I don't see what's different in Marvel/Disney putting out a million comic book movies and Jackson splitting up a short children's book into three parts. I'd say The Hobbit is even worse as in comic movies there is a ton of source material and characters that can be used, so there is a lot of opportunities there. When you watch The Hobbit you can immediately tell some of the scenes are completely unnecessary, and that Jackson only added them to extend the runtime of the movie. Take the million different scenes where they are battling orcs; it's beyond tedious at this point. Who gives a crap anyway when they can't touch one of the pathetic dwarfs (yet have no problem killing elves).
He should have just left it at LotR, or either cut down to Hobbit to one movie (maybe two shorter ones), or let Del Toro take over. Some people are even going as far as to say these Hobbit movies are detrimental to their appreciation of the Lord of the Rings movies.
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