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The extended editions are significant expansions of the theatrical cuts. The shortest of the extendeds, Fellowship, clocks in at about three and a half hours, while King will end up at over 4. They're improvements overall to the movies, but I think many of the improvements will be less noticeable by first time viewers and are more geared towards those who have read the books. That said, anyone can benefit from the enhanced characterization regardless of familiarity with the books. Fellowship is a great movie either way, but Two Towers especially hugely benefits from the expanded breathing room that the extra 40+ minutes give it, although at the price of ending up as one long movie.
That said, my preferred cuts in both cases thus far is the extended version, and by no small margin in either case, and I have no doubt RotK will keep this up. As for specific differences, IMDB has a decent listing, although few would make much sense without seeing the movies first.
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