[Shivetya]

As long as it does not lead to endless edits post release I am fine with tweaking it. However recent CGI-fests like the Hobbit series do make me think some directors don't know restraint.

[thissideup]

If you're not Hobbit-ed out, check out the Tolkien Edit. Some cool guy edited all three films into one 4 1/2 hour epic. Big improvement.

https://tolkieneditor.wordpress.com/

[pound]

Peter Jackson is exactly that kind of directors. And he is consistent in that. Even before LoR/Hobbit, check out King Kong made by him. It's like watching Serious Sam, never-ending battle with CGI monsters, boring and pointless (as part of the movie, playing SS games is fun of course).

[Fuzzwah]

If you're going to spend / waste time watching old Peter Jackson movies, do yourself a favor and check out Bad Taste.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092610/

[u02sgb]

"some directors don't know restraint."

IMO the Hobbit trilogy was pure indulgence.

[freshyill]

I watched all of the special features on the LOTR extended editions back in the day. It seemed like they were extremely proud of their "bigatures". It's a shame that they seemed to have completely abandoned a technique that worked so well.

[wmeredith]

From what I've read it was not possible to shoot them in the same manner because of 3-D and/or HFPS formats.