(This one seems a little familiar, but I can’t recall if I’ve seen it here. Sorry if repost)
I seem to recall there being a pretty good fan edit that condensed it down into one long movie and cut out all the unnecessary love triangle stuff.
It’s called The Tolkien Edit
There’s a few. I watched the M4 book edit recently and it’s pretty great.
Certainly cut out a few scenes I liked, but its goal was to be book accurate and it does a great job IMO.
https://m4-studios.github.io/hobbitbookedit/
The list of changes is remarkable.
I can wouch for this one. Very well done. I wish they cut out more Alfrid time though.
Alfrid makes me understand why people hate Jar Jar so much.
It’s a different cut. Tolkien Editor wrote he edited over a weekend, the maple edit took 2 years.
Another edit is https://m4-studios.github.io/hobbitbookedit
Which is closer to the book, whereas maple is a bit more action/cinematic and hints at LOTR plot.
