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In response to "Hobbit 2 - The Abuse of the Audience Continues. B- (mild spoilers)" by Mel Profit

I would have loved to see Guillermo Del Toro make a one film, three hour version of the book.

Posted by Inigo (aka Inigo) Dec 16 '13, 08:04

With the trolls, and Smaug, and Gollum, and the big battle at the end, it would have been so much fun.

Like you said, it's the difference between 3 billion (I think it'll be more like 2.5 billion) vs. 1 billion. Still, what could have been...

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I think they could do a pair of tight two hour films. Instead, Smaug is the slowest Hobbit movie yet. -- nm - David Dec 16, 08:19 1
- I sort of came to this conclusion as well in talking to Diva about it. Two normal length movies - with some additional Tolkien material - might have - Mel Profit Dec 16, 08:30
I'd love for someone like him to take a crack at re-editting it in a decade or two into a condensed version. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 08:05

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I would have loved to see Guillermo Del Toro make a one film, three hour version of the book.

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