[ SECRET POST #3451 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3451 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

If they absolutely had to split it into three movies, they should have made three much shorter movies, for starters. Under two hours apiece, definitely.

Also, there are natural breaks in the story and they should have used them. Movie one should have ended with Bilbo escaping Gollum and the goblins. That gets you through the character establishment and basic world building and gives you a decent balance of humor and action. It sets up the initial conflict between Bilbo and Thorin, and keeps the focus on Bilbo for the climax, who's the damn title character. Movie two is the should have ended with the party figuring out how to open the door to Erebor. That gets the bulk of the traveling and team building, since the plot is basically a bunch of mini-adventures in those chapters. And you still get to end on a cliffie if you end once they've unlocked the door. Then movie three takes you into Erebor through the end of the movie. You still get your big special effects battle, only with enough plot left to keep it from feeling hollow.

Reduce Legolas's part to a cameo, cut out 90% of the White Council crap and use the extra time to flesh out the main characters instead of trying to set up a Silmarillion prequel trilogy, and you've got yourself three serviceable, if still a bit indulgent, Hobbit movies.