From what I understand, that would be difficult to do without some sort of union.
Of course I know next to nothing on the whole affair, but for what it's worth, I'm rooting for you guys.

I saw them live in December, they put on a great show.

I can play additional piano/keyboard for any future songs, if needed.

Inception.

I just saw it in 3D HFR. The 3D was too distracting for my taste, but the HFR didn't bother me. One of the benefits of being an avid gamer I suppose. As for the movie itself...I didn't like it. It felt too cartoony to me. How am I supposed to believe this is the same world as LOTR with dwarves bouncing around stone tunnels and sliding down cliffs on bridges. Same goes for the goblins. I was hoping they would look similar (if not the same) to the goblins we see in Moria. Instead, we get a horde of furless gremlins led by King Goitre. Where's the sense of danger? And alas, Radagast. I object to the depiction of his character entirely. There's a difference between being a little silly and entirely ridiculous, and I think Jackson trod way more on the ridiculous side for The Hobbit. Rabbits pulling sleighs? (at high speeds...on grass ffs)  That's something I'd expect in Alice in Wonderland, not Middle Earth.

In my opinion, the biggest detriment of the movie (and possibly the trilogy as a whole, but I won't get ahead of myself,) was Jackson's decision to make 3 movies. I'm assuming this is the reasoning behind the implementation of the (almost) entire Azog storyline, the elongated action sequences, Radagast etc etc. I wish he would've remained more faithful to the book, but I don't think that's possible if you split The Hobbit into 3 parts. There's just too much nothing between the exciting bits, and the exciting bits are too long.

Despite all this, there were a few things I liked. I think Martin Freeman did a decent job as Bilbo, although it felt like he was channelling a bit too much  Dr. Watson. Most of the props looked great (almost like this took place in Middle Earth.) The only other thing that felt like LOTR was the score (probably because they reused quite a few of the themes), with the Misty Mountain theme standing out. Riddles in the Dark was well done too.

In summary: too cartoony, too childish, too boring and too long. I was hoping for a journey back to Middle Earth and what I got was not even close.

Have a safe and happy holiday everyone.

I liked The Grey, but does it really fall under the category of Perfect Movie?
As for me, the movies I liked the most this year are Hunger Games, TDKR and Avengers. The first half of Looper was great, but it threw me off the train once it reached the farmhouse and I was never able to get on again.

Foot and a half of snow on the ground and -15 degree windchill. Go Canada!