• FlakesBongler [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        I know, she's pretty great

        Well, I probably would have been okay with the theatrical version, but she was insistent on showing me everything that was different than the books

        • FoolishFool [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          Good call. The theatrical versions may as well not exist imo.

          • StellarTabi [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            Are the extended editions recommended? I was thinking of playing some version of LotR as background noise while I pretend to work.

            • FoolishFool [she/her]
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              2 years ago

              Oh yeah, any LOTR fan worth their salt would recommend the extended editions.

          • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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            2 years ago

            You two would probably get along swimmingly

            I mean, you'd get along with me too, but you'd have to be fine with me being a little high and cracking jokes during the movie

              • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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                2 years ago

                My favorite bit so far is just asking "Is that Tom Bombadil?" every time someone new shows up

                • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                  2 years ago

                  I really like how in the movies Merry and Pippin literally stumble across Frodo and Sam, immediately have to hide from a guy that looks like Satan and just fuck right off with them not even knowing what's going on at all.

          • Dolores [love/loves]
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            2 years ago

            ehhh the theatrical cut of return cuts a ton of chaff at the expense of 2 just good scenes

              • Dolores [love/loves]
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                2 years ago

                saruman dying & gimli getting drunk. the rest of the cuts are very justified

                • Florn [they/them]
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                  2 years ago

                  I really liked Aragorn singing the Ley of Leithian in Fellowship. And also "how many did you eat?"

                  The scene that stands out to me as one that needed to be cut was anything with Gimli in the Paths of the Dead. Really, the whole movie trilogy did Gimli dirty.