Product: The Hobbit [VHS] (1977)
Rating: 3.0
Great movie - bad DVD
I have loved this movie and seen in countless times on TV and VHS since I was a kid. The picture on this DVD is great.However, there are HUGE problems with the soundtrack. Large portions of the sound effects (and some dialog and music) are completely MISSING. Often there will be action on screen with no sound effects at all, just music or silence. These effect have been in every previous release I have seen. Somehow, Warner Bros. Home Video messed up and used the wrong track or else remixed the sound and somehow left out a few tracks. Apparently the newer VHS copies also have the botched soundtrack.Unfortunately, this ruins the movie for me and I am forced to watch my old VHS copy with its inferior picture.Hopefully sometime soon Warner will release a corrected version. Until then, buy a used VHS copy if you want to see the movie properly.