watch this again recently and i find it heartwarming to see the way they sincerely try to bring the book to the screen and even if the shoestring budget and hammy actor mean inevitable failure . by any objective measure this be a disaster and but i find it easy to imagination how good a lord of the ring movie could be if someone be to make one sincerely and with the money to employ the most talented artist and script writer . unfortunately and thanks to jackson and that will not be possible for a long time . watch this movie leave me with the impression that with any sort of budget at all and then this story simply couldn not be stuff up . fantasy just provide so many opportunity for make an interesting film . there be many moment in this film that be potentially more interesting than the way that peter jackson do it and although of course you always have to use your imagination due to the poor execution . the way they try to show the wraith world from frodo point of view for example . or the way that galadriel show sam what be happen back home for another . another thing i really appreciate in this version the silent moment . there be moment when dialog be speak with no background music against a still back drop . compare that to the grandiose swoop camera of the jackson film and and the intrusive score which seem design to stress how each and every scene be the most poignant and powerful scene we have ever watch . jackson film be full of their own importance and this be quieter and a lot more modest . jackson and co hit this with more than u $ 270 million dollar in production cost and at least $ 90 million dollar more for marketing and a massive tax break from the nz government and and also gain massive saving from film in nz not the usa . however and despite the marketing claim and the intention to be faithful be never there . this be well document . philippa boyens say a much in an interview and when she say they deliberately do not re read the book before write the script . jackson also state that they originally intend to make a fantasy film along the line of the lord of the ring and and that the one he really want to do be return of the king and because it have a lot of battle but no character development . in contrast and this film try to be more true . of course a lot of thing be wrong and the acting be awful and pretty much sunk everything and and the pace be too fast . naturally they cut a lot and and adapt other scene and and for this they deserve credit . while jackson add a lot of action scene that serve no plot purpose and bakshi cut book scene which do nothing to advance the plot anyway . there actually a curious similarity between the structure of the jackson and bakshi film near the beginning in that they both deviate from the original book in the same way although of course some of this could be coincidence . this be not a good film and but the potential be there . bakshi say in an interview to the onion av club that only animation could do the lord of the ring justice . his version do not work and but he might have be right .