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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman
Wendy, I disagree about the Director's Cuts when it comes to Fellowship of the Ring.
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Actually my understanding was that the director's cuts WERE the theatrical cuts. The extended editions were done for the fans -- and to add scenes that gave additional explanations. The pacing is slower than the theatrical cuts, sure, but having just watched it again I can't say that it was particularly slow paced, not at all.
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(The other two films were such a mess, that the relative bloatedness of the director's cuts destroys no such qualities that were never present.)
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Actually I think that the extended editions of the last two films added a LOT to things like PJ's version of Faramir and the rationale behind his actions. Plus I liked the Saruman death sequence. I'm not usually emotionally drawn into films, and PJ's LotR has moved me so emotionally every time I've seen it that I am surprised when people say they didn't like it (either because it didn't follow some ideas/characterizations in the book, or they just don't like this genre in general). But to each his own -- I think that the work is a masterpiece and if someone else cannot appreciate it, it's no skin off my arse
