took Gandalf’s perspective from the LOTR appendices (showing us all the White Council/Dol Guldur/Necromancer stuff) and incorporated it in the movies to give us the bigger overall picture too. Can’t wait to see the finale next week! ❤
The river action scene was an absolute chef's kiss
We still want that "Lord of the Rings" theme park!
@@OfficialMediaKnightsplease same. Been praying for that since forever. We need it😫
Haha I kind of hate the over CGI’d video game action thing but it doesn’t bother me too much anymore. These movies have moments that make up for things like that.
The eye of Smaug looks like the eye of Sauron :)
"If you're referring to the incident with the Dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door."
-Gandalf
Morgoth created the Dragons as a secret weapon against the Elves in the First Age. The first of these was known Glaurung the Golden, Father of Dragons, flightless but possessed of a terrible cunning and fiery breath. Before he was full grown, Glaurung grew sick of waiting and went forth to attack the Elves who were maintaining the Siege of Angband, burning the plains of Ard-Galen and the Elvish settlements therein, but since he was not at his full strength, he ended up being driven back by Prince Fingon and his archers. Glaurung's essentially teenage defiance displeased Morgoth as it let his enemies know that he had more than Orcs in his arsenal.
After the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age where Morgoth was defeated, most of his dragons were also slain, but some few fled, journeying eastward to the far northern wastes of Middle-Earth (as Beleriand to the west had sunk into the sea). Over time, they bred, but becoming smaller and smaller with each generation without the influx of dark power from their lost Master.
Since they had such a lust for gold, and the lands to the south were mainly the lands of the Dwarves, they raided southward and destroyed the Dwarven Kingdoms where they could, taking their treasure hoards for their own. Some also attacked the lands of the Men who dwelt in the northeast of Middle-Earth as well, but there were some who fought back, and the numbers of these fire-drakes slowly dwindled throughout the Third Age.
Smaug is considered the last of the great dragons, although it is theorized by Gandalf that some few lesser species survived into the Fourth Age, whereupon they slowly became extinct.
It was fun to see Benedict and Martin reunited after their Sherlock series.
In Middle Earth, Worms are the name given to the fire 'creating' lizard types with Dragons being the Alphas. So saying slug was quite the low blow to a dragon's ego.
48:55 Balin is wholesome, but I have a sad story for you: In The Lord of the Rings, do you remember the beam of light iluminating a tomb in Moria? Well... 😔
way to ruin it
@@royalexodus2666 Well it is not a spoiler. They watched LotR
Ori was there too :'(
@@AlessaParker Oh yeah, that's true - the one holding the book
Fun fact about the giant spiders: they all descend from one absolutely gigantic spider that existed in the first era of the Middle Earth universe, she was called Ungolianth. She was so powerful that she managed to overpower Morgoth, Sauron's master long before Sauron himself became the big bad guy, and Morgoth had to call all the balrogs of the world to come protect him before Ungolianth killed him. They managed to beat Ungolianth and push her away, but barely.
To be fair at that point Melkor was already diminishing himself. In the beginning melkor was the most powerful being by far(after eru of course) but he after going into Arda he was continously expending power to corrupt the world.
Ive often thought when Kili sees Tauriel shining with light (He is seeing her as she truly appears, how she would look in Valinor) he is seeing it because he is so close to death he is able to see her Fëa (her soul). The elves being the first of Eru'Illuvitars children are much closer to the Valar and Maia in true appearance so their souls would indeed look angelic. We see something similar with Frodo in Fellowship when he is so near to slipping into the Wraith world he can see Arwins Fëa which drives back the darkness briefly. (though in the book it is actually the Elven hero Glorfindel)
When Smaug says "my wings" with the shake in his voice is so good, Benedict did an amazing job as both Smaug and the Necromancer.
The worst thing on this story is that I grew fond of Balin... We all know what was his end...
It's almost like the Dungeon Master told Gandalf's player: "Your character is too overpowered, man. You can join the group here and there, but you can't be there all the time, that would make the campaign too boring."
in the movie theater watching the barrel scene was the most fun I'd had at a movie in years :D
This one was my favorite of the prequel trilogy. Smaugs last line always gave me Oppenheimer vibes.
NGL i NEVER watched LOTR or hobbit
but because you guys are reacting to these i had to watch those movies 😂before i watch reactions
and yes benedict the mighty penguin guy is absolutely the best
I was on the same boat till very recently! Glad you got to watch all of these phenomenal movies 😄
The elves of Mirkwood are different from the elves of Imladris and Lothlorien because they are Sindarin elves, 'the grey folk'. They never journeyed to the Blessed Realm of Aman in the west to live with the Valar like their Noldorin cousins (Galadriel herself lived there but Elrond did not, though his grandfather did) As a rule they are less powerful but also less noble and wise.
The elves of lorien and mirkwood are almost all sylvan elves or green elves. They keft the great journey before they reached the sea. Most of them befire they crossed the misty mountains. Onlu the rulers were sindarin with galadriel being quarter noldor, quarter vanyar and half teleri.
Legolas' father(actor Lee pace).....also plays 'RONIN' in Guardians of the galaxy. Black haired guy w/ children (? name) plays young Tony Stark. She-elf (Evangaline Lily) plays 'WASP'.......Benedict c. plays Dr. Strange. Bilbo is in 'Winter Soldier'/'Black panther'. Lot of Marvel actors
5:53 - BOOP DUH SNOOT 😂
Always 😁
I’m literally watching one of your guys old videos (Pulp Fiction) and you release this one. The more content the merrier. Cheers guys.
Haha thank you, hope you enjoy!!
Bilbo certainly used the Ring more, and hold it second longest. He is extremely lucky though. The Enemy is still gathering strength, and its Will are not bend towards it's Ring. Frodo can't afford to be like Bilbo. When the Ring came to him, every moment The Ring/The Enemy seek to subvert his will, and whenever he wears it, The Enemy can See him.
Talking of the Ring, it mentioned one of the 7 Rings given to the Dwarves. All 7 were lost. But the Dwarves was extremely lucky. The 7 didn't manage to subvert them to become Ringwraiths, like the 9 given to Men.
I feel that far from the normal, bittersweet sense of this trilogy being "less than" Lord of the Rings, I think it's worth bearing in mind that when you set them together as a hexalogy it actually builds up nicely - for me it manages to balance being brilliant in its own right whilst knowing its context, dividing the hexalogy neatly at the midpoint. We get a lineage to the story, with Bilbo's adventure as but a thread which runs through the story, being impactful but also somewhat secondary to the whole adventure above and around him. Where we get to meet some of the characters we've seen before watching these after LOTR, it's also cool that when watched in chronological sequence you get to see all in reverse - we meet Gimli for the first time after being a passing memento image with his father on his travels. We get to reunite with Bilbo, Galadriel, Elrond and Gandalf decades later. Given that sense that the elves are somewhat more dismissive and passively off what we think of as so noble and wholesome in LOTR, potentially gives them a race character arc in the hexalogy, as the different races come together to take on Sauron - between Bilbo and Frodo they each seem to have very axiomatic destinies which influence the lives of so many people and cultures. The betrayal of the light by Saruman comes as a grittier taste after his entrance in the first Hobbit movie and after Gandalf's confrontation with Sauron we have some real appreciation for the strength of the darkness of Sauron hiding in the shadows and consolidating his power and presence in Mordor.
I have been looking forward to this SO much! Found you a couple months back and cant stop watching your content. You are so genuine and come with the best reactions I have ever watched. I love the people you seem to be.
You seem like the type of people i would love to hang out and have a chat with. ❤
Keep doing what you are doing. You are amazing ❤
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Sauron made a total of 20 rings: the One for himself, which gave him mind control over whoever put the other 19 on. 9 of the rings were given to the human kings, and they were all mind-controlled and corrupted into becoming the nazgul, those ghostly monsters in cloaks that chase the One ring, one of the nazgul being The Witch King of Angmar, the guy with the flaming sword and the giant mace. Other three of the rings were given to the elves, which are the ones Galadriel, Elrond and Gandalf have (Gandalf is not an elf but the previous owner, an elf, gave it to him). The elves learned about Sauron's plot right before he "activated" the curse of the rings, and they all took the rings off just in time. And the other Seven Rings were given to the dwarves......
The rings of the dwarves came out wrong, because Sauron had designed all the rings based on the characteristics of elves, humans, and himself. Instead of corrupting the Seven Dwarf Kings into serving Sauron, the dwarves were corrupted into being extremely GREEDY. They became obsessed with hoarding gold and riches at all costs. These rings were passed down from generation to generation, and one of the new bearers was King Thror, King of Erebor, father of Thrain, and grandfather of Thorin Oakenshield. Thorin's grandfather became the way he did because he was wearing one of Sauron's rings. He hoarded so much gold that he attracted the attention of a dragon, which are also obsessed with hoarding riches, called Smaug. You know the rest of the story.
Sauron didn't make the three Elven Rings, they were made by Celebrimbor on his own after Sauron had returned to Mordor to forge the one Ring based on the formula Sauron taught him. This is why the Elves have time to remove them because the rings are a little more removed from Sauron and so they realise what's happening before it's too late. The distribution to Dwarves and Men is Sauron's Plan B after he has recovered all but the Elven Rings since Plan A was for the Elves to have all of them.
It was a fun reversal having the orcs chase the party at the beginning whereas the orcs are the ones who get chased in The Two Towers.
Youre film analysis combined with youre honest and emotional reactions are unmatched. Thank you both for producing wonderful content.
The Hobbit trilogy got alot of hate but truthfully theyre some of my favorite comfort movies
hearing "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran at the end credits was a nice surprise too
We listened to "I See Fire" and it's such a beautiful song. Honestly we've been enjoying these quite a bit!
There is a video where Benedict Cumberbatch portrays Smaug. You really should see it, it's something
Yes, I agree! It's a full-bodied mo-cap and he crawls around on all fours while saying his lines. Great performance!
Imagine being in the theater and seeing the end...........I was too pumped up to even think. I wanted the next movie now!
Guys im 38 years old, so i normally find stupid watching someones reaction, i feel too old for this kinda shit but weirdly i really enjoy watching these movies i've watched years ago with u again. Your perspective and comments is way more clever then an average reaction channel duos. love u. cheers from Turkey.
First CZcams member to view and comment/light and share this epic trilogy 😅
Thank you for all the love ❤️
@@OfficialMediaKnights 14:17 that shelob the giant tarantula 🕷️🕸️ Bilbo faced in murkwoods. Samwise Gamgee and frodo baggins face "shelob" but she's grown 10x since she last saw any hobbits.. she was going to be recruited by Sauron himself however, she declined and wanted to make Murkwoods her home alongside DunganGor the home of the witch king of angmar..
@@jebVlogs556That’s not Shelob. Is the spawn of Ungoliant, Shelob’s mom.
People shit on this trilogy, but it wasn't a bad one by any means.
The Lord of the Rings was based on three actual books.
The Hobbit was just one book but I'm glad they stretched it into three movies.
Even ONE Tolkien book needs three movies to tell the story properly.
Hi guys! How dare you become my favorite reaction channel so quickly? Keep up the good reactions, and with the trilogy! Thank you!
I just love your reactions to these movies and to listen to your discussion in the end ! It is always bitter sweet for me to get to know the dwarfs more in these films, knowing that they will be killed in the Moria later on.
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