The individual Blu-ray cases are black, contain five discs a piece, and include booklets that detail the various special features found on the corresponding discs. focuses on Howard Shore (who won an Academy Award for his score), and the songs that come into play in the theatrical and extended edition. Its impossible not to be entertained by these films, each one of them delivers us into an astoundingly realistic and beautiful world where it is very easy to get lost in. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Many would further argue that it really doesn’t matter that the extras come on SD-DVD discs, as they were all recorded in SD in any event – so an upgrade to HD was never really on the cards.

One birthday, upon the guidance of his old friend Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen), Bilbo bequeaths his possessions to his nephew, so he may live out his life creating a novel of his adventures.Blacks are strong, deeper than ever before, and yet crush seems thankfully less apparent, even if it is difficult to ignore the fact that some depth in some scenes has been reduced. But to see how much of Gollum is in Andy Serkis's performance, the Andy Serkis Animation Reference (2 min. Watching them again, the films still feel perfect, and though there may be some bad jokes, and perfectionists may wish that more of the books made it on screen (or were added to the extended cuts), the sheer scale that Jackson gets to by the final chapter is one of the great achievements of cinema. The new and extended scenes were carefully selected under the supervision of Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson. The set contains 12 DVD's divided to three high quality boxes, designed to give it a look of a leather bound cover, all protected by an outer firm cardboard cover.

The culmination of the vast and varied features of this extended edition results in a longer, deeper and more detailed journey into Middle-earth than before. Now back when the theatrical edition Blu-ray was being promoted – just prior to release – there was a big ‘net hubbub about how these were going to be remastered transfers. In addition to the extras from the extended edition DVDs you also get the three Costa Botes making-of documentaries, one for each film, that were included in the limited edition DVD release. The theatrical versions will get you through the story but if you truly want to be immersed in Middle Earth, watch the extended cuts on Blu-Ray.Twelve months have passed since the trilogy was first release on Blu-ray, shamefully presented in just its Theatrical Edition format, with a few throwaway extras on superfluous SD-DVD discs, and, for a whole year fans have been crying out for a decent release.

Still, without further confirmation, one must reluctantly assume that the colour changes are all intentional on this director-approved release.But the story works its magic in crafting a world so unusual, yet strangely familiar through its decaying powers and landscapes, as well as the multitude of personalities, it draws the viewer in, to get to know and care about the story, easily and painlessly. The longest addition is the one that fans (and Christopher Lee) have been clamoring for since it was announced that it was snipped: the resolution of Saruman (Lee) and Grima Wormtounge (Brad Dourif). The extended editions were also released on Blu-Ray as a box set in June 2011 [1], while the theatrical Blu-Ray was released as a box set in September 2010.

They meet Aragorn (Mortensen) who helps them get to Elrond (Hugo Weaving) so they can decide what to do with the ring. THEN we'll get the all new packaged master director's uncut extended deluxe box set of both the Hobbit and LOTR.The formation of the fellowship was a great point to finish a disk but the rest of them just seem to cut off at less conclusive points, which is jarring. Detail is vastly improved – in fact it’s often strikingly excellent – and the film’s grain structure has, this time, been kept intact, yet with no signs of the rampant DNR that had been previously applied to the Theatrical BD release. Short review: The transfers are outstanding, with Fellowship of the Ring (whose theatrical incarnation on Blu-ray was not up to snuff) now looking as good as the rest of the films. tracks the new outfits, while in this section one can also access Design Galleries, which has sections for "The Peoples of Middle Earth," "The Realms of Middle Earth," and "Miniatures. Instead ‘Towers goes straight for the jugular, a much darker and more significant story that thus gets suitably oppressive filmwork.