We spend more time in Laketown, in some additional scenes with the Master, and in some expansions of scenes from the theatrical cut. We also have a better sense of time passing and the company’s situation worsening. We finally get to see the dwarves carrying poor sleepy Bombur through the forest. Considering how long the story spends in Mirkwood in the book, the added scenes in this edition are quite welcome. Much of the added material of the Extended Edition is in the Mirkwood sequence. ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Extended Edition, Clip 3: Mirkwood Here, we get a nice version of the introduction of the company to Beorn, and a better sense of the character as a whole. You practically missed him if you blinked in the theatrical cut. ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Extended Edition, Clip 2: Beornīook fans may be at least somewhat happier with the Extended Edition when it comes to Beorn. I found myself liking Thrain after the new scene at the Moria gate. I am very happy that we see more of Thrain in this cut of the film. The first bit of added footage is in the opening sequence in Bree, with a flashback to Thorin and Thrain at the Battle of Azanulbizar. As we’ve seen before in Peter Jackson’s Extended Edition cuts, there are some wholly new scenes, plus small snips and added beats to existing scenes. The new 25 minutes hardly felt like 25 minutes to me. ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Extended Edition, Clip 1: Bree For those who plan to see the Extended Edition and don’t want all of the new things given away, I’ll try to deliver a somewhat reduced-spoiler review. I did indeed enjoy the added footage, and think that it gives us some important insights as we look forward to the last installment of the story. I will begin by saying that I am unabashed fan of The Hobbit films, and therefore I have a predisposition to like the recently released Extended Edition of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
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