[TheRealDBear]

I think this is a mistake. They didn't break Return of the King into two movies. I would rather have one three-hour-plus movie than two movies.

[r9etb]

I think this is a mistake. They didn't break Return of the King into two movies. I would rather have one three-hour-plus movie than two movies.

Well, yeah ... but that's a different market.

As it is, I think it's probably much better to split this one up. There's a natural break: end the first one after Ron returns and destroys the locket; and then pick up with the rest of the book. You'd get two good movies, and there'd be space for all ot the details that would otherwise have to be worked around.

[RayChuang88]

What was interesting about the Lord of the Rings movies was that Peter Jackson did two versions of each movie, with an Extended Edition that had more information from the books. And they're long, too--be prepared to spend nearly twelve hours straight through if you watch all three Extended Edition movies straight through on DVD.