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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 1860031" data-attributes="member: 2020">It's too powerful.  It's overwhelming.  I have watched Return of the King 5 times, and each time been left emotionally staggered and exhausted, and extremely sad to the point of tears.  The film does not diminish in power with time or repeated viewings.  It truly is timeless.  In the first two films, the extended versions of each were more powerful and hard hitting emotionally than the theatrical runs, for me.  I must wonder if the extended ROTK will be stronger than ROTK?  If that is possible?  When I read the books, they were good books, but they did not hit me like a ton of bricks.  These films did, and especially Return of the King did, far beyond the others.  Jackson took the power in the books, and put it there on screen.  Edena_of_Neith</blockquote>