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Gnomon - time to move on Started conversation Aug 19, 2016
Entry: 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003) - Film Review - A87875941
Author: Gnomon - U151503
Researcher Madent wrote us reviews of the first two Lord of the Rings films back in 2001 and 2002, but he never got around to doing an Entry on the third film. I've decided to fill this glaring hole in the Guide, although Film Reviews are not really my thing.
A87875941 - 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003) - Film Review
bobstafford Posted Aug 19, 2016
A87875941 - 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003) - Film Review
minorvogonpoet Posted Aug 21, 2016
I think you have made a good job of this review.It's difficult to sum up the plot of The Lord of the Rings because it's such a complex book.
I'm surprised readers rate it the best novel of the twentieth century. In an adventure of this kind, characterisation comes second to plot. The heroes are interchangeable, and the most interesting character is probably Gollum.
I thought one of the changes between the novel and the film is that, in the novel, there is a battle of wills between Saruman and Gandalf, which was omitted from the film, to the annoyance of Christopher Lee, who played Saruman.
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SashaQ - happysad Posted Aug 21, 2016
I like the way you've captured the flavour of the other two Entries so they will fit together as well as the three films do
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Bluebottle Posted Sep 23, 2016
Another strong entry.
The only comment I would make is perhaps you could make it clearer that there are two versions of this film available, the original version released in the cinemas and the extended cut. Although you have mentioned a couple of times that there are scenes included in the extended cut.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Sep 23, 2016
Good point. I should probably say something about the Extended Edition.
A87875941 - 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003) - Film Review
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Sep 23, 2016
I've added a very small section mentioning the DVD and the Extended Edition. I'm not going to fall into the trap of listing every single scene that was added into the Extended Edition - this is not that sort of entry.
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Florida Sailor All is well with the world Posted Sep 23, 2016
I would like to know if they included any of 'the Souring of the Shire' in the extended version. That might entice me to buy a copy, but if not, I would not be interested. Might be worth a sentence.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Sep 24, 2016
The Scouring of the Shire was not included in the Extended Edition DVD.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Sep 24, 2016
I've added a sentence about that, but I've had to move the whole DVD/ Extended DVD section to the end to make it fit.
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Peer Review: A87875941 - 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003) - Film Review
- 1: Gnomon - time to move on (Aug 19, 2016)
- 2: bobstafford (Aug 19, 2016)
- 3: minorvogonpoet (Aug 21, 2016)
- 4: SashaQ - happysad (Aug 21, 2016)
- 5: Bluebottle (Sep 23, 2016)
- 6: Gnomon - time to move on (Sep 23, 2016)
- 7: Gnomon - time to move on (Sep 23, 2016)
- 8: Florida Sailor All is well with the world (Sep 23, 2016)
- 9: Gnomon - time to move on (Sep 24, 2016)
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