The ending to this film, with smaug flying towards lake town and saying "I am fire, I am...death!" and then Bilbo ending the film by saying "what have we done?" All the while there is no music and the only noise is of smaug's wings flapping.
This is one of, if not the, greatest film ending I have ever seen
I would agree,it was the perfect ending for this film. The BTS explanations of how the ending came about was fascinating on the extended edition. Originally there was background music and they decided to pull the music out. The sound recording session done at the last minute is worth watching.
shareI agree that the sentences, sound effect and overall feeling of it was amazing. However, I found that that decision (to end the movie with Smaug heading for Lake-town to destroy it) was a kiss of death for the trilogy. It was a powerful ending, yes, but after the dragged-out battle that came before I was exhausted. At the same time, I can say that the opening of the third movie was awesome, but fell flat because Smaug, the main villain, disappeared so quickly! This kind of decisions are well-made in a good series, they are, in my opinion, not good for these kind of movies. In TLOTR, for example, every main conflict (aka "battles") got addressed before the ending.
And when Bilbo said "What have we done?" all I could think of is "What have you done, Peter, indeed."
I completely agree, wonitano. I sat through that ridiculous video game barrel ride and the equally ridiculous chase between Smaug and the dwarves, and then....
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That's a heart stopping ending.
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Indeed, a powerful scene. Except that there was very little story left at that point. After Smaug was killed near the beginning of the third movie, they had to stretch out the Battle of Five Armies for two hours which was a major drag. If only I could watch the 1st 20 minutes without having to buy the whole movie.
shareJackson did also put the White Council's attack on Dol Guldur in there, instead of placing it at around the time of the company's escape from the Woodland Realm.
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It really was.
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