History Film / TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug

* NotHowImDyingDeclaration: after Bilbo and the Company have narrowly escaped being burnt alive by [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Smaug]], [[TheLeader Thorin]] suggests that they retreat to Erebor's western guardhouse to try finding a way out of the mountain. Sadly, when they get there, [[HopeSpot they find that the exit to the guardhouse was blocked off]], and even worse, the entire room is filled with the mummified corpses of the last Dwarves left behind in Erebor, who died after retreating there from starvation and suffocation. Balin, disheartened by this discovery, starts commenting on how they might be able to last a few days at best, only for Thorin to interrupt, "''[[LittleNo No]]''. I will ''not'' die like this. ''Cowering. Clawing for breath.''" He then instructs his TrueCompanions to split up and lure Smaug into Erebor's old forges so they can try to kill the dragon: "If this is to end in fire, ''[[TakingYouWithMe then we will all burn together]]!''" (Of course, [[ForegoneConclusion those who have read the books know that the Dwarves won't succeed at killing Smaug this way]])

-->'''Smaug:''' And what about your little [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarf]] friends? Where are ''they''hiding?
-->'''Bilbo:''' [[OhCrap D-Dwarves]]? No, [[BlatantLies there's no Dwarves here]], you've got that all wrong.
-->'''Smaug:''' Oh, I don't think so, ''"Barrel-Rider"''. They sent you in here to do their dirty work, while they ''skulk about outside!'' {...} I [[TheNoseKnows know the smell and taste of Dwarf]]! ''No-one better!'' It is [[DragonHoard the gold]]. They are [[GoldFever drawn to treasure]] like ''flies to dead flesh!''

'''Bilbo:''' No, no, I've no idea what you're talking about! ''[=[=][[ImplausibleDeniability he says while running directly towards the Arkenstone while Smaug's back is turned]]]''\\

** The trilogy includes various details (though partially somewhat embellished) from the appendixes of ''Lord of the Rings'' and from ''Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth'' that were absent in the novel; like Thorin's meeting with Gandalf before the events of the book, the Elf-king of Mirkwood actually being named (Thranduil), and what Gandalf after he leaves the company (he fights Sauron at Dol Guldur).

** Gold melts at 1064°C/1948°F. Due to black body radiation, a substance of this temperature will glow orange, regardless of the color of the material. It would not look like a gold-colored liquid. Also, while even a cast-iron wheelbarrow would easily float on molten gold just as depicted (gold is almost 4 times more dense than iron, and iron doesn't melt until 1538°C/2800°F), all metals (including iron) are VERY good conductors of heat. This would result in the wheelbarrow rapidly heating up to the same temperature as the molten gold, causing it to also glow orange, and frying the dwarf inside very quickly. This is, after all, exactly how stoves and frying pans work, and the wheelbarrow would work just like a cast iron pan (only more so because the molten gold is hotter than a typical stove, and convection currents in liquid also transfer heat much more efficiently than solid heating elements). Molten gold is also HEAVY (4 times heavier than iron). You wouldn't have to worry about being burned by excessive temperature or suffocated. You would outright be crushed. Given this is a universe where magic is known to exist, you would expect at least a HandWave, but there is none, leaving the audience to assume AWizardDidIt. It's ironic that Jackson would forget what molten gold looks like, considering that the very first shot of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' depicts molten gold: "It began with the forging of the Rings of Power..."

** Gold melts at 1064C/1948F. Due to black body radiation, a substance of this temperature will glow orange, regardless of the color of the material. It would not look like a gold-colored liquid. Also, while even a cast-iron wheelbarrow would easily float on molten gold just as depicted (gold is almost 4 times more dense than iron, and iron doesn't melt until 1538C/2800F), all metals (including iron) are VERY good conductors of heat. This would result in the wheelbarrow rapidly heating up to the same temperature as the molten gold, causing it to also glow orange, and frying the dwarf inside very quickly. This is, after all, exactly how stoves and frying pans work, and the wheelbarrow would work just like a cast iron pan (only more so because the molten gold is hotter than a typical stove, and convection currents in liquid also transfer heat much more efficiently than solid heating elements). Molten gold is also HEAVY (4 times heavier than iron). You wouldn't have to worry about being burned by excessive temperature or suffocated. You would outright be crushed. Given this is a universe where magic is known to exist, you would expect at least a HandWave, but there is none, leaving the audience to assume AWizardDidIt.

* PutOnABus: Elrond and Saruman for this film (as Galadriel represents the rest of the White Council during her brief apperance). This incidentally also makes ''Desolation'' the only one of the six Middle-Earth films where neither Elrond or Saruman appear (or in the case of the latter if you're counting the ''Return of the King'' Extended Edition).

** Also in the book, the black arrow [[spoiler: with which Bard kills Smaug]] was merely a very well-made normal arrow shot from a normal bow. Keeping to that would have looked absolutely ridiculous; even with the gap in Smaug's armour, expecting a creature his size to die from being shot in the heart with a normal arrow would be like expecting a human to get stabbed to death with one poke from a drawing pin. Instead, Bard's black arrow is not unique, but rather the last of a series of harpoon-sized Dwarven missiles designed to be shot from a specially designed crossbow/ballista, all the better to provide the size and force needed to be an effective anti-dragon weapon.

* HollywoodDensity: Aside from the lack of [[ConvectionSchmonvection convection]], the film fails to correctly represent the behavior of molten gold: because it's very dense, it flows very slowly, so running it down a series of channels and filling up a giant statue mold would take hours, and its collapse probably several minutes, giving Smaug plenty of time to eat all the Dwarves or escape. The filmmakers managed to avoid a similar error with the golden coins because they had made thousands of prop coins and were able to pile them up to see how they behaved; however, they were unable to find a reference for molten gold.

** In a change from the book and animated movie, [[spoiler: the "last light of Durin's Day [that] shine[s] upon the keyhole" isn't the last ray of sunlight but of ''moonlight'' -- the end of Durin's Day is marked by the sun ''and'' cresecnt moon being out at the same time]].

** In a change from the book and animated movie, [[spoiler: the "last light of Durin's Day [that] shine[s] upon the keyhole" isn't the last ray of sunlight but the first ray of moonlight -- Durin's Day is marked by the sun ''and'' moon being out at the same time]].

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: During his dialogue with Bilbo, Smaug angrily knocks over a couple columns while ranting. Cut to Laketown, where [[ChekovsVolcano ominous rumbling from a mountain]] is audible and startles the residents.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish:
** The elves of Mirkwood are shown talking to each other in their native tongue, but when Bilbo sneaks through the palace, he comes across Thranduil and Tauriel having a conversation without speaking Elvish. However, Bilbo is shown in later installments to speak Elvish, so it might be TranslationConvention.
** The dwarves speak Common to each other even when Bilbo isn't there. {{Justified|Trope}} in-universe, because Tolkien explicitly stated in his notes that Dwarves are ''extremely'' secretive about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khuzdul Khuzdul]], their native language and that they use it ''very'' rarely, hardly speaking it in everyday life. As such, Dwarves frequently speak Common even when only among themselves, and they definitely never speak Khuzdul if there is even the faintest chance of an outsider overhearing them (for this reason, only a very few non-Dwarves in the history of Middle-Earth ever learned the language). [[labelnote:Background]] Tolkien deliberately drew strong parallels between the Dwarves of Middle-Earth and real-world Diaspora Jews, both by explicitly constructing Khuzdul to resemble Hebrew (and Arabic, or rather, Semitic languages in general) in phonology and grammar and by presenting the Dwarves as a species that lost their homeland and was living among other races, split into several groups and frequently adopting said groups' speech and mannerisms. As such, the use of the Khuzdul language probably would be similar to the use of Hebrew by most Diaspora Jews prior to the founding of Israel, which is to say, only on special occasions or for special purposes (in the case of Jews/Hebrew, as a liturgical language almost exclusively), and there'd be nothing unusual about using the language of the "host nation" even among themselves.[[/labelnote]]
** It had been established in ''The Lord of the Rings'' that bearing the One Ring grants understanding of all tongues.

* NoSell: Repeatedly with Smaug, appropriate for the last great fire-drake

** The Dwarves eventually starting throwing something similar to Molotov Cocktails at him. They barely make him flinch, and notably don't stop his charge.