The Hobbit

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Audience Member First time seeing this . Ahhh that 70s animation. I really liked Gandalf animation and the Goblin Town song that Peter Jackson used for the live action . 77 min and to combine all the plot with Samug and the battle of the five armies. Gollum animation looks so odd like a salamander . Wasn't a fan of the songs . But this is what LOTR fans had from the books until the movies. 5/10 it was borderline ok. Thorin death scene was so weird . I could go on talking about this for a hour about what they did and didn't use. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/16/24 Full Review Dustin M When I was 6 years old I would watch this nightly... then I read the book and was frankly ticked off by how much was left out. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 12/05/24 Full Review Teddy B Meandering in almost every aspect of production. It is a serviceable adaptation and its voicework is effectively executed but its animation, character designs, droning music that repeats the same song so often that I feel my brain going numb, and sound design and mixing are horrendous and really drag the experience down. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/14/24 Full Review Tom R Whimsical old school version of the hobbit. How can you not like this? Powerful tale and Rankin/Bass, the best in the biz making it happen. Legendary Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Over 45 years since its release and the late Jules Bass left his mark for generations This also came out 40 years since the book was first published I watched it way back at my second house on tv but barely remember it It first aired on NBC and would lay the foundation of pop culture in the days to come from Star Wars to Harry Potter to the Marvel Cinematic Universe Lovingly animated, good voice acting, and it zips by pretty fast Crazy they insert so many songs and I forgot the Eagles actually talk in this one The background paintings throughout the movie are gorgeous and seem to consciously adapt the look of Tolkien’s own drawings and paintings of Middle-earth, underscoring the storybook feel of the movie Making Smaug into a cat-dragon is brilliant Not only does it fit the character’s personality and Tolkien’s world, but it immediately conveys the particular menace of Smaug: Bilbo himself It's a shame the heart of the story and character development is absent, not the best scripted or executed adaptation that's for sure Somewhere in between there's an accurate depiction of Lord Elrond Stinks the Beorn character is entirely cut as was Tom Bobadil in the animated Lord of the Rings and live-action adaptations With the final battle of the five armies it's kinda disturbing with the Eagles picking up goblins and orcs dropping them from the sky; gotta wonder how much the disillusionment with the Vietnam War (and Tolkien’s own experience in World War I) played a role in how this battle was depicted Crazy that 35 years later we wouldn't see the Hobbit again on film until Peter Jackson would adapt his next Middle Earth trilogy The animated film has become a staple of elementary school Literature Arts movie days, and it’s likely been producing Gollum-themed nightmares in children for four solid decades (and still going strong!) Rankin/Bass’s take looks better and better every day Its idiosyncratic character designs are truly unique I believe the late Jules Bass would be proud how long the legacy of these movies have lasted Overall this is an interesting take on the first attempt to adapt JRR Tolkien's fantasy It truly was the first of its kind: A new take on what had already been an instant classic in 1937 Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/28/23 Full Review George B It's fine. Not great but it does the job. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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