The most obvious advantage that the animated version has over the live-action films is its length.
(Theyre just under nine hours if you are watching the extended editions though.)
Both heavily featured music and songs, andRudolphwas a musical feature with several different songs included throughout the story.
A musical with short songs appearing frequently is something audiences would expect from the Rankin and Bass studio.
And they also expected the studio to produce animations aimed at a family audience, primarily children.
It was only as time went on that the story got drawn into his bigger mythmaking project.
In fairness to Peter Jackson, Tolkien did come to regret the tone and style ofThe Hobbit.
I deeply regret them.
So do intelligent children.
Interestingly, Rankin/BassThe Hobbitopens on an image of the book, by J.R.R.
There are of course some things the Jackson movies got right that the Rankin/Bass version did not.
That is if you are too impatient to wait until they are old enough to read the book!
