Discuss. I'm looking to buy the box set, and I'm just curious what you guys think of the extended versions
Originally posted by: rnp614
is http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Pictur...bs_1/104-6735794-0135913?ie=UTF8&s=dvd the 12 disc one?
Absolutely!Originally posted by: rnp614
so the content they added was actually good?
The Ultimate DVD set for all time! , October 26, 2004
Reviewer: Distant Voyageur "Nicholas Computer" (Io) - See all my reviews
I already reviewed the regular "Motion Picture Trilogy" containing the non-extended editions of the legendary Lord of The Rings masterpieces on one set. However, this newest edition is a grand improvement on the previous edition. This item is a much, MUCH better investment than the old theatrical counterparts and is perhaps the greatest DVD purchase one will likely ever make.
A lot "Director's Cut" scenes are usually just added footage that doesn't do a whole lot to add onto the theatrical edition of movies with examples like Star Wars, Manhunter, or even most of the "Aliens" movies as well. The extra material is just that, extras, that wouldn't kill me to never see again.
It's a totally different story altogether with the "Lord Of The Rings" movies altogether. While the regular theatrical editions were mind-blowing, the extended cuts of the same films do wonders in fleshing out the story and expanding the characters a lot more. Several characters that were not much more than background people are shown much more screen time, stories are greatly expanded, other scenes are much more meaningful, and the movies overall have a totally different feel altogether thanks to all of the extra footage that was not included on the theatrical editions. Now as I watch them, the old editions of them are rendered almost completely obsolete due to the chopped up nature of them. I sometimes wonder if Peter Jackson grimaced when he had to leave a lot of extra shots out of the movies to fit them onto the theatres when they were released.
"Fellowship" has 30 minutes of extra footage included to a length of 3 and a half hours. "The Two Towers" was extended 43 minutes to a total of 3 hours and 42 minutes and finally "The Return of The King" is extended by a grand 50 minutes and the ultimate result is a whopping 4 hours and 11 minutes long! I don't know about you but I don't know how one can make a longer movie like this but Jackson did it! The grand total of all three extended editions is at least an astronomical 11 hours long! This is just the movies themselves.
As for all of the extras on the "Extended Editions", there are over a days worth of extras for surf through on the latter two discs of each film set. The things on them are too great to explain in detail with this review.
Whether you buy them individually or all at once on this massive gift set, "The Lord of The Rings" trilogy goes down as the greatest trilogy of all time. You could not make a better purchase. I swear it!
Originally posted by: John
Originally posted by: rnp614
is http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Pictur...bs_1/104-6735794-0135913?ie=UTF8&s=dvd the 12 disc one?
Yes, that is the one to own.
Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
Originally posted by: John
Originally posted by: rnp614
is http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Pictur...bs_1/104-6735794-0135913?ie=UTF8&s=dvd the 12 disc one?
Yes, that is the one to own.
I don't know, those aren't HD
Originally posted by: d3n
Extended FTW, I'm curious about HD-DVD releases of these movies
Originally posted by: BouZouki
The original seemed very long, I can't imagine how long it would take to watch the extending versions.