*Warning some spoilers from the book contained within the video*
Peter Jackson, much like the man whose work he has shown a passionate drive and love for adapting, J. R. R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit), loves BIG, epic tales.
The longer, the bigger, the better.
Which makes, of course for grand fantasy adventures that consume and immerse in such a glorious way that it’s very easy to forget that our lives are filled with battling Orcs, throwing One Rings into Mount Doom and reclaiming lost Dwarf treasures from ornery dragons.
But alas we do live in a world ruled by clocks, timetables, and Microsoft Office scheduling which makes finding 8-9 hours to check out the entire The Hobbit trilogy a little bit daunting (unless you exist in a separate dimension of time and space with bendable minutes in which case disregard everything I’ve said)but there is, points out c|net a solution thanks to one visionary filmmaker in a hurry:
“Fortunately for those of us who don’t have eight-plus hours to spare, Kevin Ulrich of video maker Brotherhood Workshop re-created the storyline from all three films in one epic Lego supercut. The short tells the tale in just 72 seconds, which Ulrich claims is around 33,000 seconds less than Peter Jackson’s version.”
It’s funny, it’s fast and will save you so much time you will be able to go on an adventure of your own, with or without dragons!
If you do have the time of course, The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies opens on 17 December in USA and 26 December in Australia.
And beyond a most unexpected video that takes you on a grand The Hobbit adventure there and ahem, back again …