All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
I’m over here with the 1,400-page book… shoutout to Tolkien making me emotional in the appendices:
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We have heard tell that Legolas took Gimli Glóin’s son with him because of their great friendship, greater than any that has been between Elf and Dwarf. If this is true, then it is strange indeed: that a Dwarf should be willing to leave Middle-earth for any love, or that the Eldar should receive him, or that the Lords of the West should permit it. But it is said that Gimli went also out of desire to see again the beauty of Galadriel; and it may be that she, being mighty among the Eldar, obtained this grace for him. More cannot be said of this matter.
And
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(1541) In this year 1 on March 1st came at last the Passing of King Elessar. It is said that the beds of Meriadoc and Peregrin were set beside the bed of the great king. Then Legolas built a grey ship in Ithilien, and sailed down Anduin and so over Sea; and with him, it is said, went Gimli the Dwarf. And when that ship passed an end was come in Middle-earth of the Fellowship of the Ring.
Man that second one got me 😭
Luckily the extended editions didn’t try to feature all the songs in the books. I want an epic fantasy, not a damned musical.
great now you made me want a lord of the rings musical
Get out!
Honestly I don’t remember watching the theatrical cut in the past 20 years, so don’t know what’s the difference. It’s just that the extended editions are the ones I know, and I deeply love
Are they still friends after they have so clearly fallen to darkness?
Sometimes you don’t have the whole free weekend.
I’ll bite. What’s better about it? I rarely find longer cuts to be worthwhile. Editing is usually a form of enhancement. One of the hardest yet most significant improvements you can make as a writer is better editing. With all the work that goes into just a few minutes of film, there is a resistance to cutting anything. The best editors usually have no involvement in the creation and can condense and richen the intensity and flow of a film.
I prefer the extended versions every time, but there are a few scenes here & there that do slow down the pacing a bit. However, the “Concerning Hobbits” intro to hobbits and The Shire at the beginning of Fellowship should have absolutely been included in the theatrical version. It sets the stage so much better and really drives home just how much of an idyllic life the hobbits are forced to leave behind.
“Friend”
