The Hobbit animated Misty Mountains

[OhSPY.]

As a small child, I barely understood any of the words, but I still remember watching wide-eyed in wonder for the entire movie. A deeply beloved film for all time.

[majkus]

I was already a longtime Tolkien fan when this aired on television; a group of Tolkien fans watched it together at a party. We all agreed that while some of it, especially some of the character design, was dubious, and the story downright rushed at times, this scene in particular — which is not rushed at all — stood out for just about everyone as capturing Tolkien in both word and spirit.

[BrettWMcCoy]

One of the main things I love about this animated version is that they included a lot of Tolkien's poetry and songs. Gandalf (John Huston) was magnificent reciting the verses of the Fall of Erebor. All of the songs (except the main title song) were based on Tolkien's words, including the Goblin songs. I was 12 years old when this came out in 1977 and I became an instant fan of Tolkien and got the books and read them all in quick succession.

[toddwoods]

I rememer sitting cross leg on the floor as an entranced six year old watching this one night in 1977. Just a cool fall night, a cool whip bowl with homemade popcorn, a red solo cup with Coca Cola and a big woodgrain console TV in a warm, cozy, dim lit living room. t was magical, not a care or concern in the world.

[timsoyer]

As a little boy I watched this for the first time. Fell in love with fantasy and sword and sorcery.. this led me to Dragonlance, Conan the barbarian, dungeons and dragons, many other wonderful things. Years later, it brought me full circle back to the pita Jackson trilogies. Now I’m 55.. and I still have a copy of the DVD. And I have shared it with my children.. this was a great animated movie. I love it still

[bassbeardiful]

This movie is a magical masterpiece. Sincerely, I love this movie.

[jasoncaldwell]

This manages to convey the secret meeting atmosphere that the books gives- and makes Bilbo's home seem even more attractive and cozy.

[ontheroadwithyode]

Pre VCR / DVD days when this was on TV once a year as a "special" it was such a big deal to me as a pre teen.

[fuzzydragon]

I love the classical Germanic/Nordic folk art style to this true its not the most accurate to the book but it has an authenticity or an old soul about it.

[ns]

Imagine a 1st person RPG with this art stlye. It would be glorious!

[DarthInsomnis]

I have this on VHS and I’m in the belief that this is the best adaptation of the Hobbit. Sure it may not be as technologically impressive as the newer films and Rankin Bass doesn’t appeal to everyone, but I feel this film not only captures the spirit of the book better, it overall encompasses the feel of a fantastical grand journey.

[Cloo_studio]

Thorin here is much more humble and grateful to Bilbo in the beginning than Jacksons Thorin.

[victorjohnson]

Hand painted animation cells are more magical that cgi.

[fine]

This version of Hobbit is so endearing.

[Wanderlust]

1980 or 81, the town library showed this film. It started 7yr old me down a lifelong friendship with all Tolkien’s books.

[TechnicJunglist]

I watched this so many times as a kid in the 80s and it's still incredibly moving. So much heart in an 90 min cartoon

[krashd]

Every fan of the movies should read the books at least once in their life, Tolkien had a way of describing a scene in such detail that your mind conjures up wonders far grander than even Peter Jackson managed. You will also get to see what bits Peter left out and what bits he added in himself, the books differ from the movies quite a lot in some places.

[treasurevessel]

The animation of this film is beautiful and has haunted (in the most positive sense) my imagination and creativity from the time I first saw this as a child until today. We used to rent this movie from our local library as many times as we possibly could. Summers out of school were spent doing many things, but always watching and rewatching this amazing film.

[morganblackpowder]

To this day, this Narration gives me chills. Why does no one talk like this anymore?

[VincentVanHorn]

They can remake it as many times as they'd like, but it will never capture the same spirit that this version evoked.