But, a lot was added and trimmed to get the theatrical running time closer to the three — hour mark. This version has some additional scenes with Pippin and Merry and their encounter with the Ent. Various scenes were extended in the movie, such as the last march of the Ents, The white rider, the forbidden pool, the passage of the marshes, the burning of the Westfold, Night camp at Fangorn and many more.
There are 51 minutes of extra footage in the extended edition of the final film, making the total runtime of the movie minutes 4 hours and 11 minutes.
The movie was already 3 hours and 20 minutes; therefore, many scenes had to be trimmed. The total timing of all the editions makes it to 9 hours and 18 minutes. All the parts are equally good and have excellent reviews. As per the viewers, this is one movie that should be added to the bucket list if not yet seen. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Definitely the extended editions.
Hobbits are very fond of food, and of that reason are they eating a lot. However, they have quick hearing and good sight. Hobbits can sometimes live for up to one hundred and thirty years, although their average life expectancy is one hundred years. Thus, a fifty-year-old Hobbit would only look 26—30 years by human standards. Skip to content Miscellaneous. Aragorn is said to be 87 , and this fact explains how he became such an experienced warrior. Knowing Aragorn's true age affords the viewer a better understanding of the character.
Lastly, King Theoden's son is given a proper funeral in the extended edition; in the theatrical version, the film merely cuts to Theoden mourning Theodred after asking where he was. With 51 minutes of extra footage, the extended edition for the third and final film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy adds on almost an hour's worth of new content. This brings The Return of the King 's total runtime to 4 hours and 11 minutes. The fact that the movie was already 3 hours and 20 minutes long explains why so much had to be cut, even though many edits feel like they belonged in the theatrical version.
Among the changes are longer battle scenes at Helm's Deep and Isengard. The extended edition also gives Eomer Karl Urban one of his best scenes in the entire trilogy. A deleted scene shows Eomer's horror as he discovers his sister Eowyn Miranda Otto lying on the battlefield. Another example of a major character missing out on their most important scene in the theatrical cut is Saruman Christopher Lee. The theatrical cut doesn't end Saruman's story.
The extended edition, on the other hand, includes Saruman's death scene. Saruman dies after being off pushed a balcony, where he is impaled by a spiked wheel below the Tower of Orthanc. Before this, when the heroes join the Rohirrim pushing back Saruman's orc army, the enemy troops flee into the forest and are implied to have been killed by the Ents inside, judging by the screams.
One character was cut completely from the original version: the Mouth of Sauron Bruce Spence. The Mouth of Sauron is a disfigured creature with an unsettling appearance. He lies and tells the heroes that Frodo is dead, but Aragorn isn't fooled and chops off his head. Some argue this moment was out-of-character for Aragorn but Jackson claims the scene was cut because it lacked effect.
One of the best moments cut from the theatrical Return of the King was Gandalf fighting the Witch King. Gandalf is losing the fight, but the sounding of the horn distracts the Witch King, forcing him to depart without killing the white wizard.
Other scenes in the Return of the King extended edition give various characters and storylines a chance to breathe and offer further explanation for certain actions. For instance, Eowyn and Faramir's romance is provided some screen-time, it's shown how Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli take the Black Ships and what happens after convincing the oathbreakers to help them, as well as how Aragorn's mind wins over Sauron when he holds the Palantir.
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