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

Boo Radley · 09-23-2008, 08:15 AM

I remember seeing it when it first came out and I thought it was really, really cool.

Then, I watched it again a few years ago. I'd picked up the VHS tape at the library and brought it home to show my wife who'd never seen it before.
A few minutes into the movie, I said, "Don't worry... it gets better".
Then, a few minutes after that, I said, "No... I don't think it does", and stopped the film.

Sorry, it just did not stand the test of time for me.

MaultheStoor · 02-12-2009, 08:39 AM

In the cartoon version of The Hobbit, Bilbo looked like a Cabbage Patch Kid, Gollum looked like the toad I stepped on last week, and the scene where Bilbo kills the spiders was just weird. I mean, what was with the whole spinning camera effect? Coudn't they have just shown the spiders' visions blurring or fading to back? I almost had an epileptic seizure from watching it!

09-23-2008, 08:15 AM	#1
Boo Radley Wight Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ohio. Believe it or not. Posts: 145	I remember seeing it when it first came out and I thought it was really, really cool. Then, I watched it again a few years ago. I'd picked up the VHS tape at the library and brought it home to show my wife who'd never seen it before. A few minutes into the movie, I said, "Don't worry... it gets better". Then, a few minutes after that, I said, "No... I don't think it does", and stopped the film. Sorry, it just did not stand the test of time for me. __________________ Don't believe everything you read on the interwebs. That's how World War 1 got started!

02-12-2009, 08:39 AM	#2
MaultheStoor Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The cave under the Misty Mountains. Just take a wrong turn in the goblin's tunnels. Posts: 34	In the cartoon version of The Hobbit, Bilbo looked like a Cabbage Patch Kid, Gollum looked like the toad I stepped on last week, and the scene where Bilbo kills the spiders was just weird. I mean, what was with the whole spinning camera effect? Coudn't they have just shown the spiders' visions blurring or fading to back? I almost had an epileptic seizure from watching it! __________________ Leave now, and never come back! Gollum, Gollum! See? You made him mad.