What do you think of the Bakshi cartoon? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

kboleen · 03-07-2004, 01:40 AM

The cartoons are not that bad, especially for the time and era they were created in. I especially enjoy The Hobbit. It retains a folkish innocent quality the book captures. Bilbo was very well done and his match of wits with Smaugh is classic. I also enjoy the music of the Hobbit which plays an important part in the books and was hardly touched upon by PJ (what there was in the movies was probably done upon Viggo's insistence). Though I do dislike the irritating "Minstrel" in the cartoon "Return of the King." BTW, I saw the cartoon LOTR in the theaters and ROTK's original TV broadcast.

03-07-2004, 01:40 AM	#11
kboleen Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Northwest Florida Posts: 27	The cartoons are not that bad, especially for the time and era they were created in. I especially enjoy The Hobbit. It retains a folkish innocent quality the book captures. Bilbo was very well done and his match of wits with Smaugh is classic. I also enjoy the music of the Hobbit which plays an important part in the books and was hardly touched upon by PJ (what there was in the movies was probably done upon Viggo's insistence). Though I do dislike the irritating "Minstrel" in the cartoon "Return of the King." BTW, I saw the cartoon LOTR in the theaters and ROTK's original TV broadcast.