The Extended Edition is not simply the theatrical cut with deleted scenes inserted crudely. Composer Howard Shore recorded additional score specifically for these scenes. The mournful fiddle piece that plays during Boromir’s memory of Minas Tirith is exclusive to this version.
The most immediate difference in the Extended Edition is the pacing of the opening act. The theatrical cut, constrained by studio demands for a two-and-a-half-hour runtime, rushed from Bilbo’s party to the dark roads of Bree relatively quickly. The Extended Edition, however, luxuriates in the Shire. Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring -EXTEN...
In the theatrical version, the nine members of the Fellowship sometimes feel like archetypes. In the Extended Edition, they become family. The Extended Edition is not simply the theatrical