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Alive_Ice7937 t1_jeeh1ak wrote

"That line has ended!"

I think it was more that the ghosts simply could not believe it was possible.

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

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AnyNamesLeftAnymore t1_jeeitlz wrote

"It has been re-made"

Ghost: "Explain that to me, we've got time"

I'd honestly like to think that the part we don't see is just them sitting down at a table as Aragorn starts the story from the beginning.

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MilesDryden t1_jeewa4u wrote

How dare you suggest that the version without pirate captain Peter Jackson is superior.

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TheJoshider10 t1_jeeippq wrote

>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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rimmed t1_jeg3n1h wrote

I think Extended ROTK is just a worse edit. The Mouth of Sauron makes no sense in the movie because the whole drama in the book is that we have no idea what happened to Frodo and Sam and so it reads as if they failed.

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Man_of_Average t1_jefd6xi wrote

Also they've been cruel murderous ghosts for a looong time. It's going to be hard to accept that freedom is even possible after a certain amount of time, let alone that it's standing right in front of you offering itself willingly. For treacherous beings it would make sense they be sceptical and reject it initially. Fortunately for them (and Aragorn) they came to their senses soon enough.

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