<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Excuse me? My dear, I've seen the Bakshi version, and these are nothing like the Bakshi version. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>THESE aren't, the first one is. The scene in Bree with the Nazgul and the beds is a direct lift from Bakshi despite not being in the book, the opening is another direct lift which Bakshi needed because of the failure to get the film finished, and various parts of Sam's dialog are lifted from the animated version. <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Or couldn't you tell that the Bakshi one stopped halfway through? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I spotted that in the cinema. The audience was non-plussed to say the least!<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Remember those rather ill-placed scenes of Arwen in Rivendell? Much of that dialogue, especially on Elrond's part, was directly from the Appendicies in RotK. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>PJ's version of Elrond gives me more trouble than Arwen (apart from the Ford).<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> The Bakshi version is awful.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Yes, it was. I think it was better, but still awful apart from the voice-acting which was very good.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Like how they evidently didn't think that the actual story would hold people's attention, and so added superfluous special effects and background paintings, which were more annoying than mood-setting. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Again, I generally agree, although the special effects did a much better job of conveying a mystical struggle between Saurman and Gandalf than the version in PJ, which must rank as one of the worst scenes in any film ever made.<P>Another place where Bakshi's mess managed to come together was the nazgul. There the strange backgrounds worked well for evoking their desolate world.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Sure, some of his alterations weren't the best, but he did what he thought would appeal to the audience.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Where PJ sticks to the book he succeeds and succeeds well. Where he diverges he fails every time. As you say, exposition and long speeches are never going to make it into a film version that has a chance of getting funding but there's still no need for the balrog sequence to have been so long and then slaughter Lorien to get it squeezed in at the end of the film. <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> You can cry and moan about it all you want, pandora, just don't do it here. This thread is for people who enjoy the Movies, not those who hate them. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Fair enough. Just pointing at the Emperor's clothes.
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