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TheJoshider10 t1_jeeippq wrote

Reply to comment by Alive_Ice7937 in The LOTR The Return of the King is a great film but the confrontation with the Ghost Army has always puzzled me. by verc1ngetor1x

>Also this is one area where the theatrical trumps the extended.

How come?

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Citizen_Kong t1_jeejlxu wrote

The ghost king's answer is left open until the army arrives at the harbor of Minas Tirith in the pirate ships. In the theatrical version, it really looks like it's over for the good guys in that moment while in the extended it's more like "when does Aragorn finally come"?

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RichardCheeseLicker t1_jef7yzh wrote

Yep, the tension around this seen is far better in the theatrical version.

In general the theatrical versions are probably the better movies, but I’ll never go back to them because I want to spend as many hours as possible in Middle Earth.

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