An animated fantasy by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules bass, starring Christopher Lee, with music by America.A lonely unicorn leaves her forest to search for others like her. She is captured by a freak show and along with the show's wizard, she escapes. They travel together to the kingdom where the red bull has chased all of the other unicorns away.Rankin and Bass make some cool films, but there's always something REALLY hokey in them. In this one, there were a couple of musical numbers that seemed forced and didn't sound right. There was also a pirate cat, complete with eye patch and peg leg. The animation style makes up for any shortcomings. I'm rating this good.
An animated fantasy by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr.This is the final part of the Tolkien series. It follows the style of The Hobbit, but uses more songs to convey the plot. My favorite is the song that the orcs sing while they march. The scope of the film is much grander than The Hobbit, but it doesn't get boring like The Lord of the Rings. This one only gets an awesome rating because it doesn't have that "first time magic" of The Hobbit.
An animated fantasy by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr.A country gentleman hobbit is elected to be a thief for a band of traveling dwarves who are on a quest to reclaim their kingdom and wealth. They go on a long journey to this area and have adventures along the way.This ranks right up there with Holy Mountain in the best films category. The animation is superb and the film elements (plot, characters, setting, pace, style) are all very good. The style is what really stands out and makes this a classic. I hope that people will watch this far into the future and marvel at it's quality. Obviously, I'm rating it best.
An animated fantasy directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr., Fumihiko Takayama and Katsuhisa Yamada.A modern man is summoned to the past when wizards have a feud that they can not settle for themselves.The audio and video were great.Bass/Rankin is my favorite animation team. They are known for masterpieces such as The Hobbit and The Return of the King. Combine this team with a release date of 1982 and you've got a sure winner. I took most of this movie as a chance to appreciate expertly animated dragons, so if that's what you're looking for, you've just found it. The plot was a little lighter than the Tolkien films and all of the characters pronounced eachother's unique names differently. This lead to misinterpretations like people saying bad things about the Japanese metal band Galneryus and one character being referred to as "lo Dajjal" (or the antichrist). I can overlook some imperfections to see the great film that is there. This is awesome.
