Last movie you saw?

[Clare]

The Fellowship of the Ring on Sunday, The Two Towers yesterday, and The Return of the King today.

The extended version is much better, and captures more of the books nuances.

There's a longer version?? Of all of them?

[red solo cup]

Unstoppable with Denzel Washington. Fairly exciting.

[Michael Wilson]

The Fellowship of the Ring on Sunday, The Two Towers yesterday, and The Return of the King today.

The extended version is much better, and captures more of the books nuances.

There's a longer version?? Of all of them?

Yes, they add many scenes from the book that aren't in the regular versions.

[The Harlequin King]

The Fellowship of the Ring on Sunday, The Two Towers yesterday, and The Return of the King today.

The extended version is much better, and captures more of the books nuances.

There's a longer version?? Of all of them?

Indeed. The extended edition of The Return of the King is a full hour longer. The additional scenes are totally worth it. For example, there's a flashback scene with Boromir in The Two Towers. Eowyn also sings a funeral dirge for Theoden's son.

Furthermore, I've watched both the theatrical version and Extended Edition Blu-rays, and the EE picture quality is ridiculously better. It's like the theatrical cut was filmed with vaseline smeared on the lens by comparison. If you think I'm just being a cranky videophile, see below:

[Maximilian]

The Fellowship of the Ring on Sunday, The Two Towers yesterday, and The Return of the King today.

The extended version is much better, and captures more of the books nuances.

There's a longer version?? Of all of them?

lol. Can a movie get longer?

[The Harlequin King]

lol. Can a movie get longer?

If you count parts 1 and 2 as a single film, there's the original cut of Red Cliff, which is in the vicinity of 4 and a half to 5 hours.

[Mono no aware]

If you count parts 1 and 2 as a single film, there's the original cut of Red Cliff, which is in the vicinity of 4 and a half to 5 hours.

Bela Tarr's Sátántangó is seven hours.  And that's the theatrical version.  It's notorious not only for its length but for a single-take ten-minute sequence of cat torture.  For both of those reasons I haven't seen it.  tmw89 may have, though.

Some YouTuber has set clips from the movie to Arvo Pärt's Salve Regina.  It proves that visually, at least, Bela Tarr is a real artist of the cinema.  He may nevertheless deserve to be thrown to hungry lions.  Now that I'd watch.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1CNNf9iU9Y[/yt]

[LouisIX]

Some YouTuber has set clips from the movie to Arvo Pärt's Salve Regina.

These scenes are stunning.

It proves that visually, at least, Bela Tarr is a real artist of the cinema.  He may nevertheless deserve to be thrown to hungry lions.  Now that I'd watch.

Unfortunately, there are many, many directors who fit that bill.

[Clare]

The Fellowship of the Ring on Sunday, The Two Towers yesterday, and The Return of the King today.

The extended version is much better, and captures more of the books nuances.

There's a longer version?? Of all of them?

Indeed. The extended edition of The Return of the King is a full hour longer....

Four hours!

[Arun]

i watched paranormal activity the marked ones. the plot was ok, i guess. wasn't a real scary film or anything though. then i realised i never saw the original so i watched that. i liked the way they made that one, the subtlety works much better than over the top in your face stuff, or at least i thought so.

[Bernadette]

Emperor on Netflix. About Gen. McArthur's decision not to try the Emperor of Japan as a war criminal. The love story seemed totally unnecessary.

[zork]

Most love stories are.

I last watched The Crater Lake Monster (1977).

[Older Salt]

The Fellowship of the Ring on Sunday, The Two Towers yesterday, and The Return of the King today.

The extended version is much better, and captures more of the books nuances.

There's a longer version?? Of all of them?

Yes, they add many scenes from the book that aren't in the regular versions.

I wish they had added the whole Tom Bombadil part

Big gap in the films.

Tom would have made for beautiful cinematography and the River Daughter.

[Michael Wilson]

The Fellowship of the Ring on Sunday, The Two Towers yesterday, and The Return of the King today.

The extended version is much better, and captures more of the books nuances.

There's a longer version?? Of all of them?

Yes, they add many scenes from the book that aren't in the regular versions.

I wish they had added the whole Tom Bombadil part

Big gap in the films.

Tom would have made for beautiful cinematography and the River Daughter.

Peter Jackson did a wide range of interviews with LOTR fans before filming the movies; asking them: "What scene absolutely had to be in the movie. I guess that one didn't garner enough votes.  Its a shame that the whole book with all the dialogue couldn't have been made into a movie.  But I love the movies all the same.

[Arun]

they should make a movie of the silmarillion. and then release an extended cut.