It was a week ago or so, and I was watching YouTube videos when I found out parts of certain 70´s animated film based on the Hobbit. At the beginning, I thought "Ew", the animation was sloppy and that was enough to get far away from the epic feeling of seeing the Dwarven Company running through New Zealand´s beautiful landscapes.
Nonetheless, I started to watch videos from the songs and I liked them because they had that old films´ tatty but misterious feeling, so I started watching it and, talking to people and seeing comments, I realized why so many people liked it: IT REFLECTS TO PERFECTION THE ORIGINAL STORY FROM TOLKIEN´S BOOK!! ... a fantasy animated film which easily impresses children and has those little things, those mistakes,...for the old films´ nostalgics.
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| Thranduil looks like an artichoke |
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| Gollum |
But, what freaked me out the most were... THE DWARVES...they look like Snow White´s ones, and just look at Thorin, that old grumpy grandpa can´t be the hero that Richard Armitage portrays !!
Even though, as I say, it´s got his classic charming. Gandalf looks more enigmatic (and one-browed), and Bilbo is still Bilbo, more fat but more confident.
As for the rest, Thranduil looks like an artichoke, there is no Legolas or Tauriel, and the eagles talk...
The old dragon Smaug´s scene with Bilbo is also funny. You can feel an old man (surely smoking a cigarette) which dedicates his free time to voice a dragon INSTEAD of feeling the dragon like we all do in the trilogy. The old man speaks while the dragon tells us how his arms are like ten shields, his claws like spears and blablabla. I LOVE that part, also the dragon looks like a cat and his eyes are lighthouses.
Definitely, the film is very good for kids and nostalgics, and displays memorable lines trusting the book and great morality. Also, it flatters us with beautiful melodies which you can look for in YouTube.
Here, a vid with all songs. Enjoy!
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