Product: The Hobbit [VHS] (1977)
Rating: 4.0
Didgitally inhanced, but missing a few things.
When I first rediscoverd this gem I had rented the (1996) Warner Brothers rerelease of it and the Republic Pictures release of Lord of the rings. As for the Hobbit(2001)Warner Bro. release, the inhancement of the video eliments is great, but the audio even thought enhanced for sterio is missing some eliments, like when the trush cherps as Bilbo is sneeking in the Smaug's lair there is no sound, and when Smaug roars one of the times there is no sound as well, and like in most shows when they have reformated the sound the backgound sounds over take the diologue. All and all I was glad I saw the older version before I bought this one. Even though the colors were duller and the sound mono it added to the atmossphire and was more enjoyable to watch then this noisy, brightly colored example of how modern technology can't do the original justice. They need to restore some things to there original glory and not over do it, but remember to pull all the sounds back into the movie as well.