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wow goldPeter Jacksons Lord of the Rings films gave double-dipping–releasing a
lotro gold DVD then releasing an improved version shortly afterward–a good name by offering both a better film and stupendous extras in the Extended Editions. This triple-dip 2006 Limited Edition falls far short of that standard but is still of interest to devoted and casual fans.
Both the theatrical and extended versions of The Return of the King are on one double-sided disc. The versions use seamless branching, meaning that the scenes that are common to both versions are stored on the disc only once. If you choose to watch the extended version, the disc branches out to the added or extended scenes. What does this mean to the viewer? Not much. The viewing experience is the same because the branching is imperceptible. But because both versions of the film dont have to be stored on the disc in their entirety (which would be seven and half hours total), both versions together fit on two sides of one disc. The downside is that whichever
www.lordoftherings.net version you watch, you have to flip over the disc halfway through; the film breaks at the same spot it did on the Extended Edition, right after the entrance of the wolf-head battering ram. Also lost are the meager features included on the theatrical edition, plus the four commentary tracks, two discs of bonus features, and DTS 6.1 ES sound from the four-disc Extended Edition.
My Review:
lotro gold Why do all good things have to come to an end? During the last three years in a row, Peter Jackson has amazingly resurrected winter from its boring blues with the individual instalments of his Tolkien fantasy trilogy, ultimately changing the perspective of our cinematic excitement from the summer months to the end of the year. Now that its over and done with, what will be the lasting effects of this groundbreaking achievement manny white?
With such a long journey, our heroes deserve the emotional pay-off as well as the action peaks, and they will be genuinely touched as the final credits roll. Long live King Kong
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5 Stars Worth every additional minute of it
What can I say? I loved the extended versions of The Lord of the Ring. Of course, I loved the book and everything having to do with Tolkien, but as other reviewers state, I too, was afraid that the movie would ruin the book. In fact, I found the movie refreshingly similar to the book, with minor, minor changes (I do have an issue with the treatment of Boromirs brother, but nobody is perfect) and the extended version better still since by including cut footage it made the movie even more faithful to the book.
I sat down one rainy Saturday and spent 11 hours watching
lotro gold all three episodes in extended format…. time flew. Time to do it again one of these days. No question about it: if you are considering getting this movie buy only the extended version of each of the three books. You will not regret it!
