Synopsis:

The edit is made entirely from the idea of making it a good movie. Book accuracy is thrown out of the window if a cut is simply more clean without it. We have a plethora of incredible book accurate cuts, but I miss some of the added drama Peter Jackson sometimes correctly added.

Intentions:

To challenge myself, and to complete the circle. There are now 6 Precious Editions.

Change List:

Added a nice film grain layer, which does not affect highlights as proper film grain should. This is both a prequel AND a sequel to LotR. In the sense that you can watch it before, or after the LOTR trilogy. Created a completely unique opening, with narration. Very story-telling like. Removed Ragadast from part 1, but kept a small glimpse as Gandalf mentions him. Removed every early appearance from Azog before his reveal. It makes no sense to SHOW him, when the dwarves think he is dead. Way to ruin your own story, P.J. Now I hear you cry: Why not remove him entirely? Simple. We, the audience need a nemesis. And, because I believe I can completely salvage Azog as a villain by removing most of his ugly CGI appearances. The eagles confrontation has him looking a lot better than every other scene in the film. Also, Bilbo and Thorin reconciling is desperately needed for some emotional pay-off. Completely re-edited the Goblin King introduction. He is now more ruthless, and doesn't sing a song. He also doesn't interrogate the dwarves, but simply wants to torture them for his amusement. He mentions Azog, but does not send word for the pale Orc. This to keep the mystery of wether he is taunting Thorin or not. Completely re-edited the Troll encounter to keep some light hearted humor, but improve pacing and remove some of the annoying screams from the high pitched troll. Removed Ragast, but kept the Warg attack. How? Just watch the edit and find out. Regraded the Azog attacks scene to ever so slightly make the transition from day to night a bit slower. It's still a bit fast, but definitely not as distracting. The white council is now far more mysterious and less in your face. We don't need a journey if you're going to spell everything out here. Some slight tweaks here and there for pacing/dialogue improvements.

Additional Notes:

What I aim to do is: Cut humor that's excessive. Keep humor that's cute. If there is a scene with cringe and good quality (and there are a ton of those), remove the cringe, but keep the quality. This helps pacing and storytelling.

Other Sources:

The Hobbit musical score used to create clean cuts.

Special Thanks:

Special thanks to all the other Hobbit faneditors for inspiring me. Special thanks to chipbayless for his feedback, and pushing me to make this as good as can be. The edit would have not been as creative without the input! Special thanks to GarStazi for being my personal quality control manager for this edit.