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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 50 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The first trilogy is great.

The second trilogy ran about 5 hours too long.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I saw a pretty good three hour cut of all three Hobbit movies. I don't remember what it was called, but I think they only used like 20 min of the last movie.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 7 points 11 months ago

I'm guessing not much of Fast and Furious: Minecart Racing made it into that cut.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 2 points 11 months ago

Maple Films' edit is pretty good. Chops out the majority of the dwarf backstory, all of the wizard side quests, and significantly cuts down the superfluous action sequences, resulting in a strong narrative which follows Bilbo's story exclusively, as it should.

[–] brihuang95@sopuli.xyz 12 points 11 months ago

don't get me started about that cringey romance arc too...

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The animated Hobbit movie from the 70's is still better than the Peter Jackson trilogy just on the music alone.

[–] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

I think there's an animated Return of the King by the same people who made the animated Hobbit. I haven't seen it though so idk how good it is.