If you're looking to do a good review, go one of two ways. 1- Discuss it as a piece of film. Talk about it's technical merits, the quality of actors, the use of back story and new elements to propell the story forward, and the editing of the final product. (The discussion of editing for the theatrical cut vs the Extended Edition DVD could be a half-hour speech on its own.) 2- Discuss it as an adaptation. If you do this there are two important points to make, what was included and what wasn't. The key element that was missing is the scourging of the Shire, to Tolkien this was one of the key elements of the story.
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1- Discuss it as a piece of film. Talk about it's technical merits, the quality of actors, the use of back story and new elements to propell the story forward, and the editing of the final product. (The discussion of editing for the theatrical cut vs the Extended Edition DVD could be a half-hour speech on its own.)
2- Discuss it as an adaptation. If you do this there are two important points to make, what was included and what wasn't. The key element that was missing is the scourging of the Shire, to Tolkien this was one of the key elements of the story.
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