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Title: I hate to say this, but...
Review: I actually like the theatrical release better. For TTT, the extended version has a much better flow and just makes better sense...but in Fellowship, those extra scenes feel like just that - extra scenes. The flow is weird. The "Concerning Hobbits" sequence would've been better off as a separate feature...it's a half an hour into the movie before anything happens!! One scene (when they are captured in Lothlorien) was filmed before the costumes & makeup were even finalized, and it really sticks out like a sore thumb. Many of the lines in it are redundant, as well, and it seemed like they threw it in there "just because". I do enjoy the rest of the Lothlorien extensions, but mostly b/c that was one of my favorite parts of the book.I gave it 4 stars, though, b/c on the whole, it is a very good movie, and having it split into 2 discs is very helpful with the whole "bathroom break" issue.
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