Petem95

Im about to buy the LOTR Return of the King, but cant decide whether to spend almost twice as much getting the extended version?

Im not interested in the 'extra's', but I know a fair few scenes were cut out of this version to keep it under 3hrs.

Anyone seen the extended? Is it worth the extra money?

prodriva

I would recommend visiting this site as the LOTR Extended Editions have been discussed on numerous occasions.

http://www.avforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=37

Geezer

I have it, and I thought it was worth the extra money (it's not that much more depending on where you get it from actually).

The second and third films benefitted from the extended scenes IMO, but the first one was ok in the theatrical release, although I did enjoy the extended version.

Geezer

messiah

Yep - good although where they have the split to put the 2nd disc is is cr@p - when the 2nd disc starts, you get the background theme still playing from the first disc.

Very worthwhile - although the extended bits to "The Paths Of The Dead" look like they belong in a Tomb Raider Game...

Petem95

Didnt know you had to change discs 1/2 way through, thats not ideal

messiah

Same goes for all 3 of the SEE's the films are spilt accross the first 2 discs.

ScoobyJawa

Is it that big a deal!?!?!?!

TBH I thought all the extended editions were much better than the theatrical releases, enjoyed them all a great deal

Can't say getting off my *** to swap a disc half way through bothers me, FFS you'd most likely have to get up for a p!ss at some point anyway in the 4 hours!

messiah

I've never been bothered about swapping discs either, but then I do sit only 2 feet away from a 32" Widescreen and have the DVD player next to my feet!

boxst

Hello

If you sit only 2 feet away from a 32" widescreen TV you can't actually see half of the television clearly...

Steve.

Petem95

Well I think I'll go for the extended - its 50 minutes longer, and I remember in the cinema thinking that towards the end it looked as if they'd cut down quite a few scenes so as to fit them all in, so has to be worth swapping DVD's for that

Really are fantastic films too, watched the first 2 recently again and I'd forgotten just how good they are - films dont come much better.

messiah

Well, I've never actually thought about it - but the 2 ft statement was only supposed to be an approximation anyway...

corradoboy

The extended editions of all 3 are WELL worth the minimal investment. FOTR was much improved, TTT greatly so. The extra footage in ROTK seemed a bit like fillers the 1st time I watched them, but on subsequent viewings I can see the need for the scenes. I particularly liked the Mouth of Sauron, but still find the editing of the Houses of Healing and Merry's search for Pippin confuses the timescale briefly. I get infuriated to the point of turning off if I start to watch the theatricals if I happen upon them whilst channel hopping.

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PS. They're worth it for the DTS soundtrack alone, providing you have a suitable AV amp

moses

mate i aint bought it, im a lord of the rings fanatic

i heard the ending is still not in it, about sharkie, i wont spoil it for u, its when the hobbits go back to bagend, its been overtaken by evil humans and hobbits are enslaved, the humans work for sharkie, u dont know who he is till the end


and the 4 hobbits wage a war to defeat them and liberate the shire, its before frodo goes away in his journey at the end

GCollier

I am a big LOTR fan, but was very disappointed with the extended edition of ROTK. (Amongst others) Fabricated scenes such as Gandalf lying on the ground beneath the Lord of the Nazgul (who breaks his staff FFS), Aragorn's totally out of character decapitation of the Mouth of Sauron, and the pointless extra footage of the city of the dead collapsing and releasing about a million human skulls just killed the film for me. Watched it once, unlikely I'll watch it again.

Gary.

moses

sad aint it when they turn away from the real book