If you love special features...You will adore this.
Added 1/22/2010
This is the absolute best dvd set ever! Lord of the Rings knows the meaning of special features. Forget special 2-disc sets..This has 4! There is so much I could say...But I'll keep it short! This has all the special features you could ask for,besides bloopers.But it doesnt matter that there are no bloopers cause you get hours and hours of behind the scenes.Plus great commentary by the cast(thats the only commentary I have listed to,there are 4 commentaries in total).Anyone would love these dvds!
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Would give 5 stars, but...
Added 1/17/2010
I ordered three videos from this same seller. The items arrived promptly and in great condition. My only negative feedback is that I ordered three videos and had to pay shipping for each individual item even though they arrived in the same package. It would be great to receive a multiple item discount.
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First, let me be positive. The film has some occasionally good footage and a couple of touching moments. But erg...that's it.
So, what stinks:
1) The story is dull. Feels irrelevant. No tension whatsoever. A big snooze. Waste of my time and energy---and clearly a huge waste of money to make the film.
2) All the various "good" races (dwarves, elves, hobbits, men) look like people. The hobbits look like small, adolescent guys, the dwarf looks like a hairy, small, middle aged man, the men all look like tall, J. Crew manly men, and the elf looks like a slim, blond, too-cool surfer guy. I much prefer the mental pictures my imagination conjured while reading the book. This was cheesy.
3) The characters are all shallow and lacking in dimension.
4) Gollum, who is brilliant in the book, is downright peculiar and not believable in the movie.
5) Important plot material from the book is skipped, skimmed over, or changed in unnecessary ways. I understand that the directors had a lot of material to fit into one movie, but still...they failed.
6) The orcs didn't look real. They looked foolish and bizarre.
7) The voices of many of the creatures (orcs, Gollum, ents) didn't sound organic--they sounded annoyingly computer generated.
8) The Wormtongue character was cookie-cutter evil. Although he wasn't Tolkien's most realistic character in the book, the movie does an even worse job with him.
9) It felt like the movie was geared for nine year olds...and undiscriminating nine years olds at that.
So, my overall assessment: they should never have made the film. They should have left it in book form. But...of course...they had to make it. There's big money in this. And let the artistry of the book be damned!
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Best movie ever!
Added 12/26/2009
The Lord of the Rings movies have the perfect combination of emotional acting, fantastical scenery, and thrilling plot twists. Peter Jackson and his team did a superb job and deserved every single Oscar they got. The movies are a wonderful tribute to the books. Fortunately, they've been made so well that they can be enjoyed by all, from the Tolkien aficionado to kids who haven't yet read the books. If you haven't seen this movie, you haven't seen the greatest adventure in cinematography during the past decade.
Two Towers is well done, but probably my least favorite of the trilogy. However, the battle scene at Helm's Deep is very emotional - probably the most realistic and emotional war scenes I've seen in a movie outside of a World War II movie. The 10,000 Uruk-hai marching on Rohan is a sight you'll never forget.
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Best movie ever!
Added 12/26/2009
The Lord of the Rings movies have the perfect combination of emotional acting, fantastical scenery, and thrilling plot twists. Peter Jackson and his team did a superb job and deserved every single Oscar they got. The movies are a wonderful tribute to the books. Fortunately, they've been made so well that they can be enjoyed by all, from the Tolkien aficionado to kids who haven't yet read the books. If you haven't seen this movie, you haven't seen the greatest adventure in cinematography during the past decade.
Two Towers is well done, but probably my least favorite of the trilogy. However, the battle scene at Helm's Deep is very emotional - probably the most realistic and emotional war scenes I've seen in a movie outside of a World War II movie. The 10,000 Uruk-hai marching on Rohan is a sight you'll never forget.
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