Hobbit, or There and Back Again, The

This is one of the first Hobbit edits I ever saw, and one of what I consider to be the "Big Five."

While I personally don't care for the Dor Guldur suplot, it is trimmed and handled very well in this version.

The audio quality is a little off, I'm not sure what it is, but it sounded a little funky on my watches.

There is a re-usage of a sequence when Smaug is flying towards Bard in order to cover up some shots that were taken for use later. I noticed it upon subsequence watches and it seemed pretty obvious, but I didn't catch it on my first watch, so I'd say it worked alright. This ends my complaints (if you can really call them that) and I shall now launch into my compliments!

WOW the sequence of killing Smaug with a regular arrow was handled beautifully here. Spence did something similar, but he focused on trimming out everything he possibly could while allowing the edit to still make sense, and so it didn't quite work as well as yours did here. Brilliant work L8wrtr.

The other scene that stands out to me is how you handled the dwarves NOT giving up and leaving the mountainside when they can't find the keyhole. There's a single re-used and reversed shot of Thorin looking out over Balin's shoulder to allow the sequence to work, and it works beautifully. When trying to recreate this bit, I had to watch the scene a few times in order to figure out how he made it work. Again, wonderful stuff.

The rest of the edit follows suit; perfect editing, tasteful trimming, and as any good Hobbit edit should strive to be: vastly superior to the originals. I don't really feel the need to point out how all these other bits were done, as they've been addressed many times by many others, just know that it was all very well done! Great work here L8wrtr, your edit will continue to create ripples.

Entirely respectable version of the trilogy put together. I have watched it through two days and enjoyed it in its entirety. I had already watched the trilogy and wanted to go back to it again, I just couldn't bare getting through all the unnecessary plot lines they decided to squeeze into this movie. This edit contains all the useful information with none of the useless added narratives. Good job.

I had long ago deemed the Hobbit trilogy to be "un-re-watchable". Bloated run time, over the top sequences, unnecessary love triangle etc etc...
And this edit changes that. L8wrtr you have a done a great job here, I watched this over two nights and I had a thoroughly enjoyable viewing experience with no cringes. You have a keen eye for what should stay and what should go, and I am very happy to be able to have this version available for whenever I get in the mood for a future viewing. (I just might watch Kerrs wonderful book cuts again now that I finished your version of the Hobbit.)
Thanks for putting in the hard work so that everyone else can enjoy!

L8wrtr has done a tremendous job streamlining The Hobbit, a series I felt way too bloated and unnecessarily long. Gone are many of my the grievances. I am torn, however, because while this version is vastly superior to the original, I still feel some scenes played out too fast while others felt they could be trimmed. While not a perfect film, this version is thoroughly enjoyable. A/V quality is what I would expect from a BR source, and while I saw no noticeable video edits I did pick up on a few audio cues that seemed to fade abruptly. This didn't lessen my enjoyment though.

I have always felt divisive of the original Hobbit movies, I love the way Peter Jackson captures the Tolkien world but his Hobbit trilogy was a let down at points, I could imagine there was a great movie there when I watch the originals but somehow it always disappoints until I saw this edit, I want to say THANKS L8wrtr for this fantastic presentation, this is by far a great way to watch the Hobbit, I felt as if I was watching one of the LOTR movies, I felt completely immersed in that world without the child like camp and the horrible CGI at times.

If you are a fan of the Tolkien world and always wanted to see a good version of The Hobbit, trust me, THIS IS THE ONE.