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[gothwalk]

The Fellowship of the Ring was bloody brilliant in the cinema; I saw it twice, which is something I've never done with a film before. But the extended version... oh man. Oh man. It was absolutely fantastic. It was perfect. Why in the name of all the Gods did they clip out those bits to begin with? I know there's this idea that people won't sit through three hours, but, y'know, we just did.

Some day, I want to be able to do stuff like that. I don't know what medium - I suspect computer assisted RPGs or something - but something that makes people feel like that. Even on the third time seeing it, I was tearing up at the sight of the Shire, and that's only at the start. And Gimli and Galadriel...

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[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Oo, can't wait to watch it., It's sitting around but I don't have 3 hours to spare -_-

[dryad-wombat.livejournal.com]

YES! Oh I agree completely. And I too, right from the second time seeing it, started to get all choked up at the beautiful Shire introductions, even right at the beginning!

It is absolutely a work of art. I really hope they release Two Towers on Extended version with DVD too -- those extra shots are absolute gems.

:)

[crimmycat.livejournal.com]

For all the time that they put into the extended version, there still wasn't a single scene that felt stretched too thin. I can't figure why they cut some of them at all. And I love the appendices!

[wyvernfriend.livejournal.com]

coincidence much. Dave and I sat down and watched it last night as well!! My first time seeing the extended version - wow! Next time though we're waiting for the extended version!

[morenasangre.livejournal.com]

I too thought the extended version told the story better than the theatre release. True, I understood why Jackson cut most of the scenes he eliminated -- from a film perspective, they were 'extra.' For me, the greatest gain was a sense of the passage of time. In this version, the journey seemed long -- something missing in the shorter cut.