" The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)d.Peter Jackson, 161 minutes (186 minutes extended)Film Plot SummaryPrologue (Flashback)On a thundering, stormy night in the town of Bree (on the borders of the Shire), short-statured, raincoat-wearing, bearded Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) entered the Prancing Pony.Meanwhile, in another section of the underground city, at Ape Management""s command center, radiation-scarred mutant humans were still living and working drone-like under the leadership of Governor Kolp (Severn Darden), who ascended to the position when the bomb killed the former governor.Their kiss was interrupted by police sirens as Spider-Man went into action again, with her blessing: "Go get them, tiger.The film""s opening itle credits included a studio disclaimer in an attempt to remain neutral and not take sides in its story of conflict between two societal classes - the rich land-owning planters and the poor, tenant cotton-picking farmers:In many parts of the South today, there exists an endless dispute between the rich land-owners, known as planters and the poor cotton pickers, known as tenants or ""peckerwoods"".Many of the objects in the living room then began laughing at him - the mounted deer head, a lamp, the books in a bookcase cabinet, he wall clock, and various wall hangings, etc.