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ROTK:EE Trailer Released
artemis67 writes "A six-minute trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Extended Edition, has been released, and it's quite good. We get to see some snippets of the final confrontation between Gandalf and Saruman, as well as some other intriguing scenes that will add a lot of depth to the final movie. The Extended Edition will add an additional 50 minutes to the film, bring the total for the Extended trilogy to 11 hours and 20 minutes."
This is why I don't buy movies anymore. They always release something 'bigger and better' than the one before just to make bigger bucks... Pretty pathetic I think!
Why is noew line and the theatres not tapping the opportunity to make gobs of cash?
special event all 3 extended films in the theatre would sell out for 2 weeks solid. It's guarenteeing that every seat in that theatre will buy 3 movie tickets, they will eat gobs of popcorn, and the delay between film changes will be welcomed for bathroom and smoke breaks.
it is a fricking gold mine waiting to be tapped, hell, starwars fanatics pale in comparison to LOTR fanatics... they couldn't sell out the trilogy running back to back here but the single night they ran the LOTR movies they oversold it.
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To preempt the whining that accompanied every article about previous Lord of the Rings extended version DVD releases: I know some complain that studios release special, super-duper extended versions in a scheme to make more money from people willing to buy multiple versions of a movie. I really don't think that this is the case for the extended version of Return of the King. Its not as if they didn't tell us a extended version was on its way. The wait between the DVD release of the theatrical version an this release is a bit annoying, but I believe it is worth holding off purchasing for. And that's the key phrase... nobody makes you buy every single version of a movie that comes out. if you want the regular version, buy that. If not, wait for the extended movie.
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Its around 1200 pages, right? (I can't remember for sure off the top of my head). Well, that'd mean around 100 pages per hour. I read 1-3 pages per minute, depending on the content, so thats somewhat reasonable. Of course, it'd be exhausting.
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Bah, why bother try downloading without a torrent. Anyone got a torrent link?
All stories have said that "The Scouring of the Shire" has not been included in the movie, at all.
However, I'm hoping an early christmas present will be that Mr. Jackson left the vision of that event in the Mirror of Galadriel scene for a reason.
I can hope, but won't hope too much.
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You should have it over by 8 pm. What you need to do is not take 1.5 hour breaks, and just order pizzas or something and spill pepporoni on the couch while eating & watching.
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Well, the extra scenes in the previous EE's were mostly NOT battle-scenes (were there ANY new battle-scenes in 'em?). So I have to ask: what the hell are you blathering about? Have you even seen the past EE's?
Looking at "Fellowship of the Ring", I can remember these new scenes (found in the usenet):
*A new addition to the opening sequence in which Bilbo provides background on Hobbits and their history in voice-over as he writes his memoirs.
*A new introduction to Samwise Gamgee, seen in his capacity as a gardener.
*A scene taking place at the Green Dragon Inn, which introduces us to the camaraderie of the Hobbits (we see them singing together) and sets up the geopolitics of the story.
*The Hobbits witnessing the departure of the Elves from Middle Earth on the way to Bree.
*Aragorn watching over the sleeping Hobbits, singing the ballad of Beren and Luthien to himself in the night.
*Aragorn at his mother's grave, in which we learn that he was raised by Elves and that Sauron has long hunted him.
*Two new moments during the departure from Rivendale, one in which we see Arwen's emotional reaction to Aragorn's leaving, and another in which Elrond sees the Fellowship off.
*A scene with the Fellowship in the mines of Moria, in which we learn how the Dwarves themselves unleashed the fire-demon that eventually destroyed them.
*A scene at Lothlorien, where Galadriel bestows upon each of the Fellowship a gift which will play an important role later in the Trilogy.
*And finally, more footage of the battle at Amon Hen. This is not particularly bloody footage, but its addition will likely result in this cut
of the film receiving an R-rating.
Oh yes, that's LOTS of "new battle-scenes"! NOT!
Two Towers is similar. Very little battle-scenes, but lots of background material.
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I doubt he cut them out of the movie without alot of soul searching. Of those 4 scenes I would say that only the mouth of Sauron and Aragorn revealing himself to sauron should have remained in the movie (theatrical version). Aragorn revealing himself to Sauron puts the seed of doubt in Saurons mind and kept his gaze more focused on the black gate than searching for the ring (he probably assumes that Aragorn actually has the ring, since I believe it either explains in the book or the appendices that Sauron's contempt for the free people of Middle Earth that anyone would consider actually destroying the ring).
The mouth of Sauron scene is critical because it makes it more emotional in that Sauron wants them to believe that the spy has been captured and killed, but Gandalf uses this information against Sauron because of Frodo had truly been captured Sauron would have the ring already and they wouldn't even be having that conversation. It also makes the scene in the theatrical version make more sense when Aragorn turns to face his army and looks like he has been crying and says 'For Frodo' or something like that.
Gandalf and Saruman meeting doesn't really do much..Saruman's part in the main storyline is already over (the scouring of the shire is a great part of the book but absolutely unnecessary in the movie, the same way Tom Bombadils section is beautiful, but doesn't bring the plot forward or develop any of the main characters).
Gandalf meeting the witch king at Minas Tirith is pure geek fodder but doesn't do much for the story as a whole.
I just want Peter Jackson to do The Hobbit while he is still on the A-List. If King Kong bombs he might do it to regain his cache in Hollywood, or conversly if King Kong is a success they might throw so much damn money at him for the hobbit that he can't refuse!
There is, however, a side-effect of this whole "finding the story" process that you have (accurately) described.
The tone of the book is very much "Hobbit" like in the first chapters, but as we wend our way towards Rivendell, the tone grows darker and more "adult".
This winds up mirroring a similar journey for the hobbits, who start off as childlike and neive (like the tone) but get much more worldly as they get exposed to the real world.
Bombadil works in the book, because he shows up near the start when the hobbits are still in juvenile fairy-tale mode. If he were a denizen of Ithlien, he would seem jarring and out of place.
And I agree that it made perfect sense to cut him from the movie.
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