There are a lot of viable complaints surrounding the Hobbit films, too much cartoonish CGI, a bloated running time, and to many unnecessary side characters and storylines. Well, one professional ...

There's a growing trend in Hollywood to take source material from one book and turn it into several films. In fact, the word "trilogy" has become so common that it's surprising a studio hasn't tried ...

I admit it, I haven't seen the Hobbit trilogy. I was a fan of the book as a child, and it was my first introduction to the amazing world of fantasy stories, but I swore I'd never step foot in a cinema ...

Want to watch "The Hobbit" trilogy but think Peter Jackson's fanfic is way too long? This fan-edit cuts it down to a much more manageable four hours. CNET freelancer Anthony Domanico is passionate ...

Someone finally took the Hobbit trilogy away from Peter Jackson (at least figuratively) and gave Tolkien fans the movie they deserve. A decade ago, we could have never imagined wanting Jackson’s films ...

One particularly dedicated J.R.R. Tolkien fan took Peter Jackson’s bloated Hobbit trilogy into his own hands last week and edited it down into a much more manageable four hour long film. By cutting ...

"May the hair on your toes never fall out." Hurry – before the angry legal goons in Hollywood put their foot down and stamp out this fire! In all truth and honesty, I fully expected this (someone ...

One of the major plots of The Hobbit trilogy that’s only mentioned in the book is getting the fan edit it deserves. Although fans were initially thrilled to find out what happened when Gandalf and the ...

Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy adds many elements that weren’t in the original — and pleasantly slim — novel. The three movies have a few memorable scenes, but may be too long to provide an enjoyable ...

The story of The Hobbit didn't need to be stretched out to fill three feature-length films, but that's what the studio decided to do. Personally, I enjoyed all three movies, but I would love nothing ...

Right smack in the middle of The Hobbit, Gandalf leaves the story entirely for unspecified reasons, and doesn't return until the climax of the book. J.R.R. Tolkien wouldn't reveal exactly what Gandalf ...