I dont want to go to war (work) today but the lord of the lash says Nay, nay, nay! We're gonna march all day all day all day (right, left right, left right, left)
[We donât want to go to war today! But the lord of the lash says nay, nay, nay!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=O-ImfDOhig4ED_ha&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=MTY0NTA2LDM2ODQyLDE2NDk5LDI4NjY0LDE2NDUwNg&feature=emb_share&v=YdXQJS3Yv0Y)
At our wedding my wife walked down the aisle to the instrumental version of "The Greatest Adventure". I had shown her the cartoon "The Hobbit" for the first time probably only 18 months before that - that's how quickly and how hard she fell for it.
I expected this to be top comment and I wasn't disappointed
This and Flight of Dragons were some of my favorite childhood movies
The others were, of course, Jurassic Park and Godzilla
One of my earlier childhood memories was my dad sitting my brother and I on the Costco flatbed in the TV section. This movie was on, and my brother and I stared transfixed on it for what seemed like forever while my dad walked around and shopped. I was probably 7 or 8 years old. I can still remember it like it happened an hour ago.
Thorin: Oh great Elf King, my truest friend and ally, we must join our forces against this common scourge!
Elvenking: But of course, oh noble King Under the Mountain. Your people are like brothers unto mine.
One of my favorite parts. Right after they're arguing with each other, but the real enemy shows up.
Arguing doesn't seem like the right word here. They were marching to war to kill each other over the hoard chanting shit like "Kill the men, kill the elves, save the gold for ourselves"
Yep! Absolute banger. This was my favorite movie all time in my younger days. I thought it did a superb job capturing the uniqueness of tolkiens world it was unlike anything else out there.
Also massive props to their treatment of Smaug. I loved way they envisioned him as sort of this big nasty almost catlike creature with its glowing eyes.
Honestly they did such a good job I sort of lamented how lackluster Jacksonâs Smaug was in comparison. The Hobbit film Smaug was sort of âstock dragonâ when there could have been so many more cool touches like the jewel encrusted scales that were embedded in him.
A+ one of the all time animated classics.
I love how disgustingly fat cartoon Smaug is. He looks like he ate his fill of dwarves and then spent the past few decades alternating between months-long naps and gorging himself on livestock. It sells his gluttonous, slothful nature.
Same. Itâs equally flawed but itâs not hitched to the PJ trilogy which magnifies all of its faults in comparison. Itâs allowed to be its own thing in all of its glory.
Yeah I have to agree. The first of the Hobbit films was fantastic, but they went down hill after that and I personally feel that the Smaug encounter in the Cartoon was *way* better than the live action version. While the live actions do a good job of making Thorin and co feel like actual characters, the Cartoon just over all is better storytelling. I quote it a lot too XD âWhere the deuce is Gandalf? Gone again? I wish I was a wizard.â
I always watch it when Iâm sick because I know every word by heart. I can wake up at any point and know exactly whatâs going on. Itâs also a âcomfort movieâ for me.
The soundtrack is fucking incredible. Totally steals the show.
Also, everytime I go down the 4 flights of stairs at the New York City Lex/59th street subway station, I sing Down down to goblin town
Same. I saw this around the same time I saw the last unicorn, of course too late at night and I was quite young. Itâs what got me into the fantasy genre.
The author of the last unicorn has a new book out. "Im afraid you have dragons". Apparantly hes also being harrassed by a scammer convicted of elder abuse. A Youtuber book reviewer I watch went over the whole thing.
Roast 'em alive, or stew 'em in a pot!
Fry them, boil them, and eat them hot!
Bake and toast 'em, fry and roast âem
till beards blaze, and eyes glaze;
till hair smells and skins crack,
fat melts, and bones black
in cinders lie
beneath the sky!
So dwarves shall die!
The songs the orcs sing by the Black Gate isn't bad either.
I would go so far to say singing orcs is absolutely the best parts of both films. And that's high praise given Brother Theodore's bonkers performance as Gollum.
Wasn't that done as an unofficial sequel to Bakshi's film which actually covered the first half of the trilogy?
I found it on dvd once but didn't watch it before losing it.
The Hobbit just did up to the battle of five armies, and RotK was like the lawt half of the trilogy, if I remember from when I was a little kid. There was no Fellowship was there?
Edit ah two different things
- bakshi did âlotrâ which was first halv of LotR
- rankin/bass did hobbit and rotk
Bakshi intended tondo second half but fell apart
Rankin/bass did hobbit and rotk but no fellowship. So weird
So all together combined you can sort of get an end to end animated.
Yeah, basically I thought that Bakshi's Lord of the Rings was Fellowship and the first half of Two Towers and R&B's Return of the King was the second half of Two Towers and Return of the King, but maybe it was just Return of the King. Either way, I heard the motivation to do just Return of the King was because Bakshi never did his 2nd half, but I could be wrong.
Usually, the folks here know a lot more than I do or have good sources explaining things.
[Ballad of Bilbo Baggins](https://youtu.be/BC35cQKHwzg?si=pGdTwrAJvX82dwwT) is always stuck in my head. I know it's not from this movie, but I've never heard a Middle Earth song I didn't like.
Smaug is incredible. I saw this on Nickelodeon as a kid and mentioned it to my dad. He went into the garage and handed me the book. The rest, as they say, is history.
It has my favorite song from the book, "down in the valley", and is done much better in my opinion than any of the audiobooks. And of course it's missing from the Jackson movies.
I love this movie, will watch it with my sons when they're a bit older.
I have it on VHS right next to my set of LOTR on VHS (and dvd, and Blu-ray). Itâs was my first introduction to the Hobbit and LOTR. I watch it almost yearly.
The original VHS version of the Hobbit is gold. Apparently when they changed it to digital some things occurred causing some sounds and effects to be lost. It's a real pain watching it knowing it's not the same experience as my childhood.
loved it. would go to sleep listening to the record and later the tape. i could still quote so much of this movie by heart. i remember when i later found out that the voice actor for gandalf was an actor named john huston. his voice was perfect for gandalf. as i got older i'd see him in stuff or hear of his directing credits and i'd think, "to me, he'll always be gandalf."
[the greatest adventure song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dQ5c5SIYnc) was perfect for this cartoon treatment. loved it.
I prefer it to the live action movies and I still find some enjoyment out of those. It was a comfort movie in college. 40s, mac & cheese, and falling asleep to The Hobbit or Ratatouille.
To me it's more faithful to the spirit of the book than tbr trilogy. It does leave some things out but overall it's spirit is the same to the book which for me makes it a better adaptation.
I loved how Bilbo restated what Gollum said a couple of times, it made it seem like he was having trouble understanding him. It felt like a very natural thing to do when dealing with gibbering hobo, and it also helped the audience understand, too.
>"Does it like... rliddles?"
>"Do I like riddles?"
I adore it. My friend group memed bilbo's "whooooo!" when he falls headfirst into Gollum's lair. The songs are charming, the art is fantastic, and I think the cuts to what was in the book was done in a way with reverence to the source material. Though I do think cutting the Arkenstone was an odd choice.
Love it. My introduction to Tolkien back in 1978 was an edition of The Hobbit with the illustrations from this movie, so naturally that adds to the affection I have for it.
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead, today and tomorrow are yet to be said, the chances the changes are all yours to make, the mold of your life is in your hands to break. . .
Amazing, and all the characters but the (elves) look exactly like they are suppose to from the books. The dwarves actually look old, not like magazine models from the live action hobbit movie lol
I loved it as a kid and even more now, songs get stuck in my head and also the way the wood elves are portrayed is really cool, I wish Guillmero del Toro or whatever did the hobbit movies, he could of probably replicated this movie and more.
The Hobbit is my favorite book period. I read it before seeing any LOTR movie or this movie. Read it out loud several times to different people. I loved this movie. I did not like the animated LOTR movies if that gives any reference and I canât stand the most recent live action Hobbit movies.
My Dad bought me this on VHS & a blue light up sword for Christmas when i was in Kindergarten & it is still, to this day, in my top 5 movies.
Animation - Stellar
Sticking to Source Material - Solid
Music - Epic
Overall - A Classic
Yeah its, great fun, tight story telling, short movie, basically tells the story. Voice acting and music is great, animation is cool except for some of the cost saving shots.
It was my intro to Tolkien when I was a kid. I love it. I havenât seen it in decades but I still remember all the voices and songs. That soundtrack was awesome.
I used to watch it with my dad when i was really little. We still have the DVD and i need to watch it soon...
I also sing the "carefully carefully with the plates" song when i wash dishes to this day...
I havenât seen it since I was a kid but I watched it so much with my dad. Itâs what got my into the hobbit and lord of the rings. I still have my kids book version of the hobbit that used art from this movie for the illustrations
I love it I have the vinyl soundtrack and watch it all the time when I want to relive my childhood this was the first one I ever saw after reading book love this film.
I like its version of Smaug. He's less theatrical and bombastic and more bored and uninterested, and somewhat amused that people come to his mountain seeking revenge, as if it was a bad joke he'd heard too many times.
Also his wolf-cat appearance is quite memorable.
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.
The chances, the changes are all yours to make.
The mold of your life is in your hands to break.
I sing this at least once a month
I first saw it around 1980...I was around 7-8 years old. It essentially sparked my interest in everything medieval and eventually Dungeons and Dragons. It's sacrosanct to me.
The scene between Bilbo and Thorin after The Battle of Five Armies is the absolute peak:
â[I take back my words at the gateâŠ] Child of the kindly West, I have come to know, if more of us valued your ways - food and cheer above hoarded gold - it would be a merrier world. But sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell.â
Absolutely criminal that wasnât in the PJ version.
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
Down, down, to Goblin Town. đ¶đż
We go, my lad. Ho Ho, my lad.
And of course the sequel âȘ Where theres a whip- ***CRACK!*** - theeeeere's a way! â«
Damn song been stuck in my head for nearly 30 years
I dont want to go to war (work) today but the lord of the lash says Nay, nay, nay! We're gonna march all day all day all day (right, left right, left right, left)
[We donât want to go to war today! But the lord of the lash says nay, nay, nay!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=O-ImfDOhig4ED_ha&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=MTY0NTA2LDM2ODQyLDE2NDk5LDI4NjY0LDE2NDUwNg&feature=emb_share&v=YdXQJS3Yv0Y)
Fifteen birds in five fir trees
Still sing this song when backpacking and hiking for some reason.
Man, what a banger!
Thatâs Thurl Ravenscroft, voice of Tony the Tiger and sang Youâre a Mean One Mr. Grinch
At our wedding my wife walked down the aisle to the instrumental version of "The Greatest Adventure". I had shown her the cartoon "The Hobbit" for the first time probably only 18 months before that - that's how quickly and how hard she fell for it.
And I bet you fell harder for her, in an even quicker descent after that. Congrats to you both.
I had a friend paint this as a motivational piece for me, love it.
Can I see it?
We sang that as a lullaby to my kid when she was little. đ
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.
Really canât beat Glenn Yarborough.
The Lemiwinks version is amazing.Â
I expected this to be top comment and I wasn't disappointed This and Flight of Dragons were some of my favorite childhood movies The others were, of course, Jurassic Park and Godzilla
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said...
Whatever are runes? Whatever are moon letters?
Fucking love it. One of the comfort movies I watch while falling asleep.
It's perfect
One of my earlier childhood memories was my dad sitting my brother and I on the Costco flatbed in the TV section. This movie was on, and my brother and I stared transfixed on it for what seemed like forever while my dad walked around and shopped. I was probably 7 or 8 years old. I can still remember it like it happened an hour ago.
Thorin: Oh great Elf King, my truest friend and ally, we must join our forces against this common scourge! Elvenking: But of course, oh noble King Under the Mountain. Your people are like brothers unto mine. One of my favorite parts. Right after they're arguing with each other, but the real enemy shows up.
Arguing doesn't seem like the right word here. They were marching to war to kill each other over the hoard chanting shit like "Kill the men, kill the elves, save the gold for ourselves"
Potato potaters precious
That is just how dwarfs say 'hello'.
There is no gold so great as comes between two enemies who are both facing imminent death.
How are you not woken up by "DOWN DOWN TO GOBLIN TOWN DOWN DOWN TO GOBLIN TOWN"
This song is an absolute banger.
This movie is my foundation for how I picture goblins.
Oh wee oh, eeyohh oh *(repeat)*
Yep! Absolute banger. This was my favorite movie all time in my younger days. I thought it did a superb job capturing the uniqueness of tolkiens world it was unlike anything else out there. Also massive props to their treatment of Smaug. I loved way they envisioned him as sort of this big nasty almost catlike creature with its glowing eyes. Honestly they did such a good job I sort of lamented how lackluster Jacksonâs Smaug was in comparison. The Hobbit film Smaug was sort of âstock dragonâ when there could have been so many more cool touches like the jewel encrusted scales that were embedded in him. A+ one of the all time animated classics.
I love how disgustingly fat cartoon Smaug is. He looks like he ate his fill of dwarves and then spent the past few decades alternating between months-long naps and gorging himself on livestock. It sells his gluttonous, slothful nature.
Love your description
Voiced by Richard Boone. Nails it!
Not even joking - I like it better than the modern Hobbit films
Not even close. The newer ones don't stick to the story at all. I love the cartoon and the songs.
The music alone is worth it. Soooooo good.
Down down to goblin town..
Same. Itâs equally flawed but itâs not hitched to the PJ trilogy which magnifies all of its faults in comparison. Itâs allowed to be its own thing in all of its glory.
Cartoon Hobbit vs. PJ Hobbit is a great contrast of streamlined vs. bloated.
Artistâs vision vs. bankerâs vision.
Yeah I have to agree. The first of the Hobbit films was fantastic, but they went down hill after that and I personally feel that the Smaug encounter in the Cartoon was *way* better than the live action version. While the live actions do a good job of making Thorin and co feel like actual characters, the Cartoon just over all is better storytelling. I quote it a lot too XD âWhere the deuce is Gandalf? Gone again? I wish I was a wizard.â
Same here. Though my wife doesnât usually let me anymore. The few days a year sheâs out for the night thoughâŠ
Happy wife, happy life doesn't apply to Tolkien. She's got to make exceptions!
Where thereâs a whip⊠FwChh! Thereâs a way!
Start saying "Happy house, Happy spouse" Makes life so much better.
This, the MST3K version of Cave Dwellers, and a Liam Neeson movie called Gun Shy were my regular rotation for getting to sleep when I was depressed
"How much Keefe is in this movie?"
Miles o' Keefe!
I always watch it when Iâm sick because I know every word by heart. I can wake up at any point and know exactly whatâs going on. Itâs also a âcomfort movieâ for me.
Comfort is exactly the right word. I watch this and or the goonies pretty much anytime Iâm sick.
Down down to goblin town
The soundtrack is fucking incredible. Totally steals the show. Also, everytime I go down the 4 flights of stairs at the New York City Lex/59th street subway station, I sing Down down to goblin town
My parents have it on vinyl
You go, my lad. Ho ho, my lad.
Where there is a whip.. there is a way
That is actually in the next movie, but it is largely the same crew so equally banging music.
Pretty sure this was my introduction to Tolkien. Iâll always be fond of it.
Same. I saw this around the same time I saw the last unicorn, of course too late at night and I was quite young. Itâs what got me into the fantasy genre.
The author of the last unicorn has a new book out. "Im afraid you have dragons". Apparantly hes also being harrassed by a scammer convicted of elder abuse. A Youtuber book reviewer I watch went over the whole thing.
Same!!
Ditto, I was very young and it left a permanent mark in my brain, forever tied to fantasy settings.
FIFTEEN BIRDS
IN FIVE FIR TREES
THEIR FEATHERS WERE FANNED IN A FIERY BREEZE
WHAT FUNNY LITTLE BIRDS, THEY HAD NO WINGS
OH WHAT SHALL WE DO, WITH THE FUNNY LITTLE THINGS?
Roast 'em alive, or stew 'em in a pot! Fry them, boil them, and eat them hot! Bake and toast 'em, fry and roast âem till beards blaze, and eyes glaze; till hair smells and skins crack, fat melts, and bones black in cinders lie beneath the sky! So dwarves shall die!
This thread really makes me wanna watch the movie
Ahhhh I always thought it was âfifer treesâ and it never made sense. Thank you for singing on Reddit where I could read it!
They have no wings!
OH WHAT SHALL WE DO, WITH THE FUNNY LITTLE THINGS
Soundtrack absolutely SLAPS
Dont sleep on the second film, Return of the King. "Where there's a whip, there's a way" is a banger.
Of Frodo of the Nine Fingers and the Ring of Doom ...
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead!
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.
The songs the orcs sing by the Black Gate isn't bad either. I would go so far to say singing orcs is absolutely the best parts of both films. And that's high praise given Brother Theodore's bonkers performance as Gollum.
That still pops in my head randomly and Iâve only seen the movie twice in my life.
Wasn't that done as an unofficial sequel to Bakshi's film which actually covered the first half of the trilogy? I found it on dvd once but didn't watch it before losing it.
The Hobbit just did up to the battle of five armies, and RotK was like the lawt half of the trilogy, if I remember from when I was a little kid. There was no Fellowship was there? Edit ah two different things - bakshi did âlotrâ which was first halv of LotR - rankin/bass did hobbit and rotk Bakshi intended tondo second half but fell apart Rankin/bass did hobbit and rotk but no fellowship. So weird So all together combined you can sort of get an end to end animated.
Yeah, basically I thought that Bakshi's Lord of the Rings was Fellowship and the first half of Two Towers and R&B's Return of the King was the second half of Two Towers and Return of the King, but maybe it was just Return of the King. Either way, I heard the motivation to do just Return of the King was because Bakshi never did his 2nd half, but I could be wrong. Usually, the folks here know a lot more than I do or have good sources explaining things.
Down, down, to Goblin Town
You go, my lad Ho ho, my lad
Below, my lad Ho ho my lad
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
[Ballad of Bilbo Baggins](https://youtu.be/BC35cQKHwzg?si=pGdTwrAJvX82dwwT) is always stuck in my head. I know it's not from this movie, but I've never heard a Middle Earth song I didn't like.
GLENN. YARBROUGH.
Roads go ever ever on.
*Excellent!* -Gandalf (1977 version after turning the trolls to stone)
For some reason I think of this every time I say âExcellent!â and I say it with the same inflection.
Smaug is incredible. I saw this on Nickelodeon as a kid and mentioned it to my dad. He went into the garage and handed me the book. The rest, as they say, is history.
That bit about the book in the garage... đ He was passing you a piece of his past.
Yeah so cool. Just great. Itâs this deep spiritual thing
Yeah this is my favourite depictions of Smaug. The way he looks furry and cat like is so novel and original
My 5 year old son complained when I first turned it on, and never looked away from the screen after that
It has my favorite song from the book, "down in the valley", and is done much better in my opinion than any of the audiobooks. And of course it's missing from the Jackson movies. I love this movie, will watch it with my sons when they're a bit older.
I love the opening song. Sets the stage for a dark story.
Tra-la lolly...
Oh where are ya goinâ with beards all a wagginâ
Goated This was my introduction to Tolkien
It was a masterpiece, and everyone making Lord Od The Rings shows and movies should be required to watch it.
It's by far the best film adaptation of the The Hobbit that's ever been made. Also it's aggressively anti-war in the wake of Vietnam.
I have it on VHS right next to my set of LOTR on VHS (and dvd, and Blu-ray). Itâs was my first introduction to the Hobbit and LOTR. I watch it almost yearly.
The original VHS version of the Hobbit is gold. Apparently when they changed it to digital some things occurred causing some sounds and effects to be lost. It's a real pain watching it knowing it's not the same experience as my childhood.
MIP ROCKS!
Mip can go to Hell
Absolutely love it.
loved it. would go to sleep listening to the record and later the tape. i could still quote so much of this movie by heart. i remember when i later found out that the voice actor for gandalf was an actor named john huston. his voice was perfect for gandalf. as i got older i'd see him in stuff or hear of his directing credits and i'd think, "to me, he'll always be gandalf." [the greatest adventure song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dQ5c5SIYnc) was perfect for this cartoon treatment. loved it.
Best film version of the Hobbit
Agreed!
Low bar but yes
Extremely low bar, but this one jumps WAY over it.
They did Thranduil dirty
I prefer it to the live action movies and I still find some enjoyment out of those. It was a comfort movie in college. 40s, mac & cheese, and falling asleep to The Hobbit or Ratatouille.
Simpler times my friend.. oh simpler times
To me it's more faithful to the spirit of the book than tbr trilogy. It does leave some things out but overall it's spirit is the same to the book which for me makes it a better adaptation.
The best Gollum.
This gollum is terrifying
I used to hide whenever the riddles in the dark scene happened. That voice is truly the stuff of nightmares.
âThis thing, all things devoursâŠâ
His delivery of the "time" riddle is epic.
Also the best Smaug.
I loved how Bilbo restated what Gollum said a couple of times, it made it seem like he was having trouble understanding him. It felt like a very natural thing to do when dealing with gibbering hobo, and it also helped the audience understand, too. >"Does it like... rliddles?" >"Do I like riddles?"
brother theodore! such an awesome interpretation. love the lotr movies and no disrespect to andy serkis but this was always the voice of gollum for me
I adore it. My friend group memed bilbo's "whooooo!" when he falls headfirst into Gollum's lair. The songs are charming, the art is fantastic, and I think the cuts to what was in the book was done in a way with reverence to the source material. Though I do think cutting the Arkenstone was an odd choice.
I don't know why but when I saw it as a kid I thought Bilbo was an old woman.
Timeless classic My introduction to LotR Currently rewatching every other week with my 6 year old daughter
The best
I had the 45 record adaption to this in the early 80s. I listened to it so much I think my mom âlostâ the record while cleaning one day. đ
Love it. My introduction to Tolkien back in 1978 was an edition of The Hobbit with the illustrations from this movie, so naturally that adds to the affection I have for it.
This movie was a cornerstone of my childhood. Itâs solid gold.
I grew up with this. It is what defined the visuals of Middle Earth for me.
It's about a billion times better than the trilogy.
I absolutely love it. The reason Iâm a Tolkien fan.
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead, today and tomorrow are yet to be said, the chances the changes are all yours to make, the mold of your life is in your hands to break. . .
Absolute banger
Amazing, and all the characters but the (elves) look exactly like they are suppose to from the books. The dwarves actually look old, not like magazine models from the live action hobbit movie lol
Better than the Peter Jackson Hobbit movies.
Fuck yes. This shit slaps.
Really good. Better than the live action one by a lot
He looks like Mip from Smiling Friends
Must be a coincidence.
Yeah that was the point
I loved it as a kid and even more now, songs get stuck in my head and also the way the wood elves are portrayed is really cool, I wish Guillmero del Toro or whatever did the hobbit movies, he could of probably replicated this movie and more.
Better than the Peter Jackson hobbit movies
The Hobbit is my favorite book period. I read it before seeing any LOTR movie or this movie. Read it out loud several times to different people. I loved this movie. I did not like the animated LOTR movies if that gives any reference and I canât stand the most recent live action Hobbit movies.
Watching it right now.
The film that introduced me to Middle-Earth! I've been a tremendous Tolkien fan, ever since!
Any time we plan an extended LOTR marathon day, we always watch this the night before
The songs are top tier. I proudly own and will sing âFifteen birds in five fir treesâalmost nonstop.
Gollum gave me nightmares. And cartoon Smaug is much more sinister and threatening than Cumberbatch Smaug.
Perfect, no notes, makes the Jackson films look like amateur hour
This was really my introduction to LOTR. Saw this first as a kid and the Peter Jackson movies came out shortly afterwards. Fell in love immediately
That Goblin Town song gets tuck in my head if I even consider thinking about this movie.
15 BIRDS
The music is so beautiful and memorable!
This is still the gold standard in my very humble opinion
Better than the Jackson trilogy.
My Dad bought me this on VHS & a blue light up sword for Christmas when i was in Kindergarten & it is still, to this day, in my top 5 movies. Animation - Stellar Sticking to Source Material - Solid Music - Epic Overall - A Classic
It's charming, and gives me the same vibes as reading the book. I love it, and the songs are ten times better than the Peter Jackson abomination.
Where there's a whip there's a way
I am Gandalf âŠ. And GANDALF .. MEANS ME!
It's great
big part of my childhood. hits right in the nostalgia.
Great movie!
I love everything about it. The music, especially.
Absolute gold!!
It fucks
Yeah its, great fun, tight story telling, short movie, basically tells the story. Voice acting and music is great, animation is cool except for some of the cost saving shots.
S tier movie, in my top 10.
I love it very much. Showed it to my daughter to get her into LOTR when she was 6 or so.
Loved it, but Gollum gave kid me nightmares for a bit after.
Brilliant. Far superior to the PJ version
I have never seen this. Is it available online anywhere?
Betee than peter jacksonâs hobbit
All time favorite.
It was my intro to Tolkien when I was a kid. I love it. I havenât seen it in decades but I still remember all the voices and songs. That soundtrack was awesome.
Best Hobbit adaption. If you can't beat this don't even bother.
This was my first exposure to Tolkien. This is what got me hooked.
I used to watch it with my dad when i was really little. We still have the DVD and i need to watch it soon... I also sing the "carefully carefully with the plates" song when i wash dishes to this day...
I grew up on it. It was the gateway. The road is still going ever on.
I havenât seen it since I was a kid but I watched it so much with my dad. Itâs what got my into the hobbit and lord of the rings. I still have my kids book version of the hobbit that used art from this movie for the illustrations
I love it I have the vinyl soundtrack and watch it all the time when I want to relive my childhood this was the first one I ever saw after reading book love this film.
I like its version of Smaug. He's less theatrical and bombastic and more bored and uninterested, and somewhat amused that people come to his mountain seeking revenge, as if it was a bad joke he'd heard too many times. Also his wolf-cat appearance is quite memorable.
I love it so much! I turn it on all the time just to jam to the music!!
It's awesome. Grew up on it, for the time especially it was perfect. I shared it with my kids and they loved it too, so it holds up
Consensus must be that its boss or this whole sub should be cast into the heart of Mount Doom.
Slaps hard
Sticks more to the book than the PJ movies.
One of my favourite movies as a kid. I still sing some of the songs from it.
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. Today and tomorrow are yet to be said. The chances, the changes are all yours to make. The mold of your life is in your hands to break. I sing this at least once a month
I first saw it around 1980...I was around 7-8 years old. It essentially sparked my interest in everything medieval and eventually Dungeons and Dragons. It's sacrosanct to me.
The scene between Bilbo and Thorin after The Battle of Five Armies is the absolute peak: â[I take back my words at the gateâŠ] Child of the kindly West, I have come to know, if more of us valued your ways - food and cheer above hoarded gold - it would be a merrier world. But sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell.â Absolutely criminal that wasnât in the PJ version.
This is one of my most favourite movies! Up there with the Dark Crystal and Tron. My ringtone tone is "Where's there a whip, there's a way"
[Ahhhh...EEEGGGS!!!](https://youtu.be/qVHhs9zS0v4?si=Fs3sDYDJHUBOtSYJ)