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Post #208174

Author
Booshman
Parent topic
The Lord of the Rings - Special Abridged Edition (Released)
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Date created
10-May-2006, 11:12 AM
I just finished watching it and I have to say I really enjoyed it. It was well edited and flowed really well. I also liked the use of the map overlays, although there were a couple of occasions when I don't really think it was that necessary. I think the pacing of the film is great, condsidering the amount of content that is missing, there weren't any bits that made me feel that a large portion of story had been missed.

I do think that the main title should be changed from the red writing, so that it just reads "special abridged edition" in white. I also think that the end credits would benefit from having the cast members that weren't in your cut simply edited out instead of the "missing" stamp. I feel that the red just stands out too much from the look and tone of the film.

Also the skipping on the Divx version is really noticable. I was aware of it throughout the entire film, and the missing frames make some of the CGI look like stop-frame animation. I hope your DVD version of the film doesn't suffer from this, it would be a shame for a good edit like this.