Remember, the hobbits were rather short-statured/big and bare-footed, eschewing all “footwear”, as Tolkien wrote them.
So, if you were not already prepared for that, by reading the books first, then you have used your particular wardrobe paradigm, to filter your enjoyment of the films.
It was about the Bakshi cartoon, not the live-action films. In the cartoon, it looked as if there were
worms crawling around on the Hobbits’ legs. It was distracting for me, and I thought it was sloppy
work by the animation team since the frame-to-frame continuity was broken.
Sorry for the confusion.
I have thoroughly enjoyed all the LOTR books and so far, the films. The CG does not bother me.
I’m used to it from the Transformer and other “BIG” action movie franchises we rent or buy.