denstore said:

Any plans on making a recut of the Hobbit?

i know it would be impossible to make a purist edition, but maybe someone with the knowhow could make better version at least? Things I really would like to see changed is the pointless "running around and and falling on top of each other" chases that seem to be a typical Jackson trademark (King Kong being the benchmark). The chase in the gigantic goblin caves, Mirkwood spiders, the barrel scene, and most of the fight with Smaug, including the gold dipping. Havn't seen the third movie, but I'm sure there's plenty of face palm moments there as well.

Re a purest version of the Hobbit I have seen a very good version someone over on fanedit.org is making. I have it on my dropbox so if you give me you email (by private message if you dont want it displayed publicly) I will send you a link.

This version is only up to the end of DoS Hobbit film and its a little rough, but its as close to a purest version as you can get right now.