I suppose this is old news to all of you, but I saw the Extended Version, Director's Cut, Special Collector's Edition, What's-It: Lord of the Rings just yesterday, and I was rendered dumb with amazement.
Why on (Middle-?)Earth did they cut all those incredible scenes from the theatre edition? They must have opted for a Minimum Story - Maximum Meaningless Cerebrally Incapacitating Violence approach...
I am most agitated over the removal of the Lothlórien part, especially the Strewing-Around-of-Marvellous-Gifts scene, although I think the new introduction deserved to be in the film as well.
