Lord of the Rings. Can't get enough out of it

@nykel88 (999)
Philippines
April 23, 2010 10:24pm CST
Me in my brother watch the Lord of the Rings Trilogy yesterday just at home. I'm surprise that there were a lot of cut scenes in the theater while viewing it in DVD. I was shock that I haven't seen this parts like how the corsair ships of the mercenaries got boarded by the ghosts army, Gandalf and the Witch King Face 2 Face, What happened to the Uro-Khais when they entered the Forest in retreat and etc. If I could calculate the cut scenes, it is around 2 hours cut. No joke. It was really indeed the longest movie I've ever watch. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King alone stands for 4 hrs and 3 min without credits. ^^
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• United Arab Emirates
24 Apr 10
Nykel88, wow.....lord of the rings movie is so long and sometimes tiring but if you have been following the story from the beginning then you'll want to know what the trilogy was all about, i love the movie but got tired with it because i couldn't sit on a sit for long watching movie instead i'll prefer sports, anyway for lord of the rings, you'll never stop getting enough of it...you'll want to go on and on and on, have fun.
@nykel88 (999)
• Philippines
24 Apr 10
Yes its very long but I do like their action scenes because it is good. The trilogy totals 11 hours. It took us an entire day to watch it. Lol It is all good. I hope more movies like this still comes.. as what I've seen already more bad and cheap movies are developing.. only their trailers gives them an awe. Anyways LOTR is the best movie ever. ^^
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
26 Apr 10
Probably time for me to watch it all over again. It's been a few years...
@nykel88 (999)
• Philippines
27 Apr 10
hi Dawn. You should. It is an epic movie. Very good to watch. Be sure to everything set like the snacks, popcorn, juices and etc. because its gonna be a long one. ^^ It could consume the whole day watching it. :)
• United States
3 Dec 10
yep that is really true.. all of the lord of the rings movies r really long. although im kinda surprised that no new lord of the rings movies have came out yet. i know there has been alot of harry potter movies out. i will have to say lord of the rings and harry potter r probably some of the most popular movies around that r also the longest
• Philippines
25 Apr 10
I'm a big fan of Lord of the Rings and I watch the trilogy in the theater and in dvd and yes there were scenes that wasn't shown in the theaters. I kind of like watching movies that have elves, dwarfs or orcs but in LOTR you can watch all of them in one movie (reminds me of playing Lineage 2). Im always a big fan of big fight scenes and LOTR has two of them, in Two Towers (at Helms Deep) and Return of the King (outside Minas Tirith). The battles were amazing, never made the film drag, and the fight scenes it always heightens the tension. Some important characters though were background characters like Arwen(I wish I could see her fight) who just sat around and waited for Aragorn. Anyway other than that with its CGI and level of detailing which is very believable, acting and sound which is perfect Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the great films of all time.
@nykel88 (999)
• Philippines
27 Apr 10
Yes it is.. my precious.. ^^ Can't get Smeagles taunts out of my head. ^^
@KODiver (12)
• United States
24 Apr 10
I also own the extended version of LOTR, and prefer the longer version. When I saw the theatre release, it was amazing how many comments I heard from the audience leaving the theatre, "it was good, but too long...", and that was the shorter version!! There are SO many great scenes that were left on the cutting floor, I'm grateful they restored them in the extended DVD...
@nykel88 (999)
• Philippines
27 Apr 10
Long yes int theaters but much more in the DVD. I can't imagine it more than 3 - 4 hours max to one movie not including the credits. It truly is an epic movie. One that will remind me and tell my grandchildren if I get old lol. ^^
• United States
13 Jul 10
The Lord of the Rings is my favorite movie trilogy and I watch the extended cuts instead of the theatrical versions.
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
25 Apr 10
We didn't see the movie Lord of the Ring trilogy at the theater. My granddaughter is a real big fan so we bought the box set for her for Christmas a few years ago. It does need to be watched more than once to get the whole story down. For my self I like to watch the special affects of these movies. It is remarkable how so many of the fantasy movies are made. Sometimes they are better than the movie.
• United States
24 Apr 10
I loved the LOTR trilogy it was some great film making. I've seen the theatrical version but never the never the version with everything restored. It doesn't surprise me it was cut down because movie stoudios often do that with movies. That's why sometimes in a movie a scene feels like something has been left out. BTW you should check out the books by J. R. R. Tolkien. The books give you a lot that the movies didn't.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Apr 10
hi nykeil88 I saw that with my son in the theater, and you say that the dvd has a lot of scenes that were cut from the ones in the theater? We saw it in three parts when we went to the theater. but of cou rse not having seen the dvds we would not know that scenes had been cut.thats a shame as its a great trilogy. I loved all three parts too. I remember one ofthem we spent four hours in the theater and I had to make two bathroom stops as I could not wait that long. I would love to see it all again.great filming wonderful.loved it.
@piya84 (2581)
• India
25 Apr 10
I have seen this movie i think year ago but i still remember many things in that movie.It was a fascinating experience.Movie is exciting and although there are things like magic and myths still that movie manage to entertain young and old people same.I have see three out of three parts and loved the whole series.
@thezone (9394)
• Ireland
24 Apr 10
Hi nykel88. There was a lot cut out of the theatrical versions of LOTR. It all comes down to running time and money and how many times a theatre can show a film in a dayChristopher Lee even refused to attend the premiere of Return of the King because of certain cuts to his character Saruman. The extended DVD cuts were great to see when they were released with all the cuts restored and are definitely great viewing.
@emine08 (1551)
• Indonesia
4 May 10
wow... i just know about it. maybe i will watch them again from DVD. thanks for the info nykel.