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By Skot (iarrirk
Gamecock Staff Writer fan. T)
When Ralph Rakshi announced odds i
that he would be making a film either
version of J.R.R. Tolkein's im- total 1<
moriai classic ine i,oro 01 mo inaKini
Rings, the venture was viewed fantas;
with mixed emotions. early 1
To many fans, the very thought Wal1
of someone attempting to turn rights
their beloved Middle Earth into a them
screen production is little short of them,
blasphemy. According to throug
statistics, more copies ot The Lord comin
of the Rings trilogy are yearly There
than copies of the Bibie Ac live-a<
cordinglv, there are no re.igious pense
fanatics more adaman ant* (.he wi
fanatical than true, dyed-u -the KaKsh
wool Tolkein fans. Thest tdi:* cirvit
awaited the movie with vici? ><- tli
spirit; they were prepared to was h
pounce upon it and tear it, as web
as Bakshi, to literary pieces. Origi
three
Critics also waited, but for book 1
somewhat different reasons passed
Bakshi's epic was to be animated, potenti
the first real attempt 10 create an so the
animated epic for the movie-going two m<
public as a whole since the days of
Disney. Indeed, Bakshi was at But
tempting to go Disney one step how g
further. Ho, somewhat John 1
idealistically, had visions of people lasyV
flocking to see his classic the way and av
they do to see any Clint Eastwood succes
movie. He is attempting to bring in since t
the older crowd; no does not want the sit
this movie to bo iust for kids or can be
Yolkeip tans exclusively. What
Bakshi hoped to show was tha' The
there is a difference between anima
animation and "cartoons over v:
The bi
understandably, tne critics depicti
thought this to be a slightly True i
ludicrous endeavor, so it seemed elemei
that Bakshi was under a somewhat the fii
biased vi"w from just about finding
everyone. Undaunted, he set out to eventu
make his dream t reality. Bilbo
It goes without saying thai fashioi
Bakshi, from the very beginning is Bilbo's
himself a very enthusiastic Tolkein point
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iat lie would go against all almost breakneck spe
n making this film shows nearly impossible to
his devotion to an ideal or a dialogue. Due to the
ack of sanity. He has been amount of material in tl
g attempts at bringing the books, much has been c
y to the screen since the or omitted, but even so,
1960s. speeds along at a rapid
> r\: ... U..>4 Thn mmiiii moc mofJo
I UI Iglllctliy lltiu U1C waa muuv.
to the epic but, after holding the Trilogy. First-time v
for ten years, relinquished follow the story, but
The rights floated around careful attention paid
;h various companies before spoken word. Bakshi det
g to rest with Fantasy Films, story with almost fanati
was some talk of a "normal" for the original autht
:tion endeavor, but the ex tempts fo bring in everj
ot this project '.brew it out the "Tol'keir. spirit "
nc^w from the start. So wheit very close to pulling it
i 4- i'MP along saying that the
-i.-iuoi'' b'.' 'li>no in animation, Certain changes wer
I-,. .?? iht one to do it. it. (he story, but to all bu
aiuico to him. rabid 01 fans, these chz
admittedly necessary !
naily, he had planned tc do the party first met an
movies, highlighting each the Ford of Kivendell
rhe company heads politelv ? have been Glorfinde!
this idea off as having the Legolas, but the movie
al for a financial disaster swimming with charact
concept was shortened to attempts to keep it as
ovies. possible Legolas is
become a part of the ft
enough of this drivel. Jusi the Ring, Glorfindel is
ood is the film version of
rtonald Reui Tolkein's fan- There are many instai
in the opinion of this critic Tolkein fans will get n
ir I olkein tan. ine movie is a me scenes man son
s. The animation is the besi familiar with the story
tie death of Walt Disney, and sucn as tandalf's attem
>ry is as closely followed as the doors at the Mines of
? hoped for. be understandable by
but it holds a special n
movie begins not with those who have read tf
tion, but with a screened Much of the dialogiu
iew of live-action silhouettes word for word from the I
eginning of the movie is a to the delight of Tolke
ion of the making of the One For those who sav
Ring, which is the central Bakshi does use the R
it for the tale. The making,
tiding, the losing, the re-!
I the re-losing and the!
al finding by the Hobbit
naggins is covered in tms j MMgP"
i The animation begins with I SSffl 1
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off old movies ami animate over them Midd
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t the most the process creates an exciting ^
mges were visual effect The smoky inn at' W'K
Sure, when Bree is filmed in Roto-scope, and
elf outside this produces a quasi-realistic
it should effect of staggering, drunken
and not figures, blazing hearth fires and a
is already smoke-filled atmosphere were
ers. Bakshi The Ores are filmed in the Rotosimple
as scope process as well as some . ^
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hideous creature accurately
Tolkeins description and
eys the image that the
ure is one of the most
rful of all the denizens of
le Earth The battle between
alf and this creature is one of
lovie's greatest moments
? of the major problems with
lm is me iaci mai mere is no
ion that the movie will be a
arter. Many people have left
leatre in anger because they
not forewarned that the story
1 not be completely told
in fans leave with the feeling
he epic was unmercifully cut
. and those not familiar with
tory leave in contusion
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