I thought the Hobbit movie from the 70s or 80s (can’t remember) was good. Saw it as a little kid and it made me read the book when I got a little older. I would say they weren’t trying to subvert Tolkien’s work.
They also did an animated Return of the King (but skipped Fellowship and 2 Towers for some reason).
I'm not going to say that Rankin/Bass didn't do some weird stuff (cause they did some really weird stuff), but their stuff was (overall) good, compared to the modern-day "this is weird and terrible".
Animated versions of any classics just make them worse. The animation industry is not interested in respecting anything, just changing it.
I thought the Hobbit movie from the 70s or 80s (can’t remember) was good. Saw it as a little kid and it made me read the book when I got a little older. I would say they weren’t trying to subvert Tolkien’s work.
They also did an animated Return of the King (but skipped Fellowship and 2 Towers for some reason).
I'm not going to say that Rankin/Bass didn't do some weird stuff (cause they did some really weird stuff), but their stuff was (overall) good, compared to the modern-day "this is weird and terrible".