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The biggest complaint about The Hobbit Trilogy has been the stretching of one book into three. Making two films was deemed acceptable; after all, everyone expected Peter Jackson to tie the story into the Lord Of The Rings films and use the appendices of those novels to flesh it out. But when the announcement came that The Hobbit was being made into three films it was viewed simply as a cynical, money-making move by the studio rather than a justifiable narrative decision.
With twenty minutes of new footage and the usual cool extras, The Hobbit The Battle Of The Five Armies Extended Edition Blu-rays and DVD once again proves that size does matter.
From Cinelinx:
The Extended Edition for Peter Jackson's final The Hobbit film, The Battle of the Five Armies, is hitting store shelves soon offering fans the chance at one more excursion to Middle-Earth. Does this version’s extra run time give fans more of what they want, or continue to water down the story?
My boys seem to like it, just because it's all action. I suppose that's good for something.
The Hobbit The Battle Of The Five Armies Extended Edition will be released through digital services on October 20th and on Blu-ray and DVD on November 17th.
