Reviews: The Lord of the Rings (1978 Animated Movie) [Blu-ray]

The Lord of the Rings (1978 Animated Movie) [Blu-ray]

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In some ways, it's SUPERIOR to Jackson's re-write

Better than Jackson's

just ok

0%Fantasy Fantastic

Two stars for the first Tolkien attempt

1%Wonderful movie

1%Not definitive, but has some good points

0%Good, but not good enough

1%A pretty good attempt at bringingTolkien to film audiences.

0%One of those "intolerant fans" of the books

1%Magical...with beautiful animation

1%Bakshi's adaptation just misses the point.

1%Confusing, irritating

1%More accurate version of LOTR

0%Only for fans

1%Give Bakshi a break...

1%Horrific

0%Muy buena, pero no de 10

1%An interesting approach...

1%It deserves one star, because it made me laugh--a lot.

1%Comparing is Wrong!!!

0%Bakshi wasn't better

1%Darkly Effected, but somewhat Flawed

1%More true to the book and a better musical score

0%It burns, it burns!

1%Chill out people. This film deserves credit.

Means well but is quite strange

1%For It's Time, It Was Good.

1%For the hardcore LOTR fans...

0%Not as good as The Hobbit and Return of the King

1%Entertaining and obviously influential

0%not so good

1%A failed effort, but it had potential.

1%A parody of a movie shot over 20 years later!

1%Dramatic without Emotion

1%Two Stars is generous, but there's a reason for it.

1%THE FUNNIEST $%@# THING I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!!!!

1%Sloppy, awkward and without depth or detail

1%Worth a Second Look

1%A bad idea and not just because of the rotoscoping

1%Poor

0%AVERAGE AT BEST!

1%Saruman Or Aruman? Make Up Your Damn Mind!

1%Review for Animated Hobbitt-1977 Release and LOTR

0%It's a shame when movies go bad

1%Compelling imagery

1%True to the Spirit of the Tolkien's Fantasy Masterpiece

1%Why Translation Is NOT The Way To Handle LOTR

1%What were they thinking?

1%Look Beyond the Animation

1%Horrible! This isn't even worth the plastic its made of!

1%Saw this when it first came out...

0%If you prefer Tolkien's gold to Jackson's brass, take a look

1%A Deeply Flawed Classic

1%Ralph Bashki's Lord of the Rings

0%The worst piece of crap I have EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1%Ok for its time

0%Lord of the Bad Reviews

0%The Animated Masterpiece

1%Peter Jackson Got His Inspiration from Here...

1%I'm surprised at all the negativity.....

1%Fine Example of How Not to Adapt a Book

1%Terrible!

0%limited but respectful adaptation and subtitles galore!

0%Huge Tolkien Fan

1%IT BURNS US, IT BURNS US!!!!!!

1%This film is hostile to the viewer

1%Truly horrible--and practically unintelligible.

1%utterly disappointing, as a tolkien and and animation fan

1%Ok in the beginning....bomb at the end....

1%Christopher Guard - The Lord of the Rings

1%Everyone is too Critical

1%Abomination to Animation

1%Disappointing!!!

1%A valiant early effort - give it a chance!

1%A Fair Film

0%Poor Movie.

1%An alright effort from Bakshi!

1%"Oh Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dear!"

0%Little known info re: Bakshi's Lord of the Rigns

1%LOTR Animated Incomplete? Review From One Who Read The Books

1%well, this was good enough...

1%Loyal adaptation doesn't mix with confusing execution...

1%Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings

0%Ralph Bakshi's flawed attempt to bring LOTR to the screen

1%The Lord of the Rings, according to Bakshi

1%junk when compared to Peter Jackson's adaptation

1%Not worth it

0%Give it some credit...

Nice, but...

1%Overly Criticized and Underated

1%Great In Its Own Way

1%Interesting But Not For Everyone

1%A piece of ...

1%How can it compete?

Very Enjoyable

1%The DVD for people who read

1%WHAT IS THIS?

- tells the story -

I remember liking this movie...

1%Everyone has a vision

1%Surprisingly Good

Look for the sowrd that was broken....

1%Have Fun!

0%It's not "the Return of the King" and that's good.

0%Massively Underrated

fantastic animation and an artistic vision

0%Please Note: THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS THE ANIMATED HOBBIT!!

1%DO NOT BUY THIS MOVIE

1%A daring attempt that just doesn't cut it.

0%An underestimated masterpiece

1%impossible to overlook the flaws in this horrible adaptation

1%It was not meant to be....

0%Flawed, low-budget fantasy film

1%Use some imagination

1%the people who made this movie were on drugs

1%Horrid Characters

1%Went well until the end

0%A for effort, C- for result

1%The Lord Of The Rings - Disasterpiece?

1%Not great, but not bad either (1978 version).

Lord of the fail

1%Intriguing but disapointing

1%A terrific rendition for the time

Lord of the Rings as it should be

0%1978 Animation

1%Bad. Bad. And BAD! This is an awful film!

1%What happened?

1%Truer to Tolkien's literature than Peter Jackson's film(s).

1%Better than it was said to be

1%Blast from the past

The end?

1%So bad it's good

1%A curiosity, no more

Stays close to book, then ends abruptly

1%Maybe misunderstood, but still lacking

0%Lord of the Mood-Rings

1%Strange graphics and even stranger hair

Much truer to the book's spirit than the new film

1%Phew! The worst cartoon movie I ever seen!

1%Distinctively Not Good

1%Yawn

1%Hideous rotoscoped monstrosity, so ugly my eyes bled.

1%Interesting for fans; non-fans will be confused.

1%This sucked

1%Classic

1%Huge disappointment

1%Bakshi Version: Not All That Bad; Not All That Good

0%Missing item

1%A Very Under-rated Movie

1%Its failures have nothing to do with what was left out

1%At long last....

1%The Second is by far the Best

1%Great disappointment for a Tolkien fan

A Good and Bad DVD

0%Lame

1%excellent

1%Great aritstic animated piece - and Lord of the Rings !!

the lord of the rings

1%mediocrity is the word

1%Excellent Adaptation for LOTR Fans

0%This is the Worst "movie" I have ever seen in my life.

Excellent...

1%A Poor Effort

1%What is this? - Peckinpaw does Tolkein?

1%Don't beleive the hype, everything about this movie ROX!!!!

1%Yes! It finally has arrived!

1%lord of the rings

1%Not So Bad...Genuinely Atmospheric At Times

1%Classic Animated Movie, well half of one.

1%Lord of the rings

still as good as the first time.

1%The Lord o . . .

Too bad they never finish the story

0%A great introduction to the world of Tolkein...

1%Not the greatest

1%Lord of the rings - a short review

1%A Singular View of the Classic Story

1%This is the best of the Tolkien animated features

1%Even with DVD quality, this film is a disaster

1%Bakshi's version has Tolkien's heart

1%Read the books FIRST! I cannot stress this enough!

1%Thanks Warner Bros, for ruining what I have waited years for

1%The Lord Of The Rings CLASSIC

1%Warner Bros do not respect the consumer...

1%Bakshi's LOTR: a "Tolkein" of appreciation...

1%Still good, but digitaly deinhanced.

1%THE ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL

1%Breath Taking

1%Good and evil Clash for Domination!

0%Great version, but wheres the second half

0%Some of my best reminiscenses

0%Stupendous

1%One of Bakshi's best - Either you love it or hate it

0%I'm a Little Confused...

1%Lord of the Rings

Merely a taste test...

1%Lord of the Rings

1%Faithful adaptation