![]() ![]() However as the years have gone by and the Jackson adaptations come and gone, I feel more and more drawn to this rare piece of absolutism as I would a painting by Vincent Van Gogh or Salvadore Dali.īakshi always had a flair for adult-oriented animation, and finally with this he found a subject befitting of his style. Also at the time I didn't really care for the animation, which I found to be rather cold and creepy (having no idea it was rotoscoped or even what rotoscoping was). Reviewed by Aylmer 7 / 10 Severe, Psychotronic 70's CinemaĪs a kid I was quite astonished with the dark and gloomy tone of this film, especially in comparison to Rankin/Bass's take on the same material around the same period. My dad and my brother are both die-hard LOTR fans, and they say that this film was very well done. In conclusion, despite the flaws, this film is nowhere near as bad as people say it is. Some of the scenes in this film are very hard to depict, like the scenes with the Black Riders(the scene in the inn was genuinely creepy), and I must say, that in general, the execution of those scenes were well-above average. The voice talents are exceptional, standouts being Christopher Guard as the idealistic Frodo, William Squire as the wise Gandalf(very good but Ian McKellan was better but only marginally) and John Hurt's brave Strider/Aragorn. The film is also overlong and a bit slow, but anyone who's seen the Peter Jackson films will argue that they have the same problem. Though speaking of the orks, a very young audience will find them very frightening, and will be deterred by the sight of blood. The music was very well done especially the orks' march to Isanguaard, very haunting indeed. The animation was very impressive, a little dated by our standards, but bear in mind people it was made in the 70s and that it is lower budget than that of Disney or Pixar. Even more impressive was that they fitted two books into one film, many people consider that a mistake and that things were missed out, when actually considering the books aren't very easy to adapt, I thought this film wasn't too bad an attempt. I really liked this movie, and it is true, too many people compare it to the Peter Jackson films. Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 7 / 10 For back then, this is very impressive. ![]()
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