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Originally Posted by Macalaure

You have to put yourself in Jackson's place: He couldn't afford the trilogy to not be a success.

The only problem with that is the first two movies were successful and this permitted Jackson more freedom with the third. And, as this is the last, what would he lose if it were a complete flop, which would have been hard to create? Most of the filming was already done, and so those that even at the very least tolerated the first two movies would be on the hook for the third, just to see if it were possibly better. And worse, this is not just the DVD but the extended version of the film, where Jackson had even more freedom to play.

My assumption is that the RotK EE DVD was less of a concern as Peter Jackson was either taking a well-deserved break or starting to consider large primates...