I’m assuming this scene wasn’t in the theatrical version, but now we see Gandalf entering the archives and learning about the ring of power. It even cuts to
Nothing that we’ve seen so far suggests the opening montage was in anyway necessary, and I am more and more convinced that it was a huge mistake. Bilbo
Post-montage, we listen to Bilbo narrate a bit from his memoir, There and Back Again, giving the audience something they do need to know about, hobbits. (Of course,
Well, we finally got to the end of this interminable montage. Is it the longest montage ever? Someone needs to google that for me. I’m a little unhappy
Examples of bad filmmaking at the 4.56 mark. I’m sure Jackson can just blame it on the second unit director. He probably had this conversation at some point.
This opening montage strikes me as a poor choice. In general, I think of montages as a filmmaker’s crutch. Anytime the story needs moving along, and it’s beyond
