Reply #61: Funny, I don't remember Tom Bombadil in the Bakshi movie either...

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Closer to the original??? Ugh...you've GOT to be kidding me! Make no mistake, I do love some of Bakshi's stuff (Primarily Fire & Ice, which has Frazetta's most awesome background drawings), and I don't begrudge you for liking that style, but the Jackson movies are so far more a work of art than anything else in fantasy.

The Rotoscoping approach works well in some movies (I LOVE the recent French cyberpunk movie Renaissance, for instance), but the insanely terrific craftmanship in every part of the Jackson movie is literally unrivaled. They got world class craftsmen to make virtually all the weapons with medieval forges running 24/7 for 3 years. The detail on the Bigatures is incredible (did you perhance see the traveling exhibit that came a few years back?), and the costumes...WOW. Looking at Galadriel's outfit close up was just incredible!