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Well, I must say that as a reader of the Hobbit original Book, i was pretty excited when the movie was going out. However, I did not find a very good idea to make a very thin novel into a Trilogy of movies just like Lord of the Rings. LOTR was pure awesomness and there is nothing i would change about them (although i'm open to ideas and other fan editors perspectives about the original trilogy), but The Hobbit is by far a Trilogy i Consider a little bit... well, it could have been better.
I Thought the first Hobbit movie was too slow and unnecesarily long, especially speaking of the beginning, in Bilbo's house. The Second movie was another story. I found it excellent in so many ways, but I still believe it could have been part of ONE movie instead of three. Plus, there are some thing i would have left out. Like that Tauriel and Kili love story.
So I began this new Project I called The Hobbit. Just the Hobbit. No subtitles at all. This Fan Edit will consist into make the Hobbit Trilogy one Four hour movie instead of three movies. My original Idea was to make this movie 3 hours long, but since the movies have slow development and there are some stuff that are important to the story that can't be cut, I believe it will have a Lenght of 4 hours more or less.
Obviously, Battle of the Five Armies has not been released yet, but my idea is to continue this fan edit when the movie is released on Blu-Ray. I have the first 2 hours and 45 minutes of this fan edit ready.
Some of the changes I made in this fan edit were:
An Unexpected Journey:
-Trimmed the Bilbo's house meeting.
-Bilbo does not have a complex of leaving the Shire or going to the adventure. He just goes with the Dwarves when he understands the quest.
-I cut a scene with Radagast the Brown where he goes to Dol Guldur. His character is introduced after the encounter with the Trolls.
-The encounter with the Trolls was shortened a little bit so we can advance quicker.
-The scene were Radagast helps the group to escape was edited a little bit. The original was kind of stupid. Everybody was just running in circles instead of escaping.
-When the group is at Rivendell, it has been shortened to what is important to the story. As I said, we need time for the rest of the story.
-The Rock Giants scene was cut. When I was in the cinema, I was just like "oh, come on..."
-Thorin not having trust in Bilbo's skills was cut out of the story.
-Bilbo falls to Gollum's cave after the group falls to the Goblins lair.
-The Goblin King's dialogues were cut a little bit. This character is kind of silly to me.
-Azog being alive is discovered at the same time Thorin discovers it, when the Goblin King says it to him.
-The Riddle games was left out. I have two problems with this scene. One, it is a little bit long for my Fan Edit. Two, although it was a scene so well made, was very sattisfying to me when i was watching it, i believe it kind of not suits Gollum's character at all. Instead, i edited it in a way Gollum wanted to kill Bilbo after he discovers he is lost in the darkness.
-The Goblin cave escape was shortened.
-First part of the Story concludes with one of the Henchmen of Azog telling him that they could not reach the Dwarves because the Elves attacked them, causing Azog to search them personally.
The Desolation of Smaug:
-The second part begins with Azog searching the group in the mountains, and the group is hiding from them. The prologue from the first movie where Bilbo explains what happened to Erebor was cut and instead was replaced with Thorin meeting Gandalf in the Prancing Pony.
-The conversation with Beorn about the others like him being slaved was cut. It's interesting information but i still needed time to advance the story without making it too long.
-Bilbo saying to Gandalf he found "his courage" in the cave was cut.
-Mirkwood's Spiders sequence was shortened a little bit in order to advance quicker.
-Footage from the prologue of the first film was used when Thorin is speaking with Thranduil.
-A scene with the orcs waiting the Dwarves to come out was cut, as the scene where Thranduil talks to Tauriel.
-The barrel scene was cut out a little bit. They are not stopped by the gates being closed. They just go on. Also, the orcs, Legolas and Tauriel begin to chase them.
-The encounter with Bard was trimmed in order to advance quicker.
-The Governor from the Lake town is the one that introduces Bard's name to the spectator.
-Legolas and Tauriel still chase the orcs and the Dwarves. They don't come back to Mirkwood.
-Kili is hurt by the movements of the barrels in the river. No Arrow and no sickness.
-The encounter with Smaug was shortened a little bit. Some parts of the dialogue were cut in order to advance a little bit the story. Don't worry, Smaug is still awesome in my Fan Edit
-Tauriel stays with Bard's family to protect them, not because of Kili.
-The Battle with Smaug was cut a little bit in order to make it advance. It's still an awesome action sequence and I did not want to delete it at all xD.
In this way, each movie has a length of 1 hour and 20 minutes. Hope the next movie is not so long in order to make this project shorter. 2 hours and 45 minutes is what I have by this time. I'm going to render a draft and if you are interested, i will give you the link to download it. I still don't have the draft ready, but I will update this message when it's up.
Update: The movie has been uploaded. I can send you the link by PM to download it whenever you want.
If you see it, and you have suggestions or ideas, i would love read them . Hope you are interested in this project too.
I Thought the first Hobbit movie was too slow and unnecesarily long, especially speaking of the beginning, in Bilbo's house. The Second movie was another story. I found it excellent in so many ways, but I still believe it could have been part of ONE movie instead of three. Plus, there are some thing i would have left out. Like that Tauriel and Kili love story.
So I began this new Project I called The Hobbit. Just the Hobbit. No subtitles at all. This Fan Edit will consist into make the Hobbit Trilogy one Four hour movie instead of three movies. My original Idea was to make this movie 3 hours long, but since the movies have slow development and there are some stuff that are important to the story that can't be cut, I believe it will have a Lenght of 4 hours more or less.
Obviously, Battle of the Five Armies has not been released yet, but my idea is to continue this fan edit when the movie is released on Blu-Ray. I have the first 2 hours and 45 minutes of this fan edit ready.
Some of the changes I made in this fan edit were:
An Unexpected Journey:
-Trimmed the Bilbo's house meeting.
-Bilbo does not have a complex of leaving the Shire or going to the adventure. He just goes with the Dwarves when he understands the quest.
-I cut a scene with Radagast the Brown where he goes to Dol Guldur. His character is introduced after the encounter with the Trolls.
-The encounter with the Trolls was shortened a little bit so we can advance quicker.
-The scene were Radagast helps the group to escape was edited a little bit. The original was kind of stupid. Everybody was just running in circles instead of escaping.
-When the group is at Rivendell, it has been shortened to what is important to the story. As I said, we need time for the rest of the story.
-The Rock Giants scene was cut. When I was in the cinema, I was just like "oh, come on..."
-Thorin not having trust in Bilbo's skills was cut out of the story.
-Bilbo falls to Gollum's cave after the group falls to the Goblins lair.
-The Goblin King's dialogues were cut a little bit. This character is kind of silly to me.
-Azog being alive is discovered at the same time Thorin discovers it, when the Goblin King says it to him.
-The Riddle games was left out. I have two problems with this scene. One, it is a little bit long for my Fan Edit. Two, although it was a scene so well made, was very sattisfying to me when i was watching it, i believe it kind of not suits Gollum's character at all. Instead, i edited it in a way Gollum wanted to kill Bilbo after he discovers he is lost in the darkness.
-The Goblin cave escape was shortened.
-First part of the Story concludes with one of the Henchmen of Azog telling him that they could not reach the Dwarves because the Elves attacked them, causing Azog to search them personally.
The Desolation of Smaug:
-The second part begins with Azog searching the group in the mountains, and the group is hiding from them. The prologue from the first movie where Bilbo explains what happened to Erebor was cut and instead was replaced with Thorin meeting Gandalf in the Prancing Pony.
-The conversation with Beorn about the others like him being slaved was cut. It's interesting information but i still needed time to advance the story without making it too long.
-Bilbo saying to Gandalf he found "his courage" in the cave was cut.
-Mirkwood's Spiders sequence was shortened a little bit in order to advance quicker.
-Footage from the prologue of the first film was used when Thorin is speaking with Thranduil.
-A scene with the orcs waiting the Dwarves to come out was cut, as the scene where Thranduil talks to Tauriel.
-The barrel scene was cut out a little bit. They are not stopped by the gates being closed. They just go on. Also, the orcs, Legolas and Tauriel begin to chase them.
-The encounter with Bard was trimmed in order to advance quicker.
-The Governor from the Lake town is the one that introduces Bard's name to the spectator.
-Legolas and Tauriel still chase the orcs and the Dwarves. They don't come back to Mirkwood.
-Kili is hurt by the movements of the barrels in the river. No Arrow and no sickness.
-The encounter with Smaug was shortened a little bit. Some parts of the dialogue were cut in order to advance a little bit the story. Don't worry, Smaug is still awesome in my Fan Edit
-Tauriel stays with Bard's family to protect them, not because of Kili.
-The Battle with Smaug was cut a little bit in order to make it advance. It's still an awesome action sequence and I did not want to delete it at all xD.
In this way, each movie has a length of 1 hour and 20 minutes. Hope the next movie is not so long in order to make this project shorter. 2 hours and 45 minutes is what I have by this time. I'm going to render a draft and if you are interested, i will give you the link to download it. I still don't have the draft ready, but I will update this message when it's up.
Update: The movie has been uploaded. I can send you the link by PM to download it whenever you want.
If you see it, and you have suggestions or ideas, i would love read them . Hope you are interested in this project too.