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THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG Movie Reaction! | First Time Watch | Peter Jackson

2025-01-08 Entertainment
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Achara and Kristen return to Middle Earth for the second installment in The Hobbit series, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug! A brave company of dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield and aided by the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, journeys to reclaim their homeland, facing treacherous foes and the wrath of the fearsome dragon Smaug. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was directed by Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, King Kong, Heavenly Creatures). The main cast includes Martin Freeman (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Sherlock, Fargo) as Bilbo Baggins, Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, X-Men, Gods and Monsters) as Gandalf, Richard Armitage (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, North & South, Captain America: The First Avenger) as Thorin Oakenshield, Evangeline Lilly (Lost, Ant-Man, The Hurt Locker) as Tauriel, Lee Pace (Guardians of the Galaxy, Pushing Daisies, The Fall) as Thranduil, and Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange, Sherlock, The Imitation Game) as the voice of Smaug. OTHER REACTIONS YOU'LL ENJOY! • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: https://youtu.be/pxlMrXpr56k • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RIng: https://youtu.be/J68qpiNny8E • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: https://youtu.be/JokgGlFFD5Y • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: https://youtu.be/Yle6VgqDyqI • The Fast & The Furious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FYD6RKccwI • John Wick: https://youtu.be/uQ7uwfOTDiU • Bram Stoker's Dracula: https://youtu.be/Jyo_4NE9TI4 • Transformers: https://youtu.be/cSh-UqVDoWg • The Transformers Movie: https://youtu.be/whMLkq0MYyQ • Bullet Train: https://youtu.be/N5rmua1A8sQ • Deadpool: https://youtu.be/gagWKekSiuw • Blade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsB3Rg2ZgmM • Alien: https://youtu.be/rYWq9MptuSQ • Arcane 1x1: https://youtu.be/kCsLKNgNcUM • Mission: Impossible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE3exv7Zz08 • Road House (2024): https://youtu.be/af-fyqdk278 • Bad Boys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCc9VbE6xcg&t=2s • Deadpool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gagWKekSiuw • Logan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtj2KIgkhok • Reel Steel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nq6LEO1l0c • Rise of the Planet of the Apes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cmc7noJUGc • Mad Max: Fury Road: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE7om2kZZBM • Fallout 1x1: https://youtu.be/bJvRkjyjKko • Transformers One Trailer: https://youtu.be/99UtVn6Tvv8 • The Mummy: https://youtu.be/QRJ8NgugcFM • Godzilla vs Kong: https://youtu.be/WERkzo0NJ9g • Troy Part 1/2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3d-hUDnC7w • Invincible 2x5: https://youtu.be/OG0RX0zNFXo • John Wick 4 Part 1/2: https://youtu.be/U0FBErKdr70 • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f2zRiD6WLM • Armageddon: https://youtu.be/R6jEJsH6Lg8 ____________________ Reaction Gear: https://amzn.to/2QgTwk2 (affiliate) Edit and thumbnail by www.PraperMedia.com ____________________ SOCIAL MEDIA: ~CINEPALS~ YouTube: @CinePals Insta: https://instagram.com/TheCinePals Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCinePals ~KRISTEN STEPHENSONPINO~ Instagram: @Kris10Kesp ~ACHARA KIRK~ Instagram: @AcharaKirk ___________________________________________________ SHORT FILMS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL34B19BA788E18384 Click here to subscribe and know when the next video drops: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=jabykoay Thanks for watching!!! __________________________________________________ Credit of my favorite movie reviews song: Highlight Reel Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Song used during intro: Acid Jazz Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Song used during intro: Your Call High Quality by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Song Used During Outro: Easy Jam Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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@thedarkknight2221 2025-01-08

Benedict Cumberbatch said he wanted to play Smaug more than anyone because his dad read him The Hobbit when he was 6. He actually said that this is technically a secondhand performance because he based it on how his dad acted it out when he read the book to him. But he was given even MORE by Peter Jackson when he asked Ben to also voice Sauron The Necromancer. Also Benedict made the absolute right call (and yes it was his idea not Peter Jackson’s) to play Smaug not just with his voice, but with performance capture. His body and facial expressions gave so much life to Smaug and made him so much more terrifying. And Peter made the right call when he had Benedict read his lines in black speech as Sauron backwards because when they played them forwards it sounded unnatural and very intimidating.

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@GenerationWest 2025-01-08

As Gimili said: We dwarves are natural sprinters!

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@thedarkknight2221 2025-01-08

*”His teeth are swords, his claws are spears, his scales are shields, his tail is a thunderbolt, his wings are a hurricane, and his breath is death”.* That is how Smaug is exactly described in the book, and that’s exactly what Smaug feels like in this movie. If you watch the special features of this movie (and you absolutely should they’re amazing) you’ll learn that by the time Tolkien wrote The Hobbit dragons were not really thought of as scary or as formidable in fantasy literature. He wanted a dragon that felt like they used to be thought of. As unstoppable forces of nature and incredibly cunning, psychopathic, and nearly unstoppable enemies to fight against. And he absolutely achieved it with Smaug. For me he is the greatest evil dragon in all of western fiction.

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@tedflanc1024 2025-01-09

Fun Fact: Bard’s two daughters are played by Mary and Peggy Nesbitt, the real-life daughters of James Nesbitt who plays Bofur ( the dwarf with the hat). Also, talk show host, Stephen Colbert and his family makes cameo appearances as Lake-Town residents. Peter Jackson also reprised his cameo as the carrot munching resident of Bree who was also in the Fellowship of the Ring years ago!!!

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@Greg-z7q 2025-01-09

The way they had Bombur run in the scenes where the dwarves are running for the house is they put the actor who played him in running shoes, instead of heavy dwarven boots!!😂😂😂

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@coldflamebluedragon196 2025-01-08

Scenes with Smaug really elevated this movie

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@Positivity_11114 2025-01-09

Benedict Cumberbatch as the Dragon's voice is GOLD. Also, reminds me of his character Khan from "Star trek into darkness". its quite similar.

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@ThatBonsaipanda 2025-01-08

I love it how the auto captions name Legolas as "Legal Ass". I mean ..

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@boyscouts83712 2025-01-11

You edited out the coldest line in the movie: "I am Fire, I am.... DEATH!"

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@jackiehansen2421 2025-01-09

The actors said that doing the barrels was very fun. There’s a scene where if u pause it you can see Aiden turner (kili) smiling

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