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You know, I've never seen Dragonslayer, just read the novelization. And I'd say that qualifies.
Obviously, the majority of fans, I think, and JRRT himself seem to prefer the LotR version. I like both, myself, but I wish there was a blockbuster pastoral fantasy story out there. (Maybe that's the Princess Bride.)
Ghibli is a very good call. If Totoro isn't a pastoral fantasy, I don't know what is.Some of Studio Ghibli's works might count, along with Wolf Children and A Letter to Momo, maybe.
Ghibli is a very good call. If Totoro isn't a pastoral fantasy, I don't know what is.
Also arguably the best possible thing to watch on a sick day while in bed, narrowly beating out the Rankin-Bass Hobbit cartoon or Bob Ross. So mellow, so full of love.Agreed. Totoro is magical and peaceful and a love of the countryside shines through in every frame.
Also arguably the best possible thing to watch on a sick day while in bed, narrowly beating out the Rankin-Bass Hobbit cartoon or Bob Ross. So mellow, so full of love.
So Bilbo and the hobbits were the ones telling stories of dragons and princesses? That would fit, in-world.
I had just forgotten just how different the world is in the Hobbit alone, compared to all of the structures that were constructed and published later.