The Hobbit: Why 'The Tolkien Edit' Fan Made Film Is Better Than The Originals

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Peter Jackson’s decision to turn Tolkien’s original children’s book The Hobbit into a movie trilogy is one that has totally divided fans. Whilst some people loved the trilogy, and admired seeing the way that modern CGI effects and camera techniques enhanced the films, many of Jackson’s core fans from the Lord of the Rings trilogy hated the way thatThe Hobbit was altered to fit across three films. They felt that too many unnecessary and over-dramatic additions had been made to the story, which ultimately diluted it and took away the heart and the magic that was so prevalent in Jackson’s previous trilogy.

One such fan felt that the soul of Tolkien's original work was still in there somewhere, but had been clouded by the host of new characters, ridiculous fight scenes and needless backstory, He decided to do something about it. Thus, he created ‘The Tolkien Edit,’ a rendition of The Hobbit movies that combines all three films into one, but without all the added complications that were written into the films by the directorial team. The Tolkien Edit is this fan’s version of what the movie should have looked like, in order to be a more accurate adaptation of the book.

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The Tolkien Edit was made by amalgamating all the footage into one movie, and cutting out all the scenes that didn’t appear in the book, or didn’t feel relevant in the eyes of the creator. The result is a four-and-a-half-hour film that encapsulates the core storyline of Tolkien’s work. The fan has cut out several of the additions made by Peter Jackson. One notable exclusion is that of the The White council, meaning that any moments involving Radagast, Saruman or