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Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's revered Middle-earth saga captures the dark mood of the books extraordinarily well. The film covers the first half of the trilogy--THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING and the earlier part of THE TWO TOWERS--as Frodo (voiced by Christopher Guard), the cousin of Bilbo Baggins from THE .. Read more

Starring	Christopher Guard, William Squire, John Hurt, Annette Crosbie
Director	Ralph Bakshi
Genres	Action/Adventure, Animated, Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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  Unintentionally hilarious
  
  I came to this with a large amount of curiosity. I had heard it was impressive considering Bakshi’s tiny budget, which was eventually not even enough to ... read more »
  
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  - TheRiddler
  - staffordshire
  - 06 Mar 2004 at 22:13
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  dont bother
  
  awful is the best way to describe this film. im a huge fan of LOTR the books and movies and this is a huge let down.
  
  i know this film was made long ... read more »
  
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- - dannyhull
  - 6 reviews
  - 23 Feb 2012 at 09:13
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  Inferior in some ways to the live action film, but so much better in more important ways
  
  Visually inferior to the modern film version, but utterly superior in terms of voice acting, character representation, and darkness. In fact, this film is a ... read more »
  
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- - paulyb
  - 78 reviews
  - Middlesex, UK
  - 03 Oct 2011 at 22:44
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  lord of the rings
  
  oh rite, dont remember this film as so bad. did watch it along time ago when i was a kid. i remember it as good, but its not. its just a cartoon and got bored ... read more »
  
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  - colchester
  - 25 Feb 2011 at 17:31
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  Not a valuable investment of your time
  
  I saw this movie on VHS some twenty five years ago and had a vague recollection of excitement at the fusion between live action and animation and an image of ... read more »
  
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- - QCB
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  - Frodsham
  - 16 Apr 2010 at 16:57
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  the lord of the rings
  
  only for die hard tolkien fans
  
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  - Diss
  - 27 Aug 2009 at 15:30
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  lord of the blue bottles
  
  Pretty rubbish film all in all, someting about some elves going on a mission to find a dragon not sure as i kept dozing off. It wasnt so bad as i had a really ... read more »
  
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  - Derby
  - 04 Feb 2009 at 11:50
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  Cartoon error
  
  This thing by Bakshi is very unworthy of the book. It also peters out without telling the entire story.
  
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  - GwydionM
  - 45 reviews
  - Peterborough
  - 27 Jun 2008 at 18:26
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  Customer Review
  
  While it's not Peter Jackson's definitive visual offering this is still an interesting curiosity.
  
  Using different animation techniques ... read more »
  
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  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  Lord Of The Rings
  
  Having seen the sequel The Fellowship of the Ring I was very disappointed with this animated Disneyish version which does no justice to Tolkein's book.read more »
  
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- - Englishandproud
  - 10 reviews
  - Crawley
  - 02 Jun 2008 at 09:46
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  Inexcuseable
  
  As soon as Bakshi started running out of money he should have taken a step back, looked at the mess he created, maybe spared a thought for the millions of fans... read more »
  
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- - Polkadot
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  - Derby, England
  - 15 Oct 2007 at 16:53
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  - 5
  Unintentionally hilarious
  
  I came to this with a large amount of curiosity. I had heard it was impressive considering Bakshi’s tiny budget, which was eventually not even enough to ... read more »
  
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  - TheRiddler
  - staffordshire
  - 06 Mar 2004 at 22:13
- - 5
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  Flat - but then it is a cartoon
  
  Oh dear. Apart from the Rotoscoped battle scenes (animations drawn over the top of humans), which have a genuine sense of fluidity and awe, the rest of this ... read more »
  
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- - howie
  - 29 reviews
  - Hertford
  - 13 Aug 2004 at 16:15
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  Nearly There
  
  Lack of budget prevented this being movie being completed, which is a shame. Bakshi directed this animated film well and some of the experimental techniques ... read more »
  
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  - Bedford, England
  - 18 Sep 2003 at 15:59
- - 3
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  Only the one episode
  
  A beautifully made dark animation of the first episode of the lord of the rings. NB - Don't think you are getting all three. As far as I know they only ... read more »
  
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  - FlyingSquirrel
  - 30 reviews
  - London
  - 30 Jun 2004 at 14:16
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  shows its age a bit ...
  
  shows its age a bit and does not come anywhere near the heights of Peter Jacksons trilogy, but its interesting to see the different visions of directors on ... read more »
  
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- - Sam#36
  - TANSLEY
  - 13 Mar 2004 at 13:22
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  A very good effort, worth a watch
  
  Whatever you do dont compare this to Peter Jacksons live action epic, Judge it on its own and dont forget its quite an old movie , hence the slightly 2d ... read more »
  
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- - Andrew Cavell
  - Lymington
  - 15 Jul 2004 at 21:36
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  True dyed-in-the wool ...
  
  True dyed-in-the wool Lord of the Rings fans will enjoy this animated version of the book - although it lacks the grandeur and epic scale of the movie trilology... read more »
  
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- - DebJan#1
  - LONDON
  - 10 Jan 2004 at 19:04
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  It is a good animated ...
  
  It is a good animated feature. It is a shame that lack of funding cut it so short. Viewers who rent it today having watched the movie "the Fellowship of ... read more »
  
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  - DUNFERMLINE
  - 14 Jul 2004 at 04:31
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  I enjoyed this one
  
  I think some of the other ratings on this movie aren't really that fair. It's animated, but it's quite good for an animated film. I'm looking ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - east Yorkshire, UK
  - 20 Jul 2005 at 23:57
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  Such a shame it was never finished!
  
  This could have been a fantastic little cartoon, with such a great story, sadly they ran out of money half way through so you never got to see the end of the ... read more »
  
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- - Claire Sturgeon
  - Devon
  - 28 Jul 2005 at 16:51

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- Lord Of The Rings
  
  Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's revered Middle-earth saga captures the dark mood of the books extraordinarily well. The film covers the first half of the trilogy--THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING and the earlier part of THE TWO TOWERS--as Frodo (voiced by Christopher Guard), the ...