Ep 222: The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug

Ep 222: The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug

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April 20, 2026 · 4h 1m · Season 1 · Episode 222

About this episode

The episode discusses The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and features a Top 5 Dragons segment.

It's time to get the shields up once again as we return to the much unfairly criticized trilogies of all time, The Hobbit trilogy. Today we unpack part two, The Desolation of Smaug. We three really feel these movies get a bad wrap but there is much more here than most see. We get into everything! We also pick our Top 5 Dragons of all time in TV/Movies. So grab your ring of power, don't leave until the moonlight hits you, and be on the lookout for giant bears... it's time for The Desolation of Smaug on The Movie Defenders podcast! Click here to listen and connect anywhere: https://linktr.ee/moviedefenders 00:00:00 Intro and What We've Been Watching 00:29:16 Top 5 Dragons 00:52:56 Movie Discussion Starts 01:18:06 Thorin Meets Gandalf 01:48:25 Beorn 02:20:55 Thorin Holds a Grudge 02:41:15 Something Darker is Coming 02:53:19 Alfrid and the Master 03:01:59 Bilbo Vouches for Thorin 03:21:03 Enter Smaug 03:33:48 Smaug Taunts Bilbo 03:43:14 Thorin Decides to Fight 03:50:08 Cliffhanger Ending Special thanks to our amazing Patreon supporters! Alex Kirkby Alexis Helman Barrett Young Bart German Brett Bowen Daryl Ewry Doug Robertson Ena Haynes Eric Blattberg Jason Chastain Josh Evans Joshua…

People in this episode

Host: The Movie Defenders

Topics covered

  • The Hobbit
  • movie discussion
  • dragons
  • trilogies
  • fantasy films

Keywords

  • The Hobbit
  • Desolation of Smaug
  • dragons
  • movie review
  • fantasy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Attack of the Killer Podcast

Books & works: The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug

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