![]() ![]() ![]() I think that PJ's pwns both of them though. Join the Hobbit Character Elimination Game in the Arena! The Rankin/Bass Gollum is a far superior design, but saying that, Bakshi Gollum always freaks me out a little! Save the dwarves from elimination in the Hobbit Character Elimination Game in the Arena! Tis great. ![]() Join us over at Barliman's chat all day, any day! (This post was edited by QuestLord on May 13 2012, 11:39pm)Ĭatch it, catch it, catch it! Dropped it. Ralph Bakshi Gollumīeginning an Arena quest of Rankin/Bass vs Ralph Bakshi character design: ![]() But between John Hurt, and Tolkien's fantasy, it still reached me, and still does.Rankin/Bass Gollum vs. It's for this reason I say 'lucky', the film is nostalgic for me so I overlook its shortcomings. I've seen it again many, many times and it always brings me back to that time, as a kid, thirsty for some magical adventure. If you don't like how the character is drawn, look away, and just listen to him. But the one place where this movie clearly rises above the new films is the voice characterizations. The quality of animation leaves room for complaint. But it still captures the spirit of the story, the choice to carry a burden for the good of others, the consequences of selfish, rash decisions, etc. I'm sure it misses the text, and is abbreviated in all the wrong places for the Tolkien purist. I was surprised to be watching a cartoon that wasn't all happy and silly-and was in fact dark, and moralistic. I was outside playing all day, freezing, and when I came in around 4pm, I had a cup of hot cocoa and sat down in front of the TV with a blanket. I happened upon this movie as an 8-10 year old on a cold, dark November afternoon. ![]()
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