The Hobbit.

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Originally Posted by Flint

But you're ignoring every book that's ever been made into a movie, since forever. In order to make 1 book into 1 movie, you have to cut out more than half of the book in order to make it fit in the time allotted. So how do you avoid cutting stuff out of the book? By allowing more time. Allowing enough time to tell the whole story--something which is never done when they make a book into a movie.

This may be the first time this has ever been done right.

I agree that two movies are necessary. Cut it when the hobbits are captured by the elves, maybe.