a hobbit's tale ( The Novel Edition )
All three Hobbit movies combined into one epic film.
This is an update to the previous version of this edit.
I know there are a million Hobbit edits out there but I wanted to give it a shot. I'm calling this movie the "Novel Edition" because I have broken down the movie into parts, chapters really, just like the novel. It includes 10 chapters, all of which are named the same as their corresponding novel chapters. The main goal of this edit is to focus on the main story points of Bilbo's journey without so many of the unnecessary scenes. FILE INFORMATION
Runtime: 3 Hours & 33 Minutes Video: 1080p (H.264) Audio: English (AAC 5.1 Surround) |
EDITS
[Smaller edits may be done as well that are not part of this list of bigger edits.]
AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
DESOLATION OF SMAUG
BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
- The opening flashback is cut and Bilbo VoiceOver is shortened.
- Older Bilbo at the beginning and all Frodo scenes are cut.
- The movie opens when Gandalf meets Bilbo.
- Bilbo walking around the Shire is cut.
- The dwarfs singing and eating dinner at Bilbos is cut.
- The night scene with the Arzog backstory is cut.
- Arzog still is leading the orcs in the overarching story but the whole vendetta that he and Thorin have against each other is not present. He is more like the "leader of the orc army" rather than some big bad villain.
- Radagast scenes are all cut.
- The Trolls scenes are cut.
- I know its part of the novel but its not integral to the overarching story.
- Dol Guldur scenes are all cut.
- Dwarf scenes in Rivendell are cut down quite a bit & all the council of wizards scenes are cut.
- The only scenes included are the dwarfs reaching Rivendell, Bilbo being told he can stay if he wishes and Elrond reading the map.
- The rock fight outside the mountain is cut.
- The dwarfs in goblin town is cut down almost entirely, only the Bilbo scenes remain.
- The dwarfs are shown falling into goblin town and Bilbo is shown falling all the way to the bottom and meeting Smegol. The dwarfs are not seen again until they escape from the mountain. Everything with Smegol and Bilbo is shown uncut.
- Arzog and his army showing up at the end is cut out.
- No eagles showing up and saving them and no showdown with Arzog and Thorin.
DESOLATION OF SMAUG
- Opening flashback with Gandalf and Thorin talking is cut.
- The dwarfs running from the orcs is cut.
- Beorn and all his scenes are cut.
- Again, I know this is another part of the story that is in the book but it is also not integral to the story.
- Arzog going to Dol Guldur is cut.
- Gandalf leaving the company just before Mirkwood is changed a bit.
- The scene is changed so Galadriel is not talking to Gandalf and telling him to find "The Nechromancer". Instead, Gandalf just sees the eye symbol on the tree and leaves to find out why it is there. The next time we see him is later in the film when he shows up near the Misty Mountain to tell the Elves and Men that the orc army is coming. This gives the impression that Gandalf went away to find the orcs rather than anything having to do with the Necromancer.
- Mirkwood scenes are not cut out but they are edited down a bit.
- Tauriel is cut.
- She may still be in the background of a shot or two but she has the part of an extra, nothing more. Obviously this means her relationship with Kili is gone as well.
- Legolas is the one who captures the orcs in Mirkwood but after that he is never seen again.
- He has no orc chasing scenes and he doesn't show up at the final battle.
- The dwarfs escape in barrels but it is more like the book, no chase scene is involved.
- Gandalf and Radagast scenes in Dol Guldur are cut.
- Once the dwarfs meet bard they hire him and it immediately goes to them arriving in lake town, the trip there is cut.
- All scenes with the "king" in lake town are cut.
- The only scene that is included with him is when Thorin promises to bring gold back to him and the people of lake town if he lets them and the other dwarfs go to the mountain.
- No dwarfs stay behind in lake town, it is assumed they all go to the mountain. Everything having to do with Kili's injury is gone. It is as if it never happened.
- This obviously means all scenes where Kili is about to die in Bard's house are gone too.
- A fair amount of the Smaug scenes are cut. It was just far too long theatrically.
- The orcs attacking lake town is cut.
BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
- Again, all scenes with the king are cut including the opening scene.
- The lake town residents reuniting on the beach after Smaug dies is cut.
- Again, Dol Guldur scenes are cut.
- Alfred scenes in all the movies are cut down significantly.
- He is pretty much only in scenes where he is necessary to the storyline.
- The Battle of the Five Armies is cut down.
- Tons of little cuts all over the place to fix pacing.
- Obviously Legolas scenes are cut.
- Kili dying and Tauriel trying to help him is cut.
- Arzog and Thorin fight is shortened.
- End credits are shortened.