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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
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Yes. The reaction here was "they cut out all resolution on the Saruman* but kept in all of this?!"
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As someone who has a familial connection to the Lord of the Rings trilogy (outable, sorry, though if we ever meet IRL it's obvious -- no, not hairy feet), has read them numerous times and recycled that book report just as often, almost the last half of the third book is devoted to that sort of wrapup. Just like much of the first is used to set up the story. If the extended version of the DVD is like the first two, Return of the King's extended version will clock in at well over 4 hours.
I kind of wish the Scouring of the Shire was depicted, but also understand why it is not. Also, while Saruman needed a better wrapup, I thought his parts in the first two films were actually a bit inflated.
Won't be seeing Return of the King for a few days, but based on Peter Jackson's previous two efforts I'm sure I'll enjoy it unless he adds a song and dance number for Sauron or something stupid like that. My only real beefs with the story so far are the expanded role for Arwen and the whole Aragorn dream sequence/miraculous horse rescue in the Two Towers.
This is one subject on which I definitely plead guilty to absolute nerddom.
