Product: The Hobbit [VHS] (1977)
Rating: 3.0
Poor Quality Video, But Great Nostalgia If You Aren't Picky
I can't give it more than 3 stars because the video quality is terrible. But if you watched this on TV when you were a kid, then this is what you want. It is watchable, but it looks like a VHS tape and your upscaling DVD or Blu-Ray player probably won't help much. The darker scenes are hard to see due to the poor video. What choice do you have?I can't address concerns by others that it lacks some of the sounds of the original. The songs are the same and it seemed like what I remembered, and that was good enough.Young kids interested in The Hobbit will probably like it. Especially if you think the 2012 Hobbit movie is too scary for them. It is a fun old animated film.As an aside, isn't it funny that Rankin and Bass could tell the entire Hobbit story in 77 minutes, yet Peter Jackson thinks it should take 9 hours and 3 movies. Nice money grub, PJ. I'd like to go back to 1 book = 1 movie. Please.