Lord of the Rings ROTK

tombanjo2 · Post by **tombanjo2** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:51 pm

The new, extended Return of the King is out now. Hopefully this will be the end of the added footage scam. I fell for it the first time when I ran out and bought the first movie before they came out with the extended version a couple of months later. This time I waited.

donshan · Post by **donshan** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:21 pm

The widescreen DVD lists the run time as 200 minutes or 3 hours 20 minutes. The extended DVD is 250 minutes-4 hours 10 minutes!!.

I saw this movie in the theater and agree it was a great movie, effects and cinematography, and my only complaint was that it was too long then. I am not sure my rear end wants 50 minutes more.

However, come back and let us know what scenes I missed, and if it helped the movie, or was just more of the same. There have been films where the story was damaged by cutting the original shorter. Let us know before I decide to buy this DVD.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:38 pm

You make a good point for being able to sit for hours but with this on DVD that changes everything.

A good friend of mine who read the book numerous times and watched the movie said the extended versions are it! They cover every nuance which the theatrical versions skimmed over or simply deleted. According to him it is the full version of the book in video form.

My wife and I have made a commitment to come back and watch all the extended versions on DVD 1-2 hours a night until done. Summer would probably work out best...

tombanjo2 · Post by **tombanjo2** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:23 am

donshan wrote:The widescreen DVD lists the run time as 200 minutes or 3 hours 20 minutes. The extended DVD is 250 minutes-4 hours 10 minutes!!.

I saw this movie in the theater and agree it was a great movie, effects and cinematography, and my only complaint was that it was too long then. I am not sure my rear end wants 50 minutes more.

However, come back and let us know what scenes I missed, and if it helped the movie, or was just more of the same. There have been films where the story was damaged by cutting the original shorter. Let us know before I decide to buy this DVD.

Hey, there's no way I can sit through four hours of anything. I rarely watch a regular length movie in one sitting. That's what I love about home theater and TiVo. You watch it on your schedule.

I agree with Richard's friend about all the extra footage. Give me all you can, just don't keep releasing it in dribs and drabs. The book was marvelously rich and detailed. Remember, this is the last movie and the desire to linger in middle earth is very strong on us humans, so I wouldn't have minded if it was eight hours. The Ring does have it's pull on everyone, no? If four hrs + is too much for one sitting, why make it an endurance contest? Enjoy it in two halves.

akirby · Post by **akirby** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:42 am

donshan wrote:There have been films where the story was damaged by cutting the original shorter. Let us know before I decide to buy this DVD.

The Abyss is a perfect example. They cut out so much in the theatrical version that you didn't understand what the aliens were doing. Seeing the director's cut with the added footage was like seeing a totally different movie.

"Oh - I get it now!"

peter m. wilson · Post by **peter m. wilson** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 11:07 am

Hi,

Actually the new release of "The Abyss" has agreat deal of contreversay attached to it. I picked up my "Special Edition" (2003 is on the disc) as a 2 film special package at Best Buy in Toronto last summer. The case that it came in clearly denotes DD5.1. In fact it 4.0 and non anamorphic which any SE should be..

I was glad because the second movie was a stinker and I got to bring both back.

The "Special Collectors Edition" that really rocked my socks at Sam's Club in Toronto for $13.95cdn was "Top Gun" which on the box says DTS 6.1, which is awsome enough in itself. I was even more pleased to find when I played it is it's not only DTS 6.1 it's 6.1 Discrete.

Now I only know of "The Haunted" and "Motown" as the only others I've found but when I heard it, I was pleased that I got the upgrade to my Denon 5800. Hopefully there are more to come but unless I was going to give the disc I own as a gift or something I wouldn't rebuy most movies. I did not own "Top Gun" because the PQ on the original stank.

This one is much better and "The making of" disc is great because they didn't have the Computer Graphics tools back in 98 that they have now.
Also when I saw Jerry Bruckheimer, I asked myself "what hasen't he had a piece of"?

Peter m.