Lord Of The Rings (DVD)

The story follows on from Tolkein's childrens tale, The Hobbit, and it is all about a brave band of Hobbits (half-lings), a couple of men, an elf a dwarf and a wizard who set out to destroy a magical ring that belongs to a great evil (Sauron). Not surprisingly, because the ring is magical the evil wants it back and sends forth army after army, and attracts many would be kings to its power in order for them to do its evil deeds and to try to retrieve ...
...film about 30 times on video prior to getting the DVD as a gift, so the plot and general feel of the film I already knew. The quality of this film will undoubtedly stand the test of time, as animation tends to age better than 'proper' films, and still compares favourably with the new version. Unlike the new version, it does stick fairly regimentedly to the book, so if you own the new version, you will notice some subtle differences between the two. ...

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LORD OF THE RINGS (1978 Animated version LORD OF THE RINGS (1978 Animated) ============================== The Lord of the rings is a classic timeless epic split into three books the first being the fellowship of the rings. The second is The Two Towers, and last The Return of the king, the film it self really only covers the first part but does go into the second a little where it was to be carried on but got cancelled for some reason unknown to ...
...film covers and not into the whole book as well as the connecting books like The Hobbit and the Lost Tales and The Silmarillion, as I could write ten of thousands of words and still not cover this masterpiece as I am and always have been totally hooked on all the works from John Robert Tolkien and his son Christopher Tolkien. I will start with the animation style of the film before I go into the story element of it. Well this film was like Star ...

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Review of Lord Of The Rings (DVD)

The Lord of the rings is a classic timeless epic split into three books the first being the fellowship of the rings. The second is The Two Towers, and last The Return of the king, the film it self really only covers the first part but does go into the second a little where it was to be carried on but got cancelled for some reason unknown to me so I will stick with the elements that the film covers and not into the whole book as well as the connecting ...
...Silmarillion, as I could write ten of thousands of words and still not cover this masterpiece as I am and always have been totally hooked on all the works from John Robert Tolkien and his son Christopher Tolkien. I will start with the animation style of the film before I go into the story element of it. Well this film was like Star Wares well beyond its time for special effects use as its uses a hybrid animation and live action blended together to ...

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Everyone should know the story by now, but just in case you don't ...... The story follows on from the childrens tale, The Hobbit, and it is all about a brave band of Hobbits (half-lings), heroes and a wizard who set out to destroy a magical ring that belongs to a great evil. Not surprisingly, because the ring is magical the evil wants it back and sends forth a army (and the odd magical creature) to try to retrieve it. Now, to be honest, I had ...
...getting the DVD as a gift, so the plot and general feel of the film I already knew. The quality of this film - which was ahead of its time when it was made - will stand the test of time, and compares favourably with the new version. Unlike the new version, it does stick fairly regimentedly to the book, so if you own the new version, you will notice some subtle differences between the two. The film blends in animation and real life sequences - which ...

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I watched the first of the trilogy this week on DVD. I havn't read the book so I didn't and don't know what to expect next. The film was certainly entertaining but the plot I've seen before in many guises starting long ago in greek mythology with such films as Jason and the Argonauts, Ulysses etc. More recently it reminded me of Star Wars particularly as Stephen Lee was a baddy in both who had been turned from good to the dark side in both films. ...
...I'm not so I won't. The early part of the film is a little slow going as most are but the second half is non stop action and the journey through the caves reminded me of many a computer labyrinth game and possibly the best part of this first part. I wasn't overimpressed with the lead actor but I thought the rest of the actors where very good. On the whole I'd give it 8 out of 10 for entertainment value, possibly just a little too long. I certainly ...

johnpa 21.08.2003 · Read full review
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I first saw this film in 1978 when I was extremely young!! (not). At the time I thought it was brilliant but having just seen Peter Jacksons vision of Middle Earth, this version shows its age! I wish that he had made the second part of the film, as it should be made clear to people that this film only covers half of the complete story, which is not evident from the packaging. Having said that this version is entertaining in its own right, and is ...

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