The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Peter Jackson, 2013.
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Edition screened: Warner ‘Two-Disc Special Edition’ DVD, released 2014. English language. Runtime approximately 170 minutes.
Summary: Combat killing of fantasy animals.
Like the other films in Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, various animals are depicted as killed in combat situations that are clearly computer animated. Most of these animals are menacing fantasy creatures that bear human riders, usually killed by spear or bow. Their deaths come quickly and there are no Zack Snyder-style silly blood sprays or gratuitous gore.