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Thoran · 11-21-2003, 08:13 AM

Watched the extended version last night... the origonal TTT was great, but this version is SOOOOO much better! The only thing missing that would've made it PERFECT is Tom Bombadil (although they did give Treebeard a couple of Tom's lines). The extension added more to TTT than it did for FotR IMO. There were a couple characters who's actions make more sense now. Faramir was probably the biggest benefactor of the extension... his character is far deeper now than it was before, arguably even deeper than he was in the book (not nearly as one dimensional). They added in the march of the trees (a little thing but I was annoyed they'd cut it). It's almost like they took a movie that was good but incomplete and finished it off.

MUST buy for any Tolkien fan... if you bought the normal version than you're just going to have to suck it up and cough up another 25 bucks to get this one too.

ONE MONTH TO GO... the stair to Cirith Ungol and Shelob's lair is looming closer by the minute!

[ 11-21-2003, 08:24 AM: Message edited by: Thoran ]

11-21-2003, 08:13 AM	#4
Thoran Galvatron Join Date: January 10, 2002 Location: Upstate NY Age: 57 Posts: 2,109	Watched the extended version last night... the origonal TTT was great, but this version is SOOOOO much better! The only thing missing that would've made it PERFECT is Tom Bombadil (although they did give Treebeard a couple of Tom's lines). The extension added more to TTT than it did for FotR IMO. There were a couple characters who's actions make more sense now. Faramir was probably the biggest benefactor of the extension... his character is far deeper now than it was before, arguably even deeper than he was in the book (not nearly as one dimensional). They added in the march of the trees (a little thing but I was annoyed they'd cut it). It's almost like they took a movie that was good but incomplete and finished it off. MUST buy for any Tolkien fan... if you bought the normal version than you're just going to have to suck it up and cough up another 25 bucks to get this one too. ONE MONTH TO GO... the stair to Cirith Ungol and Shelob's lair is looming closer by the minute! [ 11-21-2003, 08:24 AM: Message edited by: Thoran ]