Ralph Bakshi's the Lord of the Rings
 

is it only me

that finds

that the 1978 film

has a charm

which is more

connected

with the actual books? :smokin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDmEx...dTQDNw&index=1

The camera work has a certain charm to it, as do some of the actual characters and dialects. But the music isn't as good nor is Gollum lol, *** is gollum doing, "give it to smeagol" and then that camera angle lmao... :D The phasing is also off.

it is ralph bakshi

these films have a soul

they are made

so you should sit in the dark

a freezing cold december winter

in a small room

with a friend

smoke pot

and watch it on an old

20 inch tv

such experiences

are not

delivered

with flawless

high definition

multi-billion dollar films

which you rent

on a dvd

and watch on your widescreen tv

no

the crappiness

is a part

of the charm

Not just me. I started off like some in dropping the book after the first chapter. After seeing this film when like 12 or 13 I read the book fully, feeling much better.

While I can't answer about the herbal enhancements, I do agree that Bakshi's world is much closer to my original vision of the books. Even pantsless Viking Boromir. I'm currently re-reading the trilogy after a long long absence, and am happy to find that the more popular imaginings are fading from my memory.

It has a special place in my heart because I saw it at age three, making it my real introduction to Tolkien (or Tolkien-related stuff, anyway). All the same, I thought it was embarrassingly corny even then. Yes, really.

Not to say that PJ's version manages to avoid corniness.

EDIT: Maybe it's just that I wasn't allowed to smoke pot when I was three.

Certainly I thought Bakshi's Ringwraiths were far more chilling than PJ's shrieking Sith Lords.

Pot and Bakshi go together like peas and carrots, if I may paraphrase Forest Gump. It's not only Bakshi's "Lord of the Rings", but watch his "Fritz the Cat", "Wizards" or "American Pop". I believe I saw all of them in an altered state back when they were released. I think.

*blinks absently*

Ummmm...what were we talking about again?

The whole sequence with Frodo facing the Nazgul at the Ford in Bakshi's version was far better than PJ's silly Xenarwen fan-fic.