Okay, warn me ahead of time. I had wanted to see it in the theatre but my son had to leave for a time and still have not seen it. Used to read the books once a year, every fall started the journey with Bilbo. I am gathering that the dragon doesn’t die at Dale?
The dragon doesn’t die until the next (third) movie so I would hope they at least get that part right. What Jackson did was instead of Bilbo seeing Smaug’s weaknes and running away they have a battle between the dragon and the dwarves inside the mountain. It doesn’t kill the dragon but that fight, rather than Bilbo’s riddles cuase the dragon to attack Dale. For me it made the jump from artistic license to direct contradiction of the book.