Return of the King Promotion Stills!!!! (Heavy Spoilers)

[Oriadin]

For some reason the thumbnails didnt work for me but if you click on them they display the full picture.

Look here http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0301082

[ReaperFett]

I added (Heavy Spoilers) to the title, because once again the makers have decided that they wont bother keeping things that spoil the non-reader hidden.

[Oriadin]

Ok thanks. I wasnt sure if I should say that or not but its possible that the pictures arent actually giving anything away. Im not sure. Thanks anyways :)

[ReaperFett]

Oh, Im pretty sure that most are quite harmless, but at least one of them could be a pretty major spoiler. And if they do it for TTT, they can do it for ROTK.




BTW, they say the cinema release will be the shortest of the cuts they've made.

[Oriadin]

Which one did they do for TTT?

[ReaperFett]

Not a clue. I'd suspect the shortest.


From what I'm hearing there are 3 initial edits for Peter to begin looking at. A 3 hour cut, a 3 and a half hour cut and a 4 and a half hour cut. The version that was screened to Elijah, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan was the 3 hour cut.

[Oriadin]

There is no way they would do a four and a half hour cut. Take your sleeping bags with you to the cinema otherwise!

[ReaperFett]

Why, is it majority Frodo scenes? ;)

[Diego Van Derveld]

If its 4 and a half hours...I'll wait for the DVD. No way am I sitting in a movie theater for that long.

[JMK]

I'd sit for 6 hours for a LotR movie.

[ReaperFett]

Well, least I'd leave the cinema not thinking it felt incomplete :)

[Darth Viscera]

ROTK might NEED 4 1/2 hours, seeing as how they only got 60% or so of the way through TTT in the movie. There's still a lot more stuff that needs to happen, and I can't imagine it all crammed into 3 hours.

[JMK]

Nor can I. The longer the better! :lol

[Marcus Telcontar]

I'm hearing 3.5 hours a lot.

Remmebr ROTK is the shortest book and they are not doing the final chapters (Scouring and the journey home). The stuff in TTT not seen can be done fairly quick.

[ReaperFett]

And besides, they have to be able to make more money out of fans by releasing two versions ;)

[JMK]

Have you seen the pictures Marcus? What was with Sam's face when he's holding Frodo? As if you would know at this point, but if anyone knows, it's you.

BTW, what's Elessar mean?

[Marcus Telcontar]

I know exactly where and why. It's Mt Doom after the Ring has been thrown in. Frodo has had his finger bitte off and they think they are about to tdie with Mt Doom basically blowing up all around them. Lack of cloaks and equipment is a giveaway

Elessar - It means Elfstone

[JMK]

Ah, makes total sense. I was thinking its when Frodo gets stung by Shelob and Sam thiks he's dead. But still, what's wrong with Sam's face??? It looks like he's 100 years older. Is that from the effects of him having to carry the ring for a while?

[Marcus Telcontar]

Ash, dust, filth, Mordor air..... Lots of things

[Darth23]

I disagree :p


Not really, I just wanted to say somethign in hidden text.


Anything longer than 3 hours needs an intermission.

[Jedi Master Carr]

LOL, I am sure it won't be more than 3 hours and like 15 minutes or so, because 3.5 is just way long heck with the 4th Harry Potter movie they are thinking about splitting into 2 movies because of that very reason. I think its better if the DVD is 3.5 hours long that would work better.

[Darth23]

I felt the 3 hours length for FOTR, but I really didn't for TTT. I think one reason is that there are so many beginnings of the story in FOTR.

[Marcus Telcontar]

ROTK will probably go at a gazillion miles n hour, I doubt many are goign to be complaing about 3.5 hours. Besides, if it gives us a better movie, I'm for it

[ReaperFett]

TTT started soooooooooooooooooooo slow, but picked up for me.

[Marcus Telcontar]

You have a bizarre definition of slow

[ReaperFett]

I looked at my watch twice, and was looking round the screen for something intresting :)

[Oriadin]

I did that in FOTR at a second viewing but not for TTT. Im even tempted to see TTT for a third time at the cinema but I doubt I will. Probably just wait for it to come out on DVD now.

[JMK]

I'll definetly be seeing TTT again. Actually I loved the first 30-45 minutes with Frodo, Gollum, Sam and the other 3 tracking the Uruk-Hai. It picks up just where Fellowship drops off.

[Gav Mortis]

It drives me mad when people say they were looking at their watches. It's a long film, you know it's a long film, so if you're not going to sit down and enjoy the acting and dialogue and scenery and music then what are you going to the cinema for? "The Two Towers" has a story to tell on top of the Helm's Deep battle sequence.

[ReaperFett]

Because I was worried that Sam/Frodo had taken up over an hour! :)

[Darth Viscera]

I kept looking at my watch, but it was for a different reason. I kept fearing that there was only 15 minutes left, etc. I was afraid for most of the 3 hours that the movie was about to end.

[Marcus Telcontar]

What Gav and Vis said, I agree fully.