Sir Xsarus wrote:
Horsemouth wrote:
the hobbit as a book just doesnt have 9 hours of content
This is true, but they're not pulling from only the hobbit.
Where exactly do you see them pulling from other content sources?
Because there was maybe half an hour of content I can account for from other content sources, and all of it is Dul Guldur.
The vast majority of time that wasn't from the core sourcework is original content. And I'd wager we can count well over an hour of it, between Legolas and Tauriel and the chase scene through the mountain.
If you eliminated that, and edited the movie down to 2 hours, it'd eliminate most of my issues with the movie (which, to be clear, isn't that it's "too long," it's that it's horribly paced because the content doesn't keep up with the action).
And I actually really liked Tauriel. I think she adds a necessary feminine aspect to the film, I like that she's actually being used to engage with the coming conflict (since she's literally the ONLY link between those plot threads right now that's being used to create tension), and she's actually engaging with the Dwarves in a way that leads to some character building.
Legolas, on the other hand, has yet to bring much of anything to the movies.
Maybe the problem is that I'm just not interested in Peter Jackson's fanfiction. Which is what this feels like... because that's literally what it is.
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