VIDEO Peter Jackson admits he was overwhelmed on The Hobbit

You know the Hobbit movies could have been better, we know they could have been better, but it's refreshing to hear that creator and director Peter Jackson also knows that the results weren't quite up to scratch.

In a revealing and honest interview on the extras disk for The Battle of the Five Armies, Jackson talks candidly about the huge task of taking on the new trilogy, especially after timing issues forced original director Guillermo del Toro to step aside at the last minute. This left the New Zealand filmmaker with little time to prep and three movies to release over a very short timeframe.

The whole video is a fascinatingly honest account from members of the production team, but Jackson's comments start in earnest at around the 1 minute mark.