Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings vs Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings (open spoilers)

[BMalion]

@Apocalypso

I would have to go back and watch Jackson’s extended edition documentary again, but I would swear there was a bit where PJ said the hobbits hiding from the black rider in a tree root was an homage to Bakshi. Possibly the other bits you mentioned are also.

I remember that as well.

[Miss_Mapp]

@Apocalypso

I would have to go back and watch Jackson’s extended edition documentary again, but I would swear there was a bit where PJ said the hobbits hiding from the black rider in a tree root was an homage to Bakshi. Possibly the other bits you mentioned are also.

IIRC, he said that the “Proudfeet!” shot was an homage to Bakshi, but there are several other scenes, as mentioned, that are filmed in a similar way. We had a long discussion about the hobbits’ first encounter with a Nazgul in another LOTR thread some years ago.

I was watching the Bakshi film yesterday as part of a John Hurt filmfest, so it’s fresh in my mind. I give it this: some of animation especially in the early parts is not bad; I like three out of the four main hobbits although I can’t help regarding them as little boys rather than little grown-up people; and Anthony Daniels’ Legolas doesn’t get to do much but he doesn’t annoy me the way Orlando Bloom’s is really beginning to.

[_xiao_wenti]

Does anyone else think that Peter Jackson’s battles are boring?

[Chronos]

Wait, C3PO was Legolas? How did I never notice that?

[Miss_Mapp]

@Chronos

Wait, C3PO was Legolas? How did I never notice that?

Yep. Caligula and C3PO are among the Fellowship.

[Wakinyan]

@_xiao_wenti

Does anyone else think that Peter Jackson’s battles are boring?

Yes. While there are a couple of scenes that I find dramatic (such as the charge of Rohirrim) – whether we talk about Weathertop, Moria, Helm’s Deep or Pelennor Fields, it is mostly pretty boring (I mean the actual fighting, of course).