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Return
of the King Extended Version on DVD or VHS
Return
of the King Extended Version and Appendices
Like
Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers, the extended version
of Return of the King is a preferable cut over the theatrical
version.
For example, during the King Theoden dying scene where Eowyn is by
his side, the added scenes multiply the emotion needed in this scene.
Also, having a flesh and blood “speaker” for Sauron, no matter
how slimy and evil the mouth may be, gives Sauron a form we can all
understand.
Finally, however, a favorite scene is what happens after Aragorn,
Gimli and Legolas have just waded through and escaped a waterfall of
skulls. Aragorn
is looking down from the mountain and sees the enemy’s ships approaching
Gondor and he knows there is nothing he can do at this point to prevent
the invasion and more importantly, he knows Arwen is going to die.
Mortensen’s acting at this moment--when Aragorn shows his
despair, loses strength and buckles down on his knees--displays an even
higher level of acting for Mortensen.
It’s a level we hope to see more of in other works.
As
far as the Appendices, it is worth watching, despite the required lengthy
commitment of your time.
It makes you appreciate the people behind the scenes and the
dedication they have given. There is also a lot of humor in the
Appendices.
Sometimes
though, one brief, humor-meant picture of something behind-the-scenes can
change your overall view of a character in a movie.
We can all recognize the Uruk Hai leader with the lumpy-doughy
face. In
the Appendices, he is shown sleeping on a wheelbarrow simply because the
actor has to wake up early to have his make-up put on, so he is making up
for lost sleep.
The character of the Uruk Hai leader completely changes from
Sauron’s bad arm to someone who is very sleepy.
I found myself thinking this when I watched the movie in parts for
a second time.
This is only one instance where the Appendices has changed my view
of a character in Return of the King.
The repulsive-looking bad guy has lost a bit of his badness.
One
hundred years from now, should movies continue to attract audiences,
because there will always be actors that shine and it is from this
brightness that most of us go see movies in addition to good storytelling, and extended versions become the norm, then we can look
back to now, to Tolkien’s comprehensive storytelling and to the
originality of Peter Jackson’s extended versions of Lord of the Rings.
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