Post by filmfan95 on Feb 24, 2017 6:14:20 GMT
Feb 24, 2017 6:09:29 GMT @weirdraptor said:
@ filmfan95 and ArarArchStanton: Again, the Rankin-Bass version did just fine with an hour and a half. Their version trimmed a lot, but it was still coherent and flowed well enough. To make a proper three hour singular Hobbit film, you would have to design it that way from the concept stage. Of course cutting it down to just the Bilbo stuff in Jackson's version is still four hours long, a lot of those scenes went on forever past the point they did in the books with the inclusion of basically video game levels and fights happening in the thick of it.Is it bad that I actually prefer the Rankin-Bass version over the Peter Jackson version? I just like how simple it is. And it even feels darker than the Peter Jackson version at times. And it knows what to cut a lot of the time. Beorn is like the Tom Bombadil of The Hobbit: he's beloved by many readers, but he's not necessary for a movie adaptation. And Rankin-Bass rightfully cut him out. (I tried to cut him out in my private edit of the trilogy, but had to keep him because otherwise the dwarves get ponies from out of nowhere). They just did such a good job with the Rankin-Bass version. And can I just say it? I think Middle Earth looks a lot more like a fantasy story in cartoon form than in live action form.