Reacting to The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug FIRST TIME WATCHING - Part 2/2 

Benedict Cumberbatch just went all out with his Smaug acting, that was an insane performance.

imagine sitting in the cinema, left behind with this ending. And finally realizing, you have to wait a year...

Smaug: “well thief!!” Me: “I believe you mean burglar”

Tuaurel wasn't just being beautiful, the glow was her sharing her grace, her immortality, with Kilì because he was to far gone for just the aethlas. Eldaren only do this with someone they care about!

Benedict Cumberbatch did a phenomenal job as Smaug. Menacing, intimidating, and powerful.

6:03 "mellon" means "friend" as seen when Gandalf opens the Great doors to Moria

The Children Of Hurin would break your heart, it's Tolkien's darkest tale. It has both the first dark lord and the first dragon Glaurung. It's so cool to see you enjoying this world.

Very nice seeing you liking it "I am fire. I am death." Gives me chills everytime

The dwarf in the citadel of the Necromancer was completely cut from the cinematic release.

Imagine how that cliffhanger felt in the theater. It was like got y’all see y’all next year.

I love how Tolkien created situation where Bilbo kept Smaugs interest to keep this mysterious thief alive by giving himself titles, riddles where he is from and ingratiate Smaug while looking way out of situation where he was in. While Smaug is enchanted by gold and shiny things, he is not dumb beast that kills things randomly. Of course Smaugs years of solitude might have helped as well to win dragons willingness to listen.

The hobbit is one of my favorite books all time and I still love this trilogy. You can never compared books to film honestly. The spirit of the book is absolutely here though.

*Sweating nervously about Duaffy's reaction to BoFA*

6:06 well you're not even in the book, Tauriel.

I know right. This was definitely for me the most epic of the three films. Smaug is just incredible.

Smaug and Sauron had formed an alliance, he was just keeping the Mountain warm for him.

Benedict Cumberbatch's performance as Smaug in this movie is amazing

As they say, "Dogs have owners, cats have staff." You've just been volunteered for overtime. 😾

Yes, Duaffy...I remember seeing this in the theater and that ending..... UGH! And then having to wait a year to see what happens! AAAGH! 😂😂😂 I'm so glad you don't have to wait! Smaug, what a dragon!🐉 Looking forward to more from your channel! Take care lovely Duaffy 🤗 OMG, your kitty needs some attention 😂😂😂😂🐈

I also love the music behind the scene with Tauriel and Kili, it is sort of their love theme. I think it is beautiful and just as mystical and wonderful as the words he is saying

If I were running an RPG campaign, as soon as they open the hidden door, the dragon would be getting rolls to smell the change in air. As soon as a dwarf steps inside or lingers near the open door, the dragon would be getting plus to that sense roll. Smaug was the model for the avaricious dragon. Paranoid and obsessively protective. The question I had from the beginning, reading it years ago is what was Gandalf's plan? An army of dwarves couldn't do anything. Seven armies of dwarves would give him entertainment and some snacks. 13 dwarves and a hobbit had no chance , so the only factor that made for any confidence at all for the quest was Gandalf vs the Dragon. One hobbit burglar made no difference, the only thing that made any sense was the wizard, and he might as well have walked in the front door alone. Smaug the Golden, he was called, even before they gave him a nice sauna of molten gold...

Love watching movies with you. I am old and jaded and never get emotional or excited about movies really. You do that for me and it's a breath of fresh air. LOVE it. (thank you much)

Bomberman Cabaret really did a good job as Smaug

Smaug's voice is just pure perfection.

Don't concern yourself too much with others' opinions of the movie. There are many us (I would say that most people) who enjoy these movies very much. The critiques are just a very loud group. And I, too, am critical of the movies, they could have been better in many ways, but the first one (An Unexpected Journey) is still my favourite movie of all time. These movies really made me fall in love with Middle Earth and Tolkien's creations and for that I'm forever grateful. No other fandom brings me as much joy and feels as the LOTR and Hobbit movies. I love them and that world so very much.

Your cat was like “ok your movie is over NOW FEED ME!!!!!”

Every time she says Dwarf Dude and Bilbo she’s more adorable than all the kitten videos on the internet combined.

Loved the moment Thorin after 60 years finaly sees Smaug, and he emidatly calls him a "Slug" 🤣

17:53 "you an fit a small town in here" well considering it is a citty XD

I think a big reason these movies weren't liked as well was because a lot of behind the scenes drama happened very early on during production and it became very well known publicly. For example Peter Jackson didn't think he should direct these movies and pushed for Guillermo del Toro to direct instead because he thought he would be better fit for getting the tone of the Hobbit story correct. Everything was going well for a few months, then the studio pushed Guillermo del Toro out of the project, Peter Jackson was forced in, all work up to that point was scrapped, and the deadline for releasing the movie did not change (for reference, the Lord of the Rings was in pre-production for 2 or 3 years just to make all the props and sets before filming). No one really knows what happened for sure, but the common theory is the studio wanted the movies to be more like the Lord of the Rings, even though Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro wanted a different tone, and there was an implied ultimatum to Peter Jackson. Just looking at a lot of behind the scenes clips and interviews with Peter Jackson, he looks broken inside through most of production. And there's way worse stuff that went on, some of which involves spoilers for the movies, so you probably don't want to look into it until you watch all the movies first. Overall from a dedicated fan perspective, it seems like the studio interfered and made the entire movie crew miserable to force them to make lower quality movies, and that had they just been allowed to make the movies they wanted, they would have turned out better. They aren't the worst movies, but they really don't have that same emotional impact that the Lord of the Rings did.

Those little asides where you've edited the audio for your voice always surprise me and always makes me laugh. I highly recommend looking up the behind the scenes videos of Benedict Cumberbatch playing Smaug. The fun he had is palpable and infectious. You are correct that it's definitely not the worst movie ever. If you like it, great! If the movie gets you to read the books, that's even better. And while it's a bad adaptation without a lot wrong with it, it's not the worst adaptation, Tolkien or otherwise... let's not talk about those...

Anyone mention to you how FUN you are watching films? You are super fun! :D Your commentary is hilarious! it is why I keep watching your reactions! :D

Loved your talk about hope, which is desperately needed right now. My favorite childhood movie brings up two very important lines about hope. "Never give up, and good luck will find you." "Because people who have no hope are easy to control."

Smaug is voiced and played (with motion capture) by Benedict Camberbatch.

Wow, yet again, another incredible reaction! Honestly, I love it that you put so much effort into learning the dwarves names, and it's so nice to see someone really like Bombur xD I can't wait to see you react to battle of the five armies!! Also the song at the end of BotFA is just incredible, such a beautiful song written (I think) and sung by Billy Boyd, the actor of Pippin.

You clearly gave such a good heart, it is a joy to watch you.

This will always be my personal favorite part of "The Hobbit." As a child the descent into Mirkwood was such an exciting, eerie sequence to read that I always knew would make for a memorable cinematic setpiece. Even the additional material added to expand the narrative (the chase down the river, the big reveal of the Necromancer, etc.) flows together nicely within the movie. I like "An Unexpected Journey," it's fun. But it's really just an introduction establishing the characters and their quest stretched out to feature-length, and the final part is similarly a large protracted final battle. "The Desolation of Smaug," for me at least, does the most wonderful thing out of all three parts and fully draws the viewer back in to Middle Earth, which is never ever a bad thing. : ) P. S. You are so right about not giving in whenever life seems to look bleakest. God, you are so wonderful Duaffy. I hope that you never, ever lose that radiant spark.

“Do you think she could have loved me?”

14:22 - In the book this is actually a bit ridiculous: Smaug wears an chest armour made of precious stones with a single small hole. About the books. Tolkien has only published The Hobbit and LOTR. Everything else are collections of various things he wrote that his son found after his death and put together and edited. The Silmarillion is the most complete collection. The other books are just collections of different versions of the same stories that you can read in The Silmarillion so if you're a real nerd, you can spend money on them, but I wouldn't.

I am loving your comments! especially when you speed it up! 🤣🤣🤣

Tauriel: "Tell me *mellon* when did we allow evil to become stronger than us?" Legolas: "Okay Tauriel, I get you are friendzoning me but you don't need to be so obvious, _mellon mellon mellon_ oh and if we're speaking Westron for the sake of the audience in the cinemas why suddenly throw Sindarin for friend in there? It's neither funny or clever" Tauriel: ..... Legolas: "WELL _mellon_ speak up?" Tauriel: "It's a call back to when Gandalf said 'mellon' outside the Doors of Dúrin. And yeah, your dad told me to friendzone you". Legolas: .... [Elvish glaring intensifies] "And when did we allow callback references and Easter eggs to become stronger than the source material?" Tauriel: .... _mellon?_ Legolas: **rages** [in his head he says, "ffs dad, King Cockblock strikes again! I really liked her! Gosh Dad!"] Tauriel: [staring into the distance, in her head says, "Swiggity swooty comin' for dat Dwarven booty''] P.S - technically she is both an EILF and mega cougar to Kíli because she is over 600 years old and he is 77. To quote the prisoner dude in Monty Python's The Life of Brian: "You lucky, lucky bastard!" (Kíli) I know her character is controversial but she does radiate sexy Elf energy. Wonder what she'd have thought of Aragorn.

Could use a couple of those gold coins in real life

Don't worry about making people upset that you like the movies. The movies on their own are good. The thing is The Hobbit movies story is not what I could call cannon to the lore of Middle Earth. It is just an interpretation of the book. The Hobbit is a children's book and if you ever decide to read it you will realize it is an easy read as compared to The Lord of the Rings. After Tolkien wrote The Hobbit he incorporated it into the world of Middle Earth that he was creating on the side. The Silmarillion which was published by his son after his death tried to paint a picture of the lore of Middle Earth. The movies are all interpretations of that story and probably the best to date. Once you do start reading you are going to realize how things fit together for good or bad.

I'm glad you like this so far, give the trilogy a chance. Especially watching the extended editions cause it helps complete everything. Its been a while since Ive read the Hobbit, but I love the books and the movies, any piece of Middle Earth I can get. Love the reactions, can't wait for you to see five armies.

the daughters of bard the bowman is played by the daughters of james nesbitt the actor that plays bofur.

Very glad you enjoyed this film, Duaffy. And really enjoyed your reaction to whenever Smaug was on-screen. Smaug is actually an extremely important character in ALL Dragon Lore. When he was growing up, Professor Tolkien was always fascinated by Dragons. He felt that they were the greatest foe any human could face. However, around the time of the Renaissance, people stopped taking Dragons seriously. And about 200 years later, when Dragons made a comeback to the world of fantasy literature, they were NOT the titanic forces of nature that they had been in the myths from ancient times. They had gone SOFT, looked quirky and silly, and some of them would rather do things like drink tea and compose POETRY than fight knights (I'm looking at you, Reluctant Dragon!). This greatly offended Tolkien, so he set about reaching back into the Dark Ages and earlier to pull the best qualities of the Dragons in their myths and legends to create the Dragons that would populate HIS land of Middle-Earth. Smaug was the first of these Dragons that Tolkien created, and he created him by drawing heavily on two specific Dragons from Dragon Lore: the nameless Dragon from the epic saga Beowulf, and Fafnir from Iceland's Volsungasaga. And it WORKED. Smaug became the Dragon that set the new standard for ALL Dragons in modern fantasy literature that would follow, and this would also spread to the silver screen as well. Two of the best examples (as well as two films I would LOVE to see you react to at some point) are "Dragonslayer" from 1981 and "Reign Of Fire" from 2005. In fact, Reign Of Fire to this day remains my absolute favorite Dragon movie of all time.

Your reactions was fun :) I could listen to your reactions for hours :)

Duaffy, I do agree with you when it comes to these being good movies. I found myself keeping the book separate from the movies. It's easier to enjoy it all if you don't compare the book to the movies. As usual, I love your reaction to this movie. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.

You shouldn't feel ashamed because you liked something! I like the book but I also like the movies very much. They did great job giving dwarves more personality. I love your reactions, you're so passionate!

I read The Hobbit before I saw the movies and I love the movies!

The Movies are so much better with your Comments and reactions :3

Mellon=Friend. "Speak Friend and enter". Ring any bells?

if my cat interrups lotr, i will have no more cats...XD

Great video! I've read the book and still love the whole trilogy, I think it's really good. :)

Hi D! Once again, another great reaction! Do you think Lake-Town is Middle Earth's version of Venice? What about that conversation between Bilbo and Smaug? Ain't that somethin' - Anyway, looking forward to your reaction to the final part of The Hobbit Trilogy! Much love from the Philippines!

I heard a story of when this was at the theater, and at the end, someone in the audience shouted out, "F**k you, Peter Jackson!" for ending it on the cliff hanger. now they had to wait for the last movie to come out!

Don't worry about the comments giving you crap about the names. Messing them up is part of your charm, you're adorable.

This kind of ending is called a "cliffhanger." Also, there is no need to apologize for giving your opinion, because that is why everyone is watching your video.

My personal favorite film of the trilogy.

Literally just binged all your Lord of the rings Vids.... thank you for uploading this now lol

14:02 Fun Fact: The looks on their faces were real, cause they really didn't know were the speer was hidden.😜😊

You should not be shy to admit you liked it a lot. Except few weak parts (mainly related to the love triangle), the first 2 movies are super entertaining and fun

This part had more lore and art then the whole Hobbit book... change my mind.

I just love your cat

I haven't read LOTR but I actually have "read" The Hobbit because my dad played the audiobook on road trips as a child. I think your attitude is the right one. The movies are NOT objectively bad if you don't compare them to the previous films and or books. Since I'm very familiar with The Hobbit I knew right away that Tauriel wasn't in it. Let's face it Tolkien's world was a sausage fest. I didn't mind though. She was a good character and the forbidden romance angle was fun.

You need not apologize for your opinion! You enjoyed the movie, that's what matters :-)

Her accent kills me in a good way! I dig it man!

Your video came just at the right time. Struggling with a proper man-flu (influenca) and really needed such a video to brighten my evening. Keep up the good reaction video work you do.

Really, wrote those down..... 🥰 Funny... 🥰Happy holidays... 🥰🥰🥰

Buffalo Custardbath did a really good job as Smaug.

tangerine on tangerine, lol

You should watch Bridge to Terabithia. I think you'll like it.

Your accent is phenomenal, I wish I could listen to it all the time. The basic plot of the movies are pretty much the same as the book, its the small details that diverge from the book. Most of the action is in the third movie, so you should really enjoy it. The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and the Silmarillian are the only books that JRR Tolkien wrote, the other books were either put together by his son or agents to his estate.

I think your cat was also surprised at the Cliffhanger ending.

13:30 I really liked the blue velvet 🧥 than the red one, when Bilbo is wearing. 18:49-18:51 now, you’re ready to watch the extended edition of the battle of 5 armies next time.

Mellon is the Elvish word for Friend.

The problem with the Hobbit films is the legacy of Lord of the Rings films. In both the films and the books, the Hobbit is lighter and softer than LotR, so the lighter tone is not the problem, and arguably the films are darker and edgier than the book anyway. However, in order to pad what was a lot shorter book to equal length on film, a lot more attention is given to Gandalf & co. dealing with the necromancer of Dol Guldur (in the book Gandalf had already done his sneakifying in there by the time the story begins) a handful of character subplots (Tauriel's character is a completely new addition, Legolas was originally created for LotR, Azog's and Thorin's vendetta) and and the various setpieces along the way, plus a few additional ones, resulting in a trilogy that is quite different from the Lord of the Rings films.

Do you think you’ll do videos talking about the books after you read them?

don't know why I keep coming back to this channel, ah well.

Imagine watching this in theaters and having to wait a year to see what happened...

Thorin would definitely be burned by river of gold and Smaug would be dead (he isn't armored inside and gold should lit into his nose, mouth, ears...etc...). In book they hid in small cave and he thought they are dead from his fire so he flew to Esgarot (lake town).

Loved Dr. Smaug

Tolkien throughout all his books tried to subtlety show how evil worked into the souls of those arround them. Morgoth died then sauraun took his place. Smaug wasn't always evil but was convinced that his strength and power was something he deserved to subjugate and control others and greedy dwaves were evil and smaug was the purifier of Dwarven scum. And burned them all. . . . In silmarilion. When sauron made the 13 rings. To rule them all the men were corrupted quickly. The dwarves just got greedy and several rings for the Dwarven kings were eaten by dragons. Influenced by evil. To destroy Dwarven vermin that had resistance mostly to saurauns influence. Except digging and gold. The elves chose to not wear the rings and Gandalf had one of them. But the reason Gandalf lived the Hobbits. They had no rings Sauron never felt threatened by Hobbits. Arrogant in his might. The spiders were spreading evil into legolasses father making him angry and suspicious. It is a theory of mine what do you think because when Tolkien wrote this it was world War 2. Felt orbs were like Germans Hobbits were the children sent to the country where they were safe from bombs to live with relatives. His life and ours today have that same feel. . . . If I may we live in a dark time of facisim my country yours Europe America. . . How did we get here you are a sweet lady I like to think I'm helpful and I like to work build do kind things. I belive in the rights of women gay people transsexuals people that just want to have equal rights (socalisim I guess) or maybe Christian values) to be not spit on hated or marginalized no mater what religion or skin color). Not whispered into hate, preprejudice, discrimination. I was arround in the 60s and 70s where we thought we gained civil rights and Equality. Maybe the 2nd age of middle earth. Seems like we still got plenty of evil to address. If you listen to the winds of discontent you become discontented tou listen to hope and ❤️ you become loved and hopeful. I think that was his message. Why I like Tolkien

•Man, your review of this particular part of the film is well timed. The films highlight the blatant corruption of the government of Laketown, with the Master and his deputy being lazy, greedy, selfish, and gluttonous. •In the books, Thrain is captured and dies in the dungeons of Dol Guldur. •This is more of a "Chewie, we're home" kind of scenario. You see it in Balin's face, as he hasn't seen Erebor for 60 years. •Kingsfoil, or Athelas as it is known to the Elves, is the same wild herb Aragorn sends Sam to find when Frodo was stabbed by the Witch King on Weathertop. To Humans and Hobbits, it's just another weed, but the Elves know of its healing properties. •Sauron uses The Necromancer as an alias and Dol Guldur is a secondary base for him, where he can strike at the Elves of Mirkwood and Lothlorien. The bulk of his armies are still in Mordor, but he came here to be hidden from the White Council and Gondor. •When Frodo says his name is Underhill at the Prancing Pony, he was referencing this scene when Bilbo stands before Smaug. •In the books, Bard is a member of the Guard and referred to as the Bowman. The Black Arrow was a single arrow, but one he had had since childhood, passed down from father to son for generations. •I remember when I first saw this movie in theaters, I wasn't too happy that they ended it like that, with Smaug on his way to Laketown. I do like the Ed Sheeran song "I See Fire". I recommend you react to it.

Me encantan tus reacciones!! Saludos desde Lima, Perú

Would love to see your reaction to the 1977 cartoon of The Hobbit after you finish with BoFA

Epic Cliffhanger.

I’ve read all the books. Some of them many times. I also love the movies.

You should watch the behind the scenes when Benedict Cumberbatch voices Smaug, he really gets into the role.

When you know the book so well as I do big differences in the movies are actualy helping you to not get bored :) This movie is expanded, developed, and so is more interesting than it would be as stright faithful adaptation. Actualy LOTR is much more faithful adaptation than this - much more. Esp in the topics of adding new invented charachters. LOTR didnt invent new charachters it allowed on the screen only realy importand charachters, those important for the developing of the route of the Ring, cutting most of episodic heroes. But in the new trilogy they invented some new charachters - Alfrid, Tauriel - and expanded those who are living in this area - Radagast, Legolas, Thranduil - but are not mentioned in this book, and gave much screentime to those who were present in those times - Elrond, Galadriel, Saruman - but were not mentioned in the book also.

I love it so much 😂

The two first movies are enjoyable and smaug is amazing ! But I was very disapointing by the last one, in my opinion, peter jackson should have done only two films. However, the thrilogie is not that bad at all, but it can be way better specially for the third film.

Your opinion is absolutely right.. Movie itself is perfect.. it's not possible to make the movie exact to the books.. If a Director like Peter Jackson cant make it, I don't think any Director can..

Your emotional reactions are so pure. If you haven’t seen the classic Tim Burton/Johnny Depp movie Edward Scissorhands (first of many collaborations) you should add it to the poll. The only love story that made me cry man tears.

15:03 Keep him in place. This is going to hurt

If you like the movie, there is no reason to make excuses. It is a very free and embellished retelling of the original Tolkien story, that is all, and so inevitably had to provoke Tolkien fundamentalists. Peter Jackson took what is a pretty short and simple children's book and tried to "expand" it into something that by intention would approach the Lord of the Tings trilogy in epic scope. Entire subplots were added, such as the Elf-Dwarf romance and the character of Tauriel. Legolas was brought in from Lord of the Rings, to further connect the films (I can forgive that; Legolas is a Silvan Elf who could plausibly be present at the outskirts of Bilbo's adventure). As for the "other" books beyond The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion, you needn't worry about those now. They are material Tolkien's son edited and published after his father's passing (as is also true of the Silmarillion, BTW). Mostly they are drafts and variants of the various stories showing how Tolkien developed them over many years, with lots of "scholarly" annotation from Tolkien's son. This stuff is for especially interested readers rather than someone who just want to enjoy the core narratives.

...Princess Duaffy and the Dragon... :-)

many people are not happy with the hobbit movies because it was not as good or close to LOTR. I mean even LOTR movies changed stuff from the books but is still really loved. When i watched the hobbit in theaters i expected it not to be better than LOTR of course, i even expected it to be worse so i ended up liking the first two, would probably give the Hobbit 1 and 2 like 8 or 9/10 Though i can say with no spoilers i didn't enjoy the last move as much called "the battle of the five armies". But it is as you say this movies are still above an average movie and would give the third one 7/10

Smaug in the buck is a little bit smaller in size than in the movie.. But I have no problem with that. 👌👌👌😄 Glaurung on the other hand.. Even without wings was way bigger.. And ancalagon such a monster (like a godzilla gragon)

Just wacthing, jees, we have Dragons...... 😷🇫🇮🥰 Fun to see yours, Kiss!