The Lord of the Rings

Underrated and Overhated and I think it’s better than the Peter Jackson films because this film does almost everything right with the source material and it doesn’t have any filler lines WHOO!

While the movie isn’t as popular as Peter Jackson’s, Bakshi’s animation is mind-blowing!

A good effort retelling of the classic using rotoscoping animation. Bakshi took American animation to new heights but it also ended with him. This is no Fire and Ice but is still an enjoyable watch.

It might be nostalgia, but I enjoyed it. I liked the orcs and I thought that the orcs style so cool and unique- until the other characters randomly went into that style. But yeah, still fun.

A good story but the animation seems off. Almost like stop motion. The drawings a very "flat", almost lifeless. Characters have "goofy faces".

Finally gave the *The Lord of the Rings* animated film a shot, and wow, it’s such a unique experience. As a Tolkien fan who adores the live-action films and the universe overall, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but that nostalgic animated style hooked me immediately. The accuracy to the book blew me away, especially how dark and eerie it feels—it really nails the tone. The voice acting? Phenomenal. And the rotoscoping technique? Loved it; it adds such a cool, almost haunting vibe. That said, the character designs didn’t sit well with me—some felt way off. But my biggest gripe? It ends right in the middle of the story, which is so frustrating! If it had wrapped things up better, I’d have bumped it to 3.5 stars. Still, this is clearly the blueprint for Peter Jackson’s trilogy, and I’m so glad I watched it. Definitely worth it for fans!

It has an fantastic score by Leonard Rosenman and Ralph Bakshi‘s usual fantastic art style but combining the first two books into a single movie makes for slow pacing and very weak writing

Wow. This movie is a total disgrace. Absolutely horrible in every way possible. The character design was insanely bad. Jeez. The music was sooo loud and annoying. The orcs look ridiculous. The “real life” animations were so bad and everything just looks dark. Treebeard is a carrot. Sméagol is voiced so terribly. Sam was totally obliterated and is a total disgrace in this film. They call Saruman, “Aruman” the whole move. Shame! There’s a part at the end where Theoden starts screaming “Gandaaaaalfffff!” And it was so irksome and cringe. In fact, this whole mess of a movie was cringe. Never watch!

This is a childhood favourite of mine, I think in the timeframe, it does a decent job of keeping true to the first part of the classic epic. The animation is great, quite unique, even to this day, and the transitions between styles works a treat.

Though it succeeds in accurately summarizing the first two books without losing Tolkien's story, the movie never really satisfies. From animation to voice acting, the movie is too uneven. At times the animation intrigues. Sometimes it is even brilliant. Too often it is nothing but lazy rotoscoping. A lot of the rotoscoping looks like Turner put his color crayons to some long-forgotten sword and sandal B movie. Mixing this with traditional animation creates a jarring mishmash of images. As for the voice acting, it ranges from high school drama class to top-notch actors' studio. Only the soundtrack maintains a high standard throughout. For fans of Tolkien or animation. Everyone else will need a thermos of coffee to keep from dozing off.