http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/the-hobbit-1977/ movie review and news blog Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:53:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/the-hobbit-1977/comment-page-1/#comment-1407 The Flight of Dragons - Movie Reviews Blog Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:21:30 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/the-hobbit-1977/#comment-1407 [...] You know that saying “they just don’t make them like they used to”? As clichéd as it is, it rings true. Rankin-Bass, outside their stop-motion holiday specials, never really received the notoriety that Disney and Don Bluth obtained through their efforts of high-quality fantasy animation. Rankin-Bass’ films were considerably darker and more violent than the competition, with stylish Japanese animation rivaling the American productions. And while their reign was sadly short lived, Rankin-Bass managed to release three of my all-time favorite animated fantasy films: the Hobbit, the Last Unicorn and, you guessed it, the Flight of Dragons. [...] [...] You know that saying “they just don’t make them like they used to”? As clichéd as it is, it rings true. Rankin-Bass, outside their stop-motion holiday specials, never really received the notoriety that Disney and Don Bluth obtained through their efforts of high-quality fantasy animation. Rankin-Bass’ films were considerably darker and more violent than the competition, with stylish Japanese animation rivaling the American productions. And while their reign was sadly short lived, Rankin-Bass managed to release three of my all-time favorite animated fantasy films: the Hobbit, the Last Unicorn and, you guessed it, the Flight of Dragons. [...]

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