There's a re-cut that's either one or two movies instead of three that's supposed to be good.
The Bilbo Edition is the recut I watched, which was decent enough I think. Comes in at just over 4 hrs, so still long, but cuts out a good amount of the added stuff (including the inexplicable dwarf/elf romance arc)
There's a re-cut that's either one or two movies instead of three that's supposed to be good.
The ones that were actually made - those I can say are not good, and I can definitely see how cutting out loads of fluff would improve them.
The Bilbo Edition is the recut I watched, which was decent enough I think. Comes in at just over 4 hrs, so still long, but cuts out a good amount of the added stuff (including the inexplicable dwarf/elf romance arc)
If they had done it in 2 movies it would have been fine I think.
that was the plan, Guillermo del toro wanted to make only two films but the studio executives demanded 3 because they wanted another trilogy