Top 10 Deleted Scenes From Lord of The Rings (Extended Edition)

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The thing with gimli asking for a single strand of galadriels hair and being granted 3 has a way deeper meaning. Back in the first age faenor (the elf who crafted the silmarils) asked lady galadriel for a strand of her hair three times. And three times she would deny her cousins request. Because she saw the dark and "greed" in him. Now, thousand yeras later, humble gimli refuses to ask for any gift. When pushed he asks for just 1 strand of her hair. So she gives him three. As he proved to be a good and humble person, he gets what faenor was denied.

I just recently watched the extended versions for the first time and the Boromir flash back painted a hidden picture of who he was and completely changed how I felt about him. Glad these were there.

When the movie was filmed, a call went out across NZ for every horse and owner to be extras in the scene of the Charge of the Rohirrim. Hundreds came, and their numbers were digitally multiplied to appear as thousands on screen. But what was really interesting was the charge from the perspective of the extras who portrayed the Orcs. They said that even a few hundred horses charging at them was terrifying, and made the ground shake. They could not imagine what thousands would do, or being in their path.

My favorite is the scene where Gandalf shows up with Eomer to save Theoden and his people at Helm's Deep. One of the best scenes in the whole series!

The fact that Galadriel refused to give Feanor even one strand of hair back in the early days made the fact that she gave Gimli 3 strands ever more special. Perfect.

The scene after the battle for Minas Tirith, where Eomer finds Eowyn is heartbreaking. One of the most powerful scenes for me is when aragorn loses hope. Falls to his knees and shows tears. For me it really adds to the dispair in middle earth. And to see a hero "weak"

While I do enjoy the Witch King being introduced as a force to be reconed with, Gandalf is shown as weaker, which is totally out of character for him. Gandalf and he other Wizards are all Maiar (lesser angels) and are all the same rank as Sauron (though less powerful). Gandalf the Grey fought and later defeated the Balrog, who used to be Morgoth's servant, the same as Sauron (both Sauron and the Balrogs were lesser angels, while Morgoth was the first Dark Lord and the most powerful of the greater angels. After Gandalf's physical body was destroyed he was reincarnated as Gandalf the White, with most of his original power restored. Right after Sauron he is the second most powerful being in Middle Earth. The Witch-King, even with Sauron powering him up, would be NO MATCH for Gandalf the White.

Having only watched the extended version since it was released, I can't imagine not having seen these. They feel uncuttable to me now :'(

I loved LTR since I was 13 I am 32 this day and I still watch these movies multiple times a year. These movies will always be apart of my life :)

My favourite scene is Gollum and Smeagle having a conversation. Andy Serkis did a great performance, and how it was captured was brilliant.

I read LOTR back when I was in elementary school and one of my favorite parts was the friendship and playful competitiveness between Gimli and Legolas. It lightened up the overall dark tone of the story.

i just find it incredible how RotK is 3 and a half hour long and its still so captivating and interesting throughout the whole runtime... incredible stuff...

The "easter-egg" with Gandalf explaining the history and wealth of mithril simply adds this important conversation from the book.

Trivia: Christopher Lee was furious with Peter Jackson for cutting out Saruman's death and thus did not join in the press tour for Film 3.

Always loved the extended cut scenes when Gimli and Legolas argued over which of the two had killed more Uruk-Hai

You know, I think the deleted scenes gave a big plus and prolonged the life of LOTR. The cut movie is great already as a stand alone, but searching and interpreting the deleted scenes, gives it even more depth, unknown plots, facts that make it interesting and give something to think about even 20y ears later.

On TV we always had the regular version available. As a huge fan watching the extended edition for the first time I was mind blown! It totally changed my experience, it was so much fuller I can't imagine going back!

I can't imagine having watched the movies without these scenes. I consider the extended cuts the actual cuts.

In the book, Galadriel give Samwise, Lover of Trees, a box of soil from Lothlorien with a seed of a Mallorn tree. This is in no version of the movies. Sam puts the seed and soil to good use when he begins his work of restoring the Shire.