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Yeah, MoS was one of the scenes I really wanted to see last December. I'm glad it made it to the EE - just disappointed with the execution of the MoS character itself and the resolution of the confrontation. Gandalf got the better of him with sharp words - classic Gandalf stuff. Aragorn simply...

I'm not saying it didn't. Not even sure about the context of the comment I was originally replying to (I kind of butted in). Haven't had a chance to watch the appendices yet, but sounds like PJ & Co. were saying it wouldn't really work since the audience already knew the fate of Frodo. I'm just...

Holadem - I'm mostly with you re MoS. But if the scene truly did kick ass, it would have been in the theatrical, so I had very low expectations. I disagree. Why the scene worked in the book for me had nothing to do with what I knew or didn't know about Frodo's fate; rather, it had...

Well I have to say this is the one EE that I definitely prefer over the TE. Don't get me wrong - I really enjoy the other two EE's - but I feel many of those added scenes, however great they are, simply hurt the films a little too much from a pacing perspective to make them my preferred...

They treated the Eagles exactly as I had hoped - pretty much eliminating the criticism of "why didn't the eagles just fly the ring into Mount Doom". The Eagles bought everybody some time, but they weren't overwhelming and it clearly leaves the impression that the eagles wouldn't have been able...

Amazing film, although I have two major gripes - both book related. First, I really wish Jackson would have played out the "Choices of Master Samwise" a bit more, to the point where the audience believes Sam is the one to carry the ring to Mount Doom, if only for a brief moment. I thought...