] The vehicle is a low-slung, fast, phallic-shaped car headed into the black night of the countryside." 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.Memnon was puzzled how to eliminate his foe: "How to kill you without using my hand or any hand I command.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.Their exasperating conversation, embedded with conflict, is a classic screwball conversation:David: Well, you don""t understand - this ismycar!Susan: You mean,thisis your car?David: Of course.