Check Out 15 Mins Of Deleted Scenes From The R-Rated Cut Of THE HOBBIT: TBOTFA

How/Why was this R?

Having sat through Pacific Rim, I'm actually glad Del Toro passed.

Good films, not great. The first one is fun and I think closest to being on par with LOTR. I loved the dwarves, Bilbo and Radaghast. The rest felt hollow and the ridiculous battle scenes were nearly all as bad as that one scene of Legolas jumping onto the horse in The Two Towers during th Warg attack....jesus Peter, did that really look good to you?

I agree they could have used less CGI but I really enjoyed all three movies. i wish they had kept some of those scenes of the dwarves helping each other fight the orcs, or even Bain's army vs the elves, with improved CGI of course. I think it would have made the movie even more interesting. It was a bit disappointing in the final cut, when they were about to fight and then stopped.

I'm glad they removed that scene with the giant white creature that Legolas later killed tho. How the hell does it even balance itself while walking?

They need to consult with this guy before they even attempt to do any potentially physic defying action sequences.

I wasn't much of a fan of TBOTFA, but these deleted scenes I did enjoy.

There might've been a good chance of me accepting or even enjoying certain parts of the movies very much that I now hate if Jackson had put them in a different movie. But as an adaptation of The Hobbit and a prequel to the LotR trilogy so many things plain suck. And [frick]ing Alfrid would've been a bad idea always, anytime, anywhere.

Looking back now I remember how I left AUJ with mixed feelings, but quite a bit hope for the rest of the trilogy. Little did I know. It'd take a lot of time to fully explain the depth of my contempt for DOS and TBOTFA, and this EE seems to be a worthy last piece to this irritating puzzle.

I drastically lowered my expectations after each movie, and each time they managed to spectacularly fail to meet them. After AUJ it really felt like they actively tried to make the movies in a way I would despise. They succeeded at that, at least.



Now I'm not saying everything about the movies is shit, because it's not. There are some solid performances, and each movie has some individual moments I really enjoyed. And as I said, some of the elements (mainly the ridiculous action scenes) I probably would've applauded were they put in an original movie.

Also I'm genuinely happy for everyone who liked or loved the movies! That's totally cool, I just so wish I could've felt the same. :)

@Asapjoker You have to understand, in the source material, elves are lighter than a feather. That's why they never leave footprints in the snow. I suppose that's why that horrendous scene is somewhat plausible

Legolas walking on falling bricks makes as much sense as if he were to say, walk on snow. OH WAIT.

"Thank Sauron then, that the following 15 minutes or so was cut from the theatrical release."

You're welcome.

@SpunkKing

You, sir, and I are now mortal enemies! >:(

Nah, seriously, it's totally cool to feel the way you do. You liking or disliking different things as me is no reason at all to think badly about you or anything. Also you need to religiously follow and support either Marvel or DC to really get into the juicy CBM petty fighting. ^^

Besides all that, I even agree with parts of what you wrote. Looking back over all of Jackson's Middle-earth movies I can't say that I don't think Fellowship was the overall best. Still the whole LOTR trilogy is very close to my heart, and was something of an unprecedented cinematic experience for younger me. Complete disagreement on the Hobbit movies though. They started out okay-ish and descended into a completely botched, horrible mess. Buuut as I said, that's my opinion, and I don't begrudge other people theirs.

Let me finish with a slightly belated welcome to this site, hope you have a good time here! And make up your mind about that DC/Marvel thing. ;)