I like how when Smaug gets hit with the arrow he flies into the air and moving his arms as if he's clawing through water trying to catch a breath before he ultimately dies.
@@Starryeyeddreamer2001 He actually started out as a dragon. When you first see how he took the mountain, he has four legs and wings. But they screwed up and said "nah, wyvern is cooler".
@@InkHyaena I think the reason why they made him a "Wyvern" is because it costs a little less and more easier for Motion Capture. It's really hard to make a 6-limbed common Dragon move so fluently than a 4-limbed Wyvern, not to mention that they're under Time constraints at the moment of making these films.
@@phillipwalling7470 No, in the behind the scenes Smaug did started off with four legs like other dragons, but Peter Jackson thought he looked too much like a dog and thought he would look more scarier and threatening with just two legs and wings.
2:17 I swear, this was the most beautiful shot of the movie. The way Smaug crawled in the air as if the sky would save him, then the contrast of fire and the darkness of the night... The death was literally in his eyes. Just amazing VFX and 3D skills here to make this look so real. love it!
In the words of Tuco: “If you have to shoot, shoot! Don’t talk.” Smaug really loved to hear his own voice. Seriously, he could’ve killed bard twenty times if he wasn’t yapping. Book Smaug was all business when he attacked LakeTown.
@@ramadansteve1715 Dont know if thats true though, because in the Desolation of Smaug he gets a bit angry when Bilbo talks about the hole in his hide. Also he talks about the lake people ‘with their black arrows’ so i think he knows he is vulnerable to them. Also i dont know how he can see Bard his son from that distance but cant see the huge black arrow, a bit of a stupid dead if you ask me
he wasn’t though, he was small compared to the dragons of the first age (Smaug’s in the third) but compared other dragons of the time Smaug was presumably the biggest
Luke Evans was excellent in this film, and TREMENDOUS in this scene. His facial expressions were outstanding. His calling to his son "Look at me" is some of the finest acting I've ever seen. And that slight elated grin he gets when he sees the weakness in Smaug's armor and realizes he's about to fell the dragon.
He destroyed a dragon with a single arrow and won the "no-Belle" prize. He's also enslaving children with no restrictions whatsoever in Disney's next remake.
I like to think it’s also because he realized his father didn’t fail, he actually hit the dragon spot on where his heart had been. And now he’s given the chance to slay the beast because of him.
Fun fact: Smaug is one of, if not the most wealthiest characters in all of fiction. He had all the Wealth in Erebor including the Arkenstone (which could buy you a kingdom and then some on it's own) plus he brought massive amounts of wealth to Erebor from many other places. he isn't just a dragon sleeping on a pile of treasure, he is _THE_ dragon sleeping on a pile of treasure.
Actually my new OC Rich McRichenson the Dragon owns twice that amount plus all the currencies in the known universe, so he's actually the richest character in all of fiction
Easy feat to accomplish when you're the last dragon around with no other dragon hoarding wealth and no other dragon to fight... Smaug wasn't even a very big or strong dragon, just one with little contest... Hard to gain wealth if there were thousands of other dragons to compete with...
The way they show Smaug dying is awesome. The light in his eyes and mouth dimming until it's gone is cool AF even the light in his chest goes out when he's dead.
I noticed that,too how his tongue was rolling out of his mouth and how it almost seemed like he was gasping for breath. I thought that it was like watching someone choking or someone who was having a heart attack.
Everyone is talking about how smaug could've killed bard 50000 times instead of talking. Yes thats right but dragons (in tolkien universe) loves talking and riddles, and smaug was one of the most cockiest dragons out there.
The knowledge that Smaug wasn’t even the biggest or strongest dragon in middle earth is crazy. Would have loved to see the rest of Tolkien’s works adapted into shows or movies.
The thing is dragons have scales so they need high projectile speed to pierce them. In game of thrones they are basically shot with ease as if they are nothing but flesh.
Theres something so epic about the image of Bard shooting the black arrow, literally FROM his sons shoulders. The kid is obviously terrified as he hears Smaug taunting behind him, made even more terrifying that he cannot see whats happening. Then when he tries to look Bard stops him, both because it would ruin the shot and because he knows it will calm him. Even in his potential last moments he is there for his son first. I always come back to this scene its so freaking good
Bard’s son didn’t actually have to look at him. He just told the boy that so if he missed the shot, the last thing his son would see would be his father’s face.
@@yamato6114 yeah I agree that was part of it, but I imagine it's allot easier to hit the shot when your bow isn't twisting around and moving in ways you aren't predicting.
Can’t we all just appreciate bard having his son look at him to keep him from being terrified even more than he already is...it’s nice the son grows up to be just as heroic as his dad
Is it actually stated somewhere what happens to Bain in the books? For I only know that eventually his son Brand, Bard's grandson, falls during the Siege of Dale with King Dain of Erebor fighting on as long as he could while standing over his body.
Ricardo Frias you meant turning him into an ice dragon which he can use to blow up the wall in a Westeros or breach the walls of Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith so that he can expand his army from the dead Rohan and Gondor soldiers
I do think he got plenty of screen time in the Desolation of Smaug but in the ballet of the five armies he got too little he got killed off in the first 10 minutes of the film considering he is the main villain of the trilogy.
@@gangstagamegangstagame4467 I suggest you speak to Tolkien (assuming you can go back in time) and condemn him for not dedicating enough time to him in the books. The title "the five armies" strongly points to the fact the movie was going to involve competing interests fighting over the treasure, which means Smaug either died or flew away. So we have to assume Smaug won't get much screen time in the 3rd movie.
:Bard I found your weak spot thanks for lifting your head up for no reason! :Smaug you look to tasty can’t wait to eat you instead of just using my fire to burn you to death but whatever. 30 seconds later :Bard on the count of three son I will sling shot this arrow into the dragons chest and I hope you don’t die :son okay I hope I don’t die too 1 2 3 :Smaug looks down what’s the black thing 2 seconds later :Smaug oh god what the hell I am Death I’m not supposed to die NOOOOOOO I see a light I need to fly up into the sky and hope the dragon gods can save me 2 seconds later dead.
vishesh shah What I think makes Smaug the most beautiful apart from his appearance is the fact that he is intelligent, greedy, cruel, arrogant and vain, God complex, and pure evil. Not to mention can actually speak and engages in conversation. Takes orders from nothing and no one. And does as he pleases. The dragons in Game of Thrones, while visually impressive, are basically just massive pets taking orders from its precious mommy
@@CheeseRunner That too. But, also, remember, Bard partially killed Smaug because his kids were in Laketown and Smaug was implicitly stating how he was going to burn Bain along with everyone in Laketown.
Will forever love the moment Bard calms his son who is obviously terrified. Such a tender moment that really shows their father/son relationship. Like even in the heat of battle and all that chaos he is still a parent. Say what you will with regards to the movies but the changes they did with Bards character were brilliant. He went from a gruff, kind of moody side character who just kills Smaug to an actual character with motivation. He's a family man, and the imagery of him killing the Dragon with an arrow shot from his son's shoulders shows this off so well. It's such a short scene but one of my favorites.
Completely agree. This scene actually puts a lump in my throat every time i watch it. The trilogy had so many beautiful, poignant, and powerful moments (like this one), the only problem it had was that PJ and co. did not show wisdom regarding what to add vs. what to do without. It resulted in too much unnecessary fluff, which took away from moments like this.
@@tangerinetech5300 in this case it fits hes the perfect foil to smaug a family man with nothing kills the dragon with literal mountains of gold going meta family outlasts wealth
Kinda like in movies or games where the whole story revolves around the meguffin or ancient place and they destroy it in the end, looking at you Uncharted series....
That wasn't Smaug's only weakness. His other weakness was his having a big mouth and being so smug, self-obsessed and arrogant that he felt like no one could kill him and that no mere human would be a match for him. As others have pointed out, he still could have killed both Bard and his son if he hadn't spent so much time talking and if he weren't so in love with the sound of his own voice and if he knew when to shut the hell up.
+Peli Sotilas Not all fantasy/mythological reptiles necessarily need to have four distinct legs, one head, purely reptilian features, bat wings, and fire breath to be called a Dragon. Fafnir from the Norse Tales does not usually have wings and breaths poisonous fumes instead of fire. Chinese dragons were large serpent-like creatures with mammalian traits, that had god-like powers and flew by controlling the wind around them and using it to carry themselves aloft. Ladon of Greek Mythology has over 100 heads and sometimes no legs at all. And then there's all the ancient sea dragons that came before the popular image of a Western Medieval dragon. Even then, I heard some of Middle Ages men made no distinction between Wyverns and Dragons, so depending on the mythos, a Wyvern can be an actual type of dragon (like drakes and wyrms) or merely an unrelated dragon-like creature.
I hate, hate, HATE how they reduced Smaug to basically a tertiary character in the movies. They should have taken away some screen time from Azog (who wasn't even in the damn book) and given it to Smaug.
StillersRock This film was based on the 13th to 19th chapters of the book, and it obviously starts at chapter 14. Chapter 13's events take place later in the film.
Well they had to make the movies more "exciting" somehow, which is why they put in Legolas, Azog and whatshername elf. The movies themselves weren't as good as the book, and frankly shit on it a bit, but so did the LoTR trilogy. Why else do you think Christopher Tolkein hates the films..
As soon as I saw him die in the theater I was like "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BARD YOU TOWN SAVING BASTARD! You took away the best Dragon in history!"
What makes me mad is how Bard managed to make a ballista out of two pieces of wood that he jammed into the wooden pillars with his bare hands. Not only did he manage to stick them there, not only did it hold an improvised bowstring, it was strong enough to shoot a steel arrow into a jet-sized dragon and kill him. Bard got some mad woodworking skills.
And still he couldn't find a simple wooden beam to rest the arrow on, so he had to endanger his son. The fletching and maybe the bowstring would totally have hit his son in the neck and severely injured him.
Smaug was played by Benedict Cumberbatch, who also plays Sherlock Holmes. The Master of Laketown played Microft Holmes (Sherlock Holmes’ brother) in the Robert Downey Jr. film. So in a weird funny way, Sherlock Holmes crushed his brother and both died. lol
If I hear someone say that cinematography doesn’t matter if it’s CGI I refer to this shot 2:25 Seeing the lonely mountain behind Smaug as he dies and then falls is really breathtaking. I wish this trilogy was this consistently good
Bard used the last of the black arrow to avenge his father, Lord Girion's failure. It was his destiny to kill Smaug, everyone thought Girion failed when he managed to only pierce the dragon's scale, but Smaug wasn't supposed to die then, the mountain had to fall. Thorin's grandfather Thrór, had to reap the result of his limitless pride and boundless greed for gold- fate had to run its course. Thorin thought his destiny was to reclaim the mountain and its riches, but it was really to save middle earth. Like every one of us, he didn't believe in himself, his destiny, he couldn't see why they kept going through everything, at every turn, another door opened when all seemed closed. He didn't see the grand design, even Gandalf didn't know why he wanted to help Thorin. In the end, Thorin realizes that Bilbo was the most important of them all, despite his little stature. This Tolkien was a genius storyteller, there's a message he wanted to deliver.
"Arrow! Black arrow! I have saved you to the last. You have never failed me and I have always recovered you. I had you from my father and he from of old. If ever you came from the forges of the true king under the Mountain, go now and speed well!"
It became a running gag in our roleplay community: ''It's a dragon!" ''don't worry, i have a plan! I need a broken bow A black arrow And. A. Child. Now, where is that missing scale?"
You must waste many children. The rope that you have to pull back to shoot the arrow would always smack of the head of each child. So you need one child for every single shot.
Andrew Allen realism issues aside it was such a good moment of a father protecting his son and avenging his ancestors...you know the son felt intense fear but he trusted his father
The best part of this scene wasn’t even Smaug, but Bard telling his son “look at me. You look at me…” He knew how terrified he was, and knew only the look of confidence on his father’s face was going to calm him enough to take the shot.
I hate how they killed Smaug in the first 5 mins of the movie. All that hype from "i am fire i am death" and then they pull this shit. They gave screentime who wasnt even in the damn book. the hobbit is about the dragon not orgs smh. still a good movie
joshua ashley Originally Jackson wanted to do only 2 movies. The first ending with Smaug defeat. Then the producers asked him to make a trilogy and so he had to put Smaug defeat at the start of the third one.
the problem is not they killed him in the first 5 mins of the movie, the problem is they didn't killed him in the end of the second one... But this scene was extremely expensive though... not sure if producer would have allow that.
bro why is his voice so god damn intimidating how is he that intimidating like i have seen tons and tons of huge creatures on screen no one is as intimidating as smaug benedict did phenomenal job
What's funny to me is that not only did Smaug know about the ring, saying "something precious" to Bilbo, but he also knew of Gollum. In addition, he was the reason that Sauron was not trying anything yet. He did not march upon Middle-Earth until after Smaug's defeat which shows that he did not want to piss him off.
Actually the entire reason Gandalf had Thorin and company try and reclaim the mountain is because he was afraid of a potential alliance of Sauron and Smaug. Smaug would’ve been a game changer for Sauron so Gandalf decided Smaug needed to go
Just realized this revisiting this scene. It seems that because Bard believed the account of his ancestors that there was a scale loosened under Smaug’s left wing, he knew exactly where to look and was confident that his strategy would work.
Well it was actually becuase when Smaug was showing bilbo his "impenetrable belly" he unintentionally revealed that weak spot, which a thrush (small bird) saw and relayed the information to Bard as Smaug was attacking Laketown. That's how he knew where to look to find the weakspot. Its in the books too. And older movies.
Dragons in Middle Earth had a lot of power with their words like Saruman, and could cast spells with their gaze. Glaurung, the original dragon, was very snake-like, and his words were literally poison and filled people with despair and doubt. Smaug probably inherited this power in some way. Whenever he speaks, it's full of arrogant taunting which makes his foes doubt themselves.
Even Smaugs dying scream is terrifying, that first deep gasp was truly terrifying with his voice. You could tell the arrow made it into his heart. Even his violent crash into the burning structures before rising up into the air frantically with his tongue lolled out, clinging for life. That being said Bard is a hero in many ways than just one, can you imagine how much leather he's just got the entire town???????? How could you trade those scales for???? Smaug was fire proof and his body likely has traces of gold after he was submerged in it earlier. It's a pay day all round.
Actually it was left alone canonically, since the area was said to be cursed due to Smaug, and because it would be impossible to retrieve Smaugs body from the lake so his body was left there far below the surface, where his bones stayed forever.
I may be different from everyone else, but as a Ranger main in RPGs and MOBAs who has clutched many games.. 0:13 is what resonated to me the most. .. I can recall almost tearing up in the theater whispering "I will snipe you down." And snipe him down the bowman did.
luke evans if brilliant here! i love the dad and son bond they have as he fires his arrow from the sons shoulder! brilliant opening scene from both actors
GreyD.99x Some I think it’s better that it was in the battle of the five armies because the desolation of Smaug was already long enough and it was cool that Smaug was in all three of the hobbit movies.
@@vandergrift5557 Everyone would have been emotionally satisfied by the ending of the second movie if Smaug had died, no one would care what happens after that. That's why when Smaug died immediately in the third film, audiences felt ripped off.
@@thecianinator I mean if people knew even a bit about the book Smaug died within 5 pages of the chapters, so they should've prepare for that atleast, besides Jackson wanted to finish the movie in 2 parts but fox forced him into extending into 3 so this was the result but the movie was enjoyable enough as it was I didn't found it to be that big of a deal tbh, the journey was fun watching the struggles of thorin and Bilbo and the people, to find the meanings out of their journey
I understand people's complaints about how much got changed, I really do. I even get a bit of the same feeling (being a LOTR/Tolkien fanatic myself). But, I find myself asking, especially in hindsight, did this trilogy entertain me? The answer is a resounding yes. Is it a good adaption? Heck no. But honestly, for a trilogy that had to try and raise the stakes on a short kid's adventure story, as well as follow up the greatest Fantasy trilogy of all time, I think that this was alright.
It's a pale shadow of the story Tolkein wrote. That's because Jackson is a technical wizard, but he's a poor story teller. When a poor story teller changes the story of a genius, the result is poor.
@@fjccommish what I have heard, after writing Lord of the rings, Tolkien was troubled with his Hobbit story. He felt that the link between Hobbit and LoTRo sagas was not perfect. For examble some characters status was different when you compare them between stories.
Perfectly inserting a tender moment between a father and son into all the bombast and chaos of this scene is why Jackson is one of the all time great action directors. It always comes back to the characters.
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I like how when Smaug gets hit with the arrow he flies into the air and moving his arms as if he's clawing through water trying to catch a breath before he ultimately dies.
That's what I imagined in my mind too
Intended by producers too!
I love that part too!!!
@@joshuaromero4091 I like this part to and I also like how the Laketown master Met has end
@Frey Yep.
Little Gimli: THAT STILL ONLY COUNTS AS ONE!!!
hahahaha classic
hahah
@Nerdus Lupin i didnt call him little, i think u r referring to TheDarkarrow7
@Nerdus Lupin haha no worries
Killing Smaug is bonus points.
Smaug was easily the best part of this trilogy. His appearance was so well done, exactly how I’d imagined from the book.
But his form here is a wyvern. He's supposed to be a dragon... with legs and all.
nah thorin was
@@Starryeyeddreamer2001 He actually started out as a dragon. When you first see how he took the mountain, he has four legs and wings. But they screwed up and said "nah, wyvern is cooler".
@@InkHyaena I think the reason why they made him a "Wyvern" is because it costs a little less and more easier for Motion Capture. It's really hard to make a 6-limbed common Dragon move so fluently than a 4-limbed Wyvern, not to mention that they're under Time constraints at the moment of making these films.
@@phillipwalling7470 No, in the behind the scenes Smaug did started off with four legs like other dragons, but Peter Jackson thought he looked too much like a dog and thought he would look more scarier and threatening with just two legs and wings.
2:17 I swear, this was the most beautiful shot of the movie. The way Smaug crawled in the air as if the sky would save him, then the contrast of fire and the darkness of the night... The death was literally in his eyes. Just amazing VFX and 3D skills here to make this look so real. love it!
He just feels so real
Yea I’m so happy this scene had him flying up into the air trying to escape his death rather than him just flopping on the ground.
and then Smaug died, falling on a small portion of his precious gold.
No, it's not that the sky would save him. He was doing that thing where men try to walk off the pain from a nut shot.
@@demogorgon8yourface4lunch28 ф
I can only see Benedict Cumberbatch walking on the floor.
Haha samee!!!
No wonder smaug looks and sounds like he wants to bargain
Where do you walk?
😂😂😂
Same
1:22 That line normally would sound cheesy, but Benedict Cumberbatch somehow made it sound menacing. He’s such a great actor.
@johnkult1039even without the machines, when Benedict demonstrates the Smaug voice in interviews, it’s got weight to it
No it does sound really cheesy
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How?
“You have..nothing left.....but your DEATH!!!” Chills every time. Benedict Cumberbatch did such an amazing job!
I would've shat myself if i was there
@@b0bbuffet Yeah me too
I get chills in the other part where he says '' he will buuurn''
Bard: Hey, look at me, you look at me, Move to your left, Thats it.
Shoots the arrow and hits in smaug s weakness
In the words of Tuco:
“If you have to shoot, shoot! Don’t talk.”
Smaug really loved to hear his own voice. Seriously, he could’ve killed bard twenty times if he wasn’t yapping. Book Smaug was all business when he attacked LakeTown.
That's totally in line with the arrogance of Smaug though, the thought that his hide could be pierced didn't even cross his mind
I love that someone reference the Good the Bad and the Ugly and what’s more, that they knew the characters name.
@@ramadansteve1715 Dont know if thats true though, because in the Desolation of Smaug he gets a bit angry when Bilbo talks about the hole in his hide.
Also he talks about the lake people ‘with their black arrows’ so i think he knows he is vulnerable to them.
Also i dont know how he can see Bard his son from that distance but cant see the huge black arrow, a bit of a stupid dead if you ask me
So I would be a much more dangerous dragon than Smaug.
@@ramadansteve1715 More like the arrogance of most if not all dragons.
Everybody's gangsta until you learn that Smaug was the smallest dragon in Middle Earth.
Ancalagon the Black probably would have been the SIZE of Erebor. If not bigger.
he wasn’t though, he was small compared to the dragons of the first age (Smaug’s in the third) but compared other dragons of the time Smaug was presumably the biggest
@@Yommbo at that time, but Ancalagon could literally eat Smaug in one bite, he is massive
@@aztrobliss I know, I was simply pointing out that he wasn’t the smallest though
@@Yommbo ah, you replied to Kenny so it made it seem like you were calling Ancalagon small
Great acting by Benedict Cumberbatch
That pretty much goes without saying.
I've come to bargain
you are forsaken
You've come to die
lando hoth lmfao
Luke Evans was excellent in this film, and TREMENDOUS in this scene. His facial expressions were outstanding. His calling to his son "Look at me" is some of the finest acting I've ever seen. And that slight elated grin he gets when he sees the weakness in Smaug's armor and realizes he's about to fell the dragon.
He destroyed a dragon with a single arrow and won the "no-Belle" prize. He's also enslaving children with no restrictions whatsoever in Disney's next remake.
Luke Evans... Highly underrated Gem.
@@sillysheila4583 Lord yes...glad he's currently contemplating having kids, go for it Luke.
I like to think it’s also because he realized his father didn’t fail, he actually hit the dragon spot on where his heart had been. And now he’s given the chance to slay the beast because of him.
@@Gratios Good point, never occurred to me but it's absolutely something Bard should feel at that moment, "my father didn't miss! neither will I"
Fun fact: Smaug is one of, if not the most wealthiest characters in all of fiction. He had all the Wealth in Erebor including the Arkenstone (which could buy you a kingdom and then some on it's own) plus he brought massive amounts of wealth to Erebor from many other places. he isn't just a dragon sleeping on a pile of treasure, he is _THE_ dragon sleeping on a pile of treasure.
Actually my new OC Rich McRichenson the Dragon owns twice that amount plus all the currencies in the known universe, so he's actually the richest character in all of fiction
He was sleeping on treasure he will never use or spend
@@Vampireinarm1 but does he own true love?
Dragon pimp
Easy feat to accomplish when you're the last dragon around with no other dragon hoarding wealth and no other dragon to fight... Smaug wasn't even a very big or strong dragon, just one with little contest... Hard to gain wealth if there were thousands of other dragons to compete with...
The way they show Smaug dying is awesome. The light in his eyes and mouth dimming until it's gone is cool AF even the light in his chest goes out when he's dead.
and how his eyes bulge out!!!
IKR!
Yeah, it's also creepy coupled with how his tongue lolls out desperately as though he was gasping for air.
I noticed that,too how his tongue was rolling out of his mouth and how it almost seemed like he was gasping for breath.
I thought that it was like watching someone choking or someone who was having a heart attack.
@@JR-ju3kj IKR 👍
But lets be real: That rope that was pulled back to shoot the arrow had to smack the holy heck out of that kid
@lando hoth but the sudden momentum of that iron arrow would cut his shoulder off at least
lol party pooper
I’m laughing so hard cuz I didn’t even think of that small detail
There was piese of wood between boy and bowstring.
@@pogrmanrichman you guys seriously delving into this? its a movie ffs
Everyone is talking about how smaug could've killed bard 50000 times instead of talking. Yes thats right but dragons (in tolkien universe) loves talking and riddles, and smaug was one of the most cockiest dragons out there.
Dragons get bored while sleeping on piles of gold for decades. When someone comes around they love to talk. Even if they are it's next meal.
In other words, thank goodness for cocky dragons.
Not only in his universe, but also the classic dragon in the Beowulf
This is also true in Skyrim, dragons are depicted to be very prideful beings, they see themselves above humans and other celestial beings.
he was the last great dragon and takes it with pride
“What will you do now, BOWMAN?” I could listen to that line forever so epic
whaddya gonna do boneman
Me too pal🤣🤣🤣
me to
And the forsssssaken could have been so cheesy yet it’s chilling
“Who are you that would stand against me?!”
Smaug has the most satisfying voice I've ever heard.
That booming, snarling inhuman voice😈😈
well it is Benedict Cumberbatch, Mr "Doormammu, I've come to bargain" himself
@@justsomenumpty “then you’ve come to burn”
You need to hear the german voiceacting for him
On point
@@brunoderkameramaa8005 Not as epic and awesome as Benedict Cumberbatch's voice. Benedict is the perfect voice for Smaug.
1:27
Smaug: But your.. DEATH!!
His roaring was on point and awesome I wish he had more screen time
Pure evil, yet not a drop of Sauron’s influence
The knowledge that Smaug wasn’t even the biggest or strongest dragon in middle earth is crazy. Would have loved to see the rest of Tolkien’s works adapted into shows or movies.
Christopher would never allowed it to happen in a million years. He despises Hollywood.
@@jsuisdetrop OK, so that must be why Amazon are making a Lord of the Rings prequel TV series that is literally being filmed right now 🤔
@@jmckendry84 money rules...
He was the biggest of his time, i think.
Good news they're making a show set in the second age well before the hobbit
Euron Greyjoy must've watched The Desolation of Smaug before going to Dragonstone.
Justine Michael - too soon :(
Lol
Abhijeet Kundu U failed
Well Euron wasnt Dracula,so I doubt it helped him much.
The thing is dragons have scales so they need high projectile speed to pierce them. In game of thrones they are basically shot with ease as if they are nothing but flesh.
The performance of the Bard actor is just a masterpiece. His facial expression from desperation to hope is just amazing.
my cush, Luke Evans
Luke Evans is truly a magnificent actor
*Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain*
These comments are so legendary.
Then youve come to b u r n
I understood that reference.
Dr Strange
wrong actor
Theres something so epic about the image of Bard shooting the black arrow, literally FROM his sons shoulders. The kid is obviously terrified as he hears Smaug taunting behind him, made even more terrifying that he cannot see whats happening. Then when he tries to look Bard stops him, both because it would ruin the shot and because he knows it will calm him. Even in his potential last moments he is there for his son first. I always come back to this scene its so freaking good
Bard’s son didn’t actually have to look at him. He just told the boy that so if he missed the shot, the last thing his son would see would be his father’s face.
@@yamato6114 yeah I agree that was part of it, but I imagine it's allot easier to hit the shot when your bow isn't twisting around and moving in ways you aren't predicting.
1:11, the way he says “Wretch” combined with the music is so well done
Something about the way Benedict enunciates “bowman” is just so perfect
I think what makes this scene so powerful is actually the father-son moment. The trust and how they worked together.
Ultimately, it's about family, and that's why it's so powerful.
@@thecianinator Agreed
Yes. And ultimately hope even though they thought they've been forsaken. Hope has always been upfront in Tolkien's works.
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Then his son gets hit by the bow string
0:24 I love that little head tilt he does
Can’t we all just appreciate bard having his son look at him to keep him from being terrified even more than he already is...it’s nice the son grows up to be just as heroic as his dad
Is it actually stated somewhere what happens to Bain in the books? For I only know that eventually his son Brand, Bard's grandson, falls during the Siege of Dale with King Dain of Erebor fighting on as long as he could while standing over his body.
He fought orks with a sword he is indeed a badass
Don't worry Smaug. The night king will come for you.
Ricardo Frias you meant turning him into an ice dragon which he can use to blow up the wall in a Westeros or breach the walls of Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith so that he can expand his army from the dead Rohan and Gondor soldiers
Yes, exactly those intentions
*Puts hand on Smaug's head*
Arya doesn’t agree
not anyfucking more he won’t lmao
“Look at me... you look at me...” so much love in these movies man
Marvelous acting from that boy, John Bell! He's grown up now and plays a wonderful character in "The Outlander" series.
It’s a shame that Smaug had so little screen time in The Desolation and The Five Armies. Benedict Cumberbatch really captured the performance
Well why don't you just go make a time machine and force jrr Tolkien to write more of him
Yeah and idiots still like to complain how this scene is “excessive” when they also complain about how little screen time Smaug got.
Even in book his time is short
I do think he got plenty of screen time in the Desolation of Smaug but in the ballet of the five armies he got too little he got killed off in the first 10 minutes of the film considering he is the main villain of the trilogy.
@@gangstagamegangstagame4467 I suggest you speak to Tolkien (assuming you can go back in time) and condemn him for not dedicating enough time to him in the books. The title "the five armies" strongly points to the fact the movie was going to involve competing interests fighting over the treasure, which means Smaug either died or flew away. So we have to assume Smaug won't get much screen time in the 3rd movie.
1:21 That smile on Bard's face when he knows he has his work cut out for him
:Bard I found your weak spot thanks for lifting your head up for no reason! :Smaug you look to tasty can’t wait to eat you instead of just using my fire to burn you to death but whatever. 30 seconds later :Bard on the count of three son I will sling shot this arrow into the dragons chest and I hope you don’t die :son okay I hope I don’t die too 1 2 3 :Smaug looks down what’s the black thing 2 seconds later :Smaug oh god what the hell I am Death I’m not supposed to die NOOOOOOO I see a light I need to fly up into the sky and hope the dragon gods can save me 2 seconds later dead.
Smaug’s voice was absolutely beautiful in the hobbit
That's Dr Strange for you😍
The voice of a true psychopath.
1:29 one of the best movie roars in existence
Balrog roar is better
Monsterverse Godzilla and Ghidorah would like to have a word with you.
I like the driller's roar from Dark Of The Moon
@@thelegendaryascendingdrago4428
Bruh he said “one of the best” and never said it was the best lmfao
It's not THAT good, feels to generic
The fall of the most beautifull dragon ever.
Lanting Farming Drogon hold my beer son.
@@visheshshah7218 Lol Smaug is miles better than Drogon
Essa Al-Azzawy yes agreed bro smaug is the most beautiful dead dragon. Drogon is still alive tho.
vishesh shah What I think makes Smaug the most beautiful apart from his appearance is the fact that he is intelligent, greedy, cruel, arrogant and vain, God complex, and pure evil. Not to mention can actually speak and engages in conversation. Takes orders from nothing and no one. And does as he pleases.
The dragons in Game of Thrones, while visually impressive, are basically just massive pets taking orders from its precious mommy
-King Ghidorah will remember that
A lot of monsters in films don’t scare me, but Smaug is genuinely terrifying and chilling. Benedict Cumberbatch does such a good job.
The moment you realize Bard's reason for having Bain face him:
So that if he died, the last thing he saw was his father.
Nah, it's so he wouldn't freak out by watching a huge dragon charging at him and ruin Bard's only shot.
@@CheeseRunner That too. But, also, remember, Bard partially killed Smaug because his kids were in Laketown and Smaug was implicitly stating how he was going to burn Bain along with everyone in Laketown.
No, it was to ease his fear
Both actually.
And hater said they are nothing substantial about the hobbit trilogy.
"The future rests on your shoulders" HAS NEVER BEEN MORE TRUE.
2:10 love those pained, agonizing, dying screams of his.
Will forever love the moment Bard calms his son who is obviously terrified. Such a tender moment that really shows their father/son relationship. Like even in the heat of battle and all that chaos he is still a parent. Say what you will with regards to the movies but the changes they did with Bards character were brilliant. He went from a gruff, kind of moody side character who just kills Smaug to an actual character with motivation. He's a family man, and the imagery of him killing the Dragon with an arrow shot from his son's shoulders shows this off so well. It's such a short scene but one of my favorites.
Completely agree. This scene actually puts a lump in my throat every time i watch it. The trilogy had so many beautiful, poignant, and powerful moments (like this one), the only problem it had was that PJ and co. did not show wisdom regarding what to add vs. what to do without. It resulted in too much unnecessary fluff, which took away from moments like this.
The changes suck everyone doesn't need to be a family man with backstory
@@tangerinetech5300 in this case it fits hes the perfect foil to smaug a family man with nothing kills the dragon with literal mountains of gold going meta family outlasts wealth
I am always a little more than sad when a dragon is killed in a story, even if they are “evil.” It’s like a little less magic is present in the world.
I don't get it, a dragon it's not better or more magical than the balrog.
Hobgoblin Simulado But he shall not pass
@@troppie7823 Haha Well, even if Smaug doesn't recieve a dramatic quote, he is not welcome there either.
@@aparicion8677 Smaug when he sees your comments: WRETCH!
Kinda like in movies or games where the whole story revolves around the meguffin or ancient place and they destroy it in the end, looking at you Uncharted series....
Smaug had a terrifying presence in this movie. Really well done. It's really great to see dragons as a force of evil being pulled off well.
The look on Bard’s face at 1:25 when he sees Smaug’s one weakness 👍🏻
I read the book a long time but doesn’t Smaug have gold plate except for his one weakness?
From half a mile away.
That wasn't Smaug's only weakness.
His other weakness was his having a big mouth and being so smug, self-obsessed and arrogant that he felt like no one could kill him and that no mere human would be a match for him.
As others have pointed out, he still could have killed both Bard and his son if he hadn't spent so much time talking and if he weren't so in love with the sound of his own voice and if he knew when to shut the hell up.
2:30 that part with the falling tail like it's happening right in front of your face was amazing especially in 3D.
2:10-2:30 his screaming give me chills
"With a shriek that deafened men, felled trees and split stone, Smaug shot spouting into the air, turned over and crashed down from on high in ruin"
just realized how creepy that dragon was, like one of those creatures in "the Never ending story"
Smaug sure do IS evil! Bennedict sure do nailed it, damn :x
You mean Wyvern? Because Wyverns only have two legs and wings acting like the front legs.
+Peli Sotilas
Not all fantasy/mythological reptiles necessarily need to have four distinct legs, one head, purely reptilian features, bat wings, and fire breath to be called a Dragon.
Fafnir from the Norse Tales does not usually have wings and breaths poisonous fumes instead of fire. Chinese dragons were large serpent-like creatures with mammalian traits, that had god-like powers and flew by controlling the wind around them and using it to carry themselves aloft. Ladon of Greek Mythology has over 100 heads and sometimes no legs at all.
And then there's all the ancient sea dragons that came before the popular image of a Western Medieval dragon. Even then, I heard some of Middle Ages men made no distinction between Wyverns and Dragons, so depending on the mythos, a Wyvern can be an actual type of dragon (like drakes and wyrms) or merely an unrelated dragon-like creature.
@@PeliSotilas your mama is a wyvern.
Smaug's a dragon.
@@scornbass1552 Thanks.
I hate, hate, HATE how they reduced Smaug to basically a tertiary character in the movies. They should have taken away some screen time from Azog (who wasn't even in the damn book) and given it to Smaug.
StillersRock This film was based on the 13th to 19th chapters of the book, and it obviously starts at chapter 14. Chapter 13's events take place later in the film.
Well they had to make the movies more "exciting" somehow, which is why they put in Legolas, Azog and whatshername elf.
The movies themselves weren't as good as the book, and frankly shit on it a bit, but so did the LoTR trilogy. Why else do you think Christopher Tolkein hates the films..
Jodeadible That "whatshername" is Tauriel.
Ya Tauriel, that non-existent, non-canon character that Jackson shit out for eye candy and "plot"
StillersRock well the battle was great tho
2:27 I love the fact that the Lonely Mountain is in the background here. It’s so fitting. Poetic, even
Smaug is the only reason why i watched the hobbit
AJENKINS1920 Same xD
As soon as I saw him die in the theater I was like "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BARD
YOU TOWN SAVING BASTARD! You took away the best Dragon in history!"
Not for me. I never even read the book before watching the films but I still loved them. Heck, i never even read LotR
Did you leave the theater after this scene? xD
There was a dragon far worse than smaug his name is ancalagon
2:22 "I am FIRE...I am...Dead"
No Luk, I am your Dad
😂 Burn!
@@Quazzy23 *aye man this isn’t Star Wars-*
😂😂😂
What makes me mad is how Bard managed to make a ballista out of two pieces of wood that he jammed into the wooden pillars with his bare hands. Not only did he manage to stick them there, not only did it hold an improvised bowstring, it was strong enough to shoot a steel arrow into a jet-sized dragon and kill him. Bard got some mad woodworking skills.
Jesus would be proud🤣😂
He is not A Bowman ,he is The Bowman
Dude is Aragorn levels of superhuman.
And still he couldn't find a simple wooden beam to rest the arrow on, so he had to endanger his son. The fletching and maybe the bowstring would totally have hit his son in the neck and severely injured him.
Just silly nonsense from Jackson. Should have just let him have his bow shot with his longbow.
0:32 even the slightest detail such as this laugh shows how terrifying Smaug really was!
Smaug was played by Benedict Cumberbatch, who also plays Sherlock Holmes. The Master of Laketown played Microft Holmes (Sherlock Holmes’ brother) in the Robert Downey Jr. film. So in a weird funny way, Sherlock Holmes crushed his brother and both died. lol
Also forgot that Bilbo (Martin Freeman) also plays Watson in the show Sherlock starring B. Cumberbatch.
The master of lake town is played by Steven Fry, not Mark Gattis
@@sambenson7797 yeah and Stephen Fry is Mycroft in the Robert D. Junior Sherlock Holmes Movie
then months later the two sherlocks meet .. trying to save the entire universe
Smaug was such an epic villain, cocky and powerful and rightfully so.
If I hear someone say that cinematography doesn’t matter if it’s CGI I refer to this shot 2:25
Seeing the lonely mountain behind Smaug as he dies and then falls is really breathtaking.
I wish this trilogy was this consistently good
So this is how Gaston got famous!!!
i would have LOVED a reference to this scene in beauty and the beast !
Nobody sticks arrows into dragons like Gaston!
@@депрессивныйстудентwhen he was a boy he ate 4 dozen dragon eggs every morning to help him get large!
I see him as dracula more.
When I was a lad I ate 4 dozen eggs every morning to help me get large...
one of the best father son moment's in the history of the world 1:33
COMPLETELY AGREE
1:01 Best soundtrack ever, begins here.
8th best for me
Agreed
That soundtrack send me shivers
Soundtrack name is?? What
@@dztosadam2087 Fire and water
It’s amazing how Smaug is Benedict Cumberbatch laying on his stomach wearing a cgi suit
Imagine him on his stomach flapping his arms and growling
1:00 This was pure chills in the theater. Legendary levels of trust
0:14 "what will you do now b o o m e r ?"
Bowman
Benedict Cumberbatch took this method acting to a whole new level oml!
One of the most soul satisfying scenes.. and soul satisfying moment when the arrow hits the weak spot
Bard used the last of the black arrow to avenge his father, Lord Girion's failure. It was his destiny to kill Smaug, everyone thought Girion failed when he managed to only pierce the dragon's scale, but Smaug wasn't supposed to die then, the mountain had to fall. Thorin's grandfather Thrór, had to reap the result of his limitless pride and boundless greed for gold- fate had to run its course. Thorin thought his destiny was to reclaim the mountain and its riches, but it was really to save middle earth. Like every one of us, he didn't believe in himself, his destiny, he couldn't see why they kept going through everything, at every turn, another door opened when all seemed closed. He didn't see the grand design, even Gandalf didn't know why he wanted to help Thorin. In the end, Thorin realizes that Bilbo was the most important of them all, despite his little stature. This Tolkien was a genius storyteller, there's a message he wanted to deliver.
IllidanBlade girion was bards ancestor, not his father
"Arrow! Black arrow! I have saved you to the last. You have never failed me and I have always recovered you. I had you from my father and he from of old. If ever you came from the forges of the true king under the Mountain, go now and speed well!"
Ahh u are my hero
1:00 the change of music and scene
1:56 You can hear the arrow puncturing Smaug's heart.
It became a running gag in our roleplay community:
''It's a dragon!"
''don't worry, i have a plan!
I need a broken bow
A black arrow
And. A. Child.
Now, where is that missing scale?"
You must waste many children. The rope that you have to pull back to shoot the arrow would always smack of the head of each child. So you need one child for every single shot.
Bard was like the McGyver of LOTR! I bet he could also make a megaphone, with nothing but an old piece of string, a squirrel, and a megaphone :D
CHEERS! To the greatest dad in Middle Earth!
Andrew Allen realism issues aside it was such a good moment of a father protecting his son and avenging his ancestors...you know the son felt intense fear but he trusted his father
The best part of this scene wasn’t even Smaug, but Bard telling his son “look at me. You look at me…”
He knew how terrified he was, and knew only the look of confidence on his father’s face was going to calm him enough to take the shot.
I hate how they killed Smaug in the first 5 mins of the movie. All that hype from "i am fire i am death" and then they pull this shit. They gave screentime who wasnt even in the damn book. the hobbit is about the dragon not orgs smh. still a good movie
joshua ashley Originally Jackson wanted to do only 2 movies. The first ending with Smaug defeat. Then the producers asked him to make a trilogy and so he had to put Smaug defeat at the start of the third one.
don't blame the movie blame the book
In the book he dies like five pages after where movie two ended. So pretty accurate
the problem is not they killed him in the first 5 mins of the movie, the problem is they didn't killed him in the end of the second one... But this scene was extremely expensive though... not sure if producer would have allow that.
In the book he went off to lake town, the dwarves bummed around in Erebor for a chapter, then we get a two page flashback of him dying
*euron greyjoy wants to know your location*
The Night King wants to know both of your locations.
*King Ghidorah, the 3 headed golden devil wants to know all 3 of your locations*
I know Smaug deserved it but his death is still sad. His last moments always gets me. Love the scene
Thought I was the only one
I mean he’s just a dragon doing dragon things
Eh, no. He sounded like he was undergoing a rectal examination, and it became unintentionally funny. :P
I love how Smaug says *Bowman* at 0:14
2:08 “He could it had allllll
“Rollin’ in the deep....” lol 😂
Lol
bro why is his voice so god damn intimidating how is he that intimidating like i have seen tons and tons of huge creatures on screen no one is as intimidating as smaug benedict did phenomenal job
Then he just got killed by a tiny arrow 🤦 bruv
I just finished watching The Hobbit trilogy and I find this part to be the best scene in all three movies, the music completely sold it for me.
*Utterly great acting from Luke Evans* 1:20
And young John Bell as Bain, and Benedict Cumberbatch's voice. John Bell has grown up now and plays a wonderful character in "The Outlander" series.
No one kills Smaug like Gaston
“My skin is ARMOR”
*Killed by little kid with pointy stick*
ironic
What's funny to me is that not only did Smaug know about the ring, saying "something precious" to Bilbo, but he also knew of Gollum. In addition, he was the reason that Sauron was not trying anything yet. He did not march upon Middle-Earth until after Smaug's defeat which shows that he did not want to piss him off.
But i thought the dragons worked with Morgoth and Sauron, weren't they actually created by Morgoth? Why would Sauron be afraid of Smaug?
@@verbalkint4258 Sauron didn't know whether or not Smaug would obey him since he isn't Morgoth. That's why he was afraid of the dragon
Funnier considering that the earlier dragons were absolute units
Actually the entire reason Gandalf had Thorin and company try and reclaim the mountain is because he was afraid of a potential alliance of Sauron and Smaug. Smaug would’ve been a game changer for Sauron so Gandalf decided Smaug needed to go
@@potatonugget5629 Sauron was not afraid of Smaug?
2:40 It was at this moment the Mayor knew he f#%*ed up.
Sebastian Emond i mean smaug is pretty strongly attracted to gold
My favourite part of this movie is when the little girl chucks the bowl at the orc! So funny! 🤣
Just realized this revisiting this scene. It seems that because Bard believed the account of his ancestors that there was a scale loosened under Smaug’s left wing, he knew exactly where to look and was confident that his strategy would work.
Well it was actually becuase when Smaug was showing bilbo his "impenetrable belly" he unintentionally revealed that weak spot, which a thrush (small bird) saw and relayed the information to Bard as Smaug was attacking Laketown. That's how he knew where to look to find the weakspot. Its in the books too. And older movies.
@@Ember2168both sound pretty cool to me
Dragons in Middle Earth had a lot of power with their words like Saruman, and could cast spells with their gaze. Glaurung, the original dragon, was very snake-like, and his words were literally poison and filled people with despair and doubt.
Smaug probably inherited this power in some way. Whenever he speaks, it's full of arrogant taunting which makes his foes doubt themselves.
Maybe that's the inspiration for the Thuum of the dragons of Skyrim?
Even Smaugs dying scream is terrifying, that first deep gasp was truly terrifying with his voice. You could tell the arrow made it into his heart. Even his violent crash into the burning structures before rising up into the air frantically with his tongue lolled out, clinging for life. That being said Bard is a hero in many ways than just one, can you imagine how much leather he's just got the entire town???????? How could you trade those scales for???? Smaug was fire proof and his body likely has traces of gold after he was submerged in it earlier. It's a pay day all round.
Actually it was left alone canonically, since the area was said to be cursed due to Smaug, and because it would be impossible to retrieve Smaugs body from the lake so his body was left there far below the surface, where his bones stayed forever.
@@hubertdenise3100 How deep was that lake??????
@@altustalent410 It couldn't be very deep or they couldn't have built a town on it - can't drive the supporting piles into the lake bed if it's deep.
Yeah, it must've been a very agonisingly painful to get shot in the chest by something like an arrow.
0:38 now you cannot save him from the fire he will BURRRRNNNNN
I may be different from everyone else, but as a Ranger main in RPGs and MOBAs who has clutched many games.. 0:13 is what resonated to me the most.
..
I can recall almost tearing up in the theater whispering "I will snipe you down." And snipe him down the bowman did.
1:57 Me when I accidentally get hot glue all over my hand
Me when I do the thing where I try to take a step but my foot goes inward
0:08 I could listen to this line all day “now that is a pity”
Smaug had the best facial animations by far. So alive and wicked!!! Loved him!
“Look at me. You look at me.” never fails to make me tear up.
luke evans if brilliant here! i love the dad and son bond they have as he fires his arrow from the sons shoulder! brilliant opening scene from both actors
that string should have killed him
@@iagoarouca1805 How? the son is behind the wood. so that wip of the string would 've stop in the wood never touching the boy.
This should have been the ending to the "Desolation of Smaug"
GreyD.99x Some I think it’s better that it was in the battle of the five armies because the desolation of Smaug was already long enough and it was cool that Smaug was in all three of the hobbit movies.
You're absolutely right, but then no one would have gone to see the third movie lol
@@thecianinator why? The fights in the end were epic enough especially 'To The KING' part
@@vandergrift5557 Everyone would have been emotionally satisfied by the ending of the second movie if Smaug had died, no one would care what happens after that. That's why when Smaug died immediately in the third film, audiences felt ripped off.
@@thecianinator I mean if people knew even a bit about the book Smaug died within 5 pages of the chapters, so they should've prepare for that atleast, besides Jackson wanted to finish the movie in 2 parts but fox forced him into extending into 3 so this was the result but the movie was enjoyable enough as it was I didn't found it to be that big of a deal tbh, the journey was fun watching the struggles of thorin and Bilbo and the people, to find the meanings out of their journey
*Smaug:* Who are you to put stand against me?
*Bard the bowman:* I've come to bargain.
Smaug : Who are you to stand against me?
In your tongue, im dovakhin, dragonborne
also Smaug : Blyat
“That still counts as one!”
1:32
Smaug is so considerate to not blast them with fire right there and give them a chance.
I understand people's complaints about how much got changed, I really do. I even get a bit of the same feeling (being a LOTR/Tolkien fanatic myself). But, I find myself asking, especially in hindsight, did this trilogy entertain me? The answer is a resounding yes. Is it a good adaption? Heck no. But honestly, for a trilogy that had to try and raise the stakes on a short kid's adventure story, as well as follow up the greatest Fantasy trilogy of all time, I think that this was alright.
Jalaras Studios Amen
It's actually more entertaining than LotR. Maybe doesn't have the same replay value, but...
It's a pale shadow of the story Tolkein wrote. That's because Jackson is a technical wizard, but he's a poor story teller. When a poor story teller changes the story of a genius, the result is poor.
@@fjccommish what I have heard, after writing Lord of the rings, Tolkien was troubled with his Hobbit story. He felt that the link between Hobbit and LoTRo sagas was not perfect. For examble some characters status was different when you compare them between stories.
Of course. He wrote Hobbit as a stand alone, then pasted it onto LOTR.
Am I the only one who feels sorry for Smaug?
Yes
No, me too
He's probably the last of his kind.
Ian Malcolm, ever heard of Ancalagon the Black?
A M A no, i don, t like smaug
Smaug: I AM KING UNDER THE MOUNTAIN
Ancalagon: *I AM THE FRAGGING MOUNTAIN!!!!*
Perfectly inserting a tender moment between a father and son into all the bombast and chaos of this scene is why Jackson is one of the all time great action directors.
It always comes back to the characters.