[Eyborg]

WARNING: If you haven't yet watched the ROTK EE DVD and you don't want spoilers, then do NOT read this! Click "back" immediately! Okay, so now you have been warned. As for those who have watched the DVD, read on!



Well, I've been watching the DVD over this weekend, including the extras, and I must say I'm really happy! I really liked all the extra scenes... if there is something to complain about, I guess it's just that they were too few & short! But you know, you always want more, he he...

Okay. This is what we get:

Sméagol & Déagol: Not much added... we just see the strangling a bit better. A bit more creepy...

Merry & Pippin being drunk & high in Isengard a bit longer... adorable.

The Voice of Saruman: Well, this is what everybody's been waiting for... and it was worth it! I can so well understand why poor Christopher was pi$$ed about having it cut from the theatrical version... but I guess he's happy now! Anyway, it was brilliant. We get Gríma stabbing Saruman, Legolas shooting Gríma and then Saruman falling on the spike... eww! But exellently done.

Edoras party: OMG the drinking game was sooooo funny! I don't know what to say... Drunk Gimli is just priceless!

Aragorn comforting Éowyn: Nice, but I didn't understand why she was sleeping in the great hall! Doesn't she have a bedroom? Hmmm... maybe she was cleaning up and fell asleep doing that?

Aragorn and Merry chat a bit in the Rohan watch tower. I liked it, because all in all in the EE we get to know Merry's emotions a little bit better, how he feels about all this... while in the TE we don't know anything, really...

Minas Tirith: Nice. We see a bit more, and get some more lines from Gandalf about Minas Tirith, straight from the book (the kings building tombs greater than the houses of the living, and childless lords studying the lines of their forefathers... something like that).
Also a bit more dialogue between Gandalf, Pippin & Denethor.

Frodo, Sam & Gollum: I liked the scene with the crossroads and the statue of the fallen king. Sweet!

Merry offers Théoden his service: So cute! Actually I kind of expected to hear Merry say: "Wow, cool! Théoden, you rock!" LOL... at least that was the look on his face. But what was with Merry and Stybba? Merry seemed to have a problem getting Stybba to go... And we all know that Merry does know how to ride! So I guess Stybba was the problem (wasn't he supposed to be a bit old in the book?) Oh well...

I liked the scene between Faramir & Denethor... we see how crazy Denny has become because he gets this vision of Boromir while he's talking to Faramir. Poor Denny... why didn't he go visit a psychologist!
And Faramir & Pippin was just adorable, and it's so sweet how Pippin encourages Faramir. It's like a parallel with the scene that comes later with Merry & Éowyn. It's also important to show the bond between Pippin & Faramir, because you know, Pippin later named his son after Faramir!

Then we have the Paths of the Dead. I loved it how they made the longer scene look like something from Indiana Jones. I also loved the little moment when poor Aragorn sees the Corsair ships for the first time and despairs, and then suddenly the King of the Dead comes out of the cliff and says to Aragorn: "We fight!"
And then later on when Legolas shoot poor Peter Jackson... he he.

I really loved the scene when Merry gets to encourage Éowyn on the way from Dunharrow to the Pelennor fields. He was just so sweet there, and it was so nice to let Merry & Éowyn bond like that. - I only wish we had had some dialogue between Merry & Éomer, because they do indeed become good friends in the book. But in the movie, Éomer has this constant doubt & prejudice towards poor Merry (thinking he's too small and weak). But I guess Éomer later on saw how wrong he was... after all, he always allows Merry to ride with him, you know.

The scene where Denethor tries to burn Faramir, and eventually burns himself, was a bit longer, and it came out well. But... where the heck was the Palantír??? I thought it was going to be there!

Gandalf & Pippin meet the Witch King: Brilliant! I loved it! And you notice how differently the film is edited... when the Witch King hears the Rohan trumpets, he leaves.

The battle of the Pelennor fields is a bit longer, and we get to see Éowyn & Merry fight a bit more. Éowyn fights with Mr. Marshmallow (that's what I call Gothmog), and Merry takes a few Haradrim! A great moment for us Merry-fans.

Oh, I felt soooo sorry for poor Éomer, when he finds his sister on the battle field and practically gets a nervous breakdown. Also when Pippin finds Merry's elven cloak, and thinks he is dead... but sweet when he finds him alive. The Pippin-finding-Merry scene is a bit longer here, and I liked it... sweet! I would have wanted to see Merry in the Houses of Healing though...
But we get to see Éowyn in the HoH, and how Aragorn heals her. And there she & Faramir start to give each other the eye... and finally become friends. And it was so sweet when they held hands... I only wish they had kissed! But I'm glad they managed to put so much of Éowyn & Faramir in, that we get the idea what is going to happen between them...

Frodo & Sam dress up like Orcs and are "drafted" into the Orc army... good! Came out well. I also loved the scene when Sam saw the star between the clouds... I always liked that in the book.

I loved the scene when Aragorn looks into the Palantír. But I felt so sorry for him when he saw Arwen dead in it... I didn't quite understand why he broke the necklace though.

And then - we have the notorious Mouth of Sauron. EWWWWWWWWW!!! An uglier creature I haven't seen in my life for a long time. That creature was practically nothing but one big ugly mouth! Wonder if he was supposed to be some sort of human/Orc mutant! He he... But this scene was brilliant, and when Aragorn chopped his head off, I was like, "YES!"

And when Gollum said to Frodo that he had lied all the time... argh, I just wanted to kill Gollum!


Okay, that was the movie. As for the extras, like in the previous EE's, they're very much worth watching! But take good time to do so, because it's looooooooooong...
I just find it so amazing how much work was put into this film (and all the films). It all looks so simple when it's done, but... wow. And I completely understood Peter Jackson when he said: "This is the first and only time I've made three movies at the same time, and I'll never do that again!" LOL

Well, that's it. Feel free to add your own comments.

[Anna]

Thank you ever so much! I haven´t seen it yet, but I don´t mind spoilers. Only problem is, now I´m even more impatient than before! I can´t wait! Aaargh!
Oh, well...that´s life...

[DarkElfChilde]

I'm twitching...o_O


UGH! 2 more days!!!


DEC

[Vilwarin]

Ai, I got my collecters Box on friday. It is so cool! I cannot wait so watch everything. Sadly, I will not get to see the whole film before Christmas. But I already saw the MoS and Gothmog Mwuhaha. The appendices are realy great. And I am so happy to own Minas Tirith. When you open the town you see a white tree, seven stars and a crown on black velvet. It really does look noble. I only say :"Seven stars and seven stones and one white tree."

[queenoftheshire]

I love you PJ...But why must you taunt me with such a feeble Eowyn and Faramir romance??
One scene...which was like four minutes long...
That's all I get after waiting almost a year for the extended?

Grrrr....

A Mouth of Sauron comment:

Doncha love when the Mouth of Sauron smiles at Aragorn and then he has that face on?



-goes back to watch again-

[Texasgirl]

[BittenBuggy]

He's always reminded me of 'The Claw' I cant watch it without laughing. Its the voice... and the hand... and

That totally ruined the scary-orc concept for me.

[SpaceWeavil]

[ellisk]

[SpaceWeavil]

I just imagined him swinging from a rope across a pirate ship, first time I saw RotK

[Anna]

What really bugs me about Puff Orc Daddy, is his name -- Gothmog! Why did they have to name him GOTHMOG ? I just don´t get it! I mean; is there anyone who thinks he´s cool enough to live up to that particular name?!

[JaneDoe]

I want more Elrond! *clutches Elrond action figure* Everyone caters to Legolas fangirls. What about us Elrosluts?

I'm mad that I don't get to see what came of those little bits in various trailers where Arwen falls into Elrond's arms and that whole "I can't protect you anymore" line. Not even in the appendices.

Although Hugo Weaving on the cast commentary is pretty nice.

[SpaceWeavil]

[DarkElfChilde]

[ghettoelleth]

has anyone found the easter egg yet? I did, I did! It's longer than the MTV ones and funny as hell.