Once Thorin and his remaining company reaches the Lonely Mountain, Bilbo discovers the hidden entrance and is sent to retrieve the Arkenstone, only to awaken Smaug.
Sort of right, although Bilbo is not sent for the Arkenstone. In fact, Thorin doesn't even mention the Arkenstone until after Bilbo finds it.
In Laketown, Bard attempts to bring the black arrow to the town’s launcher, but is arrested in the process, leaving his son to hide the arrow. Kili, Fili, Oin, Bofur and Bard's daughters are then attacked by Bolg and his Orc party, who have infiltrated the town in search of Thorin. Legolas and Tauriel arrive soon after and fend off the Orcs. Legolas then pursues Bolg, while Tauriel remains to tend to Kili; the two then acknowledge their love for each other.
LOL, that's a good one! Laketown political intrigue over a black arrow! Orcs showing up in Laketown! A love triangle with Kili, Legolas, and the new character! Ha ha ha . . .
Oh, wait, you were serious?
While being hunted by Smaug, Bilbo and the Dwarves trick him into rekindling the forges; they attempt to kill the dragon by burying him alive in molten gold.
What??!! No, no, no! They never try to kill Smaug at all. Dealing with the dragon was a weak point in their plans.
However, Smaug emerges and stumbles out of the mountain determined to destroy Lake-town and its people for aiding the Dwarves. He then takes to the air as Bilbo watches in horror at what they have unleashed.
Um, well, I would have thought at that point that Smaug would come after the Dwarves directly; his motives for going after Laketown in the book had nothing to do with revenge for almost getting gold-dipped. But, I guess you had to bring the plot around somehow.
In sum, almost nothing about the plot is correct!
Jackson does not believe that the spoken word has any real dramatic power.
I think this is the saddest thing about the movie adaptations. Tolkien was a master of the English language, and I would have liked to see that honored more.
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dancing_serpent
Re: more rantiness
Date: 2013-12-23 12:58 am (UTC)Sort of right, although Bilbo is not sent for the Arkenstone. In fact, Thorin doesn't even mention the Arkenstone until after Bilbo finds it.
In Laketown, Bard attempts to bring the black arrow to the town’s launcher, but is arrested in the process, leaving his son to hide the arrow. Kili, Fili, Oin, Bofur and Bard's daughters are then attacked by Bolg and his Orc party, who have infiltrated the town in search of Thorin. Legolas and Tauriel arrive soon after and fend off the Orcs. Legolas then pursues Bolg, while Tauriel remains to tend to Kili; the two then acknowledge their love for each other.
LOL, that's a good one! Laketown political intrigue over a black arrow! Orcs showing up in Laketown! A love triangle with Kili, Legolas, and the new character! Ha ha ha . . .
Oh, wait, you were serious?
While being hunted by Smaug, Bilbo and the Dwarves trick him into rekindling the forges; they attempt to kill the dragon by burying him alive in molten gold.
What??!! No, no, no! They never try to kill Smaug at all. Dealing with the dragon was a weak point in their plans.
However, Smaug emerges and stumbles out of the mountain determined to destroy Lake-town and its people for aiding the Dwarves. He then takes to the air as Bilbo watches in horror at what they have unleashed.
Um, well, I would have thought at that point that Smaug would come after the Dwarves directly; his motives for going after Laketown in the book had nothing to do with revenge for almost getting gold-dipped. But, I guess you had to bring the plot around somehow.
In sum, almost nothing about the plot is correct!
Jackson does not believe that the spoken word has any real dramatic power.
I think this is the saddest thing about the movie adaptations. Tolkien was a master of the English language, and I would have liked to see that honored more.