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The Lord of the Rings (Widescreen)

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | Format: DVD
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (244 customer reviews)

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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 of its own. A target of derision from intolerant fans, this ambitious production is nevertheless a respectably loyal attempt to animate the first half of Tolkien's trilogy, beginning with the hobbit Frodo's inheritance of "the One Ring" of power from Bilbo Baggins, and ending with the wizard Gandalf's triumph over the evil army of orcs. While the dialogue is literate and superbly voiced by a prestigious cast (including John Hurt as Aragorn), Leonard Rosenman's accomplished score effectively matches the ominous atmosphere that Bakshi's animation creates and sustains. Bakshi's lamentable decision to combine traditional cel animation with "rotoscoped" (i.e., meticulously traced) live-action footage is jarringly distracting and aesthetically disastrous, but when judged by its narrative content, this Lord of the Rings deserves more credit than it typically receives. --Jeff Shannon

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3.0 out of 5 stars Made more sense than most Bakshi, April 14 2012
This review is from: The Lord of the Rings (1978 Animated Movie) (Remastered Deluxe Edition) (DVD)
once again another bakshi movie is at times hard to follow or completly understand what is going on, even though it made more sense than most of his other movies. And once again despite its flaws it does look very cool. His animation style and rotoscoping give all his work a very unique sense of style and this is where he gets most of his appeal. We are given very good characters and the first two books of the lord of the rings trilogy compacted down into one movie that unfortunatly was never finished.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite movie of ALL time!!!, Dec 25 2007
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This review is from: The Lord of the Rings (Widescreen) (DVD)
I guess that I'm a little different than most people, because to me, this was the best animated movie of all times! Unlike most others, the rotoscoping animation made the movie even better. The music was superb, much better than the recent trilogy. I found this animated version a thousand times better than Peter Jackson's. It was much more magical. The Orc's were more mystical than Jackson's hideous sci-fi Orcs. The ring wraith were more dark and interesting than the recent version also. I have seen this movie at least 50 - 60 times, and it just gets better. I only wish that they had finished the movie to include book three. As much as I like Peter Jackson's newer version, it will never be as good as this one!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Remastered Deluxe Edition Review Info (from someone who has an advanced copy), April 2 2010
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stryper "stryper" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lord of the Rings (1978 Animated Movie) (Remastered Deluxe Edition) (DVD)
First of all the good news, the cover says that this movie is presented in a standard format, formated to fit your screen, but it is in fact in a widescreen format (but, since I don't have a widescreen TV, I can't tell you whether it is anamorphic or not). Why the back cover says otherwise is a mystery to me (as the original release of this on DVD stated that it was presented in widescreen).

As for the picture quality, it looks quite good, with only the odd bit of film related dust specks/print damage, to the point that it's almost non-existent. Colours are nice and bold, and detail is very good (I'd hazard to guess that this DVD probably looks better then it did in the cinema back in 1978).

As for the extras, you get a 30 minute bio piece on Ralph Bakshi that actually feels like a cliff notes version of a much larger documentary (but it does have it's merits) and nothing else, not even the trailer for the film (which the original DVD had along with some text info) so if you're a completist like myself then you'll want to keep the original DVD as well.

As for the film itself, for all of it's short comings, it still holds up as being a very regal attempt at putting the books to film, with very little budget and no real support from the studio (to the point that the film just abruptly ends about halfway into the second book with no fanfare, due to the money running out and the studio not paying to have the film completed).

Personally, I applaud Bakshi for his efforts (because think about it, no one attempted to bring this story to film before him, and it took over 20 years and hundreds of millions of dollars for some to try to film it after him) and think the film is very good for what it is.
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