I've seen it I'm afraid...
http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/bakshi/bakshi.htm
Read this it's funnier than the movie itself.
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1. The Incidental Music.
When watching the film, the very first thing you get (along with the titles) is your first earful of the big, overblown, use-every-instrument-you-have-in-the-orchestra-or-else theme music. It continues unabated for for the next several hours. Many times Tolkien has written of the subtlety, grace, and magic of music and song; why, then, does composer/conductor Leonard Rosenman insist upon starting the movie with this symphonic Assault upon Dunkirk? A look at his other achievements tells us he's capable of better...
When watching the film, the very first thing you get (along with the titles) is your first earful of the big, overblown, use-every-instrument-you-have-in-the-orchestra-or-else theme music. It continues unabated for for the next several hours. Many times Tolkien has written of the subtlety, grace, and magic of music and song; why, then, does composer/conductor Leonard Rosenman insist upon starting the movie with this symphonic Assault upon Dunkirk? A look at his other achievements tells us he's capable of better...
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7. The Ring-inscription.
In Bag End, Gandalf asks Frodo if he sees any inscription on the Ring. Finding none, they throw it into the fire. After a moment. Gandalf pulls the Ring back out of the fire. Frodo comments with surprise that it is still quite cool. But they never bother to look for the Ring-inscription, which makes the whole business of throwing the Ring into the fire kind of pointless.
In Bag End, Gandalf asks Frodo if he sees any inscription on the Ring. Finding none, they throw it into the fire. After a moment. Gandalf pulls the Ring back out of the fire. Frodo comments with surprise that it is still quite cool. But they never bother to look for the Ring-inscription, which makes the whole business of throwing the Ring into the fire kind of pointless.
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11. Saruman's Voice.
It's their business, I suppose, if they want to cut everything referring to Saruman's melodic and persuasive voice; but did they have to make him sound like a gecko with a sore throat?
It's their business, I suppose, if they want to cut everything referring to Saruman's melodic and persuasive voice; but did they have to make him sound like a gecko with a sore throat?
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18. How To Recognize An Elf.
- Sappy pseudo-cheerful woodland Elf-music plays whenever they appear.
- They have eyes like Bambi.
- They're all exposed three F-stops too bright.
- Sappy pseudo-cheerful woodland Elf-music plays whenever they appear.
- They have eyes like Bambi.
- They're all exposed three F-stops too bright.
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48. The Blasting-Fire.
It's not enough to have explosives used at Helm's Deep, as in the book. Oh no! That's not nearly dramatic enough... so the explosives are now magical ball-lightning, hurled all the way from Isengard some eighty miles away. The filmmakers just don't seem to feel Tolkien's work is interesting enough to stand on its own... so they glitz it up.
Unfortunately, this sort of ignorant tampering makes the movie less interesting.
It's not enough to have explosives used at Helm's Deep, as in the book. Oh no! That's not nearly dramatic enough... so the explosives are now magical ball-lightning, hurled all the way from Isengard some eighty miles away. The filmmakers just don't seem to feel Tolkien's work is interesting enough to stand on its own... so they glitz it up.
Unfortunately, this sort of ignorant tampering makes the movie less interesting.
[img]52. Sam Peckinpah.
The orchestra now begins playing Christmas music as Gandalf rides Shadowfax through the Orcs, slaying at will. He begins killing them in hideous detail, and in gruesome slow motion at that. Two Orcs fall dead over the camera, the backs of their heads spraying blood. What the hell! Since they've already gone this far, they may as well make Lord of the Rings into a slasher flick too! Why not just give Gandalf a chainsaw and be done with it? [/img]
