This would have made for a much cleaner end product, although whether del Toro would also have given in to pressure from the studio to elongate the story for financial gain is unknown. Guillermo del Toro's insistence in staying faithful to The Hobbit source material serves as further proof he would have delivered a wholly satisfying arc for Smaug.
Tolkien's works always carry fables within them, and The Hobbit is no different. Originally written for his son, Tolkien wanted to impart valuable life lessons to his child through the narrative, and the director had vowed to translate this to the screen.
The prolific Guillermo del Toro 's vision conveyed that Smaug's downfall happened not through pure skill as it did in Jackson's version, but that his own hubris and greed ultimately defeated the dragon. If Smaug had not coveted treasure, he would not have had an unnatural jewel-encrusted belly to make him complacent.
Furthermore, if he had not flouted his underbelly to Bilbo, Bard would have been unable to defeat him. In this way, del Toro's version serves up satisfying poetic justice and teaches a valuable lesson to the younger viewers that The Hobbit story was originally aimed at. Jackson's trilogy certainly delivers positive messages of unity and shows characters sometimes unbelievably triumphing in the face of adversity.
Still, del Toro's The Hobbit would have championed these same core values while also doing justice to Smaug in a way the final version sadly did not. A British native, Charles also is an avid football fan and podcast co-creator who loves delivering new content across various forms of media. By Charles Cameron Published Aug 28, Smaug's yellow eyes change with his emotion — dialogue moments show the reflections in them, but they glow like embers when he gets angry.
And when he prepares to haul off with flame from his mouth, his chest builds in reddish intensity the closer he is to unleashing.
It also adds some anticipation when it's bright crimson and one doesn't know what's going to get cooked next. In the Smaug design, Letteri used a classic European feel but also that of a long, thin Asian dragon from legend — audiences see the latter when he takes flight in The Hobbit. In the original book, J. He focused on lizards, as the closest he could get to the fictional fire-breathers, and noted how they remained still for long periods of time and then could move very swiftly and viciously when the mood took them.
He incorporated this into his charismatic monster. Dragons are divided into categories based on their ability to fly and breathe fire. Fire-Drakes are the standard Great dragons of fantasy, fire-breathing serpent-like creatures with or without wings. Tolkien uses the term Dragon and Wyrm almost interchangeably, for both his winged and wingless brethren. Some dragons in the Legendarium could not breathe fire and are known as Cold-drakes.
Often Cold-drakes did not have legs or wings, while some of these creatures could breathe smoke or mist. Despite not possessing the raw flaming power of their Fire siblings, Cold-drakes still possessed sharp claws and armour-like scales and are not to be trifled with. The hype surrounding Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the eponymous dragon was expected and impressive. Fortunately, there were some surprises left in store for fans as Cumberbatch also voiced another important member of Middle-earth.
Continuing his penchant for playing villains, Cumberbatch had the chance to flex his malevolent muscles with two different roles. In actual fact, the "au" in Smaug is pronounced like the "ou" in sound or house, making the name pronounced more like "Sm-ow-g. The name Smaug is derived from the past tense of the early Germanic verb smugan "to squeeze through a hole.
Yet he is not the strongest to have existed previously. That mantle falls on Ancalagon the Black. The largest dragon ever to exist in Middle-earth, Ancalagon was said to be the size of a Mountain.
When faced with defeat, Morgoth unleashed his last and greatest weapon in the form of winged fire drakes, led by Ancalagon. Smaug is huge. Everyone knows that. Although he is described as immense, how immense is open to interpretation.
For cinematic effect, in the movies, Smaug dramatically increases in size. His size in the original designs is mentioned to be meters in length, which is bigger than two jumbo jets. Are you sure you want to remove bookConfirmation and any corresponding bookmarks? My Preferences My Reading List. The Hobbit J. Character Analysis Smaug.
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