(Younger viewers might also be interested in the Not quite old enough for Peter Jackson’s more intense adaptation - though even the Bakshi is darker and more intense than mostĬartoons. Rings is in some respects quite impressive and remains worthĪ look, especially for Tolkien fans, and perhaps younger viewers Notwithstanding this and other weaknesses, this Lord of the Tags: Adventure, All Things Tolkien, Animation, Fantasy, Musical, The Hobbit Product NotesĪvoid the DVD release of The Hobbit, notorious for omitting sound effects and other audio elements, and stick with VHS. A couple of years later, Rankin-Bass completed the story with The Return of the King. The Hobbit’s television debut was followed by Ralph Bakshi’s theatrically released The Lord of the Rings, which covered approximately half of Tolkien’s epic trilogy.
The folk-tune soundtrack, though corny, at least tries to incorporate some of Tolkien’s poetry. Despite the fearful monsters, violence is suggested rather than explicitly depicted. The giant spiders, too, are genuinely menacing.
The best-designed character is the dragon Smaug, whose obscene bulk and wolflike face are rendered with flair and imagination. (On the other hand, the Elf-lord Elrond, with his distinguished features and strange crown-halo, is far preferable to Bakshi’s dismally graceless version of the same character.) Worse is Gollum, disappointingly bloated and stiff rather than agile and emaciated, and the dreadfully goblin-like Wood-Elf King. Character design is a mixed bag: Gandalf looks very much himself, but Bilbo is rather cherubic, and the dwarves are uninspired.
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