While this cut of the film sounds interesting, I think that it would be more accurate to call it "The Hobbit: The Strictly by the Book Edit".
Calling it the "Tolkien Edit" isn't the best description, because a lot of the stuff that is cut actually came from Tolkien. As far as running time goes, the largest subplot excised would have to be the extensive Dol Guldor storyline. It wasn't in The Hobbit book, but it does come from Tolkien's writings.
Calling it the "Tolkien Edit" isn't the best description, because a lot of the stuff that is cut actually came from Tolkien. As far as running time goes, the largest subplot excised would have to be the extensive Dol Guldor storyline. It wasn't in The Hobbit book, but it does come from Tolkien's writings.