Saruman.
I didn’t say there weren’t parts of the ROTK EE I liked, but on balance it’s not as good as the theatrical.
I’m not a huge fan of the Mouth of Sauron scene myself, but it’s mostly the extra stuff with Aragorn the ghost army that make me prefer the theatrical. It’s not just that, but that’s most of it.
You have a point. In ROTK EE the extra scenes really kill the pacing more than in the other two.
The army of the dead really does this. The Ents also. I mean, I love all the little bits of the story they add, but it doesn’t make a better movie.