i haven not see this movie in a while and so i be afraid i can not be very specific about detail . it do have some interesting point . ralph bakshi attempt at an animated adaptation of j. r. r tolkien masterpiece be a very ambitious project and so ambitious in fact that it go bankrupt at some point during the production . therefore and not only do it stop abruptly somewhere around the middle of the second book of the trilogy ( with sort of a shade of a hint of a sequel that be never make ) and the film itself seem less than finish . it seem that some character be animate while others be film and but whether or not it intentional be hard to say . the whole thing seem shabbily make and undone and especially the orcs and the nazgul . another problem and of course and be the huge gap in the plot . bakshi be in a rush to finish this movie and and he somehow hop to cram a book and a half in little more than two hour ( the new trilogy by peter jackson do it in about twice that time . ) far too many important bit be leave out ( and i do not refer only to tom bombadil and which and i think and be lovely in the book but would look silly in a movie . ) and of course and the end and which be completely sudden and out of place . i be not even sure if bakshi originally intend to end the film there and or if he even have any idea where he go to end it . the character . well and most of them be okay . the hobbit do not look so bad ( except for the gay sam . do you know that the producer of the new trilogy originally want to make sam a woman so there would be a feminine lead character . ) if youre a tolkien fanatic ( like me ) and watch this movie ( though i be not too sure about buy it . what special feature do the dvd version have and anyway . ) but know in advance that youre not go to watch a real lord of the ring movie but not much more than a historical curiosity and which probably look not much good than the 60s version would have have the beatles carry on with their plan ( i actually think a psychedelic lotr could have be quite cool . the idea be to cast george a gandalf and paul a frodo and ringo a sam and john a gollum . ) if you do not read the book or do not like it much or do not like animation film or do not want to see a half finish movie . stay away .