The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Editions)

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The random darkness of the film also got to me, especially when Gandalf first knocks on Bilbo's door, as that shot looks the same on this release as it would if you watched the Theatrical Blu-ray wearing sunglasses, and that isn't even an exaggeration. Assisted by a Fellowship of heroes, Frodo Baggins plunges into a perilous trek to take the mystical One Ring to Mount Doom so that it and its magical powers can be destroyed and never possessed by evil Lord Sauron. subtitles: English, Spanish and Portuguese, Elijah Wood introduction (1 min, 16x9), The Fellowship of the Cast documentary (35 mins, 16x9), A Day in the Life of a Hobbit featurette (13 mins, 16x9), Cameras in Middle-Earth documentary (50 mins, 16x9), production photo gallery, Scale featurette (15 mins, 16x9), Big-atures featurette (16 mins, 16x9), 6 big-atures galleries, WETA Digital featurette (25 mins, 16x9), Editorial: Assembling an Epic featurette (13 mins, 16x9), multi-angle editorial demonstration ( Council of Elrond - 1 min, 16x9), Digital Grading featurette (12 mins, 16x9), The Soundscapes of Middle-Earth featurette (13 mins, 16x9, DD 5. Although it's missing all the previously extras, this is, for now, the best way to watch these films at home.

Fellowship of the Rings' is easy to enjoy, though it can be a bit laborious to sit through at times, and it plants the seeds for a great saga to come, while still performing at a high level of excellence itself. The Rings films have so much detail, texture and action that they really need room to breathe on disc - even in high-definition. The front folds open to reveal a map of Middle Earth on the inside of the front and spine sections, with a cast shot atop the case holders. For the third time, a Rings movie was a Best Picture Academy Award® nominee and for the first time it claimed that prize (plus 10 more).

The big to-do on this first film in the series, the talk of the movie forums and blogs, is the color timing, so let's just hop right into that before anything else. The 1080p video and lossless audio quality here is once again on par with the new Fellowship presentation. The movie discs are exactly the same as the extended discs from the 2011 LOTR boxset and the individual Hobbit releases.

The mix is big and wide up front, and smooth all the way around, with natural staging and highly-atmospheric ambience.While it again is 6 BDs + 9 DVDs, due to the smaller Elite cases the shelf footprint is a more normal size. Meanwhile, the darkest creature of all, a gangly former hobbit, Gollum (Andy Serkis), threatens to destroy the plan set in motion through his treachery, and unwavering desire to be reunited with his precious, the very item Frodo has been tasked to protect until it can be destroyed. Warner Bros Home Entertainment Group confirms that The Lord of the Rings The Motion Picture Trilogy Extended Edition Blu-ray accurately represents the intended look of each of the three features. Is 'The Fellowship of the Ring' tainted, or tinted, in a greenish, sometimes cyan hue, in ways that it was not on the previous Blu-ray release? The formation of the fellowship was a great point to finish a disk but the rest of them just seem to cut off at less conclusive points, which is jarring.

The DVDs in the 2021 HMV BD boxset are the same as the 2011 extended BD boxset; 2x Appendices DVD per film + behind the scenes DVD per film. For separate evaluations of each film's new Dolby Atmos audio mix, please see their individual listings. The cyan tints are odd, and make some random sky shots a massive distraction with their new peculiar tint, while there are times where actors look like they have spider veins. The Two Towers' takes the diverse characters introduced so painstakingly in the first film, and throws them to the wolves, in a sense. I dare any viewer to have a staring contest with Gandalf's beard, since, I promise you, there's no aliasing or DNR in sight in what was once their most obvious home.The individual Blu-ray cases are black, contain five discs a piece, and include booklets that detail the various special features found on the corresponding discs. The epic fantasy series details the journey of young hobbit Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) to . In that sense, 'The Lord of the Rings' isn't all that different than 'Star Wars,' save for the fact that each new habitat is on the same planet, rather than one per each varied area. Now, I'm not going to say that this is the "ultimate" version of these films on Blu-ray, because as we all know, there will certainly be another release closer to the time that director Peter Jackson completes the two prequels, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (due in theatres in December 2012) and The Hobbit: There and Back Again (December 2013). The lossless audio mix is clear, crisp and natural, delivering in spades in both the quiet moments and the overwhelming din of battle.

Gandalf the Grey has a change of mood, in a sense, becoming Gandalf the White, paralleling the powers and appearance of his nemesis. Maybe I'll just keep it as I have the original dvds which still hold up well upscaled, assuming I'll ever need to revisit their colouring. For the EE I created by own custom combination of upscaling settings, which is now possible in the last two versions, because I want to retain all the film grain in the original source, whilst adding detail and deblurring the frames. For more about The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy and the The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy Blu-ray release, see the The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy Blu-ray Review published by Kenneth Brown on June 17, 2011 where this Blu-ray release scored 5.Just listen to the deep sound of the horn of Helm Hammerhand near the end of the film, of the screeching of the Nazgûl as they soar over the fighting in Osgiliath! Again, it's presented in widescreen but isn't anamorphic, so you may want to "zoom in" on the footage to properly enjoy it on your HD display. Soon, the Fellowship is broken, and while the other members fight off the evil spreading through Middle-earth, Frodo and his friend Samwise must continue their dangerous mission, with a guide they cannot trust, toward the fires of Mount Doom as the final battle for Middle-earth begins.