i recently rent the animated version of the lord of the ring on video after see the fantastic 2001 live action version of the film . the lord of the ring live action trilogy direct by peter jackson will undoubtably be far good than george lucas star war prequel trilogy ( episodes 1 3 ) will ever be a the real fantasy film series of the 21st century . i remember see the animated version a a child and and i do not quite understand the depth of the film at that time . now that i have read the book and i understand what the whole storyline be all about . to be sure and some of the character be quite silly and ( samwise gangee be particularly annoying and almost as much a jar jar binks in star war episode one and ( awful . ) ) but and i have to say it follow the book rather closely and and it go into part of book two and the two tower . the good thing be that the action be somewhat interesting and some of the animation be quite remarkable for it time . the bad thing be that it end upruptly halfway through the two tower without any result of frodo quest to destroy the one ring and and the animation look quite dated compare to today standard . overall and not as bad a many say it be . but and the 2001 live action version be the new hallmark of the lord of the ring . at least ralph bakshi take the script seriously . peter jackson have say that the animated version inspire him to read the book and which in turn cause him to create one of the great fantasy series ever put on film and so we can at least thank ralph bakshi for that matter . i will take the animated version of lord of the ring over the live version of harry potter anyday . a 7 out of a scale of 1 10 and far less violent than the 2001 live action version and but nowhere near as good . for diehard fan of the book and film version of the lord of the ring .