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kleinbl00  ·  3965 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Book Club Update: Looks like the graphic novel Watchmen

    What Hollywood's done to the Hobbit is pretty shitty and gratuitous, though.

Amen. Lord of the Rings trilogy, read aloud: 54 hours.

Hobbit, read aloud: 11 hours.

Lord of the Rings trilogy, directors cuts: 228min + 235min + 263min = 12 hours.

Hobbit, directors cuts: 182min + ~ 180min +~ 180min = 9 hours.

LOTR, read aloud/LOTR, filmed = 5:1

Hobbit, read loud/Hobbit, filmed = 1.2:1

There's a reason The Hobbit seems 4 times as slow and drawn out as LOTR. It is.