Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.2 / 5.0

Anime + Lord of the Rings = Success!:

The Rankin/Bass (The people who brought you Thundercats) versions of "The Hobbit" and "Return of The King" are extremely well done and all three films are BEAUTIFULLY restored for DVD! It's too bad it took the release of the Peter Jackson live-action versions to get these beautiful pieces of anime onto DVD but as long as it happened I guess it's all right even though it reeks of band-wagon capitalism. The Bakshi version of Lord of The Rings (Based on "Fellowship of The Ring" and portions of the "Two... more info

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE GLORY OF LORD OF THE RINGS!:

THE HOBBIT
THE HOBBIT is the best of the three.The main reason is because it has a nice warm feeling to it.The others are too, sort of,dark.It is a nice animated feature about Bilbo the Hobbit,who goes on an adventure with a group of Dwarves and a powerful wizard named Gandalf the Grey.One thing I could find bad about it though,is that the interpretations of the graceful Wood Elves of Mirkwood, make them look like evil Goblins.They are tall with scowls on their faces and have sharp fingers and toes.And... more info

Not very good.:

The only film here that is even remotely good is the Hobbit. Bakshi's Lord of the Rings is dreadfully dull, choppy and poorly animated, and is so inferior to the recent live-action films as to be unwatchable. The Rankin-Bass Return of the King is even worse, taking what should be high drama and turning it into a laughable hodge-podge of childish songs and bizarre characterization.

Invest in Peter Jackson's trilogy insted, and just wait for him to do the Hobbit.

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