The Hobbit - The Desolation Of Smaug -2013- Ext... Review

And as Smaug erupts from the mountain, wings blotting the moon, the extended edition’s final shot is not of the dragon turning toward Lake-town. It is a slow pan down the mountain’s flank to a hidden postern gate. There, in the darkness, a pale orc hand reaches out of a tunnel. Bolg smiles. “The mountain is empty,” he hisses. “Take it for Azog.”

A Proper Story

The dwarves enter. The forge fight is longer, more desperate. At one point, Smaug tears open a molten gold cauldron, and the liquid gold pours over Thorin, who stands screaming—only to rise unharmed, coated in cooling metal, a grim statue of a king. “You would forge yourself into a weapon,” Smaug laughs. “But gold does not protect. It only weighs you down.” The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug -2013- Ext...