Of the 3 extended edition films,which one is your favorite and why?

[KL70]

Of the 3 extended edition only LOTR films on blu-ray, which is your favorite film and please say why.

[brownjenkins]

The Two Towers! Théoden is the true star of the films in my mind and that one really fleshes him out in terms of being both a great leader and a down to earth realist who has to do what he can for his people. I've watched that one twice as often as I have the other two.

[Lotesse]

Fellowship of the Rings!

[Tessar]

Hmmmm. For me it might be Return of the King, because I love the imagery of the beautiful, white city contrasted with the grimy, fallen areas, and I also love the brief scene between Gandalf and Pippin when they're under attack and they think they're about to die, and Gandalf is speaking about death. Very moving.

[shesabrandybuck]

Definitely I'd have to say The Fellowship of the Ring. I feel like the movie really captured the innocence and naivety of the Hobbits and even the hope of the Fellowship. Not to mention the scenery and the music I felt was really well done, especially The Road Goes South scene with the epic Fellowship theme - I just feel is really special because you never hear that theme as strong ever again. Without a doubt, I think the extended version of the Fellowship is the best, followed by the Return of the King.

[Dave_in_Denver]

I liked the Fellowship better. It followed the book more then the others. It is a shame that Mr. Jackson and crew decided to wander away from the books so often.

[ringbearer]

Return of the King for me

[Snowdog]

Fellowship of the Ring. It was pretty decent all the way through and relied less on CGI. Two Towers is 2nd. I always seem to fall asleep during Return of the King.

Of course, my EEDVDs have been gathering dust on the shelf. I only find myself watching these movies when I happen upon them on free to air tv, and then I only watch until the next commercial.

[Nerwen]

Fellowship, for sure. I was just seventeen when I went to see it in the theater, an ardent Tolkien fan already, and was just blown away. When the EE came out, I was almost as thrilled by the added content. It's version of The Council of Elrond was just superb.

Susie

[Mari]

Fellowship, but mostly because it's the "lightest" film. You can watch it and still feel good at the end, though it's bittersweet.

[Nerwen]

Didn't you just love it when you first saw it in the theater? It was, like Joni MItchell sings, "Every fairy tale comes real"

Susie

[Rían]

It was amazing! There were a lot of non-Tolkien things in the movies, but I just kind of ignored them and enjoyed the things that they got right.

[Midge]

I would have to say Return of the King. I felt like they put a lot more of the little things in, like the scene with the statue of the king whose head had been replaced by an eye. Honestly I don't really know what's NOT in the extended editions, but I will say this - I hated that PJ felt he had the authority to just remove the Scouring of the Shire from the story. That was one of my favorite parts - all the trials the Hobbits had undergone sort of came to fruition in that section and I was downright sad it was removed.

I did have hopes that it would be in the extended edition, but alas.

[Nerwen]

Yeah, that spoiled ROTK for me, too. Worse than leaving out Tom Bombadil