I have always felt that the Lord of the Rings trilogy (books) should have been a 6 part series. For all those that have read the novels, there are in fact, 2 books for each book. In doing so, they could have fleshed out more important details without rushing through things. I know it's hard to think of the extended cut as rushing through things, but they did, and it's glaring. And they left out really important characters like Fatty Bolger, Tom Bombadil, Glorfindel and Prince Imrahil and the Swan Knights. The books are still better
As for the Hobbit being a trilogy, I'm not so sure of this, unless they make up a lot of dialogue for the characters. Having just read the book again recently (in one day no less), the majority of the dwarves have very few lines. Thorin, Balin and Bombur have the most. So I'll wait and see. Having said all that, I'm still excited because I have always felt what they accomplished visually is as close to what I imagine Middle Earth would be.
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