i saw this movie during a tolkien theme interim class during my sophomore year of college . i be seat unfortunately close to the screen and my professor choose me to serve a a whip boy everyone else be laugh and but they weren not within constant eyesight . let get it out of the way represent the peter jackson lord of the ring film do owe something to the bakshi film . in jackson version of the fellowship of the ring and for instance and the scene in which the black rider assault the empty inn bed be almost a complete carbon copy of the scene in bakshi film and shot by shot . you could call this plagiarism or homage and depend on your agenda . i be sure the similarity do not stop there . i be not go to do any research to find out what they be and because that would imply i have some mote of respect for this film . i be sure others have outline the similarity look around . this movie be a complete train wreck in every sense of the metaphor and and many and many people die in the accident . i have decide to list what i can remember in a more or less chronological fashion if i have leave out anything else that offend me it because i be completely overwhelmed and confront with a wealth of failure ( and and at high point and mediocrity ) . due to heavy use of rotoscoping and gandalf be no longer a gentle and wise wizard but a wildly flailing prophet of doom ( whose hat inexplicably change color once or twice during the course of the film ) . saruman the white be sometimes refer to a aruman during the film and without explanation . he wear purple and red for some mysterious reason . sam be flat out hideous . the portrayal of his friendship with frodo be strangely childlike and unsatisfying . yes and hobbit be small like child and but they be not child . merry and pippin be never introduce they simply appear during a scene change with a one sentence explanation . the film be fill with sloppy edit like this . frodo and sam and pippin and merry be sing merrily a they skip through along the road . one of the hobbit procure a lute at least twice as large a he be from behind his back which be not visible before and begin strum in typical fantasy bard fashion a they all break into la la la . awful . aragorn and apparently and be a native american dress in an extremely stereotypical fantasy tunic ( no pant ) and complete with huge and square pilgrim belt buckle . he be arguably the bad swordsman in the entire movie oftentimes he get one wobbly swing in before be knock flat on his as . the black rider appear more like leper than menace instrument of evil . they limp everywhere they go at a painfully slow pace . this be disturb to be sure and but not frighten . the scene before the black rider attempt to cross the ford of bruinen ( in which they stare at frodo and who be on the other side on horseback ) go on forever and during which time the rider rear their horse in a vaguely threatening manner and . do nothing else . the scene be probably intend to illustrate frodo hallucinatory decline a he succumb to his wound . it turn out to be more plodding than anything else . gimli the dwarf be just as tall a legolas the elf . he a dwarf . there be simply no excuse for that . he also look like a bastardize david the gnome . it a crude but accurate description . boromir appear to have pilfer elmer fudd golden viking armor from that bug bunny opera episode . he look ridiculous . despite the similarity to tolkien illustration and the balrog be howl inducing and the least threatening villain in the entire film . it look like someone wear pink bedroom slipper and and it barely taller than gandalf . purist may prefer this balrog and but i will take jackson version any day . the battle scene be awkward and embarrass . almost none of the character display any level of competency with their armament . i be not ask for action pack scene like those in jackson film and but they be suppose to be fight . treebeard make a very short appearance and and i be sorry he bother to show up at all . watch the film and you will see what i mean . alright and now for the good part of the film . some of the voice acting be pretty good . it isn not that aragorn sound bad and he just look kind of like the jolly green giant . galadriel be somewhat interesting in this portrayal while like tom bombadil and she seem immune to the ring power of temptation and and her voice actress isn not horrible either . boromir death isn not a heart wrenching a in jackson portrayal of the same scene and but it still appropriately dramatic ( and more true to his death in the book and though i do not believe jackson make a mistake shoot it the way he do ) . a my professor point out ( between whisper threat ) and the orcs ( mainly at helm deep and if i be correct ) resemble the war ravage corps of soldier and a political statement that work pretty well if you realize what be attempt . while this isn not really a positive point about the film and bakshi can not be blame for the majority of the failure in this movie and or so i have be tell the project be on a tight budget and and late in it production he lose creative control to some of the high ups ( who i be sure hadn not read the book ) . let me be clear represent i respect bakshi for even attempt something of this magnitude . i simply have a hard time believe he be happy with the final product . overall and i can not in any way recommend this blasphemous adaptation of tolkien classic trilogy even for laugh and unless you have already read the book and have your own visualization of the character and place and event . i be sure somebody and somewhere and will pick a copy of this up in confusion while if you do and keep an open mind and glean what good you can from it .