OLED display) and the video-quality suffers greatly. Some fans might prefer the original Extended Edition Blu-ray discs. The one big positive to the The Lord of the Rings is that rare film trilogy that gets better with each installment and saves its best for last. The Extended Editions of each are among those rare films that actually improve in their longer versions. And the final installment, The Return of the King, deservingly won the coveted Oscar for Best Picture.

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It looks great – and in the opener, it’s 17 minutes before we get the opening title, since there’s a huge Orc to be battled and defeated!, but once you’ve seen one oversized Lake District with multiple lakes falling down the sides of mountains – all with a drone flying overhead to capture the motion – you’ve seen them all. No special features. Disc 20 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Extended Version, Part 1 (4K UHD) A world of Elves, Dwarves, Wizards, Humans and Hobbits in a constant struggle against the evil forces of the Dark Lord Sauron and his army of Goblins and Orcs – a world of quests, Dragons, treasures and a legendary final battle for the future of Middle-earth™ itself. debut is a bit of a missed opportunity. The color timing on portions of the films has also been changed – most notably during The Two Then in 2006, three new Limited Edition DVD sets appeared, which included all three films in both their theatrical and Extended versions, along with a trio of new behind-the-scenes documentaries produced by Costa Botes. ( Reviewed here.)The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power is on Prime Video now, with two episodes in the first week, and the remaining six being put out weekly.

The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy

With the introduction of Blu-ray in 2007, New Line and Warner Bros released the theatrical versions of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King in high-definition in 2010 in The Motion Picture Trilogy box set. ( Reviewed here.) Like the average Star Wars movie, the ‘action’ moves from place to place quite frequently, but this lot eventually find what they’re looking for, even though the dialogue always sounds like they’re talking in riddles, which does get annoying after a while. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition P2- Czech, Danish, Dutch, English SDH, Finnish, French, Castilian Spanish-F, Castilian Spanish, Greek, Thai, Polish, Swedish, Latin Spanish, Norwegian, Korean, Italian SDH, German SDH, Complex Chinese, Cantonese Each movie has its own Steelbook, colorfully done. The 4K discs are all colored accordingly to each movie. I love the steelbooks and how they are housed individually inside the padded container housing all of them.But is it worth the cost of this box set just to get the new content? No, it’s not… not in any way, shape, or form.