The Hobbit Animated Movie

Mark of Cenla · 03-16-2007, 03:57 PM

I watched it again the other day and really enjoyed it. Even the songs did not bug me like they usually do. Opinions about this animated feature?

me9996 · 03-16-2007, 04:34 PM

Nice movie, allthough the elf king has erned the nickname "Too-much american football without a helmet Theranduril" here on the moot.

Of chorse I likely misspelled that...

They did it well, the drawings are a little "funky" though, like Smog has fur and T.M.A.F.W.H. Theranduril...

brownjenkins · 03-17-2007, 09:57 PM

I loved it!

When I was a kid way back in the seventies, it was the only tolkien on the screen, and I looked forward to it every time I'd see that it was coming up on the television.

It has a lot of charm to it and was really done quite tastefully for the time.

***Rían*** · 03-22-2007, 07:28 PM

The woodelves are ugly as all get-out (totally un-Tolkienesque) but we like everything else about it

I need to find myself a copy.

***Tessar*** · 03-29-2007, 06:35 PM

I love -everything- about that movie. I grew up with it as one of my favorite movies ever, and even now I still love it. I went through a period of a few years when I thought it was too silly, didn't seem like 'Tolkien', and hated several parts of it, but now I just love it again.

I don't view it as being a perfect recreation of Tolkien's work, but I think that based on 'capturing the magic' of the Hobbit, it's kickass

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Gwaimir Windgem · 04-09-2007, 05:15 PM

Like Tessar, I grew up with it, and I love it. However, I'm pretty sure that the only reason I love it is that I grew up with it.

Hob Hayward · 09-28-2007, 07:44 PM

I fondly remember the movie poster in my grammar school library: Bilbo puffing his pipe outside the doorway of Bag End.

The movie holds a dear place since it came about around the time I was discovering The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Black Numenorean · 10-11-2007, 07:11 PM

When I was in fifth grade we watched it, and it is a lot better than the animated version of LOTR.

I agree, the drawings were a little weird (especially the elf king), but it did follow the original storyline well. Seeing it now makes it feel outdated, but it will always be a classic in my eyes.

Although the battle of five armies was a little messed up, especially when the elves showed up, because they look nothing like how I pictured them.

Star · 11-18-2007, 10:52 PM

I don't like the animated movie. sorry, but i think that the real one is so much better! It shows me what the characters really look like. I used to always watch cartoons and got chrushes on animated guys, but when they did the real movie, it got me confused on which is which!

The Dread Pirate Roberts · 04-17-2008, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Star

I don't like the animated movie. sorry, but i think that the real one is so much better! It shows me what the characters really look like. I used to always watch cartoons and got chrushes on animated guys, but when they did the real movie, it got me confused on which is which!

Um, the real one hasn't been made yet.

Willow Oran · 04-17-2008, 11:39 AM

Star is probably referring to the animated LotR, a film with animation which, while as tramuatically bad, is still hideous and laughably inaccurate.

barrelrider110 · 12-12-2007, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Numenorean

Although the battle of five armies was a little messed up, especially when the elves showed up, because they look nothing like how I pictured them.

I agree. The elves kindof looked like Dr. Suess's Grinch and Gollum looked like a mutant frog. The animators obviously didn't read much JRRT, where he goes into detailed descriptions of these creatures.

Like bropous, I was reading the book for the first time when the film came out. I enjoyed it thoroughly but I wished had finished it before I saw the movie.

BTW, if you think the battle and Bilbo's fight with the spiders was animated a little childishly, that was because at the time there was a great hue and cry against violence on television.

Viëllémerwè · 02-29-2008, 10:01 AM

I really like how Elrond looks in the movie. And the songs are really funny and cozy. I think the Battle of 5 armies part was brought down to dots for the same reason as every other form of violence was covered up in the movie; making it watchable for kids. And yes, the wood-elve interpretation could have been better. Though the Goblins did hit the spot^^

The Dread Pirate Roberts · 03-25-2008, 08:38 AM

Wonderful film for kids. For adults, it's ok. I still like it at my age. If I had to pick one Tolkien movie to watch, Rankin & Bass' The Hobbit would be it.

Willow Oran · 04-17-2008, 03:14 AM

I hated it. I saw it at a friend's house when I was nine and as a result refused to even consider reading anything by Tolkien until I was twelve and realized that I had read every other decently written fantasy book in our middle school's library but couldn't talk about any of them because everybody else interested in that genre had grown up on LotR.

The Dread Pirate Roberts · 04-17-2008, 11:45 AM

"Where there's a whip, there's a way!" I had that song stuck in my head for weeks when I was a kid.

Yeah, the LotR animated movie is pretty bad. But in contrast, the animated Hobbit is actually pretty good.

Willow Oran · 04-17-2008, 11:59 AM

I would switch that. LotR was slightly more bearable. It's pantsless men vs. turquoise elf imposters.

The Dread Pirate Roberts · 04-17-2008, 12:01 PM

The elves sucked, I agree, and the accents were laughable. But it's a kid's story. Problems are more forgivable to me.

03-16-2007, 03:57 PM	#1
Mark of Cenla Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: central Louisiana Posts: 105	The Hobbit Animated Movie I watched it again the other day and really enjoyed it. Even the songs did not bug me like they usually do. Opinions about this animated feature? __________________ Mark Wellman ><>

03-17-2007, 09:57 PM	#3
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	I loved it! When I was a kid way back in the seventies, it was the only tolkien on the screen, and I looked forward to it every time I'd see that it was coming up on the television. It has a lot of charm to it and was really done quite tastefully for the time. __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

03-22-2007, 07:28 PM	#4
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	The woodelves are ugly as all get-out (totally un-Tolkienesque) but we like everything else about it I need to find myself a copy. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

04-09-2007, 05:15 PM	#6
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Like Tessar, I grew up with it, and I love it. However, I'm pretty sure that the only reason I love it is that I grew up with it. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

10-11-2007, 07:11 PM	#8
Black Numenorean Hobbit Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tol-Trainte Posts: 16	When I was in fifth grade we watched it, and it is a lot better than the animated version of LOTR. I agree, the drawings were a little weird (especially the elf king), but it did follow the original storyline well. Seeing it now makes it feel outdated, but it will always be a classic in my eyes. Although the battle of five armies was a little messed up, especially when the elves showed up, because they look nothing like how I pictured them. Last edited by Black Numenorean : 10-11-2007 at 07:13 PM.

03-29-2007, 06:35 PM	#5
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	I love -everything- about that movie. I grew up with it as one of my favorite movies ever, and even now I still love it. I went through a period of a few years when I thought it was too silly, didn't seem like 'Tolkien', and hated several parts of it, but now I just love it again. I don't view it as being a perfect recreation of Tolkien's work, but I think that based on 'capturing the magic' of the Hobbit, it's kickass .

09-28-2007, 07:44 PM	#7
Hob Hayward Sapling Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2	I fondly remember the movie poster in my grammar school library: Bilbo puffing his pipe outside the doorway of Bag End. The movie holds a dear place since it came about around the time I was discovering The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

11-18-2007, 10:52 PM	#9
Star Hobbit Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: montana Posts: 41	I don't like the animated movie. sorry, but i think that the real one is so much better! It shows me what the characters really look like. I used to always watch cartoons and got chrushes on animated guys, but when they did the real movie, it got me confused on which is which!

04-17-2008, 11:39 AM	#11
Willow Oran Deus Ex Machina Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,951	Star is probably referring to the animated LotR, a film with animation which, while as tramuatically bad, is still hideous and laughably inaccurate. __________________ "5. Plain Rings with RUNES on the inside. Avoid these like the PLAGUE. -Diana Wynne Jones Tough Guide To FantasyLand ...it's not much of a show if somebody doesn't suffer, and preferably at length. Suffering is beautiful in any case, and so is anguish; but as for loathing, and bitterness... I don't think they belong on the stage at all. - Isabella, I Gelosi

02-29-2008, 10:01 AM	#13
Viëllémerwè Sapling Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 9	I really like how Elrond looks in the movie. And the songs are really funny and cozy. I think the Battle of 5 armies part was brought down to dots for the same reason as every other form of violence was covered up in the movie; making it watchable for kids. And yes, the wood-elve interpretation could have been better. Though the Goblins did hit the spot^^ __________________ Viëllémerwè, daughter of Vemerlas and Liërelin

03-25-2008, 08:38 AM	#14
The Dread Pirate Roberts Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 987	Wonderful film for kids. For adults, it's ok. I still like it at my age. If I had to pick one Tolkien movie to watch, Rankin & Bass' The Hobbit would be it.

04-17-2008, 03:14 AM	#15
Willow Oran Deus Ex Machina Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,951	I hated it. I saw it at a friend's house when I was nine and as a result refused to even consider reading anything by Tolkien until I was twelve and realized that I had read every other decently written fantasy book in our middle school's library but couldn't talk about any of them because everybody else interested in that genre had grown up on LotR. __________________ "5. Plain Rings with RUNES on the inside. Avoid these like the PLAGUE. -Diana Wynne Jones Tough Guide To FantasyLand ...it's not much of a show if somebody doesn't suffer, and preferably at length. Suffering is beautiful in any case, and so is anguish; but as for loathing, and bitterness... I don't think they belong on the stage at all. - Isabella, I Gelosi

04-17-2008, 11:45 AM	#16
The Dread Pirate Roberts Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 987	"Where there's a whip, there's a way!" I had that song stuck in my head for weeks when I was a kid. Yeah, the LotR animated movie is pretty bad. But in contrast, the animated Hobbit is actually pretty good. __________________ ~The DPR "Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."

04-17-2008, 11:59 AM	#17
Willow Oran Deus Ex Machina Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,951	I would switch that. LotR was slightly more bearable. It's pantsless men vs. turquoise elf imposters. __________________ "5. Plain Rings with RUNES on the inside. Avoid these like the PLAGUE. -Diana Wynne Jones Tough Guide To FantasyLand ...it's not much of a show if somebody doesn't suffer, and preferably at length. Suffering is beautiful in any case, and so is anguish; but as for loathing, and bitterness... I don't think they belong on the stage at all. - Isabella, I Gelosi

04-17-2008, 12:01 PM	#18
The Dread Pirate Roberts Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 987	The elves sucked, I agree, and the accents were laughable. But it's a kid's story. Problems are more forgivable to me. __________________ ~The DPR "Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."

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