The Return of the King was arguably the best instalment of Peter Jackson’s the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and with this in mind, the Extended Edition had a lot to live up to.
With an addition of 50 minuets of new or extended scenes flawlessly added into the extended DVD, it was almost like watching a totally different movie. Surprisingly it didn’t feel like it was almost an hour longer, if anything it felt like the time went by faster.
Even the ending, which was subject to the most of the films sparse criticism, didn’t seem as long – weather Jackson edited the ending, or if it just seemed shorter due to the added length of the movie, I’m not sure, but it was a fitting end to a great trilogy.
I wont spoil the movie by telling you exactly what makes up the extra time, there’s plenty of websites out there that can do that, what I will say is that the scenes added to the experience by telling more of the story.
The theatrical release of The Return of the King, was at times confusing and disjointed for a person such as my self, who hasn’t, and will never read the books. But throughout the Extended version I found myself thinking “Oh, so that’s what happened” or “Ah, so that’s the reason for that”. It was as I said before, like watching an entirely different movie.
And the scenes weren’t just a few extra lines of dialogue, the film felt more action packed, more compassionate, and gave the viewer more hope.
All in all, the extra 50 minuets is worth shelling out for the extended DVD, and I have yet to even contemplate watching the 2 discs of special features!
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3 comments to "The Return Of The King | Extended Edition"
8:52 PM
I still reckon they should've cut the last twenty minutes off the end.
9:20 AM
Yeah, but if you look at it in the context of the entire extended trilogy, a 20 minuet ending is nothing…
The funniest thing with the ending, is when I saw it at the movies, a whole lot of people got up and left when the movie faded to black just before the ending, and missed the last bit of the movie. Not a big deal, but it always amazes me that after spending so much money just to go to the movies, why are people so damn keen to leave as quickly as possible?
10:10 AM
I think the thing that made these movies so great, was that Jackson himself was an avid Tolkien reader. The combination of Jackson's and Tolkien's visions made something rare in a fantasy movie: believability.
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