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What was the worst bastardization of a classic book into a movie? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Flaps@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The hobbit

[–] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, I watched 1 or maybe 2, lost all interest in more of that nonsense

[–] Flaps@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

It could have been one great movie, but they decided they needed a trilogy in order to replicate TLOTRs financial succes.

Why? tlor are three pretty thick Books, as opposed to the pamphlet that is the hobbit.