A Critique of Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings [via Facebook]
Facebook just asked me whether or not I had seen Ralph Bakshi’s animated film of Lord of the Rings, pt. I; which of course I have, so I said that I had. Then they asked me to rate the movie on a scale of 1-5 stars, but the problem here is that on these star scales there is never any option for “Risible and bizarre far beyond the point of absurdity” or “This does not really seem like the kind of thing for which a rating of quality is appropriate; it should not so much be considered a film as a fact, or perhaps an object.” So instead of a star rating, I offer a link to this: http://www.flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/bakshi/bakshi.htm
A Critique of Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings
Perhaps the hardest thing, for me, in preparing this web-page is having to view this movie over again. I saw it with friends in the theatre when it first came out, within mere days of its’ opening, and loathed it. I came across it again last year, stumbling across it in a video store, and found myse…
via Facebook http://www.flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/bakshi/bakshi.htm
- —Rad Geek