

OĜut Gandalf scaring Bilbo by looking through the window, and added back the scene of Bilbo going to the market O This episode retains 99% of its structure from the Anti-Cringe Cut (No Prologue, No Azog, No Radagast) except for a few small things: Legolas/Tauriel/Kili – Romance removed, Gundabad subplot removed, Legolas and Tauriel only appear in a few scenes, including showing up at the battle at the end (Tauriel doesn’t do anything)īattle of Five Armies +Thorin vs Azog – Both heavily restructured

White Orc Plot (90% deleted, he is the nameless leader of the army at the end, like Gothmog in Return of the King) Prologues/Flashbacks (The Black Arrow Flashback remains)ĭor Guldur/High Fells/Radagast/White Council Most things that defy the laws of physics (stone giants, certain barrel stunts, etc) Musical Numbers (Misty Mountains stays, of course) This is a short list of common/major scene removals: This project came from my goal to create the best possible version of these films, without any constraints outside of quality.Ī more detailed Episode-by-Episode changelog is listed further below! There are some elements from the books that I have excised, and there are some elements unique to the films that I have chosen to retain. The first and foremost being the episodic structure, as well as the names for each episode. I have changed many things about it, but his edit has the largest inclusion of them all in my edit. "Bonus" Episode - The White Council - 36:15ĭonKamillo's: The Anti-Cringe Cut provided the scaffolding for my edit. The total runtime is 4:51:34 (291 minutes and 34 seconds) with episode runtimes of: This edit has an episodic structure, consisting of 5 Volumes/Episodes, complete with a custom title-card, and simple “To Be Continued” outro. I also implemented several changes that were suggested by members of the community, friends, and other viewers alike! April, 2022 Update - Since I initially finished this project in November, 2021, I have rebuilt the entire edit from scratch in order to improve the overall quality (including subtitles).
