[Orange Ranger]

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Originally Posted by Locke

I found the Hobbit painful. I loved the book, but it really did feel like they were filming one sentence for every minute of screentime, bloating the film up with random unconnected stuff from the Unfinished Tales. I mean there was still loads of cool action and some really cool mythology, but I'm more of an Urban Fantasy guy, than a swords and sorcery fantasy guy, so I just couldn't handle just how slow this film was.

See, that was my fear with them making it 3 movies. At two movies I think they could do it justice but with 3 I feel like they will turn off most people. The audio book of the Hobbit is only like 5 hours or something and we just don't need all this added stuff. I understand that Jackson knew this would be the only way to get that stuff on the screen but it really doesn't do the story any favors. It wouldn't surprise me if less people go to see the next two just because they don't want to invest the time. I personally don't mind it but I wouldn't complain on bit without it.