Note: if you've only seen this via streaming service or DVD, you're missing out on the best version of the film. The original version of the film with all of it sound effects intact was released on VHS, but the only way to see that original version now is to look up hi-fi hobbit 2.0. Some wonderful person paired a clean version of the video with a surprisingly high-quality audio capture from the VHS tape. Bless them!
Huge LotR fan, so I was looking forward to Peter Jackson's adaptation. And then he made three films. Bloated, overlong, muddled... everything this animated adaptation is not. Yes, of course it leaves out sections of the book in order to get it down to a 78 minute made-for-TV movie, but it is surprisingly faithful in story, dialogue, and the childlike feel of the original book. I love it and always will.
Huge LotR fan, so I was looking forward to Peter Jackson's adaptation. And then he made three films. Bloated, overlong, muddled... everything this animated adaptation is not. Yes, of course it leaves out sections of the book in order to get it down to a 78 minute made-for-TV movie, but it is surprisingly faithful in story, dialogue, and the childlike feel of the original book. I love it and always will.