{"id":78791,"date":"2013-09-13T08:20:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T13:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=78791"},"modified":"2013-09-13T18:29:36","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T23:29:36","slug":"a-review-of-the-1977-rankin-bass-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/09\/13\/78791-a-review-of-the-1977-rankin-bass-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"A review of the 1977 Rankin Bass Hobbit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bilbo Much has been written about The Hobbit in recent years thanks to the filming of the new trilogy of Peter Jackson films.But during all the hubbub surrounding Jackson and Company\u2019s take on Tolkien\u2019s classic story (positive and negative), there has been very little mentioned about the underrated 1977 Rankin Bass film adaptation of The Hobbit.<\/p>\n

This animated movie\u2013clocking in at right around a lean 90 minutes\u2013introduced me to Middle Earth at the age of 7, for which I will always be grateful. To say the least, that Tolkien magic translated beautifully through my parents old 19\u2033 Zenith radiation machine. And I attribute that to the story as well as a clever, tight script, wonderful voice acting, brilliant score, and some terrific character and creature design.<\/p>\n

The Rankin Bass Hobbit has its problems, to be sure \u2014 terrible, stilted animation; elves that look like wizened saplings. But the good far outweighs the bad, and the animated film stands the test of time and is still probably the best children\u2019s introduction to Tolkien short of The Hobbit book itself. And for very young children, even more so than the book.<\/p>\n

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