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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: suggested readings
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WhirlJack (cinnamon@io.com) wrote:
> Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds@kjahds.com> wrote:
> > On the subject of fantasy movies, I'd also recommend the Rankin/Bass
> > productions of The_Hobbit_ and _The_Lord_Of_The_Rings_, if you can find
> > them. Although the latter cuts out most of the story, both are excellent
> > productions, though probably of less worth from an I-F standpoint. The music
> > and voice acting are superb, and shows a dimension that I-F doesn't have
> > direct access to. (I've also heard of a Bakshi production of
> > _The_Hobbit_, but have also heard it is bizarre and not worth watching.)

> I hate to nitpick, but Rankin/Bass did "The Hobbit" and "The Return of the
> King". Bakshi did "The Lord of the Rings", which does indeed leave a lot
> of the story out -- including TRotK, which means it really doesn't have
> much of an ending!

I found that Bakshi did an extremely good job of finding the *important* 
parts of the story and leaving them *in*. (Up to, as you said, the Battle 
of Minas Tirith.) 

I don't know if this has anything to IF anymore, but it was a great 
adaptation of book to film. I wish he had done TRotK as well.

(Rankin/Bass's approach, with musical numbers, worked well for _The 
Hobbit_ but was kind of disastrous for a trip through Mordor. Much as I 
love the orcs singing "Where There's A Whip".)

--Z

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