The Lord of the Rings
1978 Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Synopsis
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
An animated fantasy film from 1978 based on the first half of J.R.R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings novel. The film was mainly filmed using rotoscoping, meaning it was filmed in live action sequences with real actors and then each frame was individually animated.
Cast
Popular reviews
More-
After rewatching the Peter Jackson trilogy, I thought I should also rewatch the Ralph Bakshi animated film. I used to love this as a kid and I think it holds up well today. I think it's honestly just as good as Jackson's trilogy and in some cases better.
There was a lot that Jackson did better in his films, but there's also a lot that Bakshi does better here. The best thing I liked that Bakshi did was the characters. He gave the kind of character that I thought was lacking in the Jackson films, namely in Frodo. In Jackson's films, he always came off as too much of vulnerable and reluctant damsel. Here, he can actually take care of…
-
“You are the one who has the Ring now.”
-Gandalf the Grey (William Squire (Voice))Part 2 of the Middle-Earth Odyssey.
It’s difficult for me to separate my childhood love and enthusiasm for this version of Tolkien’s immortal series of sprawling epic novels and its sincere quality, having grown up with it (alongside Jackson’s adaptations too, of course).
Directed by Ralph Bakshi, this retelling of The Lord of the Rings is a faithful adaptation of the books and an enjoyable film in its entirety. Originally planned as two separate films charting Tolkien’s trilogy, only one was to see the light of day as producers United Artists unexpectedly refused to finance a sequel, despite its relative success at the Box Office.…
-
Ich bin überrascht. Ich bin beeindruckt.
Fast Szene für Szene deckungsgleich mit "Die Gefährten" und "Die zwei Türme" wird hier zum ersten Mal die Geschichte des einen Rings filmisch erzählt - naja fast. Die zeichnerische Umsetzung ist teilweise ein Witz, zugegeben. Das Projekt war zu umfangreich und die Mittel begrenzt. So reichte es nur für die ersten beiden Bücher. Leider wurden, vor allem Massenszenen, nicht wirklich animiert sonder deutlich sichtbar reale Spielszenen einkopiert und etwas retuschiert.
Trotzdem: hat man diese Version gesehen, erscheit Peter Jackson nicht mehr ganz so genial und vor allem "Die Gefährten" wie ein Remake!
-
This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
-
You know, I like the visual aesthetic of Bakshi's LOTR more than Jackson's. It feels more like a kind of creepy, old-timey fantasy fairy tale. That being said, most of it was shit. The animation is sometimes wonky, the battle scenes are horrendous, and the characters are completely unsympathetic and unlikable. If only Bakshi's atmosphere could have been used by Jackson in his trilogy...sigh. I can dream.
Recent reviews
More-
Even more of a weird oddity this side of the Jackson films. There are some good ideas and some very striking visuals but in this half-finished form it feels very inessential.
-
Mümü no Peter Jackson! Mümü no Elijah Wood! Mümü no Andy Serkis!
-
Omigod! Now its April and I can't remember a single thing that happened in either Lord of the Rings films!
-
I watched this movie when I was 5, and then again when I was a teenager. I can't remember if it was good, but I found it terrifying and dark.
-
You know, I like the visual aesthetic of Bakshi's LOTR more than Jackson's. It feels more like a kind of creepy, old-timey fantasy fairy tale. That being said, most of it was shit. The animation is sometimes wonky, the battle scenes are horrendous, and the characters are completely unsympathetic and unlikable. If only Bakshi's atmosphere could have been used by Jackson in his trilogy...sigh. I can dream.
-
Forgot how good this film is. Mix of real action and cartoon works really well. Pity they never finished it or did a sequal to finish the story off.
-
A worthy attempt. Pity it was never finished.
-
Loved this one for a long time. Shame he never got it finished. Sure Peter Jackson lifted lots of this.
-
This was an incredibly frustrating watch for me. They use what's called rotoscoping which is a technique in which animators trace over live action footage frame by frame thus animating it. It makes the film appear very dark, silhouette like. Similar to a dream.
Speaking of dreams, I've never done drugs in my life nor do I intend to but some of this shit was the closest thing I'll probably ever come to an acid trip. Some straight up 70's looking shit right here.
They try and cram both Fellowship and The Two Towers in this and it just doesn't work. The films a little over two hours and about 40 minutes of it are from The Two Towers. That's…