Right; the difference was studio pressure and timelines. Boyens and Jackson could take their time with LotR (pre-production was what, seven years?), while they were piled on to turn two films into three for the Hobbit, and to turn them around in no time at all comparatively.
Right; the difference was studio pressure and timelines. Boyens and Jackson could take their time with LotR (pre-production was what, seven years?), while they were piled on to turn two films into three for the Hobbit, and to turn them around in no time at all comparatively.
The whole idea of turning The Hobbit into a trilogy was dumb from the start. They could have made one good movie instead.