| | Hobbit DVD (7 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Family Animated DVDs, Dramas Movies, Children's Videos, Animation, Adventure, Science-Fiction/Fantasy, Fantasy, Dragons, Classic Animation | | Director | Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass | | Producer | Arthur Rankin, Jr. | | Voice | John Huston, Orson Bean |
Frodo the hobbit, the remarkable hero from Lord of the Rings, is back to battle the evil forces that invaded Middle Earth. Hobbits are simple folk. Small people with hairy feet, they are not cut out for adventure and prefer to laze about and eat. A particular hobbit, Bilbo Baggins (Orson Bean), is taken by surprise one morning when the mighty wizard Gandalf (John Huston) knocks at his door. Soon Bilbo finds himself inducted into a party of dwarves bent on reclaiming their mountain from the deadly fire-breathing dragon, Smaug. Insisting that the timid Bilbo is a master thief, Gandalf insures the danger-loving dwarves that the quest will include many mishaps and perilous encounters with goblins, trolls, and dwarf-eating spiders. Among other things that the reluctant Bilbo discovers on this amazing journey is an enchanted ring that turns its wearer invisible, and soon the hobbit transforms from a master bumbler into a master burglar.
Based on the beloved novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, THE HOBBIT is an animated classic that was brought to the TV screen in the late 1970s by Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass. Rerun by networks for years, this tale of Middle-earth consistently awes viewers and has inspired a whole new generation of Tolkien fans. The story continues in Ralph Bakshi's THE LORD OF THE RINGS and concludes in THE RETURN OF THE KING. Hobbit | List Price | $12.98 (You save $4.39) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1977 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank | 1023  | | CD Universe Part number | 2037747 | | Catalog number | 566 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 11, 2001 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 78 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color |
Hobbit Movie Review Average Rating: (2.9 out of 5 stars)    List All Reviews Not the best, but it is all that is there for the Hobit
If you have seen any of "The Fellowship Of the Ring" movies, then this will be a let down. But if you already own the trilogy movies or are going to obtain them, then this will complete the set by giving your audiance the beginning of the story. If they see this movie first, they will be delighted with the increase in quality of the Felloowship Of the Ring and it's more involved and detailed story line. Submitted by iamdennis7 (Crescent City (North Coast) California)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
It ain't Peter Jackson....... This is quite an enjoyable movie. Alot of the book is skipped, the main parts being left in so you get the jist of the story. Plus seeing a retro Rankin Bass 'toon is always cool. Submitted by toocoolforwords (Brooklyn, NY)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Old with too many shortcuts It looked like and old Spiderman cartoon and the story was butchered.
Peter Jackson will hopefully do the next screen version! Submitted by a reviewer (Canada)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
You Gotta Be Kidding Me This movie was my favorite cartoon of ALL TIME when I was a boy in the early '80s. It still has some fantastic songs and although it is missing some parts of the 300 page novel, its a children's story and hits a home run for me! Submitted by todde2 (Las Vegas, NV) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Middle Earth comes to life On the technical side the film was presented well for its time.
What I really liked about the movie was that I finaly had faces to put with the characters.
I, also, would like to see Jackson or someone do aversion with live actors and keeping close to the original story line. Submitted by tjaungst (Dade City, Florida, USA) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
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$8.59 Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's revered Middle-earth saga captures the dark mood of the books extraordinarily well. The film covers the first half of the trilogy--THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING and the earlier part of THE TWO TOWERS--as Frodo (voiced by Christopher Guard), the cousin of Bilbo Baggins from THE HOBBIT, is given the all-powerful ring sought by the evil Sauron of Mordor. So begins his adventure, as he must elude Mordor's black riders in an effort to prevent the ring from returning to its owner and thereby signaling the end of Middle-earth. Even with the mighty wizard Gandalf as his ally and faithful friends Merry, Sam, and Pippin by his side, Frodo is still up to his hobbit neck in peril.
Bakshi took a big risk when deciding to direct the beloved Tolkien tale, but the resulting work effectively brings Middle-earth to the screen. Bakshi combines painted live-action footage with various styles of animation to create a very unusual collage-style texture ...
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