The Two Towers: Extended Edition

[bcholmes]

Ya know, editors do play an important role in film.

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[hellsop.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes... they do.

I've been having a good deal of fun with various DVDs looking at some deleted scenes (especially lately, The Craft) and saying to myself "Okay, I understand why they cut this one...."

[erik]

dot_cattiness wants you!

[rosefox]

This is why I collect copies of the original edition of SIASL. Regardless of how you feel about the book, the "de-expurgated" edition is a whole lot worse.

[skylark-10.livejournal.com]

indeed they do. costner's robin hood was ruined by, among other things, incompetent and incoherent editing.

but of course i know you meant something else ;-)

along which lines, i still think that scott's own cut of blade runner is superior to the original theatrical release.

[bcholmes.livejournal.com]

Ridley Scott does no wrong, except that he did Legend, but we've forgiven him for that.

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Well, I liked the extended edition, I thought it added a lot.

I almost never watch deleted scenes on DVDs, though, for the reason mentioned above: Oh, yes, I can see why they were deleted.

[ex-electroly478.livejournal.com]

i always say, you can toss out the director but you can't replace an editor.

[bcholmes.livejournal.com]

I think that the additional scenes with Sean Bean (Boromir) added a lot of back-story for Faramir's character. But that's about the only addition that I think was worthwhile.

I especially hate the scene in which Fangorn comes to Helm's Deep, 'cause the editing on it is so poor. I'm certain that that scene only exists to molify the Tolkien purists who want things to be just like the books. It's just so badly inserted.