Hi there, I'm the editor of the Maple Films cut and can echo most of what u/filmfan95 has said as true. https://ifdb.fanedit.org/j-r-r-tolkiens-the-hobbit-maple-films-edit Tolkien’s The Hobbit (Maple Films Edit).… Or is that one largely the best? Its a case of "faithful to the book" not being the same as "best movie". 7:47. For all things Tolkien, Lord of The Rings, and The Hobbit ... Press J to jump to the feed. For those unaware, this is a fan edit of The Hobbit movie trilogy, which cuts over 50% of the runtime, resulting in a single 4 hour movie, around the same length as the Return Of The King Extended Edition. It's an enjoyable watch. And nobody was surprised when it was announced that the two movie idea was being scrapped in favour of a trilogy considering the amount of money the lotr trilogy made. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. Your reason for cutting it is perfectly valid, it's not book-canon and fits more snugly in your Durin's Folk edit that actually dwells on Gandalf's story, but I just thought it was one of the strongest moments of the whole trilogy and perfectly encapsulates the soul of the story. UPDATED DECEMBER 2015. This is THE main database collection for fan edits online. They trimmed the movies down to one 4-hour long movie with an intermission at the 2 hour mark. A subreddit for discussion about "The Hobbit" and Tolkien's works, be they books, movies, radio plays, music, art, you get the idea! https://ifdb.fanedit.org/j-r-r-tolkiens-the-hobbit-maple-films-edit/reviews The Bilbo Edition makes considerably more use of the Extended Cuts of the film (though the extended scenes are clearly from a lower quality print than the rest of the footage in that edit), and the scenes added are scenes that should have been in the movie in the first place in my opinion. Archives. The Maple Film, however, is a much more professional edit than The Bilbo Edition, and most of its cuts are seemless. These are the fanedits. Very little was added to the story AFTER the decision was made to go to three films. Hey just saw this post...I'm the creator of the Maple fan edit and wanted to say thanks for watching! Hobbit Fanedits Wiki; The Hobbit: The Original Two-Film Structure; The Hobbit: Back Once Again; The Hobbit Reconstructed; The Hobbit: An Unextended Journey; The Hobbit Abridged (Hunt) The Hobbit Fan Cut (Rankin Bass mashup) This page is dedicated to my ongoing fanedit project for The Hobbit trilogy, titled J.R.R. Amazing job on the edit, I've made it a staple of Tolkien movie rewatch binges in lieu of the sadly overlong theatrical trilogy. Wrong. All in all it just feels like a tighter, more faithful adaptation of the book. 1 Welcome to the Hobbit Fanedits Wiki 2 Fanedits of the Hobbit Trilogy 3 Links 4 Latest activity Some people like Peter Jackson's Hobbit Trilogy. The biggest addition made after it became a trilogy was the Battle of the Forges. While The Hobbit is a short book, Professor Tolkien filled the book with A LOT of plot, so there is a lot to get through. You'll probably need to create an account first however. Say that he has not fallen! This page is dedicated to my ongoing fanedit project for The Hobbit trilogy, titled J.R.R. You can stream it from the mega link on the download page. Yo! Overall, I liked it. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://ifdb.fanedit.org/fanedit-search/tag/franchise/lord-of-the-rings/. Although I've received some criticism for it, there is a reason I excluded the extended Beorn scene from the edit. 10.0. Not only did I find the source of … Anyway, good work on your edit, I just wish that you (and many other of The Hobbit's 'one-film' adapters) would stop claiming it is one film, when it …