The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Editions)

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It's a fairly straightforward box set, rising above others only by sake of its attractive design and individual cases, and there are few frills to speak of.

With all the great new additions, there has to be a negative somewhere in the mix, and that belongs to Treebeard and the rest of his Ern brethren. The adventure continues with THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy when, with the help of the Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo Baggin’s nephew, Frodo, embarks on a perilous mission to destroy the One Ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron and his forces.A film may be, sometimes, locked in to how good it will ever look, with numerous standard definition films having arrived on Blu-ray, and no matter how truthful they are to the source, the end result just does not compare to other films that are faithful to their source and aren't an eyesore. 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. here at last is the long-form, unabridged version of The Lord of the Rings in all its sparkling, 1080p glory. The Fellowship of the Ring' - The first film in the series didn't earn as much praise from me the first go-round in its original cut as it will here.

While it again is 6 BDs + 9 DVDs, due to the smaller Elite cases the shelf footprint is a more normal size. Mists, which appear white in previous releases, now have an odd tinge to them, as they are no longer pure or unsullied, and what was once beautifully clean, white snow can look like someone was making snow cones with watered down dye. Looking back, with the other films finished, it stands apart as certainly the least polished of the trilogy, but to start out a story with this much bang was just what the series needed.

Was just going to get the Lord of the Rings Extended remastered one, until I realised the Middle Earth set also includes an extra 6 special features disks (1 for every film) compared to the other editions. I know the other big colour restoration here used the chroma from the theatrical blu-ray for that stuff.