peter jackson version ( s ) be well film overall from objective point of view . that be say and they be not my favorite screen version of lord of the ring and and let me explain why . firstly and the acting of the on screen character be just too ordinary and uninspiring with jackson lotr . the whole cast be too run of the mill . be you claim that those silly cartoon character of ralph bakshi version be well actor than real people . one could ask . well and they be not really silly ( save for hobbit and later about them ) and they certainly pack more personality than jackson party even with much more limited dialogue time . and that be because of superior _voice_ acting of the bakshi lotr . take aragorn for example . in this version his voice be deep and charismatic with full of authority ( aragorn the lord ) and with a seasoned rasp ( aragorn the ranger ) . this be due to john hurt brilliant voice act . compare that to viggo mortensen rather high pitch sound with no soul and the duel get quickly uneven represent hurt beat mortensen hand down . and then there be gandalf . probably the most dominating ( and the most popular ) character in the whole saga . in this bakshi version gandalf ( william squire ) be a real wizard . and by that i do not mean he shoot bolt from his fingertip ( he do not ) and but his presence be just captivate . he be a mystical and powerful and can switch from gentle old man to a scary person with ease . add to that his look represent tall and old a the ancient oak and beard long a his body and sharp eye and wizardy hook nose and of course and the classical wizard hat . a perfect gandalf and just like in the book . ian mckellen gandalf in the other hand and be simply just too boring . he look too human and sound too human and act too human and wear no hat or wield no sword . yes a sword . in this bakshi version gandalf score couple of bloody orc kill with his sword ( a he do in the book ) . and those be stylish slow motion kill . gandalf be not a power to be mess with . and it must be note and that while i be sad to say this and the great christopher lee do not bring saruman alive . fraser kerr in this movie do and even with a very limited screen time and line . before i move completely to visual aspect of the movie and it must be mention that the voice act and the general presenation of the orcs be also superior to jackson pretendeous bad guy . bakshi orcs taunt their enemy ( or each other ) constantly with growl and scream and nasty language . they be more believable a monster and be more faithful to the book in my opinion . and finally and the black rider or the nazgul . those ultimate bad guy be scary ghost in this one not just some rider wear black . and they speak with haunting voice and which mesmerize their victim . my favorite scene in the film be when the nazgul be chase frodo near the river . while peter jackson couldn not do anything but show the rider simply chase the party and bakshi throw in a nightmarish dream with some cool slow motion scene and thunder sky . but a much i like this film more than jackson and the latter be and if only technically and still good . and that be because of some key visuals . a you know bakshi lotr feature a mixture of animated character ( all hobbit and the main cast ) and real actor cover with paint . i do not really have a problem use real people in animation this way and but they just do not fit very well with traditional cartoon figure . this be especially true with human ( rider of rohan and tavern people etc . ) orcs be different matter and since they be mean to look very distinctive from other character . orcs and while play by human with animation mix and look far superior to jackson version . they have brownish green skin and shiny red eye and flat face and point teeth . big screw up in this films visuals and howerver and be the hobbit . while i prefer almost every character in bakshi version compare to jackson and the latter have clearly superior hobbit and in fact they be perfect . with bakshi you get some irritating and rather poorly draw humanoid disney bambies . and you be force to spend a lot of movie time with them and so be warn . again and the voice acting be ok with them too and but the actor mouth can not save the immersion damage make by these little weasel . well and i never really like those halflings anyway . general failure in the bakshi script be well know . limited playing time ( with limited budget ) and a lot of miss scene . so while this film cover nearly half of the story and it doesn not do it in extensive detail compare to jackson version . in a summary the ralph bakshi version of lotr have a superior represent overall atmosphere ( it feel more like middle earth ) overall voice act music ( i really dig the fantasy score by kont and rosenman ) gandalf aragorn ( one of the john hurt fine role ) king theoden orcs black rider elrond ( he not some fairy hippie in this one . ) while jackson version be well represent because it cover the whole story overall visuals and special effect gollum or smeagol balrog hobbitslord of the ring by ralph bakshi and even with it well know shortcoming and be one of the best animation film ever make and it capture the atmosphere of tolkien fantasy world very well and if not perfectly . i will give it a score of 8½ out of 10 .