[Marileangorifurnimaluim]

So, those of you who've seen it, bearing in mind that I'm one of those who loved The Fellowship of the Ring and didn't like The Two Towers... is it an improvement over the theater release? Before you jump on me, remember PJ said he had trouble in the editing of this film. <P>The flaws I hope were mended are:<P>- the choppy quality of the editing. <P>Do you think it flows better, more smoothly?<P>- the slow pacing in the middle of the movie. <P>Do you think that the Arwen portions no longer dominate the middle part of the film? <P>Is it a little more balanced among the characters?<P>- the relatively tame quality of the battle of Helm's Deep. I felt the end of the Fellowship had a more powerful battle scene, gripping from beginning to end. This surpised me, as I was salivating for Helm's Deep. Helm's Deep had moments that were intense, but other moments that were silly or pulled you away from the action. <P>Have they added anything to Helm's Deep to make it more intense?<P>- Elijah's wide-eyed acting. Unfortunately, Elijah did not read either The Two Towers or The Return of the King, and it shows in that he couldn't find in the script what was going on with Frodo in his scenes. His lines were cut down to repetitions of 'the ring is getting heavy' etc etc - and there is no way to say that without whining. <P>Have they added any dialogue between Frodo and Sam to give a little more emotional range to his scenes?<P>Those are the issues, especially the flow and pacing, that I hope were fixed in the Special Edition release. Were they?<P>Maril