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And yes, the audio across the board is superb. Even Fellowship of the Ring, which released nearly 20 years ago, looks better than most films produced today, aside from a few dated FX.
The images on all six films are very clean with nice contrast and stunning detail. If you haven’t seen Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit in 4K, you’re missing out. On a final and more obvious note, the film presentations are astounding. RELATED: Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings Sets Premiere Date as Season 1 Wraps Filming However, if you’re yearning for new footage, or additional behind-the-scenes material, you might be better off waiting for the “Ultimate Ultimate Special Edition” that will likely hit shelves at some point in the future. Still, this box set ( which you can order here) offers the entire Middle-earth saga in a unique package you can contort and display in a variety of ways and includes travel posters, a 64-page collection of sketches, photography, and production notes and digital codes of each film.īasically, if you don’t own any of the previous editions of the films and don’t care about the special features, then this new set offers the perfect encapsulation of Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth saga.
It’s actually quite fascinating, but also frustrating in that it proves the existence of additional footage we have yet to see. The disc also includes the much-coveted Cannes Presentation Reel that debuted in France back in May of 2001 and unveiled our first look at the upcoming LOTR series, and includes a number of clips that didn’t make the final cut (theatrical or otherwise). There is but one new special features disc included with this set featuring the Alamo Drafthouse cast reunion in which Stephen Colbert interviews (and geeks out with) the stars of the films via Zoom. In fact, those amazing Appendices released with the extended cuts back in the early 2000s are missing, as are the behind-the-scenes documentaries produced by Costa Botes that arrived with the “limited edition” DVDs in 2006. Oh sure, it’s massive, beautifully packaged, and contains every version of Jackson’s films on enhanced Blu-ray and 4K, but the special features are, surprisingly, scarce. Dubbed the Middle-earth 31-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition, this set is indeed a lovely package, even if it doesn’t live up to its title. If you own the previously released 4K or Blu-ray editions of LOTR, this new set is fairly redundant.
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RELATED: Amazon Shifts Production of LOTR Series From New Zealand to U.K.įirst thing’s first.
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Now, all six films have received the 4K upgrade and are expertly packaged in a massive 31-disc set that features the theatrical and extended versions of each film. Peter Jackson released extended versions of the films immediately following their release, then went on to direct the not-as-great-but-still-entertaining The Hobbit trilogy, which in turn enjoyed extended editions released on Blu-ray and DVD. I can’t stress enough just how lucky we are to have had received these magnificent adventures.įans of LOTR have been quite spoiled. And yet, it’s preceded by two equally awe-inspiring entries, The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, that are worthy epics in their own right. No film has come close to achieving that level of spectacle, heart, action, adventure, or emotion. I vividly recall watching ROTK for the first time in cinemas. Especially when one considers just how difficult a feat it is to make a quality trilogy of films - just ask Star Wars, The Matrix … hell, even The Godfather. That the man stuck the landing by crafting one of the all-time great films, The Return of the King, is just bonkers. That Peter Jackson actually struck gold from both a box office and critical perspective is extraordinary. That a largely unknown - and mostly unproven, at least in terms of big-budget spectacle - director managed to make three astounding 3-hour motion pictures remains an astounding anomaly. Let me preface this review by saying I believe The Lord of the Rings ranks among the all-time great achievements in motion picture history.
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