This piece contains slight spoilers for The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies.
While watchingThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesI started noticing the cuts between shots.
This was not, sadly, the case duringThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
It felt as if it had been put together in a rush.
Consider the scene where the Master of Laketown tries to escape with a boatful of gold.
It simply didnt seem as well put together as it could have been.
There was material that didnt feel necessary, to put it mildly.
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Ask any bassist: what you dont play is as important as what you do.
Family shows and films can be as terrifying as 18 certificates specifically because of what they dont show.
Edit violence well, and it can still have an impact.
As well as the selection of shots, theres also the choice of what to film.
Until the final adaptation, each book had been whittled down to a (still long) single movie.
Since then, weve seenTwilight,The Hunger GamesandThe Hobbitadd an extra film to the expected number.
The excuse of it being the best artistic decision is still being debated for the last two.
Weve gone from the relative economy of theOrder of the Phoenixadaptation to butter scraped over too much bread.
Studios are going to be fine with this.
The extra expense involved in making another film is easily recouped even if reviews are lukewarm or downright hostile.
We still go to see the things we argue against.
A similarly strong voice is needed for editing to be effective.
Arguably, even the Harry Potter books couldve done with this.
It doesnt often get it.
Ask the sub-editors on this site.
When they do their job right, which is most of the time, no one notices.
