Gandalf Returns (1978)

[@Losrandir]

I like to think that Gandalf is just some crazy old drunk who makes up stories and they all go along with it.

[@robertisham5279]

Yeah he pretty much acts like one.

[@ChupeTTe]

Pretty much like Don Quixote, but no...

[@GoHawk70]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJzPh3uHntqondU You might get a kick out of this video.

[@manurecaok]

"Gandalf!" "Yeeeeees. Yes that is my name!" - He doesn't even remember his alibi at this point.

[@samwallaceart288]

Michael B - Elrond: (finds Gandalf lying in the woods) Gandalf: (covered in bruises and bramble like he had just fallen down a hill and hit every rock on the way down): “?... then, Saruman attacked me, and I was stuck on the roof, then an EAGLE came and rescued me!” Elrond: “Oh, aN EaGle ... right... (nods to himself like he knows what’s going on) Don’t worry, Gandalf. Just hang in there buddy, we’re gonna get you cleaned up...” Later, after Gandalf has had some detox and a bath. Elrond: “Our time has run short. There are movements to the east. Sauron is coming.” Gandalf: “Wait- Sauron is REAL?!” Good rat.

[@Aristocles22]

Why does Aragorn look like an Apache chief?!

[@Ereldor]

Because that is John Hurt dressed as Aragorn. And strangely enough, Legolas is voiced by C-3PO (Anthony Daniels)!

[@GothicRichard]

Nonamearisto You wanted him to be lily white didn't you?

[@williamhenning4700]

Nonamearisto Because he's described as dark, swarthy and weather-beaten in the books...

[@goodpositivelove]

I think because he is described as being dark and weather beaten......he is a "Ranger",he is outside and roaming the land and the forests.

[@simonpurist4499]

Because he makes "Meeee up-CHUCKKKKK!"

[@deed7964]

Gandalf being so extra with his spinning and the cloak. Omg I live for it 😂😂😂

[@b.r.holmes6365]

They paid for the rotoscoping tech. They were dang well going to show it off 😂

[@kongfeet81]

Aragon the Apache chief, Legolas the white guy, and Gimli the Appalachian lumberjack. Looks legit to me.

[@jakeholland1848]

kongfeet81 Gandalf looks like he just got out of the nursing home

[@AbhNormal]

Also Legolas the C3PO

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@jakeholland1848 He did technically

[@JonatasAdoM]

@pyropulse My reply was to the comment talking about Gandalf. He does die and comes back so technically he was rehabilitating back into the world.

[@CT--my4lf]

Soy: *Exists* This Legolas: "HoOk ThAt StUfF uP tO mY vEiNs!"

[@LexioLTG]

Gandalf is such a drama queen in this version and I love it.

[@WIld-cHILd-1273]

Age and crankiness comes hand in hand XD

[@ramingo9534]

That's true but I find that every character in this movie are quite drama queens...I mean, look at how Frodo moves, he's feminine and I find it disturbing actually

[@twinkthatloveslotrtrilogy7676]

In book too

[@dreadbull5039]

That was quite the flourish and reveal 😂

[@Dreamingofloversrock]

@@dreadbull5039stripper moves

[@Aldrnari]

0:33 Gandalf: *It's time for my big reveal. Twirl and...* "Tada!"

[@lordchameleon2650]

Now imagine an old dude takes out all of his robes like that and shows his naked body 😂

[@DennyPlank]

Came here for this comment

[@aromusbaspet9032]

Notice how he gets his cloak wrapped around his head before tugging it off and carrying on like the mistake never happened?

[@Garother]

Its just old school acting. You mostly see that in classic plays these days.

[@aromusbaspet9032]

I understand that the show must go on when you're performing on stage. But when you're filming a movie and the director could just shout "Cut!" and do another take?

[@fanirama]

Looks like everyone was on drugs including Gandalf.

[@billygarcia9885]

Welcome to every Ralph Bakshi movie ever.

[@gargoyles9999]

fxp this was the 70s remember

[@multificionado5019]

@@billygarcia9885 So that makes "Fire and Ice" into "Conan Does Drugs," then.

[@Pianosnail12]

Especially Gandalf..

[@dxterz]

U cracked me up

[@mrhistory5326]

"And I wandered far on roads I will not tell." Love that one. Epic.

[@jbro8934]

My favorite line in this clip. Glad you noticed it.

[@theonefrancis696]

"I'm not Tolkien, so I won't linger on five chapters"

[@High_Priest_Jonko]

@@theonefrancis696 No if this were Tolkien, he'd spend 2 chapters describing the forest, making it sound exactly like every other forest, and then spend 2 pages on this whole scene.

[@rmwolfe_]

i love that fucking twirl he does with the cloak. it's so unnecessary.

[@kvnd7331]

a far more fabulous reveal than the films

[@adamhamilton8313]

It probably would have been less work had they done it like in the live action movie.

[@Zoloft77]

Yup! He's fabulous!

[@devinthierault]

Rm Wolfe Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night and won’t love to love her

[@eccoeco3454]

and how his cloat finish on his face and he seem that he's stumbling+

[@ferghalicious1480]

Why does the Balrog in the flashback sketches look so much more badass than the one we actually see him fight?

[@NightWanderer31415]

They couldn't hire a real Balrog for that scene so they had to go with a guy in a costume.

[@lurmot]

When I tell a story about a monster I've done battle with I always exaggerate the might of my enemy to make myself seem like a better wizard.

[@Jhubben]

@@NightWanderer31415 No balrogs were available to get filmed for rotoscoped animation. The animation is beautiful but could they have saved on expenses by just animating it without rotoscoping.

[@giles4565]

The flashback scenes were not animated. You can either have animated scenes or good looking scenes, not both. On a low budget anyway.

[@KangarooMonkey]

@@giles4565 I think they’re talking about it’s design, not the animation (or in this case paintings).

[@markbenand]

I like how the bottom of Moria and the deep places has corpses, bones, and grotesqueness. I think it was a reference to the "Nameless things" that gnaw at the roots of the world. Abominations that pre-date Sauron being on middle earth and hate everything. It even states they were evil before Melkor came and officially created evil. Now that is some damn evil.

[@twinkthatloveslotrtrilogy7676]

Thats creepy

[@dirtiago]

Sure it is

[@luxitos2867]

They were a by-product of Melkor's dissonance during the Music of the Ainur. He didn't directly sing them into creation. Therefore, they were already on Arda before he or the other Valar (or Maiar) arrived. Which means that both he and Sauron had no knowledge of the "Nameless Things."

[@morgothfromangband6082]

​@@luxitos2867It is possible and even very likely that Morgoth found them when he dug under Udun and Angband. And then he just added them to his forces. And after the War of Wrath they just moved back into the deepest caves.

[@Forsparda]

@@luxitos2867 im not entirely sure this is correct as i just reread the music of the ainur and it didnt mention specifically the discord creating things, its more likely that the nameless things simply existed in the void and were trapped in the forming world, you also cant discount that tolken might have just thrown them in because he liked lovecrafts writings

[@gamerguy19981]

Gandalf's reveal looks like a kid with a super hero cape spinning around

[@cavaliothorson7755]

Seems pretty legit for a cartoon adaptation wouldn't you say?

[@AndrewMRoots]

Have your hundredth like

[@marmitaa8619]

It was rotoscoped so it is likely that was really some guy spinning around.

[@Jinzo361]

I'm surprised no one appreciates the animation in this film. Looks incredible to me, everything moves so realistically! Look at that fabric movement!

[@nicknewman7848]

People who know do.. you are now one of us apparently. It's animation on top of live action, that's why it looks so real. It's called rotoscoping. Most of the people and animals are done this way and then put over the top of the background scene.

[@harrynac6017]

I saw this movie after reading the books. I was very impressed. At the same time it kept my own fantasy alive. I had a harder time with that after seeing the latest version. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it. But it's a bit the lazy people's version. And the long shots of Frodo staring in far distance with desperate eyes made me cringe.

[@jondoe7036]

This movie was ahead of its time, to a point where it ended up being somewhat detrimental to the end-result.

[@pemo2676]

They animated over real people sometimes, so the fabric would have direct references they filmed separately. Very clever and looks great

[@diegoxavier9107]

I thought it looked rotoscoped. Nice to know I was right

[@Zw285]

0:54 "What happened to you Gandalf?" - "I had to fire a proton torpedo down a reactor shaft."

[@jelly-filleddonuts1874]

Gimli: “fire legolas, before he casts a spell on us!” Legolas: slowly pulls bow Gimli: “fire now!” Legolas: s t a n d s c o n f u s e d

[@codekhalil6437]

Legolas was like "hold onnnn...let's see where this goes."

[@jelly-filleddonuts1874]

Can I also just mention Gimli’s thought process when his axe catches fire at 0:29. He goes from holding the dang thing at his waist, then proceeds to throw it into the air (and it doesn’t even come down), then he somehow ends up on the ground in front of Legolas, who looks like he just tried to drop his flaming bow on him.

[@scornbass1552]

Well, Gandalf put his bow on fire. ☺

[@BenRangel]

@@jelly-filleddonuts1874 That made me laugh. But it's not that weird. I think the intent is Gimli got something like a jolt through his axe, which made him flinch and fall down. And as he lifts his axe up it's close to the edge of the screen so he doesn't have to throw it that far for it to "not come down"

[@mainstreetsaint36]

*Legolas failed intelligence roll*

[@budgetlifter]

"Mom, can we have Lord of the Rings?" "No, we have Lord of the Rings at home" Lord of the Rings at home:

[@oi6915]

Man home really is better isn't it

[@petermad7476]

Darth Vader no

[@user-zg5ey5xo9i]

@@petermad7476 yes

[@petermad7476]

ᛋᛖᚡᛖᚱᛁᚾ no

[@edensgate3770]

@Darth Vader then dont read them...

[@James-mm2zc]

Lol, that spin he does when taking off his cloak. And then he raises his arms like "That's right, it's me bitches".

[@pablorodriguezcabrera6231]

Gandalf: Tadaaah!

[@joemarilangaman2317]

Eminem's song #1trending boii Walk on Water....

[@TheFartingMan]

Also Gandalf: Pulls out willy

[@AndrewMRoots]

@@TheFartingMan Charming

[@ReplayButtonMolester]

Aragorn: GAA'ANDA'ALF

[@clerklymantis4661]

KZbin recommendations 2021 be like

[@mikepalmer8760]

I think in theyse kind of movies you'd have to be high or something 😅😂

[@TheJoker-qo4fg]

ClerklyMantis you were right

[@silvijakucej3696]

@@mikepalmer8760 just watch Gandalf and Saruman video or the Balrog video.Someone got high

[@kittywhiskerz]

🤣🤣

[@TheGamingCathedral]

Aragorn: "Gandalf! Beyond all hhhhhhope! Gandalf!" Gandalf, staring manically: "Yeees."

[@kimarous]

Description: "And his fall broke the mountainside!" Depiction: ALL OF MORIA FRIGGIN' EXPLODES!!!

[@boooster101]

Durin the Last is going to be in shock when he tries to retake Moria

[@JonatasAdoM]

The Balrog was the incarnation of Michael Bay's explosive spirit

[@riograndedosulball248]

Durin the 7th had a hard time rebuilding Khazad-Dûm without a mountain

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@boooster101 They have a sunroof now!

[@tiaaaron3278]

It's like the whole "Dumbledore asked calmly: thing.

[@onlythequestion]

"...smote his ruin upon the mountainside." is a line I'm glad was added.

[@bassemb]

I was waiting for him to say it and was sad he didn't. Glad it's in the later movies.

[@capnhawkins]

0:14 Your bow, Legolas, it's Arrow, man!

[@erbek112]

Saruman

[@renabarca1328]

(S)Aruman

[@NARKISDUDE]

haha cracked me up the way he uttered it

[@smileyface8434]

LMFAO

[@kittywhiskerz]

🤣

[@kuribayashi84]

Man, those brief flashes of Gandalf fighting the Balrog at 1:04 look badass af!

[@ericmonaco4509]

Yeah who ever Made that Art Did a Fucking great job

[@SR-ol6xm]

Yes that is the art that The LOTR films got there balrog from... so much more accurate.

[@tiguswilliams1156]

Schwatvogel ikr.

[@woulfhound]

I'm actually confused by some of it. There are at least three paintings with monstrous creatures but no Gandalf. Some of these are really haunting, like some of H.R. Giger's work.

[@TBStudios91]

@@woulfhound When Moria collapses, you can see a gate with a mouth shaped entrance and when Gandalf walks, it seems a giant skeleton of a monstrous insect is beside him

[@Wilburgur]

why is aragorn an english sounding native-american?

[@Welther47]

Americanized...

[@hibbledjibble9224]

who give a shiet lmao

[@hugoweber3351]

The Men of the West is based on Mediterranean Greek Portuguese Spanish French among others. in the book they are white but with dark eyes and black hair.

[@veergauba]

dark hair with grey eyes is how the descendants of the Men of Numenore are described.

[@choo1030]

He even looks like it too

[@slappycarp]

True Classic for me being 38,loved this filmHad it on vhs and dvd for years!!!My 8 yr old son loves it as well even now!

[@micmul23]

That 1978 animation of LOTR is IMO quite underrated. It was filmed using rotoscope-technique resulting in very realistic movements of the characters. Unfortunately it was not finished and included only the 1st two parts of LOTR (Fellowship and two towers).

[@GenghisKhanBruseySkyz]

we gotta finish it!!!

[@michaeldemidov194]

Actually, I would even say that one and a half books, since the original book "The Two Towers" does not end with the battle for Helm's Deep.

[@QualityPen]

Jesus, I would hate to see what you consider overrated.

[@humanwreckage4563]

I love how the dialogue goes in these older adaptations. No cinematic adaptation, it reads like the apocrypha in some old tome. Which in a way it is.

[@videogamenostalgia]

What if Gandalf had marched head-first into a tree when he had the cloak over his head? How long was he walking around like that?

[@christinamary8008]

LOL

[@JonatasAdoM]

That's how he found treebeard.

[@jakeryker546]

He's a wizard!

[@ophthewalls7586]

Asking the real questions here.

[@ElectariumTunic]

0:32 - Me, 4 years old, trying to look like a wizard

[@PaperbackWizard]

"Gandalf, why are we suddenly on horses?" "Look, I'm a wizard! Don't question me!"

[@amandahealey2216]

*cues jazz music*

[@AlphaKiller-vx9sk]

I love how people are saying this Lord of the Rings is better than Jackson’s. Shows us how people are affected by the terrible Hobbit movies and then convince themselves that the Lotr and the Hobbits were made with equal quality. Now before you all go at me, I grew up with this cartoon, before Jackson’s came out. As I got older, the cartoon got more cheesy and I preferred the Jackson films more overtime. But I will always find this cartoon to be charming, memorable, and I still love it to this day. Here’s the one reason why I will say Jackson’s are better, and that’s because he got Alan Lee to help out with the designs. Who’s Alan Lee? Why the one guy that Tolkien himself would credit to get the most near perfect visual representation of Tolkien’s Middle Earth. This cartoon never had Alan Lee. Here’s the thing though, the Jackson films were a huge deal at the time, possibly Hollywood’s biggest gamble in the 21st Century, and it paid off BIG time. So much passion and energy was put into the project that it became one of cinema’s greatest landmarks since Star Wars. What made the Lord of the Rings (Jackson) so good was that it wasn’t a cash-grab, the fan base for the books was still considered a minority at the time, but once the films came out, the fan base sky-rocketed. Now the Hobbit films failed because of two reasons, 1. It was obviously a cash-grab, so the quality wasn’t given that much attention and they thought that people would go because ‘it’s made by the same people who made the far superior Lotr’. And 2. It was trying too hard to be like the Lotr, here’s the thing, Jackson wasn’t trying to make the Lotr’s live up to something else besides the books themselves. So what we got in the Lotr was original, while in the Hobbit, we already seen it before. I will always call the Jackson Lotrs superior, but that won’t mean I will stop loving this cartoon.

[@TBStudios91]

I love the background at the end. It really gives the impression they’re moving at high speed

[@bigdoggtheinfamousone9300]

One of the best cartoons I had the privilege to watch growing up.

[@Del-Canada]

I saw this in 78. Was one of my fave cartoon movies growing up.

[@blasalvice]

You all talk about Aragorn like you didn't see Gandalf's dance montage 1:30

[@smartface6423]

0:29 if you listen carefully the magic sound effect sounds like a lightsaber igniting

[@BenTheTiger131]

And Gandalf falling like a X-Wing 0:57

[@neilsanghvi5229]

As a horse rider, I wouldn't recommend anyone ride without pants except Aragorn. Blessed with long life are the Numenor, and with inner thigh-skin of leather.

[@sophitia_agna]

Aragorn, son of Arathorn, heir of Isildur, father of Pocahontas Legolas, proud prince of the Retarded Elves Gimli the 1m75 tall Dwarf Lumberjack meet Gandalf the White Wine wandering drunk in the woods Wait, what ? XD

[@tiago.brettas]

That's one of the best cmmts I've ever read. Lmao.

[@hoopthornseaweed]

Tiago B. I agree

[@MarcoTheGreat2008]

Hahaha this is my favourite comment in a great comments section

[@blueoceancorporations1019]

I literally died when I read this

[@Rouge31]

Merci Benzaie, hein?

[@animefan77]

1:05- Aragon: Wasn't he a lion, butterfly backup dancer man that we couldn't take seriously. Gandalf: He can take on any form he desires, but there wasn't enough of a budget to put it in to flesh it out.

[@spencermerrell2755]

Grimoire666 It was said that the Balrog had many forms that Gandolf took on. The pic you saw was his snake form. Also I think that's how Bashki originally wanted Durins bane (balrog) to look like. It would be too much work and detail to make the balrog always look like that, so I believe they used a painting instead, the other problem was technology.

[@christopherdetterbeck396]

I love this movie, but i always laughed when Gandalf got his cape stuck around his head at 36 seconds in.

[@ravenhill_night_visitor_1968]

the artwork in this classic film was wonderful, they could never recreate anything like it now.

[@ShamoonRaza969]

This 1978 movie have better animation quality than most of the cartoon shows we see today

[@High_Priest_Jonko]

Well, it is a movie (albeit a low-budget one) but you can't beat hand-drawn animation. It takes a stupid amount of time, but the effort shows

[@TheGoldenChile]

No matter the medium, Gandalf is always an epic badass

[@eternalhalloween1]

J.R.R. Tolkien touched the face of God when he wrote this saga. Be it the Peter Jackson films, or this animated trilogy, I NEVER get tired of it.

[@JohnPeacekeeper]

I wish it was a trilogy. The animated one was only two movies.

[@sarov7658]

Tolkien is overrated

[@eternalhalloween1]

@@JohnPeacekeeper Sorry John. I only just saw your comment. There is the 1977 HOBBIT film, the 1978 LORD of the RINGS, and the 1980 RETURN of the KING. All great films.

[@eternalhalloween1]

@@sarov7658 Sure. Tolkien is overrated as much as C.S. Lewis, Shakespeare, and the BIBLE. The BIBLE, NARNIA, and TOLKIEN are all sacred.

[@tinobemellow]

@sarov7658 you're overrated.

[@harrynac6017]

I loved this version. It's a pitty they never completed it.

[@nicknewman7848]

amazing music and animation.. shame they literally ran out of paper.

[@jlex1049]

Gandalf is like that crazy old fucker who walks around grunting about some bullshit below my apartment.

[@manictiger]

Ah, don't worry about him. He's just deciphering a map to Atlantis, figuring out how many dimensions our universe is part of and is working on a god-machine (it's like a time machine, but a lot more powerful). You know, normal old man behavior.

[@rivaszgergo]

1:30 looks like gandalf is dancing

[@AstroBeingSteven]

Rivasz Gergő dammit now I cannot unsee that xD

[@AndrejSatnik]

He has beaten Balrog. Wouldn't you dance?

[@MarcoTheGreat2008]

Gandalf's famed pimp walk

[@Vario69]

*Gandalf kills barlog* *Gandalf does the Joker dance*

[@AndrewMRoots]

Probably on drugs

[@Draeka]

Most of you are talking shit or making a mock of this clip (movie) but back in the day it's all we had. It's also still an awesome movie.

[@arkantos2227]

50 years from now, they will laugh at our modern world too. Especially at all the cringe inducing SJWs in Hollywood and other media.

[@arkantos2227]

@blindwillie99 Hi, bitter little incel. I'm Dad, and this is why I left to get cigs all these years back. You are a waste of cells.

[@arkantos2227]

@blindwillie99 what I bitch about is no concern of yours. You came only to insult me, don't act like you leave top quality comments behind.

[@JasterM1]

Seems more like THIS Gandalf dropped acid after defeating the balrog.

[@BovineDesigns]

I love that Gandalf did a little twirl just because

[@briggasnax8575]

Why is this so well animated

[@leonardermel]

They used rotoscoping as an animation technique

[@qFxYT]

aragorn doesnt even drop his burning sword. what a badass

[@skelhornsongs]

My favourite version. Love the animation and atmosphere. It’s a shames there never got to finish it.

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

"Gandalf! I didn't recognise you until you threw away your old cloak....."

[@gamrage]

I can't imagine Aragorn looking like this after watching the movies and reading the books..

[@Elrosthir]

So here 0:30 we hear a lightsaber, and here 0:57 we hear the x-wing sound.

[@Double_Sloth]

XD

[@Double_Sloth]

If only we heard a Tie fighter flyby sound effect

[@ericmonaco2276]

Did George Lucas made this before Jackson?

[@Double_Sloth]

i think they collaborated but wheres count Dukku

[@Warriorcats64]

+Eric Monaco (The Unstable Fan) Just because Anthony Daniels is in this don't mean Lucas had jack to do with this.

[@squamish4244]

The lack of pauses in speaking and the rushing through dialogue was always an amusing thing about this version :D

[@psfan234]

Gandalf: “Long time I fell” *sound editors use x-wing sound when Gandalf and Balrog falls*

[@AuraB00]

I wonder how youtube recommend this to me just after I read this part of LOTR.

[@kineceleren]

If you read it online or on ebook they can

[@AuraB00]

@@kineceleren The creepy thing is, I read the real book and it's in Chinese.

[@nicksm7980]

What's the point to read it in Chinese if you know English? Every translated book is very different from an original.

[@AuraB00]

@@nicksm7980 Yes, translation makes books different, but that's not the point tho.

[@persianking44]

* Gandalf and Aragorn ride off to Edoras * Legolas: Hey, where the fuck are our horses?!?!?

[@ntedrain]

Gandalf jumping onto the rock in order to twirl around is more than I can handle

[@pedrooscar1890]

im sorry but when Aragorn went "Gaaahnndolfh..." i kinda peed my pants haha

[@AndrewMRoots]

And he picked up his sword quite quickly too

[@Blackhawk211]

@@AndrewMRoots he never dropped it

[@AndrewMRoots]

@@Blackhawk211 It looked like he did when I posted that comment

[@WillowTitov]

"Your bow, Legolas! It's ARUMAN!!!"

[@sergiotudor747]

Arrow man 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Enzo012]

They had one voice take and just went with it.

[@GregorAdler]

I'm so grateful they made the movies.

[@melonet]

0:46 THAT FACE THOUGH😂

[@LAVATORR]

The best part of the Bakshi LoTR is how everyone speaks in long paragraphs explaining really, really obvious things the viewer already knows.

[@oi6915]

I liked Gandalf the Whites design here, he keeps the hat!

[@RandomUploads-ch3bh]

Such an underrated film, same it didn't get a sequel!

[@shavedwolf87]

Will never get over the fact that they decided to drop the “s” on Saruman and call him Aruman instead... Yes, Sauron and Saruman have names that start with the same letter, but they are not the same name and would not have been confused.

[@lurmot]

Yes that really confused me as a kid. Expecially as there are some scenes where they refer to him as saruman.

[@howdareyouexist]

@@lurmot I was confused as a kid as well

[@papyrustrousle4339]

The animation is actually neat! Much care in the details

[@ClassyBadger]

The effort that went into this kind of animation is unbelievable. Every scene is a treat and it would be a crime to treat it otherwise.

[@johnmarco476]

Bjornk wish I could say the same about the voice acting lmfao

[@mrflibble1259]

Shame that the terrible character design and utterly boring voice acting makes it almost unwatchable for me. It's so cringe inducing

[@NavidIsANoob]

This is so fucking bad hahaha

[@cindyallison2528]

Was this version when I was 14. It was great and still is.

[@TheDJMeyer85]

0:33 Gandalf: “how can I show them I’m more powerful than ever? Maybe burn some more stuff or light up my staff? Nope too much... I know, I’ll do a badass twirl”

[@victorjohnson7512]

Reading all the books as a child opened up my imagination. I had the cartoon Bilbo Baggins poster on my wall.

[@Ostebrix]

0:15 "it's arrow man?" lol nice try on saying "saruman"

[@lekhaclam87]

He actually said "Aruman".

[@Ostebrix]

but why

[@lekhaclam87]

***** At the time they thought non-fans would confuse the name Saruman with Sauron, so they went with Aruman.

[@theblackcross8932]

lekhaclam87 how can anyone confuse Saruman with Sauron?it's two completely different names.if it were Saruman and sOroman i would say but this?

[@lekhaclam87]

Csaba Seres That's what the creators of this cartoon thought at the time. They thought non-nerds were too dumb to figure that out.

[@idarknight2123]

Dude the animation is sick!!

[@obscureentertainment8303]

I wish someone would go back and finish this movie. Use the same animation style and the surviving actors.

[@ishmaelsali2634]

Obscure Entertainment is it better than the letter Jackson universe

[@jstrahan2]

Obscure Entertainment: Except for the hobbits and Legolas (Anthony Daniels), the voice actors are dead.

[@ravenhill_night_visitor_1968]

it wouldn't be the same my friend, times have changed and they could never recapture the feel and look of this classic, and sadly most of the great actors here are no longer with us now.

[@eccoeco3454]

i wish they don't XD sorry

[@jstrahan2]

EnlightenedThinker1: Yes, they did "finish this movie". However, I think 'Obscure' is referring to a sequel to complete the Lord of the Rings.

[@moviewolverine89]

Gandalf twirling the cloak around right back into his face will never not be hilarious.

[@mikshin9825]

In all seriousness this is a thought-provoking and interesting take on Tolkien's work. Too bad it was left unfinished.

[@johnmccarron7066]

I know of only one man who can spin so flamboyantly...Gandalf!

[@veronica.theswamphag]

I love this style of animation so much!!

[@laurensvanderveken6373]

All these comments about Aragorn being drawn to look like an Apache Indian...know your history people. Aragorn here is portrayed as an Ancient Roman legionair who left the army. He wears a basic tunic and belt, the typical Roman cape and armbracelets. The basic stuff they wore under their armour. His facial features are much alike the Roman statues found in Italy. Since Gondor and the Numenorian Empire are all based of southern European history. It all makes perfect sense.

[@gasfrommyanusi0i594]

Never trust a man with no pants on. Sorry Aragorn, you're out of the club.

[@Enzo012]

Julius Caesar never wore pants you know.

[@Syklonus]

Trousers old boy. We say trousers when talking about modern English folklore like Lord of The Rings.

[@jesserichardson8116]

Aragorn has the exact same haircut as Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men

[@psher1]

I honestly loved this version

[@HolyMori-xd5hm]

Gandalf the White, Gandalf the Fool. Two sides of a coin, embodying the duality within the legendary wizard. Gandalf the White represents his transformation, his ascension to a higher state of power and wisdom. He emerged from the darkness, reborn with a renewed purpose to confront the forces of evil. Clad in white, he radiates authority and commands respect. On the other hand, Gandalf the Fool acknowledges his humble beginnings, his unassuming nature, and the element of unpredictability that lies within him. Like a jester, he employs wit and humor to disarm his enemies and impart profound wisdom in unexpected ways. His seemingly foolish actions often serve a greater purpose, revealing his strategic brilliance. So, Gandalf the White and Gandalf the Fool are not contradictory, but rather complementary aspects of Gandalf's character. They coexist within him, allowing him to wield immense power while maintaining a touch of lightheartedness. It is this harmonious blend that makes Gandalf a multifaceted and captivating figure in Tolkien's world of Middle-earth.

[@PogU_4Life]

I'm amazed by the quality of this animation film. Holy Christ.

[@ddespair]

Paddy rotoscoping. I think it’s cheating but it works when you’re on a budget.

[@BenRangel]

Rotorscoping is basically the animated version of motion capture

[@foolslayer9416]

Character design aside, the animation is surprisingly smooth for its time.

[@caomhan84]

0:29 Why is there the sound of a lightsaber igniting?

[@edensgate3770]

cause gandalf is obi wan

[@Durwood71]

Gandalf's robe wrapping awkwardly around his head as he spins is one of the more infamous live action bloopers in this film. It baffles me that the animators just left it in.

[@SrZakachu]

1:29 the long way to home after the party.

[@TemuulTML]

With your costume? Xd

[@matthewfernandez2698]

Loved the little lightsaber sound at 0:30

[@fleondodgen]

My favorite of the animated. Some moments you wish you could be there in the forests. If the trilogy was done in this animation to the fullest extent, it would probably be 200 hours long, or longer. Maybe in another dimension!

[@robh7680]

Gandalf returns - and he's FABULOUS!

[@justwatching2791]

All I could say is that this film is more like an audiobook.

[@omegasupreme5527]

It's too trippy. Especially the scenes where they mix in the live action stuff. The Hobbit and Return of the King animated ones are a lot better. I can watch those again no problem.

[@thomasley4006]

The Balrog design here is much darker and creepier than in the actual scene at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm.

[@TrisketsCheese]

Why does Legolas sound like a protocol droid?

[@Catperson84]

It's Anthony Daniels who played C-3PO

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@embatbr To be honest I only got it reading after your comment.

[@alvaboy4982]

He's HAL 9000 from Space Odyssey

[@cagedlemp5184]

Ive had some intense trips but Gandalf is on a heroic dose.

[@swedichboy1000]

0:39 I really love that part of the score.