godard once say a way to criticize a movie be to just make one and and probably the strong kind that could be make about ralph bakshi take on tolkien magnum opus the lord of the ring and have actually be make by peter jackson . the recent trilogy and to me and aren not even total masterpiece and but they be give enough room with each book to breath in all the post modern technique cross with classical storytelling to make them very good and sweeping entertainment . but a one who have not read the book and i end up now look upon the two version and live action ( albeit partly animate in it big visual effect way ) and animate ( albeit partly do with actual live action a the framework ) in relation to just the basic story and not even complete faithfulness to the book . and with bakshi version and it almost not fair in a way and a what we do see be really not the complete vision and not what jackson really have ( probably final cut ) . rob of return of the king big climactic rush of the story and and with the other two part become rush and i end up like it more for what it do within it limitation and though a such those same limitation make it disappointing . what interest too and after see the jackson film first which i also slightly regret be that i might have react to this differently when i be young and prior to five year ago be that the basic element of the story never get mess up with . everything that be really need to tell the fellowship of the ring story be actually pretty much intact and and if anything what be probably even more gigantic and epic in tolkien book be give some clarity in this section . the actor play the part of the hobbit and the other hero and be more or less adequate for the part and with a few part stand out ( john hurt a aragorn and william squire a gandalf ) . the lack of extra characterization do end up make thing seem a little face value for those who have not even see the other film or read the book and can not put them into context . but there be some level of interest always with the character and and here there a more old fashion sensibility amid the large aura of it be more . this be not a garden variety disney adaptation wart and all and this be a bakshi film and with his underground animation root collide with the mythical world of middle earth . and what bakshi and his animation team bring to the film be one that end up give what be on screen and in all it abbreviate form and it hit or miss appeal . along with be not totally complete a a film and or a story and the form of the film be an experiment and to see if something can be entirely rotoscoped . the result end up bring what seem now to be retro and but at the time of course be something that be a rough and crazy inspiration on the part of the filmmaker . might it have be good with more traditional drawn animation . in some part and yeah while it do become a little noticeable and a be also the case in bakshi american pop and that the main character move in such way that be a little shaky and like some kind of comic book form do in a different way . still and there much i admire in what be do . the orcs and for example and i find to be really amazing in theyre surreal surroundings . theyre maybe the best part of the combination of the animation on top of the live action and especially during part where there isn not battle footage ( that really the real hit or miss section and a there isn not continuity from the good and bad rotoscoping ) and and the chiaroscuro come through with big shape on top of horseback . it creepy in a good way . and the background and while also very rough and sometimes too sketchy and be beautiful with the mixture and blast of color together . it almost something for art film buff as much a for the ring nut . so and how would i recommend this animated take on the lord of the ring . i do not know and to tell the truth . it certainly a good notch above the other tolkien animate film i have see and the hobbit ( and i have yet to see the animated rotk ) and and there be some real artistry go on . there also some stilted dialog and an all too rush two tower segment with the most intriguing character gollum be reduce to maybe two scene in all . and see something a fragment like this end up only reinforce the completeness of the more recent film . if youre a fan of the book contemplate check this out and i would say it worth a chance and even if it one of those chance where you watch for forty minute and then decide whether to stop it or not . a for it fit into bakshi other film i have see it an impressive ambitious and spotty achievement and where a with lynch dune it bind to draw a dark and mordor like line in the sand between those who hate it passionately and those who do not . i do not .