But the music is so catchy!
Heh...I think they're fun movies for little kids...but don't capture the real book at all.
"The GreeEEEEAAAAAtest adVENNNNNNture. . ." Okay, I'll admit that even though I liked that cartoon as a kid my brother and I made fun of Glenn Yarborough's voice :) But the movie still helped me visualize Tolkien's story enough to bring Middle Earth to life for me. I spent countless hours drawing pictures inspired by stills from Rankin-Bass and going over the maps in The Atlas of Middle Earth. I was much more inspired by Rankin-Bass than by Bakshi BTW.