What did you all think about the Extended Verision

[NoldoR]

So, what did you think about it? :duh:



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[Bonos-Girl]

i (unfortunately) haven't been able to get it yet...especialy as i want the one with book neds and i only have £20....hopefully i'll be able to tell you by next week what i think of it...

[Wilwarin]

I just got it today (the one with the bookends) I am going to watch it tonight. But I'll tell you this now: I already think it's great!!

Here's to PJ, the king of extended DVD's!! :king: entdraught

[TheRingBearer]

I'll tell you in a few days :grin:

[Adunauriel]

I sadlymecry wont ge able to tell you until the end of the month. But I promise you'll be the first people I tell... lol I'm sure I'll love it thou

[Ilmarë]

For once.. I am almost speechless. I've just finished watching the extended version... and ... it is absolutely flawless.... just breathtaking. All the new/additional footage fits into the storyline so easily. Nothing looks out of place... in fact, it enhances what we already know is one of the best films ever made... and elevates it beyond expectation.

I am humbled.

Oh... and it was nice to see my name in the end credits too:grin:

[Adunauriel]

Originally posted by Ilmarë
Oh... and it was nice to see my name in the end credits too:grin:
Ok, obviouse, and maybe dumb question. How was your name in the End Credits?:mmmm:

[Illuvatar]

Ahhh...good question!

Well, in the review that I did on this extended version I briefly mentioned as a treat for the fans, that the last page of the credits is dedicated to all the members of the LotR Fan Club. They listed all 20,000 members as a way of saying thanks!

[Adunauriel]

Aaahhh.... Dern me, for not being a member....mecry

[Narsil's weilder]

I like the part with Isildur escaping the orcs. But some parts like the starting and Bilbo yelling of the Shire made me want the old part back with Gandalf and Frodo first. But who can't love the added scenes with Bilbo running from the Sackville-Baggins's?

[A! Elbereth]

Spoilers in my post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG I just finished watching it and the credits are rolling now wile I type and hum to the music :grin: It was wonderful! It was magnificent. It was 1000 times better than the first and EVERYTHING Lothlorien and on that was new made me cry. Especially when they reject Frodo... that was sad. Did you see the look on thier faces? I also noticed these are the faces that show in the mirror of Galadriel. Whoa wow cool great....

I loved the Green Dragon scene :loveyou: and when Bilbo talks to Frodo after they hide from Lobelia. Wonderful

[Tar-Ancalimë]

LOVED IT!!!!!!!!

it was magnificent. :loveyou:

i loved every scene! it was sooo worth the wait! :grin::loveyou:

*spoilers* favorite wuold have to be the discussion between Aragorn and Boromir on the banks of the river Anduin. Boromir yells at Aragorn who bites back rather nastily (:o) but it set up Boromir's last words so well!!!!

[Archer of Lorien]

I loved the part where Elrond talks with Aragorn at Aragorn's mother's grave.

Also the gift giving scene at Lothlorien, and when the Fellowship is leaving Rivendell, Aragorn looks back at Arwen. I'm not a big fan of Arwen's character in the movie, but I think she looks very sincere and innocent here.

[Nessa]

I said it was great!

*SPOILERS*

I loved most of it! Perhaps its only because I've seen it once, but I think I still prefer the original at the moment, most likely because I accepted as my favorate movie and this one is almost another whole thing.....I'll get over it. ;)

I like 'Concerning Hobbits', There was some wonderful stuff: the gift giving, the Green Dragon ( :grin: ), Frodo and Bilbo's talk at the party ( "Have you been in the Gaffer's home brew?" "No! Well, yes......"), Sam and Frodo camping out and seeing the elves. I think the added lines of many (especially Elrond) let their charactors show more.

The only scene I dislike is when Boromir tried to take the Ring at the Council and Gandalf did his thing. It wasn't a bad scene, it just ended up flowing with the rest pretty badly, IMO.

[Bonos-Girl]

omg..pil is soo evil...(hopefully not intentionally though)..i can't get the dvd til the weekend but she keeps telling me about all the good bits...she even played me the bit of pippin and merry singing when i was on the phone last night...mecry!!

[Lady Ashley]

This was me last night, watching my sister's copy:

:o

Yes, Lady Ashley was struck dumb by the magnifistance, the beauty, the delight, the humor, the majesty, the sheer WONDERFULNESS of this dvd.
I was giggling before, during and after. Jumping up and down...

I even said to a friend, "GO PETER JACKSON!"

Yes! That was the effect! It was enought o reelevate PJ in my mind. Now, it will go down during TT, but for now :thumbs:

I loved EVERY new scene. I watched in delight as Bilbo talked, in how Gandalfs "Frodo suspects something" makes sense....our first real insight to Boromir...I listened to the sad, beautful soing of the Elves in the Shire...and I have a new fave line...

"I don't know why, but it makes me sad." Imecry

I nearly cried at that part. In fact, I nearly cried at all the lovely scenes. The Midgewater Marshes...Lothlorien....

mecry

and I laughed as all those hilarious lines kept popping up! It flowed perfectly! So smooth. *laugh* I kept saying to myself, "Is this new?" when I'm sure some things were not. But you keep expecting them, around every corner...and all the Tolkien lines! I was DELIGHTED. Tickled to death!

So I was struck speechless at some points. *grin* my legolas now has a real brain...he knows things...Aragorn knows thing too! Sp must depth now!

Go PJ!! (ntil the next movie)

I will tell more of my speechlessness later. Gotta get to school. lol

~Ashley, the Delighted, the Speechless, the Tickled-to-Death, who must now wait to get her own copy of this masterful work~

[Ilmarë]

Originally posted by Illuvatar
Ahhh...good question!

Well, in the review that I did on this extended version I briefly mentioned as a treat for the fans, that the last page of the credits is dedicated to all the members of the LotR Fan Club. They listed all 20,000 members as a way of saying thanks!

Sorry Illu... but its only us Charter Members who got our names on the dvd...that's why we paid the big bucks!!!;) lol

[Sindarin]

It was absolutely wonderful! :thumbs: A superb masterpiece in all its glory. notworthy

The bookends are brilliant. :)

[Wilwarin]

I so love this movie! Every new scene flows so well with the rest of the movie! Except one I think. When Aragorn and Elrond are talking at the grave. They are talking about Narsil and how it can be reforged. Then suddenly the scene cuts to Sing! It makes it look like Sting is the sword they were talking about!

Other than that the movie was perfect! I really liked the extended Shire scenes, and Lothlorien. I am glad that Celeborn got more lines. Now he doesn't seem so dumb as before.

The new scenes made the pacing of the film so much better too. Now it seems like their travling for days and days instead of just a day or two like before.

Did anyone notice, when the Fellowship was just getting ready to leave Lorien, Legolas was helping Gimli into the boat! It looked like Gimli was an old woman and Legolas was taking him by the hand and helping him down! lol I burst out laughing when I saw it!

[Pil]

I AM SIMPLY GOB-SMACKED! :o :) :o

It is faaaaaaaabulous! It's like a whole new comedy version...*ahem*

HEY HO! TO THE BOTTLE I GO!

Class....absolute class....

The home brew...that got me in histerics... entdraught

I love the bit when sam gets into the boat and it rocks and he's all afraid and clutches the side....:(...aw! soooooo sweet!

The bit when gimli is snoring in lothlorien and aragorn nudges him... roflmao...oh i'm crying with laughter just thinking of it...

On the leggy side of things...the bit when he speaks the elvish to haldir when their on the flet in lothlorien...ooo...:drool:...OUT OF CONTROL :drool:ing!....:loveyou:

I also liked the bit when gimli says..."I asked her for a hair from her golden head...and she gave me three..." and legolas smiles....really gorgeous smile... :)

The bit when the random hobbit is chatting up rosie and sam says...watch who you're sweet talking...so cute! And frodo says...don't worry sam, rosie knows an idiot when she sees one!...and sam gets a bit worried about this! lol

I loooooooved the bit with aragorn singing about luthien tinuviel...it gave us so much more of a feel of his love, also i agree that arwen looked really nice when she was looking at aragorn as he left rivendell...i dunno...i think she looked younger and more naive...

I agree that the sting bit came as a bit of a shock...weird linking of scenes...didn't really work... :huh:

The other funny bit was when frodo leaves rivendell and there's a path left and a path right and he says...gandalf...mordor...left or right...and gandlaf says....left... lol

Oh...i could go on and on and on and on and on and on...but i won't...*phew*...but i give :thumbs: :) :thumbs: (two thumbs up) to this edition...very good! :)

Now i have to watch all the making of bits.... :o veryhappy

[NoldoR]

Yeah i love when frodo says:

- Gandalf, Mordor, which way is it, left or right.
- Left.

That was so cute!

[Narsil's weilder]

SPOLERS*

I liked it when Gandalf did the darkening thing again and recited the words of MORDOR at the council. Also with The hobbits and Legolas..."One bite can fill a man's stomach"
Hobbits: "How many did you eat?"
"Four"

[A! Elbereth]

Originally posted by NoldoR
Yeah i love when frodo says:

- Gandalf, Mordor, which way is it, left or right.
- Left.

That was so cute!

That was one of my favorites - but the funniest was the home brew at the beginning! haha! roflmao

The elves leaving for the Grey Havens made me cry. Did you see the look on Frodo and Sam's face? Sam's was sad, but it looked like Frodo was going to cry... mecry and it made me think about the end of ROTK and... ok don't get me started! ;)

I felt extreme sympathy fro Frodo ant Lothlorien when they reject the Fellowship because of his presence... and did you see the looks he got?? Made me sad mecry AND furious! verymad

WHOA! The Council of Elrond! Gandalf spazzes!!!!!! lol that was strange... I didn't dislike it, but it wasn't my favorite new edition....

By the way, did anyone see MTV's version of The Council of Elrond?? Oh my word, I was completely in a swirl of emotions, laughter, anger and.... more anger especially what they did to Frodo lol

[Lady Ashley]

I wanted to cry too! *sniff* I was wigging out...heh heh Gandalf spazzes....that was cool...and at last, we finally here Boromir's name spoken in a good place...no one who had not read the book previously wouldn't have known his name for Aragorn says it in the Misties.

I love the humor!!! and I'll be blasted if I missed the snoring...I wondered why Aragorn slapped someone (I was watching for Sam's poem. LOVED IT!)

[Archer of Lorien]

SPOILERS

I love the part when Gimli says something about even the dwarves forget where the secret entrances are to Moria, and Legolas says, "why am I not surprised *rolls eyes* " hehe

also after Galadriel gives Sam the elven rope, and Sam asks, "Have you run out of those nice shiny daggers?" roflmao

oh man, i love all the new scenes

[Wilwarin]

I saw the MTV version of the Council of Elrond.....that was.......digusting! But funny too. I probably won't ever watch it again. (moms, don't let your kids watch it!)

[Orkybash]

I loved every minute of this movie. There are too many specific moments for me to mention... God, it's all good!

No more theatrical cut for me, no sir! :)

BTW, anyone else notice the music that was added to otherwise unchanged sequences? Like, when there's strings underscoring Gandalf singing Road goes Ever On, or the now music added while Boromir looks at the Shards of Narsil? Brilliant!

[Bess the Bard]

The first time I watched, some of the new scenes were just too jarring for me. There was more humor and "real life" moments for the characters in the SED and I almost didn't like them. When Aragorn chides Gimli for cursing at Haldir and then hits him for snoring, it just didn't fit in with the noble and tragic figure that came across in the theatrical cut. But I held my judgement because I knew I had seen the first version way too many times (I have WORN out my DVD of the first movie).

So when I watched the SED a second and third time, I was glad that the new scenes seemed to meld seemlessly into the movie. Now the scenes seem natural and the story flows so much better than the first movie. But I still think the first movie stands on its own merits. It was a spare, broad sketch of the story. Nothing extraneous was there, but the story still got told.

The SED is like a wondrous Baroque cathedral, a feast for the senses. The first movie was like a Quaker church, spare and unadorned. But I can find the beauty in both.

PS--I still don't like Aragorn hitting Gimli when he's snoring. It detracts from Sam's poem.

PPS--Also, I thought that Boromir is rightly taken aback by Gandalf's quoting the Black Speech in response to Boromir's attraction to the Ring. So the world clouds over and evil is felt by everyone, and what does Boromir do? He pops right back up and says "It's a gift". Just like Gandalf had never spoken. Messes up the pacing of the scene. Loved everything else.

[Lady Ashley]

Oh, that was a lovely metafor for the SE. The pacing went fast for me, having only watched it once...but now that I have it (!!), I can now pay attension to the snoring and expressions (am remembering the Legolas Expression poll!) and such.

Actually, I liked Gandalf spazzing. It now fits into Boromir's "it's a gift" speech, the reason for it.

gosh! I wanna watch it tonight!! But NO, it HAS to be a school night! grrrrr Course, the other night was a school night too, but I didn't have a paper due the next day...heh heh bad Ashley, visiting WOTR instead of a paper....

[Adamenta]

I LOVED it....ALLLLL!
I must say I did go abit spastic on the released day when I found it hadn't been delivered to the stores and so it wasn't on the shelf by one minute after nineverymad
But all is well now and I forgive everybody.
I can't get over how much of a difference a half hour can make!!
And Aragorn lamenting the loss of Boromir.... they will look for him on the White Towers.... mecry mecry ..yet again

[Adunauriel]

I just can't wait to see it now. It sounds like in the Extended Edition, that some of the friendlyness that seem lacking in the Theatrical Version. Has been added back. I always thought that there should be more playful action between the Fellowship. I hope I'm correct, an that I love it as much as you all...;)

[Sharky]

I just had to find a forum somewhere so I could express my feelings on the SE..... FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC !!!

I bought it yesterday and I've only seen the 1st DVD so far, but all the extra scenes give the movie so much more depth, a much better concept of time passing, for instance the journey from Hobbiton to the Buckleberry Ferry now seems like days, the much improved character development, loved the Green Dragon, the lay of Luthien & Beren, its all so much more like the book, love it !

[A! Elbereth]

I love it when Billy Boyd talks about how Elijah can sleep anywhere, and they show the most adorable pictures of him I've ever seen!!! 'The Fellowship of the cast' on the second disc is my favorite of the special features..awwww! Like here (http://content.neopets.com/guilds/e/elbereth1368/elbereth1368_0323692001037330534.jpg) and ooooo! here too! (http://content.neopets.com/guilds/e/elbereth1368/elbereth1368_0287745001037330844.jpg) its all sooo cute!!! :loveyou:

Did you see when Sean gashed his foot!? Blood!! lol it made me squirm - that's a first. lol

[Adunauriel]

A! E, those have to be the cutest pictures ever. I'm so going to have to check the 2nd Disc out when I get the Extended Ed. :)

[Bess the Bard]

I have to wonder whose room he's sleeping in? If it's his, he's a messy housekeeper. But the bedspread and stuff seems pretty childish. Could it be in Peter Jackson's kids' rooms or Sean Astin's since he had his daughter there? Purely idle curiosity on my part.

I really loved how Sean Astin's safety obsession was revealed on the special features disc and then he was the one who got hurt, poor hobbit.

[NoldoR]

lol it was hillarious when they told how he had been giving orders to the pilots etc! lol hahaha

[Catz]

i have to say as much as i love the new cut of the movie...i love the appendices disks........soooooooooo much...to see all the work of the crew, of the effects crews, of the cast...to see the enthusiam and passion that they all had for the project...all that wonderful information....fabulous, fabulous stuff....
I cant wait for TTT
:catz:

[TheRingBearer]

Yay I got it yesterday. Thats my reason for not posting ;) It was amazing and I've nearly finished watching one out of two discs of special features.
The part where Pippin admitted to eating 4 lembas and then farting was hilarious lol

[Pil]

I fell apart laughing when elijah did his impression of ian mckellen protesting against his loud music....it was like a really enthusiatic growl! roflmao roflmao roflmao

The story about the 'tig' game got me crying too! lol

I had to replay all the arm actions that were being done to mimick sean astin directing the helicopters at least ten times...lol...plus i had a dream about a mini boromir climbing up the side of a mountain...you know...how sean bean didn't like to fly... :o lol

All of viggo and dom's impressions of the little scale double dude....HILARIOUS! ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS! When viggo did the one about when they were in the boat and the little dude told him he couldn't swim! lol

[Daisy Gamgee]

:thumbs:
Absolutely wonderful (the only trouble was I didn't get round to putting the 2nd disc on till about 1am on Fridaynight/sat morn, and as I was completly knackered by then had trouble keeping my eyes open, so I had to watch it all again on Saturday morning!!)
But I am so glad I decided to buy it - i did plan on waiting for my brother to bring it out with him next feb - I can't believe I wanted to wait that longlol
Loved all the new scenes - although not too sure about the new bit at the council, with Gandalf having a "spazz" as someone else has said earlier(not heard that word for yearslol )
The bit with Bilbo's ears twitching, and the scene where Sam looks all worried stepping into the boat at Lothlorien, oh, and Merry and Pippin eating 4 lembas, and then fartinglol
I've only watched the first appendix (my mum was not impressed last night - "have you got that bloody dvd on again?") but its amazing all the work they went to, and the amazing detail on everything:thumbs:
Can't wait to watch the rest of it

[Lady Ashley]

I didn't think he farted...sounded more like a burp to me! But whatever it was, it was FUNNY! hehehehehe *loves Legolas's happy smile and the fact they gave him more things to know that he previously had no opportunity to say* *sigh*

[Aerandir]

Who burped/farted?

~Aera

[Lady Ashley]

They think Pippin farted.

And I have finally watched The Fellowship of the Cast thing and it was FUNNY! I LAUGHED and LAUGHED at the boys making fun of Sean A and the helicopter, and all the funny imitations everyone had of each other. I nearly died when JRD was talking about the boats. *laugh*

But it was great to see they all got along and worked so well together, as a fellowship outside of the film. *sniff* I liked how Sean A. and Viggo got into their roles very well. I love them all they're such neat people---off- and on-screen.

[Daisy Gamgee]

I suppose it could have been a burp - anyway, he passed wind in some form or other, which taken with the lines spoken about the lembas was humerouslol

[Nessa]

To be honest, I could have done without the flatulence. :rolleyes: lol

I've finally gotten through every last drop of the extra footage, and I loved it! Their is some really interesting things, and some really humerous things as well. Dom's impression of BK floored me. ;)

[A! Elbereth]

You mean THESE pistures? *acts innocent*

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I'm sorry, I keep posting these pictures but I love them so much! roflmao

[NoldoR]

hahaha the mtv's elronds council was soooo great!

*the ring must be destroyed*

and frodo and the rest grinning..

ROFL!

[Undomiel]

I LOVE IT ALL SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!! especially Lórien. Lórien was 20 gazillion times better!!!!

Did anyone else think that little bit-the passing of the elves was hauntingly sad. I thought it was beautiful and sad at the same time. And i loved the song it was also a haunting sort of song.

[Daisy Gamgee]

I watched the appendixes this weekend - they are so cool.
The bit with Viggo, talking about cooking with one of the little guys, and him ordering Viggo around the kitchenlol
And Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan were hilarious
I loved it all
It was an amazing insight into what went on. It'll be great if they do this for the next 2 DVDs:thumbs:

[Nessa]

I loved the Appendices as well. Very imformational, and entertaining, too. ;)

Stupid me recently realized that their are voice-overs to the movie under "Special Features." Just watched The Cast one, and had quite a few good laughs. lol

[Adunauriel]

Ok, I finally can post here. Having just finished watching the Movie. I just have to say...... Loved evey minute of it.... Wouldn't change a thing, it seemed to bring the book even more to life then I thought possible. It was fantastic.......;) :)

[Lady Ashley]

I nearly died watching The Cast...I need to watch it again...once I finish about the Music...I only wish they had talked about the passing of the Elves...wonderful, haunting music...

Speaking of which, they weren't Wood-elves...they were High Elves...I prefer to think of them as "Gildor's group".

[Adunauriel]

Originally posted by Lady Ashley Thalionwen
Speaking of which, they weren't Wood-elves...they were High Elves...I prefer to think of them as "Gildor's group". True, and I also believe they weren't that large of a group. I thought it was great thou that they brought them in for the SE-DVD.... It was fabulous, the Elves were beautiful.........;)

[Bonos-Girl]

wow.....i've been watching it every night when i get home from school and i still haven't finished it cos when my mum comes homeshe forces me to switch it off......awwwww...mecry.....i have yet to watch the mtv spoof!!!! lol lol

[Iarfirithwen]

Dom's impressions of both BK and Viggo were hysterical! Loved that section truly magical.

I can't find fault in any of the 4 discs (well 'cept for the slight little error of putting Bree in the wrong spot at the bottom of the old Forest/Barrow Downs (instead of in Bree!) on the interactive map thingy). Best DVD I've ever bought. I want the TTT SEEDVD NOW!!!!!!!

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"I took his Bishwop...."
lol

[Bess the Bard]

For the first time last night, I found the animated storyboards for the longer version of the Prologue. I was astonished at how book-based it was--even more than the Prologue on the SED. It talked about the creation of the Races of Middle Earth--Elves, Dwarves, Men and Orcs. It named Gilgalad and his spear, portrayed his death in the Last Alliance, named the sword of Elendil. It showed Sauron creating the Ring by piercing his hand with a dagger and the blood trickling out and forming the Ring around his finger. (Not book based but a wonderfully visual way to show Sauron and Ring are one.)

Seeing this made me both happy and sad. Happy to know PJ & Co. do know the books, COULD have had more book-based moments. And sad that they chose not to. I know they had lots of reasons, but seeing what they themselves once considered doing and how great it was, some of their reasoning sounds a little hollow.

Even so, I love the SED. And I am trying to have faith that TTT will not only be a breathtaking visual spectacle (I know it will be), but that the love and respect shown for the book in that discarded prologue will still come through.

[Lady Ashley]

I finally finished Disk 4 last night!!! That's REALLY COOL about digital grading. (And amazing at how many hours of footage they actually shot!)

However, I haven't got to a few of the last things on Disk 3. Will do soon!

I love the Elves...despite the mis-naming...their song is no mournful...I like to pretend they're singing that song of Elbereth..."Sow-white! Snow-white! O Lady clear!..."

[Adunauriel]

I loved all the Cast stuff on the 4th disc. There's some really funny stuff all around... They just kept me laughing.....;) lol

[Undomiel]

I loved all of Dom's impressions, but particularly the ones of John Rhys-Davies. They were so funny. And the story about Sean Bean refusing to go in the helicopters was class :thumbs: in fact i cant fault any of it. The features are just fabulous. The cast are so funny and everything else is so mind-boggling. The amount of detail they've put into everything.

[Finrod Felagund]

Loved it but it still left some holes that needed filling

[Adunauriel]

True, there did seem to be some pieces missing. I loved anyways.....;)

[Lady Ashley]

MORE holes? Where?

Oh, btw, the elves ARE singing to (or of) Elbereth!! If you listen closely you can hear "ai, Elbereth..." (I was watching the tiny clips that are on the Scene Selection and made the two words out!)

Hey, Mr. PJ, you're doing good! If ya could've put Tom Bombadil and Buckland in there, maybe I could forgive you for those sewers...lol)

[Adunauriel]

Well Lady Ashley as you said, there was no Tom Bombadil...;) Even without that thou, I still loved the Movie, Especially the SEE-DVD.....;)

[Lady Ashley]

yes, twas quite good..SE time around. lol kidding, both are excellent. But I loved the elves! Oh...

www.elvish.org/gwaith/movie.htm

...all sorts of translations from the movie there! Including a, AHEM, a SPOILER for TT...apparently Aragorn likes to talk to horses. *wink*

very nice place. I finally found out what Elrond is shouting about in Elvish during the Prologue!

[Adunauriel]

Sounds cool, I'll have to check it out.... Also tonight I watched the Council spoof.... Funniest stuff, I laughed til I cried....lol roflmao ;)

[Undomiel]

i'm so annoyed that i wont get to see that grrrrrrr :(

[Adunauriel]

It's the funniest stuff, I think there going to have to try and put in the Downloads section.....;)

[Undomiel]

oo i hope so :)

[Adunauriel]

Well if they ever do put it up, trust me it's hella funny....;) lol

[Bonos-Girl]

i hoipe they will....actually that'd be so annoying cos i'm gonna order the region 1 dvd after christmas.

[Adunauriel]

Well, it will be good for those who don't want to order the region 1 dvd..... Or, simply can't....;)

[Ruin's Fate]

*impatiently waits for the TTT extended DVD*

[Bena]

I watched that trailer for TTT at the end of FOTR SE last night and half the stuff in it wasn't in the film. I guess we can expect a long TTT SE.

[Arwen Undomiel]

if you look at the 'two towers' section beneath this 'fotr' section, look for a thread named 'deleted scenes' and someone has kindly listed ALL of the scenes featured in various trailers that were not included in the theatrical version of ttt. there's a lot. :)

[Lady Melody]

hehe... cool....

[Hedon]

I'm totally addicted to the FotR DVD... the dramatic action scenes especially I watch over and over again... Once I get TTT all I need is to enlarge the mailbox so pizza fits through, and I'll never leave the house!

[Arwen Undomiel]

good idea.

[Iorlas]

Just the thought of watching 6 or 7 hours of actual movie play with both extended movies makes me want to cry of joy :) :(
Still, I wish PJ put back in the little slaughter of orcs at the borders of Lorien since it was filmed. Damn those early trailers of FOTR for putting those thoughts in my mind. Guess I'll just have to wait till 2004 for most likely a fanatics DVD set with everything in it!

[Aerandir]

YAY! I finally got it! HOORAY!

-Aera

from what I saw, its awesome, I like the Cast audio commentary, lol

[Adunauriel]

The cast audio commentary is the funniest stuff, and it get's better each time you listen to it....lol

[Polly Sandybanks]

I've only listened to that once so far.. but I loved it. lol They're so funny.

[Adunauriel]

Yep, especially Dom, Billy Elijah, Sean, & ofcourse Orlando....;) lol

[Aerandir]

Aye, the hobbitses are the most hilarious.

lol

-Aera

[Adunauriel]

I think your pretty much guaranteed a good laugh whenever they start talking....lol

[Aerandir]

Oh yeah, diffenetly.

-Aera

[Adunauriel]

I also found the MTV council spoof very entertaining....lol

[Bonos-Girl]

its so unfair that its only on the american one. i still haven't ordered it yet.....maybe i should...

[Adunauriel]

I know, I'm sorry B/G. I wish they would have let you guys have it too...:(

[Miruvor]

It's about time I put my opinion here. I was not all that pleased with the EE edition. Some additions were great, but some additions were a waste of time and irked me. I can't even watch the 'Bilbo in his Study' scene. It totally breaks the flow for me. and some of the extra talk while Frodo in the cart with Gandalf could have been left out. They should have left out the guy cleaning his ear, and the abrupt Black speech scene at the council. I hated the scene on the flet when Aragorn was arguing with Haldir, and Boromir's statement to Frodo there.

Most every other addition was excellent. Some were just what I was wanting - the mention of Bilbos Mithril coat and it's value, the gift scenes, Gimli's Lament over leaving Lorien, and Gollum on the log.

If they would have left out the hated scenes I mentioned above, and filled that time with the complete Gildor episode, and Sam's little dialog about a dream of a log with eyes, then I could have died and gone to heaven, because, then it would have been perfect.

One more point. It felt too long and some parts lacked the rousing music that it should have had. I more often watch my theatrical version due to the excellent pacing, then, sometimes, throw in the Ext. version starting with the elves walking thru the shire. or starting in Moria.

[Adunauriel]

I will agree with you Miruvor about the Bilbo scene, it did seem too long.... But I pretty much like everything else... I really have no complaints about the Extended edition...:) :thumbs:

[Arwen Undomiel]

i totally prefer the theatrical version of the beginning of fotr; bilbo's introduction just isn't as captivating or entertaining as frodo and gandalf's interaction. i adore the gift-giving addition to the film, especially galadriel and aragorn's talk.

the cast commentary is hilarious! it's very amusing that liv suddenly appears to only speak a few lines and then disappears again!

[Adunauriel]

Yea, I kind of thought she'd talk a little more too.. I think thou, that they only used her for a little, cause she's only in the movie a little.....:) ;)

[Arwen Undomiel]

yeh like for a second. blink and you'll miss her! it annoys me to read that she was supposedly filming in new zealand for 12mths when she was only there a few!

[Adunauriel]

Well, she might have been there for twelve months, but not necessasarily filmed the whole time... Plus, they may also be counting the time when the cast has gone back for reshoots... :huh: :)

[Arwen Undomiel]

nup, she said this in 2001's ELLE magazine 'cos i remember reading it and thinking: 'well what the hell has happened to all your scenes, love?!'. hmmm, it was probably her helm's deep scenes that took such a long time too. shame they got cut. lol lol

[Adunauriel]

I didn't know Arwen was at Helm's Deep (I know she wan't there in the book).... I wonder if it will be in the extended?:)

[Bonos-Girl]

if you go through it freexefrsaming then you can see her head and stuff at different points at HD...really amusing!!

[Arwen Undomiel]

check out the thread 'Arwen WAS at Helm's Deep' in the ttt section for some pics which blatantly show that she WAS at helm's deep but was digitally removed. there's no way she'll make a re-appearance on the extended version. that would cause and unbelievable outrage among fans - me included.

[Undomiel]

i dont think they'll re-add that to the extended cut-coz it would completely change the story really. They cut that because they thought Liv Tyler came across as too Xena like so i doubt they'll put it back in. I mean for a start it would chnge the whole "is she/isnt she leaving ME" (for those who havent read the book of course)

[Pinklotus]

Originally posted by Archer of Lorien
I loved the part where Elrond talks with Aragorn at Aragorn's mother's grave.

Yeah ... especially because the scene in TTT when Aragon has this "dream sequence" (sp?) about Elrond and himself, where Elrond tells him that he should leave Arwen so she can be together with the other ones.

If you just watch the TTT - you wonder when Elrond and Aragon had this conversation, but if you know the extended DVD, you know it.

[Arwen Undomiel]

i noticed that too pinklotus. i watched out for their elrond's costume on the dvd and in ttt and he's wearing the same costume in both, so that ttt scene is definitely a continuation of the gilraen's memorial scene in the fotr dvd.

[Adunauriel]

Yep, it is.... I figured it out right way, more so for me by what Aragorn was wearing... It actually helped explain better as to why she was crying when Aragorn left Riveldell... It ends up, it wasn't just cause Aragorn was leaving, it's also because Aragorn had tried to give back the Evenstar....;)

[Undomiel]

yeah-i thought those were great tie-ins to the first movie-the Elrond scene and the scene of him giving back the evenstar-it gives the movies continuity and it binds them together even more closely.

[Arwen Undomiel]

yeh, when you first watch the extended fotr, you think arwen's blubbing 'cos aragorn's leaving (who wouldn'1 - boy he's HOT!) but after watching ttt, you realise it's 'cos aragorn has ended their relationship and has told her to leave for the grey havens. nice tie-in.

[Adunauriel]

Yep, I think it was very nicely done.. But I do believe that she was crying for both reasons. Beacuse he'd tried to end there relationship, and because he was leaving...:)

[Arwen Undomiel]

oh i 4got to mention that she was crying 'cos he was leaving as well! my bad! poor arwen!

[Adunauriel]

It's ok Arwen U, I completely understand... Sometimes I forget stuff too.. I call it haveing a 'senior moment'...;) lol

[Achila]

I'm a latecomer to this SE stuff, since I don't have a DVD player. But DUH!!!! I never realized that it was also released on VHS...how stupid of me!

So I got it the other day and WOW WOW WOW....the new scenes add so much depth and richness to the movie. Esp. the Lorien scenes -- too bad those didn't make it to the theatrical release. Galadriel comes off as aloof and creepy in that version and she's shown to be so much more in the SE. Plus, as someone else pointed out, Celeborn (whose name is actually mentioned, finally) had much more to do than the one line he says (badly) in the theatrical release -- much better.

So guess what??? For Christmas (a little late), one of my friends bought me a DVD player and the extended DVD -- I'm getting them this weekend and will finally see all the other lovely bits that you guys have been talking about. Can't wait!

One comment -- on the VHS is a "featurette" called A Day in the Life of a Hobbit (is that on the DVD too?) -- why does Elijah have such a trash mouth?? I wanted to say, "Do you kiss your mother with that mouth??" So much for Little Mr. Cute and Innocent!!! roflmao

[Adunauriel]

Yep, 'A Day in the Life of a Hobbit' is also on the DVD.... Not to worry thou, there's also alot of other funny stuff on the DVD... I highly reccomend the Cast Commentary....:thumbs:

[Arwen Undomiel]

i love the way lij speaks and what comes out of his mouth is hilarious. i peed myself listening to the four hobbits's cast commentary 'cos they're all so witty and share a fantastic rappor with one another! 'the fellowship of the cast' docu. is excellent too and pretty much most of the cast contribute to it.

[Adunauriel]

Yep, all the cast commentary is really funny... Totally made me laught til I cried...;) lol

[Arwen Undomiel]

especially billy boyd! he's hilarious! the bit at the end of the credits where he claims that it feels like they've been there recording that commentary for 5 days killed me. literally. roflmao

[Adunauriel]

I also like when he, or was it Dom? Asks if they can put there clothes back on....lol roflmao lol

[Arwen Undomiel]

oh yeh that's dom! the two of them just crack me up! they're always very funny and comic in interviews! and the bit that had me in utter stitches was during a new scene, in which frodo and sam are watching the elves pass into the grey havens, and the four hobbits are talking about a fake game that dom, billy and sean made up to fool lij into thinking was real! i was creasing!!!

[Adunauriel]

AH the beauty that was Tink..... lol

[Lady of the Rings]

lol Yeh, when they were talking about that game it was so funny! I also loved when John-Rhys Davies was talking about the boat tipping incident with Orlando and when Viggo was talking about the Indian stunt double for the hobbits roflmao Classic stuff!

[Arwen Undomiel]

yeh and he sure looked sexy when he was talking about it! lol :loveyou: the bit where sean bean was explaining how he kept knocking orli's boat was v. funny too! it's just fab how they all had such an amazing time together and you can see this reflected in the films and in magazine and telly interviews. ;) it would've been nice for cate blanchett to contribute to the 'fellowhip of the cast' docu. - at least she's in the documentaries on the normal dvd.

i didn't even realise the vhs extended version had any extras on there... but it's a good thing it does 'cos it's not really fair for vhs viewers to be missing out on ALL the additional features that come with the dvd version. :grin:

[Achila]

The VHS is on two tapes, so I guess they needed something to fill out the second one. The TT trailer is on there too.

You know -- every time I see one of these "behind the movie" docos, it makes me a little sad that I wasn't involved in making this movie. It would have surely been the thrill of a lifetime. Not that I would have asked for a big part -- heck -- being assigned "Chief Hair Brusher" for Viggo would've been OK too!!! lol lol lol

[Bonos-Girl]

lol....i'd have loved that job! hehehe roflmao!

i always thought it was unfair how DVD's always had more on than VHs's....i won a fame academy vid from newsround and i thought it was so unfair that i won a vid rather than a DVD.....lol...at least i got it anyway! lol

[Arwen Undomiel]

that's the whole point of opting to buy dvds rather than vhses i.e. you get more for your money. now that i've been buying more and more dvds, i'm used to their pristine sound and visual quality, and watching videos just isn't as satisfying any more. plus, i've noticed just how much the quality of my videos have deteriorated over time and it's so nice to know that'll never happen to my beloved dvds, no matter how often i watch them - providing they don't get heavily scratched ;).

it's hard to imagine watching fotr on vhs now...

[Adunauriel]

Yea, that's how I feel.. I want to buy all my Videos on DVD, but that's alot of money.. I'll have to do it slowly....;) I love it whenever Orlando talks about anything being 'Drity', I just love that way he says it... He makes it sound good...;)

[Bonos-Girl]

anything he says he makes sound good!! lol

[Adunauriel]

That is most definatley true....:thumbs: :)

[Arwen Undomiel]

i'll only buy the dvd versions of films i have on vid if they're classics and i adore them. i don't remember when orli says "dirty"...

[Adunauriel]

He says it during the cast commentary...:)

[Catz]

*catz decides this might be an opportune moment to step in* remember ladies, were discussing the DVD......not how good Orli sounds:naughty: ;) lol ......sides i think the furnishings in here might be flammable:elfeek: :rolleyes: roflmao
:catz:

[Lady of the Rings]

I love it whenever Orlando talks about anything being 'Drity', I just love that way he says it... He makes it sound good...

roflmao Like when he says '..down and dirty..'! So I'm not the only one who thinks that! I love that word now..I use it all the time :naughty: lol

P.s. Sorry Catz :blush:

[Arwen Undomiel]

ah, ok thanx , adun! will keep an ear out for that in future... :thumbs:

[Achila]

The point I was making was that if you DON'T have a DVD player (which I didn't, up until yesterday, but of course, I have to now call the cable company to come hook it up!), can't afford one, etc., but DO have a VCR, you can see the extended FOTR on VHS, plus one of the special features that is on the DVD. It's nice that you don't have to feel left out.

[P.K. Brandybuck]

If you don't have a DVD player it's gonna be difficult for you to keep replaying your favorite parts. :grin:

[Arwen Undomiel]

oh so true! achila, that's pretty much what i said too earlier, so yay!

[Daughter of Gondor]

I don't understand how they took it out in the first place. The Lorien bit was very important. Everybody who missed seeing it would have gotten confused during TTT. But it was worth the extra bucks. The comentaries are awesome as well.

[Arwen Undomiel]

oh it was TOTALLY worth the extra money! i thought i'd never get through all those extras! lol and i adore the additional lothlorien scenes and think they're just so pivotal and significant to moving the story along - it'd be hard to watch the theatrical version now.

[Adunauriel]

I haven't watched the theatrical version since getting my Extended DVD....:)

[Arwen Undomiel]

i've got both on dvd, 'cos i just couldn't wait 'til november to see vig swingin' his sword again...roflmao... and i haven't watched the theatrical one since i bought the extended version. plus i wanted both 'cos they have different extras on each version.

[Adunauriel]

That is true, there is a good Orlando Extra on the Original....;)

[Arwen Undomiel]

and cate blanchett's on some documentaries too. plus there's the ttt 10 minute spesh and the trailer, so it's a very good package.

[Adunauriel]

Yep, the Original has got it's good points.. I just haven't watched it since getting the extended...;)

[Arwen Undomiel]

i watched the ttt preview and trailer just so i could pick out bits that have been cut from the ttt film and there's quite a bit, i can tell ya!!! but i do watch fotr probably once a month.

[Adunauriel]

I haven't watched it in awhile, but I was suffering from FotR overload... I'll probably watch it again soon... I need an Orlando fix....:thumbs:

[Aragorn's Hope]

I loved it! Love all Boromir scene

[Jedi]

I was disappointed at the editing at start of Fellowship EE. I thought the fade after Galadriel's prologue and then opening with Frodo sitting under the tree in the peaceful realm of the shire was wonderful. It does not have the same impact opening to Bilbo sitting writing. Also the new score here irritates me with little chirrups and things, and too many little comedy bits. Sounding like I hated here, but honestly I didn't! I just want to re-edit my own copy.

[Mouth Of Sauron]

"It was fundeful - a whole different movie infact"

I loved it! I rented it from the library for a week, but managed to watch the movie 4x and listen to the cast and directors commentary, and watched all bonus discs. Amazing DVD. TTT was aswell. Can't wait for ROTK. :grin: