Product: The Hobbit [VHS] (1977)
Rating: 3.0
A BURRAHOBBIT!?!
a good movie and and exellent start for the lord of the rings. this work handels tolkien's classic tale well even if it uses only bits of the novel. a good begining for those who will go on to see the animated LORD OF THE RINGS and THE RETURN OF THE KING. huston is exellant as gandalf, and bilbo is good as well. the movie starts out well taking us into another realm with huston's execllent narriton. i liked the orcs as well as the great goblin. we see old gollum in his dank cave (good old gollum. yess my presciousss). the movie cuts out the beoran incednet unfortuly and shifts on to the forest of mirkwood. the movie never mentions gandalf's dual with the necromencer(who is really saruon), which in itelf was only breifly mentioned in the book. the dreaded spiders are good and so is the lake town. i enjoyed the sceens with smaug. the end battel is good but one cant tell whats really going on. since this is a kiddie version there is no blood (while bakshis exellent LORD OF THE RINGS is bloody at times). the death scean of thorin is good and true to the book. one cant but feel sorry for the poor dwarf. "if everyone cherished food and cheer above hoarded gold,(as bilbo does) it would be a marryer world. but sad or marry i must leave it now." snif. good old thorin. this is a good movie and its hard to read the hobbit without thinking of it. a good movie for tolkien fans.