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To be fair, though, the Hobbit had a lot more issues than just that, chief among them being a ridiculously large and undifferentiated ensemble cast + the fact t
by mikepurvis 5y ago
To be fair, though, the Hobbit had a lot more issues than just that, chief among them being a ridiculously large and undifferentiated ensemble cast + the fact that there was nowhere near enough main story material to fill a 10 hour runtime.
The Critical Drinker has a good take on the failures of the Hobbit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il-0pW6BNSs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il-0pW6BNSs
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y agoAlso, I think a lot of it was having to make Orlando Bloom (Legolas) look younger instead of 10 years older (like in real life). It seemed to give a certain fakeness to all the faces.
- spc476 5y agoIt would have been better to make one film, and treat it like the fantasy it was (more geared towards children). Have a framing sequence where Bilbo is telling a very young Frodo about his adventure "there and back again." But alas, that's not the world we live in.
- mikepurvis 5y agoI assume you're aware, but just in case: https://tolkieneditor.wordpress.com/ https://tolkieneditor.wordpress.com/ Obviously doesn't fix tone issues, but does chop the runtime in half by eliminating much of the most-obviously-superfluous content.
- spc476 5y agoI was not. Thank you.
- cmckn 5y agoThis looks cool, I love fan edits. Kind of depressing it's DVD-quality, though.
- crtasm 5y agoI don't know how they compare but here's another edit that's 1080p and about 50gb: http://www.maple-films.com/downloads.html http://www.maple-films.com/downloads.html