J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (Maple Films)

Initial release: 4/1/2015

Final release: 12/1/2015

Editor: Dustin Lee/eldusto84

Length: 4:21

Website: http://www.maple-films.com/jrr-tolkiens-the-hobbit"'Most of the criticism launched towards these new films revolves around Jackson's decision to stretch a relatively short novel into THREE epic film chapters. Extraneous subplots, superfluous dialogue, and new characters that did not exist in Tolkien's original text have all been stuffed into this new Middle Earth trilogy. What's more, many of the practical visual effects and beautiful real-world scenery of the original trilogy have given way to prequels that look and feel like high-end video games. Sometimes these CG effects work remarkably well and sometimes they look incredibly fake.""So what does all this mean? These new Hobbit films are practically begging for a proper fanedit.""That being said, I have been working on a “purist” version of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy, with the ultimate goal of creating an alternate film that is as faithful to the original book as possible.""I believe there is one truly good Hobbit film buried underneath three not-so-good ones, and that is the film that I'm trying to bring out with this fanedit!'" * Also created Durin's Folk and the Hill of Sorcery (6/15/8/2015 [12/8/2015]; 1:09 hrs)