September 29, 2009
I really liked it as a kid! What was the name of that little furry animal and who was it supposed to be again?
Christopher Guard, Michael Scholes, John Hurt
Although it was ultimately overshadowed by Peter Jackson's live-action Lord of the Rings trilogy, Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy classic is not without charms ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 11, 2001
Stats: 16,537 reviews
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July 18, 2009Now this is much better than the live action movies. Its done with rotoscope and looks great. Very dark, brooding and alittle eerie, especially the orges and the landscapes. It really looks sooo good, the animation is also good for the time and hurt offers that classic touch. Thi...( read more)
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October 28, 2007Under studio pressure this was to become part one of a two-part piece (Bakshi wanting to provide three films). This is not a total loss. But then again, its hardly a classic. Some of the use of the Rotoscoping works fine... The nazgul are suitably creepy, and I liked the orcs wel...( read more)
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October 28, 2009This is a decent animated version of Lord of the Rings. The story is close to the book and the animation is decent. They do however not get to do the entire story. They only seem to do the a part of Lord of the Rings book. I am not sure if they decided to not continue or lack of ...( read more)
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June 25, 2007I thought there were elements of it that were better than Peter Jackson's. And I'm probably the only one too. Some of the scenes in Peter Jackson's movie were obviously taken from this one.
When I read Lord of the Rings I don't think of anything all that earth-like really. You'd probably have to animate every single thing to get what was in Tolkien's head onto the screen. This came closer to that in a few ways. The hobbits were definitely fags though, even gayer than Peter Jackson's hobbits. But at least this one didn't have all those cheesy emotional and love scenes that Jackson's had. If you read the books you won't get the impression that Tolkien would want that kind of crap in a movie. I've always imagined it to be darker than Peter Jackson's interpretation. -
June 18, 2007I like this one because when I was a child I've seen it and it made me more interested in the triology (great) by peter j, and it gave me an appreciation to the concluded triology!
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May 13, 2007this is the original animation lord of the rings, whenit first came out in the late seventies it was great. The biggest problem with the film it was never finished the first two books where covered in the film but not all of the last as i recall.But anyone into Tolkien then it is still worth watching
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April 15, 2007umm i think that some of the people who reviewed it above have confused it for Peter Jackson's live-action version lol
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November 13, 2006I love the Lord of the Rings. (The books and Peter Jackson's films that is) So I think that I should watch this. It might not be any good, from what I have seen on this page from some, but others claim to have liked it.
I have never seen it at a video store or anything. I'll make it a goal in my life to find it and watch it some time.
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