Product: The Hobbit [VHS] (1977)
Rating: 1.0
Great 70's animated adventure, terrible DVD.
Warner Brothers again proves to us that when they don't care, THEY DON'T CARE. It isn't just a lack of extras, its a lack of...um...PART OF THE MOVIE. That's right! part of the audio track is gone. Those elvish blades that previously had their own sound effects are gone and many creatures that use to scream when they got killed (can you blame them?) now die without a whimper. This is a film I'd normally give a 4 or even a five star, but WB has pumped this thing out without even bothering to check the sound mix, or perhaps they have edited it in some manner incomprehensible to me. For whatever the reason, you'd almost be better buying the VHS as you'll have the complete soundtrack and it probably looks nearly as good. And let's not even discuss the terrible cover they've stuck on the film. All in all, WB should be ashamed by their overflowing apathy--especially since we'll probably never see another edition of this film without importing it (should it be released in another country.)