The Hobbit is Not Very Good: The Final Autopsy

Join me for one last adventure into the world of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit to uncover its greatest strengths and greatest failures.

00:00 - Intro

01:24 - Part I: Corrections

05:53 - Part II: Establishing Canonicity

16:50 - Part III: Theatrical vs Extended
26:38 - Osgiliath Extended Scene Comparison
37:03 - Dol-Guldur Extended Scene Comparison

44:18 - Part IV: The Characters
48:08 - Tertiary Characters
1:15:10 - Secondary Characters
1:49:57 - Dwarves Overview
1:54:03 - Primary Characters
2:11:04 - Additional Data

2:13:31 - Part V: The Plot
2:18:24 - Primary Plot Flowchart
2:27:52 - Secondary Plots Flowchart

2:36:33 - Part VI: Dragon Sickness
2:43:47 - Explanations for Dragon Sickness

2:49:01 - Part VII: Storytelling
2:49:33 - Bad Comedy and Tonal Inconsistencies
3:04:02 - The Consequences of Bloat
3:10:06 - Luck
3:15:22 - Theme

3:24:19 - Part VIII: The Adaptation Conundrum
3:29:15 - The M4 Book Edit

3:34:18 - Part IX: Unreliable Narrators

3:41:25 - Part X: Conclusion

3:49:37 - Outro

Thank you to HP Lefty for creating the pixel art character \