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Smaug was considered one of the highlights of the second film of the series; several critics hailed him as cinema's greatest dragon. Critics also praised the visual effects company Weta Digital and Cumberbatch's vocal and motion-capture performance for giving Smaug a fully realized personality, "hiss[ing] out his words with cold-blooded vitriol".
In The Lord of the Rings, the mountain is called by the Sindarin name Erebor. [ T 1 ] The Lonely Mountain is the destination of the protagonists, including the titular Hobbit Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit , and is the scene of the novel's climax.
The film topped the box office on its opening day with $31.2 million. [42] It remained in first place throughout its opening weekend grossing $73.6 million, a 13% drop from its predecessor. [43] The Desolation of Smaug was in first place at the box office for three consecutive weekends. [44] [45]
Approaching his 111th birthday, the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins begins writing the story of his adventure 60 years earlier for his nephew, Frodo.. Long before Bilbo's involvement, the Dwarf king Thrór brought an era of prosperity for his kin under the Lonely Mountain until the arrival of the dragon Smaug.
[T 1] When Smaug attacks Lake-town, Bard is the last of the archers to stand his post, but the dragon is immune to arrows. However, a thrush speaks to Bard, showing him the weak spot in the dragon's armour in the hollow under Smaug's left breast, which Bilbo had discovered in his conversation with Smaug.
Tilda Swinton will be celebrated by the Berlin Film festival with its Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement. “The range of Tilda Swinton’s work is breathtaking,” said the festival ...
Additionally, Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis's daughters made cameo appearances as girls rowing away during Smaug's attack; movement coach Terry Notary and stand-in Jamie Haugh appear as Laketown refugees after the destruction; Conan Stevens, who was to play Bolg, appears as the Keeper of the Dungeons, an Orc captain holding Gandalf hostage and ...
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