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December 07, 2003

The Extended Fellowship

For those of you who may not have heard (or who aren't anticipating the arrival of Return of the King with quite as much fervor as I am), New Line has released the extended version of The Fellowship of the Ring for a one week run in theaters. The Two Towers will get similar treatment next week in anticipation of the release of Return of the King. Amanda and I checked out Fellowship yesterday, and I'd recommend you do the same. The extended version does an excellent job of fleshing out the story, and seeing it on the big screen just makes it that much better. Given that this will likely be your only chance to see the extended versions in theaters, and since Jackson's work is likely one of the best movies of all time in the aggregate, you're cheating yourself if you don't go see it the way it's meant to be seen.