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The [[Ralph Bakshi]] adaptation of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' is a combination of the first book, and half of the second book. It was meant to be three films, but was forced to be shortened to two, with the intention of finishing with the sequel. Due to Executive Meddling, the original title, ''The Lord of the Rings Part I'', was tossed out, resulting in [[Never Trust a Trailer|some disappointment]] from viewers who expected closure to the story. And while the film did well at the box office, grossing more than enough to break even (a rarity for non-Disney feature films of the time) the rest of the second book and the third book was never completed by Bakshi. Later, [[Rankin
The film mixes bits of [[Rotoscoping]] and live action footage. There's also a ''little'' bit of traditional animation that doesn't use rotoscoping, but it's one of those blink and you'll miss it moments in the film.
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Viewers of the movie either [[Love It or Hate It]].
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* [[Animated Adaptation]]
* [[Art Shift]]
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* [[Gonk]]: Oh, Sam, what did they ''do'' to you?
** To be fair, Sam was [[Played for Laughs]] during what was to be the first half of the film. One may notice as Frodo gets weaker, Sam gets more assertive and less silly.
* [[Hey,
** [[John Hurt]] is Aragorn.
* [[Inconsistent Dub]]: Saruman vs. Auruman, enforced due to [[Executive Meddling]]-apparently the head honchos thought that the audience [[Viewers
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: It's not too much of an issue for most of the movie but it's particularly glaring when the Fellowship is trying to cross the Pass of Caradhras.
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: Unlike in Jackson's adaptation, we never really see Sauron, only his shadow.
* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: Oddly enough averted, Gimli is human sized and Moria has some of the most hideous faces on ''its'' walls.
* [[Off
* [[Race Lift]]: Aragorn seems to be Native American.
* [[Rotoscoping]]: Pretty well done for the most part, but during the opening exposition that is visually delivered in silouhette, it's painfully obvious that Gollum is a guy in a big rubber mask and gloves.
* [[Sequel Hook]]: Due to [[Executive Meddling]], this was supposed to have been titled ''The Lord of the Rings Part I'', but this was deleted from the posters; however, the end still retained a voiceover stating that this film was the end of the first part. The home video editions redubbed a new voiceover without the hook.
* [[Spell My Name
** It's corrected to Saruman in the DVD subtitles.
* [[Stillborn Franchise]]
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* [[To Be Continued]]: Unfortunately, no.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Merry and Pippin, at one point in the movie just ''run into'' a camp of orcs. Done in the original material too, though. Says it right at the beginning of Part 3. During their search for Frodo, these two stumbled on a buttload of Orcs, leading to Boromir's attempted rescue, leading to...
* [[Two
* [[What Could Have Been]]: The second part of this was planned. However, the first part received mixed reviews and the producers refused to fund part II.
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