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The Lord Of The Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Widescreen Edition)Rating:
Release Date: 25 May, 2004 Retail Price: $59.82 OUR Price: $44.87 You SAVE: $14.95! Cast: |
The Lord Of The Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Widescreen Edition) Reviews
over one billion dollar bills can't be wrong
According to New Line Cinema, this special box set includes each theatrical version of the film AS WELL AS each film's bonus DVD.
Bonus disc one includes TV spots, Enya music video, Houghton Mifflin in-store special, "Quest for the Ring" FOX TV special, "A Passage to Middle-earth" SCI-FI Channel Special, featurettes created for lordoftherings.net, a preview of the Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and a behind the scenes preview of The Two Towers.
Bonus disc two includes a 10-minute preview of The Return of the King, "Gollum's Song" music video by Emiliana Torrini, a preview of Electronic Arts' Video Game "The Lord of the Rings: The Return to the King," a preview of the Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, "The Long and Short of It" (a short film directed by Sean Astin), "On the Set - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," and "Return to Middle Earth."
Bonus disc three includes behind-the-scenes specials, featurettes, theatrical trailers, TV spots, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy supertrailer, a preview of the upcoming The Lord of the Rings based video game, "The Battle for Middle-earth," from Electronic Arts, and a link to exclusive online content about the motion picture trilogy, in-depth programs such as, "The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision, " A Filmmaker's Journey: Making THE RETURN OF THE KING," National Geographic Special - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," featurettes created for lordoftherings.net: "Aragorn's Destiny," "Minas Tirith: Capital of Gondor," "The Battle of Pelennor Fields," "Samwise the Brave," "Eowyn: White Lady of Rohan," "Digital Horse Doubles," and multiple television spots.
As many have already pre-ordered the set...I'm unsure how useful this information will prove...
Excellent item but wait for the Extended Editions
This trilogy is almost certainly among the greatest movie achievements in movie history. I could never imagine how anyone could actually successfully adapt Tolkien's three novels into movies after those horrible animated editions but with the help of director Peter Jackson and a stellar cast, they really did it! They have brought much of the richness of Tolkien's continent of Middle Earth to life on the big screen and almost everything that could succeed does so on not only the first and second but all three of these movies. (Minor spoilers may be present but hopefully nothing major).
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING: This is the first part of the three part movie trilogy and when first seeing it, "The Fellowship of the Ring" literally altered my world forever. I had never seen such a powerful and epic masterpiece ever before than when I first saw this on it's opening night. It all begins in the quiet isolated Hobbit community of The Shire. Hobbits have been very much into their own community and have been so for untold generations. However, a powerful and evil artifact called the One Ring of Power, is brought over by Bilbo Baggins who found it after a gaunt creature named Gollum lost it after carrying for over 500 years. The Ring was forged by a dark Lord Named Sauron who used it to pour his malice and will to dominate all life on Middle Earth and after more than 3000 years, it's power has awakened and gradually begins to corrupt all who carry it. Bilbo Baggins is told about the Ring's dangerous power by a powerful Istari wizard named Gandalf and after much persuasion, he gives up the Ring and his home to his nephew Frodo Baggins.
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS: This second part in the trilogy blew me away when I first saw it in the movie theatres when it opened in December of 2002. This part finds Frodo and Sam continuing on their quest to Mt. Doom when they in fact, are confronted by Gollum who had carried the Ring for 500 years before Bilbo found it. Now Frodo and Sam have no choice but to follow Gollum on their quest to Mordor and to destroy the Ring at Mt. Doom. Meanwhile Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, the remaining fellowship are now trying to find Merry and Pippin after they've gone missing and find themselves in the kingdom of Rohan where it's king Theoden has been withered and aged because of Saruman's power having a strong hold over him. Saruman's armies have been unleashed against Rohan and have begun their acts of death and destruction on Rohan and will do the same on Gondor. Can they save Rohan from death? The epic scale grows much more intense and epic and the whole story gets darker and more dramatic. This second part builds on the greatness of the first.
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING: This final part of the legendary trilogy brings the epic Lord of The Rings to a glorious finish. This is arguably the darkest and more intense of the three and is very scary. The dark forces of Sauron have now expanded beyond Mordor and the last free kingdom of Middle Earth, Gondor is in grave danger when the armies of Mordor are unleashed but also the free kingdoms are also being invaded by evil men from the South and East and join with the orc armies to destroy the free kingdoms of Middle Earth. Meanwhile Frodo and Sam are on the edge of Mordor. The power of the Ring has gotten a lot stronger and is taking a hold of Frodo as they are every closer to the fiery chasms of Mount Doom. The odds are strongly against the free peoples of Middle Earth and the darkness of Mordor has grown powerful and the armies are massive. Only Frodo and Sam with the help of Gollum who Sam does not trust, can be able to save Middle Earth from doom and destruction. This finale made me cry like no other movie in my entire life. Not even "Titanic" made me weep like ROTK did because it feels so much like what's happening to our planet with corrupt forces running rampant and terrorist organizations going out of control.
These three movies are the greatest fantasy films ever made but it goes outside just mere fantasy. It is a powerful tale of bravery, friendship, courage, and hope and these are emphasized more than on any other movie in history. The CGI effects on this trilogy are cataclysmically amazing and a lot of the special effects are so realistic that one would barely or not even notice that some of the scenes are computer generated. While I'm not brushing this edition of the movies, I would recommend the Extended Editions over the regular versions. There are so many extras on the extended editions of all three Lord of The Rings movies that you will find yourself missing out on so many amazing documentaries on the 4-DVD editions plus the extra scenes in both movies expand the scope of them so this 3-movie set containing just the theatrical editions of the three will leave a lot to be desired. I am not saying that I would ask to avoid this product necessarily but that the Extended Editions would be a far greater investment if you have the money.
Then again this is a very awesome trilogy and this set is a must-have if you love this trilogy. In all honesty, I don't even consider it that because I view this as one long movie broken up into three separate films and they all must be watched in order to really experience them. I don't think any of us will ever experience movies like this ever again in our lifetimes but who knows. Movie making doesn't get any better than this!
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