Fantasy... beyond your imagination.
That is the movie's tagline - and while it's not really beyond my imagination, Ralph Bakshi's TLotR has in a way exceeded my expectations. Not that I was blown away or anything but let's face it - it's an animation made in 1978, the sequel never pushed through, and I love Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy - so I was half-expecting a Disney cartoon about hobbits, dwarves, royal bloods, and wizards going tra la la la la through the woods and deep into the mountains, and I'm glad that I got more than that. Okay, I admit, the animation is at times jarring, my favorite characters look like rejects from the drawing table of a comicbook artist, and the overall color scheme a bit bland. But I did enjoy this film. Because in contrast with Jackson's drawn-out epic saga, this one is fast-paced (considering it's based from a Tolkien book) - with books one & two condensed into a 2-hour movie.
The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle Earth
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| Directed by: Ralph Bakshi (Wizards, Last Days of Coney Island) Screenplay by: Peter S. Beagle, Chris Conkling Music by: Leonard Rosenman, Paul Kont Cinematography by: Timothy Galfas Running Time: 133 mins |
