Originally Posted by blayze

I'm not upset about movies being spread out to make money per se...

I just find it absolutely mind-blowing that they are extending the Hobbit into a trilogy considering that LOTR was also a trilogy yet it's three books are collectively at LEAST SIX TIMES longer than the Hobbit (which is short novel). Not only that, but the Hobbit storyline is lighter, has more fluff, and less epic battles and adventures than each of the LOTR books individually.

I haven't seen the movie yet, but how they can fill 8-9 hours of content with that tiny novel is unfathomable to me - unless they fill it with side stories.