![]() ![]() We lose little bits here and there, minor details such as the Old Forest and Tom Bombadil, the Gaffer and the Sackville-Bagginses. As for the adaptation of the story, it's actually quite good. The same technique that makes wraiths spooky and otherworldly doesn't fare so well in the Prancing Pony. ![]() However, it is so drastically overused-possibly as a money-saving technique-that it detracts from the overall effect. The much-maligned rotoscoping actually works pretty well, especially with the Ringwraiths, and the opening narration. It gets major points for innovative and careful camera work, applying cinematic techniques with relative success. As an animated film from 1978, this is pretty good-generally well above the standard of the days when Disney hadn't done anything good in years (and Tolkien cared little for Disney anyway).
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