I have all the extended versions on DVD, but I never did get around to watching the Return of the King one.
I think I only watched the theatrical cuts twice: once when they came out, and a second time when the Film Society played them second run at the on-campus theater, so… 2004?
I actually downloaded the theatrical cuts to watch with kids…
They’d be adults by the time we finished the extended ones.
Wife: You can pick a movie for tonight
Cate Blanchett: The world is changed. I feel it in the water…
Wife: God damnit not again
I remember, I saw the theatrical once, in theater.
I think theatrical is better suited for first timers. It’s what we all started with, after all.
I agree and I would even say that a crucial moment in Return of the King works better in the theatrical version and should be experienced first like this. (The arrival of the pirates to the battle of Minas Tirith.)
Haha this hits home. I want to watch the trilogy with my family but none of them want to watch the extended cuts with commentary on
I LIVE WITH PHILISTINES I tells ya…
Watched the commentary version once. Was interesting. Didn’t feel like I’d watched the movie, tho, because you couldn’t really hear the music and the dialogue.
Valid, I just want to geek out over it.
