My mother was the one who bought this for me when I was younger, but the tape was crappy and the hobbit on the cover sort of frightened me for some odd reason. When I watched it all it did was confuse me because I'd never read the book and I didn't really comprehend what hobbits and Gollum were (old ladies?). It wasn't my favorite movie as a kid. Years later I found my younger sister watching it and, having read the book by then, sat down to watch it.
It's not perfect, it's lacking about half the story, and the characters can be too comical to look at, but the strange thing is, I liked it! The music was pretty good and what little story there is follows along with the book very well. Those who've read the book will scoff and turn their noses up at the very idea of an animated version, but it's really not as bad as they might think. It was created for kids, so don't expect much. If you ever get the time you should check it out just for fun. It's really not all that bad!
It's not perfect, it's lacking about half the story, and the characters can be too comical to look at, but the strange thing is, I liked it! The music was pretty good and what little story there is follows along with the book very well. Those who've read the book will scoff and turn their noses up at the very idea of an animated version, but it's really not as bad as they might think. It was created for kids, so don't expect much. If you ever get the time you should check it out just for fun. It's really not all that bad!