I’ve been saying Peter Jackson sucks at editing for like five years now, but lately it seems his disdain for brevity has reached Kevin Smithian proportions. He recently revealed the total running time for the first of his three-part Hobbit series (the shortest of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books) to Empire, and surprise surprise, it’s almost three damned hours.
“It’s looking like [The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey] is going to be about ten minutes shorter than Fellowship was,” explains Jackson. “So it’s going to be officially our shortest Middle-earth yet. I mean, Fellowship was just under three hours and this is about 2 hours 40 minutes at the moment.”
That’s right, two hours and 40 minutes is the shortest one. This guy can’t take a dump in less than 40 minutes. My only explanation is that he started hanging out with Sting after he won his Oscar and he’s been on this Tantric filmmaking kick ever since.
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A movie about Hobbits isn’t *short*? Hahahahafuck me.
Really Pete Jacks? I was really looking forward to these Hobbit movies being shorter, and no just because its shorter than Fellowship of the Ring doesn’t mean anything.
For true fans more = better when it comes to this, I personally didn’t want the movies to end. I laugh at your misery!
Damn, this means I only have a few years to re-read the book before all three movies are out. Where will I find the time?
He should’ve hired Lorena Hobbit to cut this thing down. Hahahahanofuck me.
At 60fps that’s what, 145-150 cubits? Easy-peasy, hobbits-feetsy.
Maybe it should be retitled “The Hobbit: An Unexpectedly LONG Journey,” amirite? (gouges out eyes and snips fingers off with pruning shears)
We will finally learn the full backstory for the beloved side character, Bumblequeef.
As long as plenty of screen time is given to Radagast the Brown talking to hedgehogs and squirrels about his new Denny’s Hobbit Slam Shire Sausage menu all should be well.
The journey to Lonely Mountain will be shown in real-time.
With Bill Maher?
Jewso the Hobbit: “New Rule: Until Chris Christiebuck looks like he ate Denny’s out of Shire Sausages, we have to stop at one goddamn breakfast every morning. New Rule: If she wants to teach abstinence only sex-ed, Sarah Palinfoot’s daughter has to lock up her hobbit hole. Validate me!”
I went from being mildly interested in watching this movie, to preferring to castrate myself with a rusty soup can lid thanks to them splitting one book into 3 overly-long movies.
I have to agree with Token. I was really looking forward to The Hobbit, as it’s my favorite book in the series, and then I found out we’re looking at another trilogy.
The whole idea is totally whack? Amiright? Can I get a pound? No. Okay then.
Pretty much The Hobbit was the one book of the series that I liked, because it wasn’t overly indulgent with descriptions about some elf that has nothing to do with anything and songs during meal time. Seems these Hobbit movies will be the opposite of what I liked about the book so I will avoid them unless Evangeline Lily goes full frontal.
The third movie will just be Andy Serkis singing all of the songs from the book while wearing a mocap suit.
I’d throw all my money at that!
This guy can’t take a dump in less than 40 minutes.
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Can you?
I can but choose not to.
Good god. NO. We do not need close to 9 hours of movie from one freaking book. Cloud Atlas is being made into one movie. one.
By th time this movie is finished Peter Jackson will be working on his reboot of the Lord of the Rings each Chapter will be a stand alone 3 hour movie.
Unfortunately Cloud Atlas doesn’t seem to have worked out too well.. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cloud_atlas_2012/
The trailer for Cloud Atlas got me intrigued enough to read the book – in spite of Halle Berry’s presence!
I assume the Hobbit Breakfasts have an impact on dump time.
Maybe one Hobbit movie that was 3 hours long but 3 fargin movies and the first is 2 hours 40 mins? Jesus Catnapping Christ.
Step down off your Hobbit-hating high horse so I can put this Arwen mask on your face, penetrate you and say dirty things to you in
ElvishEntish.