Bilbo & Smaug Complete Scene

There's something incredibly more terrifying when a villain has proper manners and a polite manner of speaking. Yelling can be intimidating but having a sinister calmness and confidence is much more frightening.

I wonder if this is how Jeff Bezos sleeps every night.

I like that Smaug seems to have an element of loneliness to him. He actively engaged in a conversation with Bilbo, who was probably the first sentient being he'd spoken to in years, even if he ultimately intended to kill him in the end. It's like a cat playing with a mouse. Smaug was entertaining himself, which is why he didn't fry Bilbo then and there.

i love how he encourages Bilbo to keep on naming more titles for himself and then addresses him by the most ridiculous and degrading one: "Barrel-Rider"

To think behind the mask of this dragon is a grown man crawling across the floor yelling and growling like a meth addict.

All of the CGI budget for this movie went into the physics of those coins.

Martin Freeman was absolutely PERFECT for the role of Bilbo. His mannerisms and expressions are golden, I can’t get enough of it.

Things Smaug likes: -Treasure… -The physical and mental suffering of others… -Metaphors…

Bilbo: “I only wanted to gaze upon your magnificence.” Smaug: Ight imma flex.

Smaug: "So thief, how do you choose to die?" Me: "Old age." Smaug: "Damn it."

The way the Eye of Sauron appears when Smaug said "precious" is amazing!

those 12 minutes felt like 12 seconds... amazing scene

“Have we met before?” “Yes, I was your flatmate when you were a detective.”

Fun fact: Smaug was one of the smallest dragons in Middle Earth.

Smaug’s sheer scale was perfectly captured. When reading the books you know he’s big, but it’s another thing to see it so perfectly represented on screen. This scene makes you truly believe he is the most terrifying creature you could possibly fight against. His presence exudes a hopelessness that most normal people would feel in Bilbo’s position. How could any man hope to stand against Smaug the chiefest of calamities? This, for me, reaffirmed why dragons are so terrifying as a concept.

What I liked about Smaug is how he knew everything. He knew Bilbo was together with the dwarfes, Thorin and his company spesifically, that Bilbo was sent there to retreive the Arkenstone for Thorin, that Thorin never meant to share anything with Bilbo. Heck he even knew Bilbo had the one ring.

Imagine if Bilbo dropped the ring in the Treasure room.

It's terrifying that even invisible, Smaug can still pinpoint almost exactly where you are

Just the irony in the fact that of all the extremely vast wealth in the Erebor treasury guarded by a literal dragon a tiny hobbit carries one small thing that greatly outvalues everything in that room including Smaug. Incredible writing.

For those interested in the book version. This scene actually depicts Bilbo's second entrance into the chamber. Smaug was lying on top of the treasure (it turns out Smaug is a side-sleeper lol), not buried under it. Otherwise it would have been pitch black in there. The chamber was dimly lit by his red glow. Bilbo took a cup first and left, while Smaug was still sleeping. He woke up when Bilbo went back to Balin and Smaug noticed the cup missing. Then Smaug went nuts trying to find the thief, and it was then Smaug left the mountain to go have a look outside. He almost caught the dwarves who were still waiting outside. They felt the rumbling; that's accurate. That's when they all went in. They still had the ponies with them; so Smaug suspected men were around. Smaug ate the ponies (a dragon's gotta eat). After flying around all night Smaug went back to sleep in the treasure chamber. It's kind of funny the dwarves only then realized how this was a crazy idea. Smaug called Bilbo a thief when Bilbo came back. Smelled him instantly. That's when they have their talk, and much of the dialogue is more or less direct quotes, except that he thought the lake men were ultimately behind his visit, even though the ponies smelled like dwarves. Bilbo threatened revenge, which Smaug found funny. Smaug showed off his bejeweled belly and Bilbo noticed the missing scale. He let it slip he was the thief and ran out. Smaug, incensed, stuck his head in the tunnel and gave Bilbo a pretty nasty burn. This is not how Bilbo finds the Arkenstone. Smaug left to go smash the door to the tunnel and burn Laketown for helping him. Just before Bilbo convinced the dwarves to go into the tunnel. Bilbo goes into the treasure chamber a third time while Smaug is away, but now it's pitch black. That's how he finds the Arkenstone glowing in the dark. The dwarves follow and they all walk out. Smaug never actually sees them. Everything else after this scene is made up.