I remember watching on TV once. amaz9ing animation for its time, the final battle scene was so fluidly done that it matches or tops or the CGI stuff of the overly massive life trilogy.
The thing I love about this is that I feel they somehow captured the very essence of Tolkien all boiled down into a 1 1/2 minute little song. None of the other LOTR adaptations capture Tolkien's feel this well, for all it's flaws this film shines for that.
Why is this video unlisted?? I was searching all over Youtube for it and eventually only found it by typing all the lyrics into Google. Why not share this wonderful song with the rest of the world?
Out of every adaptation of the trilogy, it's just this single scene from this one adaptation that makes me smile and remember why Sam is the most brilliant and most deserving character in the entire world of fiction and film.
Such a wonderful song, only problem is I have to listen to it 5 times in a row at least. Enjoy life my friends, the small pleasures bring the most joy, let greed melt away and be happy!
'Frodo of the Nine Fingers' 'The Bearer of the Ring' and 'Less Can Be More' can be used as emergency cliff notes of everything you need to know about Middle-Earth. The rest is extra detail, which makes it more interesting.
The song is sung by Glenn Yarbrough like almost every other song in this movie except for where theres a whip theres a way and the bearer of the ring hope that helps
Sylvester, Rankin and Bass did 2 movies like this: The Hobbit and The Return of the Ring. They never did the two towers of the fellowship. Oddly.
Another animator Baski did an attempt at Fellowship, but they ran out of money mid way and animators were getting tired. Clearly the work shows it as you watch. Instead of being fully animated fully, they filmed actors and the art was painted over them. Worse, the film at times gets TOO dark to see.
The same company did the LOTR, It was just Bass though and he didn't get full financial support so they answered some of the questions left over from their interpretation of the LOTR in the return of the king by saying "Frodo was captured by orcs and imprisoned in the tower of Cirith Ungol". I also agree the film may be dark but that is because of the excess blood.
Haha...love how you said "this song helps lead my life". That's awesome!
I'd love to find a raw, complete recording of this song as well. Apparently, it looks like they did a release of just the songs from The Hobbit; but I don't think it happened for The Return of the King (although I did own an LP recording of the animation story, itself).
Ranklin/Bass did Lord of the rings also. You see they did the hobbit then lotr in name only with different animation it resembles Wizards. It showed FOTR and TTT except Shelob and Sam and Frodo reaching Mordor this version is the supposed 3rd part of the Ranklin Bass lotr trilogy using the animation from the hobbit.
@PadraikKasier I don't believe I said that, also United Artists was the movie provider they don't have any creative input in the film. UA is purely a provider for films.
"Ranklin/Bass did Lord of the Rings also. You see they did The Hobbit then LOTR in name only with different animation... It showed FOTR and TTT except Shelob, and Sam and Frodo reaching Mordor this version is the supposed 3rd part of the Ranklin/Bass LOTR trilogy using the animation from the hobbit"
@PadraikKasier I know for a fact that either Ranklin or Bass did the LOTR animated film. I think I was Ranklin if you look it up as in Ranklin in google or youtube you might find other movies like Wizards with similar animation under Ranklin. Ranklin does a little more 'mature' fantasies and Bass tries to make it more family oriented. I would continue to argue but I'm sick.
@PadraikKasier Ranlkin directed the LOTR part of this trilogy which shows off in its animation. The Hobbit and ROTK was did by Ranklin/ Bass. There my point all along.
Let's be clear. I already knew that The Hobbit and Return of the King were Ranklin/Bass. That's not the issue.
You said (I quote),
"Ranklin/Bass did Lord of the Rings also. You see they did The Hobbit then LOTR in name only with different animation... It showed FOTR [The Fellowship of the Ring] and TTT [The Two Towers]".
You are quite clearly referring to the movie that is the Fellowship + the 2 Towers in one film, and you also clearly say that it was directed by Ranklin. This is NOT true.
@PadraikKasier they both didn't work on it, I rechecked on wikipedia and my own copy of it on vhs only Ralph Baksh worked on it as an animator. They weren't joint in its making.
@MysticPegasus1 The writers of this version are rankin/bass. Unfortuantly, they only converted the music from the hobbit into a soundtrack, they never did return of the king, I asked them. I love this music too, and was very sad when Rick Goldsmit told me there was no soundtrack for the movie.
@MysticPegasus1 It is sung by the legend Glenn Yarbrough he also sang the songs "The Roads Go Ever On and On", "Leave Tomarrow Till It Come" and "Its So Easy Not to Try". He actually voices the Minstral of Gondor inthis movie. In The Hobbit, he sang another version of "Roads" and, my personal favorite, "The Greatest Adventure". His non- Tolkien movie hits include "Baby the Rain Must Fall" and "The Wayfaring Stranger". His daughter is also an amazing singer and they have done some duets.
@MysticPegasus1 It is sung by the legend Glenn Yarbrough he also sang the songs "The Roads Go Ever On and On", "Leave Tomarrow Till It Come" and "Its So Easy Not to Try". He actually voices the Minstral of Gondor inthis movie. In The Hobbit, he sang another version of "Roads" and, my personal favorite, "The Greatest Adventure". His non- Tolkien movie hits include "Baby the Rain Must Fall" and "The Wayfaring Stranger". His daughter is also an amazing singer and they have done some duets.
If you have the Hobbit and Return of the King DVD's (Which I assume you do) you can do this....
Connect your DVD player audio to a cd burner. Then use an audio editing program such as musicmatch to clean it up and chop off the parts you don't want. I did the same to get all the music for my "Hobbit Trivia Video".
@MysticPegasus1 If you have the Hobbit and Return of the King DVD's (Which I assume you do) you can do this....
Connect your DVD player audio to a cd burner. Then use an audio editing program such as musicmatch to clean it up and chop off the parts you don't want. I did the same to get all the music for my "Hobbit Trivia Video".
I love this song so much! I was singing this song earlier today while I was doing dishes. I try to live by it as much as possible. It was watching this movie as a kid that made me fall in love with the character of Samwise Gamgee... his simplicity and representation of the good earth is so humbling. This song brings back such great childhood memories!!!!!! <3 Thanks for posting this!
thats not what i meant, i meant that the hobbit isnt a terrible film
the return of the king is pretty close to the book but its awful and since they were made by the same company im surprised one was alot better than the other
I think RotK was as good as it could be given the limitations of late 1970s animation aimed at TV. The Hobbit could be read at two level (Children's and mature) and so didn't have the same problems with "kidification" that RotK did. Then you had the time problem; for every 30 min you had about 25 min of show and at 98 min this show could run 4 hours on TV. Like all things it was a product of its time and must be viewed in that light.
As much as I love this film, I must agree with Blackstonewielder19. The film had too many plotholes and not needed-dialog and scenes. I think the storyline could've been done better, dispite the time limit. If you want an example just look at the movie's timeline. Sam looked for Frodo in FOUR DAYS? It makes little to no sense.
@mangamadde I respectfully disagree about the dialog- some of the words were exactly how Tolkien wrote them in the book and they are beautiful. I wish the live action had gone more that way. The way Tolkien used language was --- unbelievable. It sounds like music.
Soooo beautiful and nostalgic! I've always loved this song and the hobbit kids chasing one another then lying down on the grassy hill. Such carefree innocence!
ahh i wish you'd left in the part where he fantasizes about "samwise the strong!!!!" and then sobers up from the ring and trips out and starts hearing this song for some reason.
For Fellowship and Towers, Jackson's versions. Fellowship blew me away with its sight and sound and most of the actors. Towers did also but not as much and it had its flaws but was still awesome. These versions all move me, have meaning and are masterpieces in my opinion. The others are long and flat but somewhat interesting though they don't stimulate much emotion.
isn't it great that these melodies, after so many yrs, stay with us? But what's even more beautiful is tha the lyrics are so MOVING... What do I need? When you get right down to it. All my cares come from greed and it's time that I knew it. Things I can't do without are the small things that life is all about."
A lesson those orcs should learn less can be beautiful but it is horrible thinking that being elf family man isn't exactly a beautiful dream to them but a nightmare.
Yep, Elenors are small white flowers which grow in Lorien. They're supposed to make the ground of Lothlorien look like the heavens above, with the Elenors as stars, if memory serves. I could be wrong about that second part though.
Agreed. This animation captures the atmosphere and meaning of Tolkien's work WAY better than Peter Jackson's live action movie...
It brings me back to the unique feeling I had when I was in second grade, reading through my mothers copies for the first time... Tolkiens very comfy art... a certain smell.... a certain feeling...
There was a lot more than just words and pages bound in that book... Peter Jackson barely captured any of it... if any at all...
Well, most people don't have that sort of fond, childhood memories of LoTR. I do, which was part of my disappointment for the movie. But, to give credit where it's due, it's not a bad movie. IMHO, it was more of a fanfic (in a way) than an actual attempt at portraying Middle-Earth in any way faithful to the original. That, and an attempt to make lots of money...but nevertheless, compared to things such as the Golden Compass or Narnia, it's not as big a disaster as could have been.
Yeah, I posted on another video that it was a movie for all rather than one for the epic fantasy reader niche. If it wasn't supposed to be Tolkien's works embodied, and was a stand-alone movie, it would have been pretty awesome, I admit... but with all the nostalgia I have tied up in Tolkien's works, the euphoria just wasn't there.
Can I just say, the cartoon version of the hobbits are freaking adorable.
90sfanforever 1 month ago
Great message!
MagiereShepard 2 months ago
I remember watching on TV once. amaz9ing animation for its time, the final battle scene was so fluidly done that it matches or tops or the CGI stuff of the overly massive life trilogy.
Wolfen443 2 months ago
i wish the made all the books in to movies during this time
Maxbun3 3 months ago
The thing I love about this is that I feel they somehow captured the very essence of Tolkien all boiled down into a 1 1/2 minute little song. None of the other LOTR adaptations capture Tolkien's feel this well, for all it's flaws this film shines for that.
totoro1591 3 months ago 2
@totoro1591 Exactly. I think that the spirit of hobbitness is in this song.
Belkagazaryan 2 months ago
@Belkagazaryan Check out my page to see my "hobbit song!" :)
totoro1591 2 months ago
There are a great deal of a great many kinds of love".
shatoctgabey7 6 months ago
Why is this video unlisted?? I was searching all over Youtube for it and eventually only found it by typing all the lyrics into Google. Why not share this wonderful song with the rest of the world?
AWorldWithoutTenors 6 months ago
@AWorldWithoutTenors simply BECAUSe it SHALL STAY online ;-)
dreinulleinssechs 4 months ago
As bad as this movie was, they at least got Samwise mostly right, and that's a huge bonus in my book.
ElvenRaptor 9 months ago
LEMMIWENKSSSSSSS
SuperPersianVersion 9 months ago
Out of every adaptation of the trilogy, it's just this single scene from this one adaptation that makes me smile and remember why Sam is the most brilliant and most deserving character in the entire world of fiction and film.
1994PandaBeth 9 months ago
@1994PandaBeth :) I love Sam too. It's too bad this is the only LOTR adaptation that really does him justice in terms of his own struggle w/the ring.
totoro1591 3 months ago
2 people don't have the small things that life is all about
TheVideoObsession 10 months ago
Wisdom.
Alectr0n 10 months ago
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! XD YES!!!
63rewind36 1 year ago
Such a wonderful song, only problem is I have to listen to it 5 times in a row at least. Enjoy life my friends, the small pleasures bring the most joy, let greed melt away and be happy!
Battle4MiddleEarth 1 year ago
This sounds a bit like Zen Philosophy.
altarush 1 year ago
This really is a pretty song.
99whatever99 1 year ago
'Frodo of the Nine Fingers' 'The Bearer of the Ring' and 'Less Can Be More' can be used as emergency cliff notes of everything you need to know about Middle-Earth. The rest is extra detail, which makes it more interesting.
DarthRaukrist 1 year ago
I like the first line less can be more and small can be beautiful what do I need
when I get I right down to it all my cares come from greed and it is time that i knew it
NarnianQueen89 1 year ago
WHAT A SHITTY ROCKING HORSE!!
danleclerc57 1 year ago 13
@danleclerc57 hobbit craftmanship for you
timenyart 2 weeks ago
this movie is good and all, but i prefer watching a version of LOTR without songs and more epicness, like the jackson's trilogy
aoiniina 1 year ago
The song is sung by Glenn Yarbrough like almost every other song in this movie except for where theres a whip theres a way and the bearer of the ring hope that helps
miamiheatfan93 1 year ago
Just wonderful! I love this song forever:):) Less can be more, and small can be beautiful:):)
EllethwenEldarwen 1 year ago
I love it.
HoratioCraver101 1 year ago
Kinda sounds a little like Bryan Ferry... how fucking cool would that be!!
craigieboy123 1 year ago
It is songs like this and Cats Cradle that makes me wish that my son didn't hate me.
mrfivegold 1 year ago
Love this song, we you get older and see life is more then money or things but family and friends, grow up with the story of LOTR.
Battle4MiddleEarth 1 year ago
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god this movie sucks
pippozg 1 year ago
i love this video because the comments arn't negative or perverted, they are all positive and peaceful
42Nightsyesterday 1 year ago 3
Lemiwinks, Lemiwinks...
Myndir 2 years ago
isn't that little toddler hobbit at 0:37 to 0:45
the cuttess thing in the world :)
42Nightsyesterday 2 years ago 13
soooo simple and so very true, you live only once, with God, health , a spirit of adventure makes life so wonderful.
Battle4MiddleEarth 2 years ago
very nice words to this song and the music is wonderful.
Battle4MiddleEarth 2 years ago 3
i love this. so perfectly hobbity.
mewmewsaffy 2 years ago 3
Is There A Fellowship Of The Ring?
SylvesterTailsWaffle 2 years ago
Sylvester, Rankin and Bass did 2 movies like this: The Hobbit and The Return of the Ring. They never did the two towers of the fellowship. Oddly.
Another animator Baski did an attempt at Fellowship, but they ran out of money mid way and animators were getting tired. Clearly the work shows it as you watch. Instead of being fully animated fully, they filmed actors and the art was painted over them. Worse, the film at times gets TOO dark to see.
thesagebrushkid 2 years ago
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mrsbonniemoore 2 years ago 2
This was actually a made of TV not for theaters that is way some parts fade to black as if their going to commercial.
mrfivegold 1 year ago 2
The same company did the LOTR, It was just Bass though and he didn't get full financial support so they answered some of the questions left over from their interpretation of the LOTR in the return of the king by saying "Frodo was captured by orcs and imprisoned in the tower of Cirith Ungol". I also agree the film may be dark but that is because of the excess blood.
mrfivegold 1 year ago
Anyone know where I can get a copy of this soundtrack I've looked everywhere and I can't find it! So Any help at all would be a Big help
paladin3434 2 years ago
eBay?
RomneyGack 2 years ago
The scene is so post to be Sam with his before he marries her (Percy) wife and future family
Murdoc2Dbabe 2 years ago
People sometimes forget that Hobbits are based on rural English folk from ages past, so these "cheesy" songs actually kind of fit rather well.
ProudBlood14 2 years ago
Ya know...I think I like this version of RoTK more than the "live-action" one.
goofgut 2 years ago 4
Dose anyone Know were to get this song?or who sings it? I Can't find the movie soundtrack anywere.:(
( Yes , I'm a Tottal Nerd But , I grew up on this movie and this song helps lead my life .)
MysticPegasus1 2 years ago 18
You could go to OnlineVideoConverter(.)com and copy the audio from YouTube :) I've done that myself a couple of times.
mangamadde 2 years ago
thank you ! :)
MysticPegasus1 2 years ago
Glenn Yarbrough is the artist.
Sogetsu11 2 years ago 3
Haha...love how you said "this song helps lead my life". That's awesome!
I'd love to find a raw, complete recording of this song as well. Apparently, it looks like they did a release of just the songs from The Hobbit; but I don't think it happened for The Return of the King (although I did own an LP recording of the animation story, itself).
Fightflipnfold 2 years ago
Glenn Yarborough sings it. Look on eBay for the soundtrack, maybe.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
@RomneyGack I think they only released The Hobbit and The Return of the King on vinyl
OfficialArmonist 2 years ago
Ranklin/Bass did Lord of the rings also. You see they did the hobbit then lotr in name only with different animation it resembles Wizards. It showed FOTR and TTT except Shelob and Sam and Frodo reaching Mordor this version is the supposed 3rd part of the Ranklin Bass lotr trilogy using the animation from the hobbit.
The official Ranklin Bass lotr trilogy:
The Hobbit
The Lord of the rings
The return of the king
mrfivegold 1 year ago
@mrfivegold;
The FOTR/TT movie wasn't by the same studio. Bashki directed that one under United Artists.
PadraikKasier 1 year ago
@PadraikKasier I don't believe I said that, also United Artists was the movie provider they don't have any creative input in the film. UA is purely a provider for films.
mrfivegold 1 year ago
@mrfivegold; I quote:
"Ranklin/Bass did Lord of the Rings also. You see they did The Hobbit then LOTR in name only with different animation... It showed FOTR and TTT except Shelob, and Sam and Frodo reaching Mordor this version is the supposed 3rd part of the Ranklin/Bass LOTR trilogy using the animation from the hobbit"
PadraikKasier 1 year ago
@PadraikKasier I know for a fact that either Ranklin or Bass did the LOTR animated film. I think I was Ranklin if you look it up as in Ranklin in google or youtube you might find other movies like Wizards with similar animation under Ranklin. Ranklin does a little more 'mature' fantasies and Bass tries to make it more family oriented. I would continue to argue but I'm sick.
mrfivegold 1 year ago
You look it up; I already did.
PadraikKasier 1 year ago
@PadraikKasier Ranlkin directed the LOTR part of this trilogy which shows off in its animation. The Hobbit and ROTK was did by Ranklin/ Bass. There my point all along.
mrfivegold 1 year ago
Let's be clear. I already knew that The Hobbit and Return of the King were Ranklin/Bass. That's not the issue.
You said (I quote),
"Ranklin/Bass did Lord of the Rings also. You see they did The Hobbit then LOTR in name only with different animation... It showed FOTR [The Fellowship of the Ring] and TTT [The Two Towers]".
You are quite clearly referring to the movie that is the Fellowship + the 2 Towers in one film, and you also clearly say that it was directed by Ranklin. This is NOT true.
PadraikKasier 1 year ago
@PadraikKasier they both didn't work on it, I rechecked on wikipedia and my own copy of it on vhs only Ralph Baksh worked on it as an animator. They weren't joint in its making.
mrfivegold 1 year ago
Then what are we arguing about?
PadraikKasier 1 year ago
@PadraikKasier I never said that Baksh never had any input in the lotr fotr/tt film I said either one did from what I remember. Christ...
mrfivegold 1 year ago
@mrfivegold; Okay. I guess we're done then.
PadraikKasier 1 year ago
@MysticPegasus1
miamiheatfan93 1 year ago
@MysticPegasus1
This is Glenn Yarborough
pullin6strings 1 year ago
@MysticPegasus1 Glenn Yarbrough sings this along with I have to say almost all the songs in this version of return of the king and the hobbit.
mrfivegold 1 year ago
@MysticPegasus1 The writers of this version are rankin/bass. Unfortuantly, they only converted the music from the hobbit into a soundtrack, they never did return of the king, I asked them. I love this music too, and was very sad when Rick Goldsmit told me there was no soundtrack for the movie.
happylmc 1 year ago
@MysticPegasus1 It is sung by the legend Glenn Yarbrough he also sang the songs "The Roads Go Ever On and On", "Leave Tomarrow Till It Come" and "Its So Easy Not to Try". He actually voices the Minstral of Gondor inthis movie. In The Hobbit, he sang another version of "Roads" and, my personal favorite, "The Greatest Adventure". His non- Tolkien movie hits include "Baby the Rain Must Fall" and "The Wayfaring Stranger". His daughter is also an amazing singer and they have done some duets.
Haseren4 1 year ago
@MysticPegasus1 It is sung by the legend Glenn Yarbrough he also sang the songs "The Roads Go Ever On and On", "Leave Tomarrow Till It Come" and "Its So Easy Not to Try". He actually voices the Minstral of Gondor inthis movie. In The Hobbit, he sang another version of "Roads" and, my personal favorite, "The Greatest Adventure". His non- Tolkien movie hits include "Baby the Rain Must Fall" and "The Wayfaring Stranger". His daughter is also an amazing singer and they have done some duets.
Haseren4 1 year ago
@Haseren4 OO thank you very much I was wondering that artist's name
bladevstwilight1 1 year ago
@MysticPegasus1 Glenn Yarborough
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If you have the Hobbit and Return of the King DVD's (Which I assume you do) you can do this....
Connect your DVD player audio to a cd burner. Then use an audio editing program such as musicmatch to clean it up and chop off the parts you don't want. I did the same to get all the music for my "Hobbit Trivia Video".
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@MysticPegasus1 If you have the Hobbit and Return of the King DVD's (Which I assume you do) you can do this....
Connect your DVD player audio to a cd burner. Then use an audio editing program such as musicmatch to clean it up and chop off the parts you don't want. I did the same to get all the music for my "Hobbit Trivia Video".
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Underdrummer 11 months ago
@MysticPegasus1 Glen Yarborough. Yeah, is he not a MASTER bard. . .
ARP7777777 8 months ago
@MysticPegasus1 Glenn Yarbough
RandomGuys4ever 5 months ago
I love this song so much! I was singing this song earlier today while I was doing dishes. I try to live by it as much as possible. It was watching this movie as a kid that made me fall in love with the character of Samwise Gamgee... his simplicity and representation of the good earth is so humbling. This song brings back such great childhood memories!!!!!! <3 Thanks for posting this!
rubydreamer 2 years ago 4
I love how the rankin bass films have such important life lessons that many can benefit from not just young people.
Mowglibaloo2 2 years ago 5
I think this song sums up this adaptation very well: what it lacks in action, scope, and budget, it makes up for with heart and charm.
CaptainSorzo 2 years ago 2
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oh god, i hate this film so much lol
rankin/bass made a real mess of return of the king, im surprised the hobbit wasnt that bad (my uncle said it was terrible)
where theres a whip theres a way is a great song though lol
blackstonewielder19 2 years ago
Actually Hobbit was very close to the book. In fact two of the songs were actually from the book!
Maximara 2 years ago 3
thats not what i meant, i meant that the hobbit isnt a terrible film
the return of the king is pretty close to the book but its awful and since they were made by the same company im surprised one was alot better than the other
blackstonewielder19 2 years ago
I think RotK was as good as it could be given the limitations of late 1970s animation aimed at TV. The Hobbit could be read at two level (Children's and mature) and so didn't have the same problems with "kidification" that RotK did. Then you had the time problem; for every 30 min you had about 25 min of show and at 98 min this show could run 4 hours on TV. Like all things it was a product of its time and must be viewed in that light.
Maximara 2 years ago 14
As much as I love this film, I must agree with Blackstonewielder19. The film had too many plotholes and not needed-dialog and scenes. I think the storyline could've been done better, dispite the time limit. If you want an example just look at the movie's timeline. Sam looked for Frodo in FOUR DAYS? It makes little to no sense.
mangamadde 2 years ago
@mangamadde I respectfully disagree about the dialog- some of the words were exactly how Tolkien wrote them in the book and they are beautiful. I wish the live action had gone more that way. The way Tolkien used language was --- unbelievable. It sounds like music.
bijoulovesboss 1 year ago
aww look at the baby look at the baby aww they were sooo cute
bobmanny11 2 years ago 2
I want this song : (
I love it so much!
Sephiralen 2 years ago 3
That song is so peaceful
JaneFanEyreViewer 2 years ago 5
Soooo beautiful and nostalgic! I've always loved this song and the hobbit kids chasing one another then lying down on the grassy hill. Such carefree innocence!
Fightflipnfold 2 years ago 6
ahh i wish you'd left in the part where he fantasizes about "samwise the strong!!!!" and then sobers up from the ring and trips out and starts hearing this song for some reason.
explosiveshrooms 2 years ago
Whoever doesnt think the hobbit family is cute should be locked out of society
AnAverageGom 2 years ago 2
the hobbit family!!!cute
beautywolfy 3 years ago
The way to watch this series is....
"The Hobbit" Cartoon
"The Fellowship of the RIng" Movie
"The Two Towers" Movie
"The Return of the King" Cartoon
These are all brilliant to watch
The others outside of these fall short
1980MF1980 3 years ago 4
Wait, for Fellowship and Towers, you're talking the Bakshi versions, right?
whakamol 3 years ago
For Fellowship and Towers, Jackson's versions. Fellowship blew me away with its sight and sound and most of the actors. Towers did also but not as much and it had its flaws but was still awesome. These versions all move me, have meaning and are masterpieces in my opinion. The others are long and flat but somewhat interesting though they don't stimulate much emotion.
1980MF1980 3 years ago
i'd rather not contaminate the two with eachother... cuz the jackson films just look bad when comparing to these.
explosiveshrooms 2 years ago 6
This one's got to be one of my favorite songs in Rankin-Bass' RotK.
flyingblackboard 3 years ago 2
Peter jackson is good in his own way, but this song is the ultimate Sam...
ARP7777777 3 years ago
0:42 Okay, who didn't think that Hobbit was adorable?
SteamOmac 3 years ago 3
isn't it great that these melodies, after so many yrs, stay with us? But what's even more beautiful is tha the lyrics are so MOVING... What do I need? When you get right down to it. All my cares come from greed and it's time that I knew it. Things I can't do without are the small things that life is all about."
Beautiful. Absolutely Beautiful.
outtaker 3 years ago 4
A lesson those orcs should learn less can be beautiful but it is horrible thinking that being elf family man isn't exactly a beautiful dream to them but a nightmare.
altarush 3 years ago
Sam's Kids are Cool
Flak0r 3 years ago 6
Eleanor was his daughter's name right? If I recall, it was some sort of flower...
FrozenSilence 3 years ago
Yep, Elenors are small white flowers which grow in Lorien. They're supposed to make the ground of Lothlorien look like the heavens above, with the Elenors as stars, if memory serves. I could be wrong about that second part though.
innocenceprovesnaugh 3 years ago
This is such an awesome song...
Old Sam looks cool...
Damn this movie is much better than Jackson's...all the songs get more things through than all the special effects you can care to use.
innocenceprovesnaugh 3 years ago 8
Wait wait wait, i give this movie its credits but there is no way that it can surpass jackson's work.
ellesar19 3 years ago
As a movie, no. Jackson had much better actors, much better visuals, and a good, if dumbed-down imho, plot.
But as a Tolkien adaptation...sorry, but it just pounds Jackson's stuff in the ground.
That's my opinion of course, but I think the songs in this movie just get the point of LoTR across better than a Banshee Nazgul.
innocenceprovesnaugh 3 years ago 3
oh well you got a point there about the songs,
ellesar19 3 years ago
Agreed. This animation captures the atmosphere and meaning of Tolkien's work WAY better than Peter Jackson's live action movie...
It brings me back to the unique feeling I had when I was in second grade, reading through my mothers copies for the first time... Tolkiens very comfy art... a certain smell.... a certain feeling...
There was a lot more than just words and pages bound in that book... Peter Jackson barely captured any of it... if any at all...
FrozenSilence 3 years ago
Well, most people don't have that sort of fond, childhood memories of LoTR. I do, which was part of my disappointment for the movie. But, to give credit where it's due, it's not a bad movie. IMHO, it was more of a fanfic (in a way) than an actual attempt at portraying Middle-Earth in any way faithful to the original. That, and an attempt to make lots of money...but nevertheless, compared to things such as the Golden Compass or Narnia, it's not as big a disaster as could have been.
innocenceprovesnaugh 3 years ago
Yeah, I posted on another video that it was a movie for all rather than one for the epic fantasy reader niche. If it wasn't supposed to be Tolkien's works embodied, and was a stand-alone movie, it would have been pretty awesome, I admit... but with all the nostalgia I have tied up in Tolkien's works, the euphoria just wasn't there.
FrozenSilence 3 years ago
This might be my favorite song on the movie. Thanks for uploading!
Detective79 3 years ago 6
No, No, No. Where There's a Whip is the ebst song of the movie.
Paveldude 3 years ago 7
Yep that has to be the best song! My favorite one.
Sam's so cute in this movie!
baybayereivir 3 years ago 4
omg 1980s awesome! thanks for the share.
MiGP1981 3 years ago 3