The offical ENWorld The Return of the King Extendend Edtion DVD reaction thread.

[David Howery]

Also, I'm not sure if Aragorn cut off the head of the Mouth of Sauron in the book?

Just being picky


Mike

he didn't... Gandalf basically just 'revealed himself in all his awesome glory' and took the mithril shirt (and Sting, IIRC) from the MoS, who fled back through the gate. Also, the MoS was a normal man, not a demonic looking thing, although his horse was a skull headed demon horse thing. Still, I loved the look of the MoS in the EE... those teeth.. ugh!...

 

[Alaric_Prympax]

Also, I'm not sure if Aragorn cut off the head of the Mouth of Sauron in the book?

No, he did not. The fate of the Mouth of Sauron is unknown. He probably died when the Morannon fell; but I've always thought that he could be the BBEG in the FO (Fourth Age).

 

[Vocenoctum]

I thought the timing of its inclusion in the Extended version to be a bit off since the orcs where in the city already. It still would have been very cinemnatic to have Gandalf meet him on a horse at the gate.

I think one of the failings of the movie (well, limitations of time frame too) was the city of Minas Tirith. From what I recall, the rings of the city are each on par with a fortress wall, so the bad guys taking the first gate was bad, but then they fall back and fall back, etc. I could be wrong of course, but in the movie they really only had a couple of chokepoints, otherwise it was just random city fighting.

 

[David Howery]

having the orcs break their way into the first level of Minas Tirith probably was one of those things PJ did to up the excitment level for the general audience. I think on here that we tend to forget that the majority of the movie audience hadn't read the books, so PJ likely felt free to play around with the book somewhat (to the irritation of so many on here )

 

[Goodsport]

For those who already have all three Extended Edition DVD sets, you can order the Extended Edition Trilogy DVD Slipcase for only $3 from here.

This is the same slipcase that's included with "The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVD Trilogy Pack" currently being sold for about $100 or so.

-G

 

[qstor]

he didn't... Gandalf basically just 'revealed himself in all his awesome glory' and took the mithril shirt (and Sting, IIRC) from the MoS, who fled back through the gate. Also, the MoS was a normal man, not a demonic looking thing, although his horse was a skull headed demon horse thing. Still, I loved the look of the MoS in the EE... those teeth.. ugh!...

I was pretty sure he didnt cut off the head of the MoS. Thanks. I was thinking about Aragorns alignment when he did it in the EE..lol..It was a pretty choatic act to kill someone under a flag of truce

Mike

 

[Sephiroth]

For those who already have all three Extended Edition DVD sets, you can order the Extended Edition Trilogy DVD Slipcase for only $3 from here.

This is the same slipcase that's included with "The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVD Trilogy Pack" currently being sold for about $100 or so.

-G

"Offer good only in the U.S."... Damn. I really wanted one of those.
Any word on where you can get it in Europe/Denmark???

 

[Arnwyn]

Gimli losing the drinking contest? Bah. Yuck. God, I hated seeing that. They should have left that scene out. I don't have anything against Orlando, but I got so sick of seeing him protraying some ridiculous uber-elf in these movies. Man, PJ is such an elf fanboy that he lets Legolas shoot him!

Meh. It's at this point where one's credibility is entirely lost for me.

Elves are "uber" in LotR. Get over it. This isn't "give me balance or give me death" D&D, for pete's sake.

 

[Ranger REG]

For those who already have all three Extended Edition DVD sets, you can order the Extended Edition Trilogy DVD Slipcase for only $3 from here.

This is the same slipcase that's included with "The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVD Trilogy Pack" currently being sold for about $100 or so.

Unfortunately, it only accept credit card payment.

I emailed them but so far no response.

What do they have against money orders?

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

Finally watched my copy yesterday, after having it for 2+ weeks.

On the whole, I liked almost everything new, except Gothmog chasing Eowyn around the battlefield, like he's some horror movie stalker. I mean, really.

Oh, and has anyone decided why there are three eagles going into Mordor at the end? I just got the idea that, maybe, the third was for Gollum, if he was still around.

Brad