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DVD The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)
The extended editions of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings present the greatest trilogy in film history in the most ambitious sets in DVD history. In bringing J.R.R. Tolkien's nearly unfilmable work to the screen, Jackson benefited from extraordinary special effects, evocative New Zealand locales, and an exceptionally well-chosen cast, but most of all from his own adaptation with co-writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, preserving Tolkien's vision and often his very words, but also making logical changes to accommodate the medium of film. While purists complained about these changes and about characters and scenes left out of the films, the almost two additional hours of material in the extended editions (about 11 hours total) help appease them by delving more deeply into Tolkien's music, the characters, and loose ends that enrich the story, such as an explanation of the Faramir-Denethor relationship, and the appearance of the Mouth of Sauron at the gates of Mordor. In addition, the extended editions offer more bridge material between the films, further confirming that the trilogy is really one long film presented in three pieces (which is why it's the greatest trilogy ever--there's no weak link). The scene of Galadriel's gifts to the Fellowship added to the first film proves significant over the course of the story, while the new Faramir scene at the end of the second film helps set up the third and the new Saruman scene at the beginning of the third film helps conclude the plot of the second.
To top it all off, the extended editions offer four discs per film: two for the longer movie, plus four commentary tracks and stupendous DTS 6.1 ES sound; and two for the bonus material, which covers just about everything from script creation to special effects. The argument was that fans would need both versions because the bonus material is completely different, but the features on the theatrical releases are so vastly inferior that the only reason a fan would need them would be if they wanted to watch the shorter versions they saw in theaters (the last of which, The Return of the King, merely won 11 Oscars). The LOTR extended editions without exception have set the DVD standard by providing a richer film experience that pulls the three films together and further embraces Tolkien's world, a reference-quality home theater experience, and generous, intelligent, and engrossing bonus features. --David Horiuchi
Review(s): DVD The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)
Awesome
I thought the movies were good. The documentaries that come with this package are nothing less.
The Lord of the Ring
This movie is an adventure story.
The actors is very good in this movie.
The story is about a boy who looks for ring.
I thought the show was very good movie because it is fun.
I learned to belive friend.
I would recommend this movie was good movie because it was good story and good actors.
Exhilarating, and disappointing
Back in the seventies when Ralph Bakshi tried his hand at animating the Lord of the Rings, die hard Tolkien fans said it couldn't be done, and rightfully so. Now, when Peter Jackson has all of the elements in hand to pull off the impossible, the cast, the directorial talent, the setting, the special effects technology, and the grand budget, he blows it. What a pity!
Don't get me wrong, the movies are fantastic and exhilarating and, overall, they hold true to the spirit of the original story - but they are far from accurate. If you are a true Tolkien fan they leave you literally scratching your head as to why he made so many changes that did not need to be made. In numerous instances he deliberately places dialogue from the books in the wrong mouths. He adds numerous little unnecessary plot elements that were not in the original story; leaves out numerous others that were; and plays fast and loose with yet others, shuffling them like a deck of cards and inserting them willy nilly here and there in the movie..
It is as though, in the ultimate betrayal of true Tolkien fans, he did not trust the flawless rock solid integrity of the original story and felt the need to "Hollywood-ize" it. Who knows, perhaps he was given no choice by the executive producers. Be that as it may, it is a shame that he had it well in hand to pull-off the impossible and make the definitive, true, and accurate Lord of the Rings motion picture and he shoots wide of the mark.
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