The Hobbit (TV 1977 Cartoon)

I can't believe the 2012 version of this movie is going to make the book into 3 looong movies. It's really not that long of a book.

This cartoon covered the story pretty well. I was amused at how they chose to do the death scenes. For example, when the spiders died, they just showed a cut-out and then a spiral. None of the scenes were very long, as the action moved quickly along. There was music throughout, though not the songs from the book. Gollum was a strange creature, but not as creepy as the one in the Lord of the Rings' movies. The only huge gap was the absence of Beorn, the bear-man that gave the group so much aid.

A cute cartoon - I believe it probably was made-for-TV. (1977)