Lord of the Rings, The: The Return of the King [Widescreen, Special Edition]

I'm sure this and the extended edition will be great, but (and please don't stone me) I've refrained from purchasing any of the DVDs in this trilogy to date. I'm waiting for the inevitable trilogy box set.

Will something like that be listed separately on the site when it is announced?

Thanks!
Sean (the man with double-dip-a-phobia)

sure, we'll list it--but not until it's been announced.

Well, the details at last. Cant wait for it to come out, Im gonna buy it the first day it comes out. Not as many extras as last time but the TV specials are certainly better than last year. The National Geo. Documentary was awesome, I saw it on TV. I am dissappointed that there is not music video or extended edition preview, dont understand why they didnt include them. But besides that not to bad for the 2 disc release.

I don't see the point in waiting for a trilogy boxset unless you're truly in dire need of a box to whold the 3 movies (whether it be extended or regular). I guess some people enjoyed the movies more than others. I personally own both versios of each film 8).

It is great to know that it is not a rumor anymore and fact. Can't wait to pick this and TLS up in May.

theres no point in waiting for a trilogy box set. i mean the extended editions already released have sooo much on them. how much more could anyone possibly want?

I have held off from buying any of the theatrical editions, because I know I will never watch them again. I spent 3 bucks on a rental if I really couldn't hold off, but am happy with the move I made. While there might be an uber-boxed-set, I'd bet it will only be of the theatrical cuts. If you want the, in my opinion superior, extended cut, drop the cash and pick the EEs up, and buy something else when this regular cut streets.

The theatrical DVD's will be available in a boxed set. I have a picture of it.
Since EE's are already boxed, wouldn't a "boxed" set really be a "carton?
One other thing.......
The Hi-def DVD's should be out in a couple of years...
How much of your collections will you be replacing?

I think Peter Jackson did a great thing when he released the movie every year I hate when you to wait two or more years every time you want to see a sequal like the last of the Star Wars episodes, i just takes to long for them to release and be filmed.

Buy the way has anyone heard if Peter Jackson was going to make the prequil to LOTR making the Hobbit I think that would make a great movie I finished the book last summer and am reading the books now. Just a Question?

It is rumored after he does King Kong that he would like to do The Hobbit around 2006.

yeah, but the rights have to be cleared first. no point in wishing to do a movie when you can't, lol.

Thanks for the info

I really don't think that "rights" are the issue. After all, it's still a JR Tolkin thing, and if he was able to do the LOTR trilogy, then what is to stop him from doing The Hobbit?

Rights my ass! If Jackson can do LOTR, then he'll have an easier time in making The Hobbit. Believe me, it's all about Hollywood and money. Rest assured, it will happen whether anyone agrees with it or not.

Tim,

You don't understand, a lot of people own pieces of the rights to both "LOTR" and "The Hobbit" when it comes to motion picture adaptations. If they can't agree on how to split costs and profits, then "The Hobbit" won't get made.

Take "LOTR", for example. The Saul Zaentz Company technically owns the movie adaptation rights, though those rights were licensed to Miramax. After Disney balked at the production costs, Miramax was allowed to sell its licensed rights to New Line, though Miramax retained profit participation. Although the process of making "LOTR" was arduous, at least it got made because a) Miramax was just happy to get some compensation for the money that it spent on pre-production and b) New Line was making a dangerous gamble that could've sunk it.

Now that "LOTR" has proven that a Tolkien film adapation can be lucrative, imagine the dollar signs dancing in EVERYONE'S heads. Every company with a say in the matter will demand this-or-that before Jackson can get anywhere near making a movie version of "The Hobbit".

Eddie

I would consider myself a pretty big fan of the movies (and book for that matter). Am I alone in saying that it will be a little ackward when the winter movie season comes along and not having that guarantee of something this grand being there?

Well, there is that "Alexander" movie that Hollywood is trying to tease us with. Granted it looks good, but I don't think it will measure up to the epic quality of ROTK. Look at last winter when they tried so hard to rattle the chains of ROTK with "The Last Samurai". Again, good movie but not even as close to astonishing as ROTK. It's sad to say, but it may be a long time before we ever see a film that epic again. However, maybe "The Hobbit" will be the next hopeful in the grand works of compelling art.

The only fantasy series I've enjoyed in book form since "LOTR" is Phil Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy, "The Golden Compass," "The Subtle Knife," etc. I understand New Line is planning to bring them to the screen. The books aren't epic in the "LOTR" sense, but they are every bit as imaginative.

John

Oh my atleast there are 2 people who agree - ROTK is not the best movie. I watched it for the second time last week and it was punishing with its relentless length. To date, FOTR is the best one. This good but not great and certainly not worthy of so many oscars. The other fantasy that is good is - Robert Jordan - A Wheel of time.

Oh my atleast there are 2 people who agree - ROTK is not the best movie. I watched it for the second time last week and it was punishing with its relentless length. To date, FOTR is the best one. This good but not great and certainly not worthy of so many oscars. The other fantasy that is good is - Robert Jordan - A Wheel of time.

I didn't find the length anything to gripe about. I actually liked the way the movie ended, as it is a nice change as opposing to most movies in which we reach the climax and see the credits within minutes.

I do however agree with the bad jokes. Talk about forced at times.

I liked the bad jokes. In fact, I can't think of one thing I didn't like about this movie.

Tim wrote:
"I liked the bad jokes"

o_0




anyway, I can think of some things I didn't like about the movie. Like how Elijah seems so forced in his weird stares and gazes (eg when he looks around the crowd when everyone bows down to the hobbits and his "oh, sam!!!" moments). Another scene that never worked for me was when Frodo is brought back to heal and he wakes up in Rivendell to be greeted by Gandalf. When both of them couldn't stop laughing it felt REALLY awkward.

But really I'm nitpicking.

Yeah, but Elijah's moments are nothing comapred to the cheese Hayden Christensen gave us in "Attack of the Clones". Come to think of it, I don't think Hayden ever had a moment that would be considered passable.

NOOOOO TIM! You bring back bad memories

Go see Hayden in Shattered Glass. He's like a whole different animal. It makes you wonder why he was so lousy in Attack. (Oh, maybe that's 'cause pretty much the whole movie was lousy.)

As far as RotK goes, any word yet when the EE comes out?
And, I think I'm in the minority here, but TTT was my favorite section of LotR, for two major reasons:
1. The internal fight between Gollum & Smeagol
2. Treebeard
Fellowship had to introduce the characters, and Return had to tie up loose ends and have the ultimate climax.
Towers, to me, was where the more in-depth and emotional moments were.

I thought that Hayden was awful in "Shattered Glass". He was good only in "Life as a House", but that movie was so-so.

"LOTR 3" EE is coming out sometime in December of 2004.