The Hobbit (Peter Jackson, 2012-2014) – The Tolkien Edit [4hr21min] (SD)

Please Note:

This is the low-res version of the recut. An updated version, with sharper visuals, can be found here: http://1337x.to/torrent/1041853/The-Hobbit-Peter-Jackson-2012-2014-The-Tolkien-Edit-4hr15min/

This is a rigorously edited version of Peter Jackson’s

Hobbit

trilogy, which more closely resembles J.R.R. Tolkien’s original novel. All three movies (

An Unexpected Journey

,

The Desolation of Smaug

&

The Battle of the Five Armies

) have been condensed in a single 4-hour feature. Well, okay, it’s closer to 4.5 hours, but those are some long-ass credits! This new version was achieved through a series of major and minor cuts, detailed below:

— The investigation of Dol Guldor has been completely excised, including the appearances of Radagast, Saruman and Galadriel.
— The Tauriel-Legolas-Kili love triangle has also been removed. Indeed, Tauriel is no longer a character in the film, and Legolas only gets a brief cameo during the Mirkwood arrest.
— The Pale Orc subplot is vastly trimmed down. Azog is obviously still leading the attack on the Lonely Mountain at the end, but he does not appear in the film until after the company escapes the goblin tunnels.
— Several of the Laketown scenes have been cut, such as Bard’s imprisonment and the superfluous orc raid.
— The prelude with old Bilbo is gone. Instead, the film opens with Gandalf's curious arrival. It's more quaint, more subtle, more Hobbity.
— Several of the orc skirmishes have been cut in order to give the final battle more impact.
— Several of the action scenes have been tightened up, such as the barrel-ride, the fight between Smaug and the dwarves (no molten gold in this version), and the Battle of the Five Armies.
— A lot of filler scenes have been cut as well (e.g. the 4-minute scene where Bard buys some fish and the dwarves gather up his pay).

I used 720x576 MP4s for the recut. The resolution is slightly reduced after a few exports, but it’s still comparable to DVD quality. Here are some time-stamped pictures, if anyone wants a better impression:

0:05:12
0:48:01
1:33:12
1:58:04
2:34:32
3:07:47
3:32:29
4:09:50

My main goals in undertaking this edit were to re-centre the story on Bilbo, and to have the narrative move at a much brisker pace (though not so fast that the audience lost grasp of what was going on). Creating smooth transitions between scenes was of particular importance in this regard. I even reordered a few moments in the film to make it flow better. The toughest parts to edit were the barrel-ride and the fight on Ravenhill (since Legolas and Tauriel kept bursting in with their gymnastics routine). If you have any further questions over what was taken out and what was left in, feel free to post them in the comment's section.

I hope you enjoy it! This is obviously a labour of love for the super-fans, so please share and seed.



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