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List Price: $80.95 | | Label: New Line Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 593
Released: December 14, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
This critically acclaimed epic trilogy follows the quest undertaken by the hobbit, Frodo Baggins, and his fellowship of companions to save Middle-earth by destroying the One Ring and defeating the evil forces of the Dark Lord Sauron. With new and extended scenes carefully added back into the film, the 12-disc set also includes hours of bonus features.
Description of 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
The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition) Reviews:
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2009-11-02 - It was in great condition and shipped promptly.....I got it before I even expected it.
The Christ in the Lord of the Rings
2009-10-28 - With all of the world's problems and the gloom and doom going on today, most people want to get away from reality. The Lord of Rings trilogy takes you from reality to a far off world. But as some people look at films for romance, action, or drama, I look for the Christ-like aspect in a film. I believe that these movies have some characters that portray some Christ-like qualities such as Aragon, Frodo, and Gandalf.
Aragon, who starts in the film as Strider, fits the Christ-like qualities in theses ways. His family line was with that of the King Elendal. Christ's line was with King David. Aragon was disliked and even hated by his own people, mostly those who were in authority. Jesus Christ had to deal with hatred and plots from Pharisees and Sadducee.
Frodo Baggins, the hobbit, carried the weight of the world on his shoulders. The evil from the ring that no man could carry was being handled by a small hobbit. Similarly, Jesus was merely a son of a carpenter and carried our sins on the cross.
Gandalf guided and direct the Fellowship through tough obstacles, as Jesus directed his disciples in the gospels. Gandalf the Grey died and was brought back to life as Gandalf the white. Jesus died on the cross and rose again on the third day.
In conclusion, the Lord of the Rings trilogy contains many Christ-like attributes that may often go unnoticed. J. R. R. Tolkien the writer of the books was a Christian, and I believe that it would be neat for everyone to look for the Christ like or Christian values of the movie. Even though there were some things that were added or taken away from the books, I thought they were really well produced.
One Ring To Rule Them All
2009-10-23 - The first of one of the best book to movie adaptations ever made! Normally I'd review the theatrical releases but I never got those and I can't really remember what wasn't in there before I bought this after I saw it theatres. The cast captures the characters perfectly, especially my favorite Christopher Lee, whose character, Saruman, doesn't feature in the first book at all (though I may be wrong, its been awhile since I read it). He tries to be friendly towards Gandalf (the part he orginally tried out for) and persuade him to join his cause but that ulitimately backfires and switches into evil, which the man plays very well. Elijah Wood plays Frodo innocent in the world at large and near the end, very mistrusting of the rest of the Fellowship, even Sam. The extended version captures the book better than what the theatrical release could (time constraints being the main problem) and I'm still very glad they didn't try to adapt the whole book as I'd probably still be in theatres now watching the second movie. There's just too many things that slow down the flow of the book and Peter Jackson trims at the fat and makes the story focus on Frodo and his journey and not the many side-trips he made like; Tom Bombadil (though a cherished character by fans I'm sure, his inclusion would've slowed the film down as the Hobbits spend quite some time with him even before they get to Bree) and I think there was an attack on the Fellowship by some wolves but then again, its been awhile since I read them. The action scenes, especially the swordsmanship I must point out, is some of the best I've seen next to the swordplay in Star Wars. The effects are also top notch, both special visual, the Balrog, the cave troll and the opening scene with the thousands of warriors imparticular. The make-up department, something I hardly ever comment on in my reviews, I must make a point to congratulate. It must've been painstaking to come up with so many different looks for the Orcs and Uruk-Hai. Howard Shore's score is one of my favorites, the Fellowship theme being fantastic and stirs a feeling of heroics within me (pretty much the same effect the Superman and Batman's themes make me feel).
The way to go
2009-10-14 - I thought the LOTR was great in the theaters. But the extended version is the ONLY way to see it if you really love the books. The extra scenes really fill out the the blanks that the long-time Ring fans knew were there. And if you are into it - the extra time is no big deal. I still love the books - there is still much that is there that did not make it to film (don't miss Bombadil, but I would have loved to see the scouring of the Shire on film). But I am glad to have the full extended version films to enjoy a "shorter" version when I can't set aside a week or two to read.
