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"I think The Hobbit could have cut 15-20 minutes to tighten the pacing, but otherwise I quite enjoyed it. I think the only problem is that PJ has gotten too accustomed to making long movies, and has forgotten how to edit. The Dark Knight Rises is the same length, and also a little bloated. It suffers from trying to be too "epic", and buckles a little under the strain. The Hobbit's epic-ness is a little more effortless. Neither is perfect, neither is as good as its predecessors, but both were enjoyable. The Fellowship of the Ring and The Dark Knight are my #1 and #2 on Flickchart, and neither of these really had a hope of surpassing them. I choose The Hobbit, because I have a couple more issues with it. None of the issues are dealbreakers for either movie."