# This movie, sucked. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972 "2007-08-17T18:16:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wonderwall6129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Wonderwall6129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonderwall6129)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/1 "2007-08-17T18:16:42Z")
All of a sudden for no apparent reason today, I was reminded of fourth grade, the last day before Christmas break. ( I would say winter, but it was a Catholic school.) In English class, we watched Lord Of The Rings. But not the live- action one, because that didn’t come out until about 2-3 years later. No, it was a crappy cartoon version. All the characters were-get this- gopher-like things. GOOD LORD. Conveniently, I had to go home that day sick, and it turned out to be strep. But I did see the whole thing three years later and I felt like I needed to wash my eyeballs to get rid of the filth… Anyone seen this movie? Or want to talk about other horrible movies? ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/2 "2007-08-17T18:48:09Z")
[QUOTE=Wonderwall6129] All of a sudden for no apparent reason today, I was reminded of fourth grade, the last day before Christmas break. ( I would say winter, but it was a Catholic school.) In English class, we watched Lord Of The Rings. But not the live- action one, because that didn’t come out until about 2-3 years later. No, it was a crappy cartoon version. All the characters were-get this- gopher-like things. GOOD LORD. Conveniently, I had to go home that day sick, and it turned out to be strep. But I did see the whole thing three years later and I felt like I needed to wash my eyeballs to get rid of the filth… Anyone seen this movie? Or want to talk about other horrible movies? [/QUOTE] The animation is kind of murky and horrid on the Bakshi version.. but not enough to call them gophers…any chance you are misremembering? ---
**Author:** ![Wonderwall6129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Wonderwall6129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonderwall6129)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/3 "2007-08-17T18:51:36Z")
[QUOTE=Push You Down] The animation is kind of murky and horrid on the Bakshi version.. but not enough to call them gophers…any chance you are misremembering? [/QUOTE] Perhaps…I think I’m confusing the LOTR with another movie we watched that same day, but I’m pretty sure the creatures in the LOTR we watched were some kind of animals…unless I’m REALLY misremembering. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/4 "2007-08-17T19:00:45Z")
Perhaps you are remembering the Rankin/Bass version of _The Return of the King_, in which the hobbits had a lumpy, gopher-ish appearance. There are quite a few still shots [here](http://www.cedmagic.com/featured/tolkien/return-of-the-king.html). ---
**Author:** ![Wonderwall6129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Wonderwall6129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonderwall6129)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/5 "2007-08-17T19:13:11Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] Perhaps you are remembering the Rankin/Bass version of _The Return of the King_, in which the hobbits had a lumpy, gopher-ish appearance. There are quite a few still shots [here](http://www.cedmagic.com/featured/tolkien/return-of-the-king.html). [/QUOTE] Precisely! Thank you, that would have bugged me all day. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/6 "2007-08-17T19:22:57Z")
As much stick as the Bakshi version gets, I think it’s OK in general. Hey, when you wish someone would make a decent LOTR movie, it’s what you’ve got to settle for, right? But the R/B version? Eek! Cuddly Nazgul? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/7 "2007-08-17T19:32:44Z")
But it has orc songs! (Doesn’t it? Or am I conflating the memory with another abomination? “Where There’s a Whip There’s a Way?”) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/8 "2007-08-17T19:35:58Z")
[QUOTE=DrFidelius] But it has orc songs! (Doesn’t it? Or am I conflating the memory with another abomination? “Where There’s a Whip There’s a Way?”) [/QUOTE] That’s the one. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/9 "2007-08-17T22:26:50Z")
If this _was_ about the live-action version, I’d have to agree. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/10 "2007-08-17T23:15:29Z")
I like the Rankin/Bass version. I would always rent their version of _The Hobbit_ from the library when I was little. I think the Bakshi one is a horrible abortion of a movie. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/11 "2007-08-18T01:04:41Z")
[QUOTE=Wonderwall6129] But not the live- action one, because that didn’t come out until about 2-3 years later. [/QUOTE] Suddenly I feel old. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/12 "2007-08-18T01:24:13Z")
[QUOTE=Wonderwall6129] Or want to talk about other horrible movies? [/QUOTE] Um…[Count of Monte Cristo](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245844/). That version; I haven’t seen the others. An amazing book, the best revenge story ever, and the movie made me want to tear my head off. Or theirs. Or both. “Count on Revenge…” AAAAAAAARGGGHHH…_goes on berserk killing spre_ ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/13 "2007-08-18T01:28:32Z")
Why would anyone want to suck a movie? ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/14 "2007-08-18T01:31:21Z")
[QUOTE=Leaper] Why would anyone want to suck a movie? [/QUOTE] No no no… like in Soviet Union, the movie sucks you! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/15 "2007-08-18T01:34:50Z")
Animated Hobbit: Thumbs up Animated RotK: Thumbs down ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/16 "2007-08-18T02:03:14Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] [Count of Monte Cristo](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245844/). That version [/QUOTE] Oh. Dear. God. I just checked and _Hidalgo_ came out 2 years later, so I’ll throw caution to the wind and say _Cristo_ was the worst movie I saw that year. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/17 "2007-08-18T02:06:19Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Oh. Dear. God. I just checked and _Hidalgo_ came out 2 years later, so I’ll throw caution to the wind and say _Cristo_ was the worst movie I saw that year. [/QUOTE] I actually liked parts of Hidalgo, though. Mainly the parts with Viggo! ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/18 "2007-08-18T02:38:05Z")
Stick with Heavy Traffic- it was years ahead of Who Framed Roger Rabbit 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/19 "2007-08-18T03:11:03Z")
I liked _The Count of Monte Cristo_. I saw it before reading the book, of course, and I think I can never see it again, but seeing it in ignorance, it was a pretty movie. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972/20 "2007-08-18T04:31:52Z")
Movies shown at Catholic school? How about this one? [King of Kings](http://imdb.com/title/tt0018054/) This was a _silent movie,_ shown decades later. Why the nuns thought this was relevant is beyond me. It was directed by Cecil B. DeMille, which means that it couldn’t have been all _that_ awful - but it was. The next movie I remenber was in high school to prepare us for childbirth. I don’t remember if there was a title or if there were any known actors, but the plot was this: '40s wife sitting very upright, wearing a suit and white blouse, is knitting ‘little things.’ He. wearing suit and tie, is smoking a pipe, reading a newspaper in what looks like a Barca-lounger. She seems to give a little hiccup and _very_ pointedly looks at her watch. They pick up a suitcase, positioned by their front door, readied for the occasion. I think there’s an “I Love Lucy” episode that shows this same attempted scenario. The next scene is of the woman holding a baby swaddled in what they called a ‘receiving blanket.’ That was it! That summarizes my Catholic school sex education and ‘fine arts’ education. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-movie-sucked/415972.md?page=2)