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Subject: Bakshe? Good, but not great... - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 20-Oct-83 01:34:13 EDT
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uokvax!jab    Oct 17 21:34:00 1983

What is all this useless verbage about Bakshi and "rotoscoping"?

Bakshi is very good at what he does, which is entertaining me. I enjoyed
"Wizards" a great deal, thought that "Lord of the Rings" was "pretty",
and that "American Pop" was "okay". I haven't seen "Fritz the Cat",
although I hear that it's okay, too.

I thought that the rotoscoping of "Lord of the Rings" was distracting,
though, and that the movie left out an awful lot. (The trip into Mordor
was never seen, probably because of time, but that WAS why the quest
was made, wasn't it?)

The first half of "American Pop" was quite enjoyable, I thought, but
I find the second half laughable. I just couldn't take it seriously.

Bakshe makes entertaining films, although I wouldn't rank him very high
in the lists of filmmakers. (If you ever compile such a list, put the
Disney cartoonist, Don Bluthe, near the top.)

	Jeff ("Old Disney Fan") Bowles
	Lisle, IL