The same cannot be said for the bulk of “Smaug,” a bloated, dawdling and misshapen adventure that throws in so many extraneous characters and subplots, the eponymous hero — Bilbo Baggins ...

Those two characters would be Smaug, the last great dragon of Middle Earth, and Gandalf, the wisest and most powerful wizard of the Istari. Gandalf was the one who assembled the team of Bilbo ...