The medium of animation helped director Ralph Bakshi overcome ... are some downsides to "The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug," mainly in development of the original elf character Tauriel and ...

which cements him as one of the best elves in Middle-earth. Jackson was struggling while working on the first two Hobbit films, but when it came time for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ...