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Roquen · 11-11-2002, 04:28 PM

So, Just wanted to know what everyone thought of the new edit of the Fellowship of the Ring. My own opinion is that this is a somewhat more faithful version of the film to the book. Most notable for me are the added scenes with Aragorn. It's amazing what just a couple of extra peices have done for his character! The look on his face while telling Frodo about the tale of Luthien and Beren...! Incredeble!!!<BR>It's was also much more pleasing to see a little more happyness in Lothlorien. Galadriels smile is just beautiful to see and was missed in the theatrical cut. All in all, though, all the characters are given just a little more to go with in this release; Gimli's gift from Galadriel, Legolas' extra scenes in Lothlorien (did he really just mention Morgoth!), Boromirs added tention and more informative moments with Aragorn...<BR>The Hobbits get especialy good treatment from this release also. I actually cheered to see the Sackville-baggins', the Gaffer and Ted Sandyman! But it's the small moments of Frodo's and Gandalfs that are standout for me. I just loved the Flet scene showing Frodos growing paranoia and we're given more of a sence that the Ring is literaly weighing heavy on him. Gandalf is much more like the literary Wizard due to his added lines showing his more gruff and cantankerous side, espescialy toward Pippin! Just like the book!!!<BR>I did feel that the new Bilbo scenes, although very useful, did disrupt the start of the film for me. To disjointed in my eye's. Overall I liked the fact that the extra scenes gave an extra sence of time during the journey, due to the fact that many of the newly added scenes take place during the night, spliting the previously quick scenes from one day to two. I'd also like to applaued the tranfer. The picture this time out just has a slight edge over the first DVD release. How this was done is beyond me because i thought that the origanal picture quality was fantastic. The new DTS sound track is breathtaking also! It has a real organic quality over the standard 5.1 Dolby Digital track. I've rambled on enough about all this so I'll leave the extras for another time! Let me know what you all thought of the new edit.

11-11-2002, 04:28 PM	#1
Roquen Pile O'Bones Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: UK Posts: 12	Special Edition So, Just wanted to know what everyone thought of the new edit of the Fellowship of the Ring. My own opinion is that this is a somewhat more faithful version of the film to the book. Most notable for me are the added scenes with Aragorn. It's amazing what just a couple of extra peices have done for his character! The look on his face while telling Frodo about the tale of Luthien and Beren...! Incredeble!!!<BR>It's was also much more pleasing to see a little more happyness in Lothlorien. Galadriels smile is just beautiful to see and was missed in the theatrical cut. All in all, though, all the characters are given just a little more to go with in this release; Gimli's gift from Galadriel, Legolas' extra scenes in Lothlorien (did he really just mention Morgoth!), Boromirs added tention and more informative moments with Aragorn...<BR>The Hobbits get especialy good treatment from this release also. I actually cheered to see the Sackville-baggins', the Gaffer and Ted Sandyman! But it's the small moments of Frodo's and Gandalfs that are standout for me. I just loved the Flet scene showing Frodos growing paranoia and we're given more of a sence that the Ring is literaly weighing heavy on him. Gandalf is much more like the literary Wizard due to his added lines showing his more gruff and cantankerous side, espescialy toward Pippin! Just like the book!!!<BR>I did feel that the new Bilbo scenes, although very useful, did disrupt the start of the film for me. To disjointed in my eye's. Overall I liked the fact that the extra scenes gave an extra sence of time during the journey, due to the fact that many of the newly added scenes take place during the night, spliting the previously quick scenes from one day to two. I'd also like to applaued the tranfer. The picture this time out just has a slight edge over the first DVD release. How this was done is beyond me because i thought that the origanal picture quality was fantastic. The new DTS sound track is breathtaking also! It has a real organic quality over the standard 5.1 Dolby Digital track. I've rambled on enough about all this so I'll leave the extras for another time! Let me know what you all thought of the new edit. __________________ Beware of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!