10/10
Had a particularly lazy friday and ended up watching the extended edition lord of the rings I got for christmas. I've seen the original ones a worryingly high number of times but this was the first time I'd seen the new extended scenes and it was sad seeing how good the scenes that didn't make the final cut of the film. There was 30 minutes of extra footage that wasn't in the original, most of this was scenes that were extended rather than new scenes. The first part of Frodo and Sams journey was extended and showed them seeing wood elves on their journey. Also the scenes in Moria were extended to show the talk more about the dwarves and mithril. On top of these brilliant extended scenes it was great to see one of my favourite films of all time again. I understand some people don't enjoy fantasy films like Lord Of The Rings, but for me it is a perfect movie. Perfect scenery, perfect casting, perfect story, perfect cinematography. Looking at the sweeping shots of the new zealand landscapes made me feel nostalgic remembering the first time I watched it. It was also interesting seeing it after seeing The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and comparing the different two worlds. For example seeing Balins tomb in Moria when we've now seen him in The Hobbit. If anyone was thinking about getting the extended copies of the film to see more of moria alone is worth it and the second two films have 80 minute more and it is definitely worth it for a fan of the series. If you haven't seen the film before then fucking see it.
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