The Lord of the Rings: Book II - The Ring Goes South (LoTR Faned

The Lord of the Rings: Book II - The Ring Goes South by Kerr from: www.fanedit.org The second of a six-part edit made to bring Peter Jackson’s adaptations of “The Lord of the Rings” as close as possible to the original book by J.R.R. Tolkien, this covers the last half of “The Fellowship of the Ring”. Original film name: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring New film name: J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings: Book II - The Ring Goes South Film studio name: New Line Cinema Edit crew name: kerr Date original film was released: 2001 Date edit was released: February 2009 Original runtime: 208 minutes New runtime: 91 minutes Amount of time cut/added: approx. 118 minutes cut, 1 minute added Changes: -New title sequence. Since this is meant to be a separate instalment, not just the missing half of the previous edit, I decided to have company credits and titles for this one as well. - We fade in on Frodo lying in a bed in Rivendell. He asks why Gandalf didn’t meet them, and we flashback to Gandalf riding to Isengard, and thereafter see all the Isengard sequences that were cut from Book I. - Saruman does not claim that Sauron can’t take physical form. In the book, he regained his physical form slightly before the events of the Hobbit (I think). In Tolkien’s own words: “The form that he took was that of a man of more than human stature, but not gigantic.” - Saruman does not mention the Nine having left Minas Morgul. At this point in the story, the Ringwraiths are yesterday’s news. - The wizards don’t fight. Now Saruman just slams Gandalf up against the wall, smashes him to the floor, and sends him flying up Orthanc. - Saruman is not shown contacting Sauron through the Palantir. As in the book, Saruman is working for himself, and isn’t merely a “puppet” of Sauron. - Saruman is not shown breeding Uruk-Hai. In the book, Saruman did undertake various orc-breeding experiments, but these were separate from the Uruk-Hai. Also, it is highly unlikely that orcs of any kind could be bred in the manner shown in the film. - Back in Rivendell, Gandalf’s line “Saruman has crossed orcs with goblin-men.” has been cut First, Saruman isn’t breeding Uruk-Hai in these edits. Second, the line makes no sense, since “orc” is just another word for “goblin”. The line is obviously taken from a mention of “half-orcs and goblin-men” taking part in the Battle of the Hornburg, and it’s equally obvious that PJ’s interpretation is far from what Tolkien meant. - Cut Elrond’s line “Men are weak.” I feel that Elrond is portrayed as too much of a racist, which he absolutely wasn’t in the book. There wasn’t much I could do about it, but I think removing the one line helps slightly. - Elrond’s flashback to the Battle of the Last Alliance is followed by Isildur being ambushed and killed by orcs, with the narration removed. This seems to be the best place to include the (vital) exposition of how Isildur lost the Ring. - Cut Elrond’s lines “He turned from that path a long time ago… He has chosen exile.” As in the book, Aragorn accepts his destiny, and is only waiting for the right time to claim his birthright. - The Council of Elrond scene has been moved, and now immediately follows the scene with Elrond and Gandalf. I feel that revealing Strider as Isildur’s Heir works better this way, especially since I had to cut Arwen’s line which originally identified him as the heir. - Cut Aragorn’s line “Sit down, Legolas.” As mentioned earlier, Aragorn accepts his role and destiny. - After the council, we cut to Boromir examining the Shards of Narsil. He does not ask who Aragorn is, since they’ve already met - He just casts an awkward glance at Aragorn, which hints at the fact that he may not have been entirely sure when earlier stating that “Gondor needs no king.” This also brings his character closer to the way he was portrayed in the book, where he accepted Aragorn as the heir of Gondor. - The scene with Aragorn and Arwen in front of Narsil has been reworked. As Aragorn puts Narsil back on its display, Arwen says “Your time will come”, which leads to her Elvish lines (”The Shadow does not yet hold sway” etc.). Thus, Aragorn’s reluctance has been removed, without having to cut the all-important line “Your time will come”, which (sort of) explains why Aragorn isn’t king already. - Added “,Aragorn” to the end of the subtitle for Arwen’s “The Shadow does not hold sway yet” to better match what she is saying. - Cut Aragorn’s “I do not want that power… I have never wanted it” and Elrond’s “You are the last of that bloodline, there is no other” from the Gilraen’s memorial scene. - Aragorn does not partake in the hobbits’ scuffle with Boromir. I think the scene is better and funnier with just Boromir and the hobbits. - Saruman is not involved in the Caradhras scene. In the book, the avalance was caused by Caradhras itself. - The scene with the watcher in the water has been recut to match Tolkien’s book - The Doors of Durin open, the watcher immediately attacks, tries and fails to grab Frodo, Legolas fires an arrow at it, and the fellowship retreats into the mines. - The dead dwarves are not discovered until they reach Balin’s tomb. - The cave troll battle has been shortened. In my opinion, it goes on for far too long, and has some silly moments that should be cut. - The moria orcs are not shown climbing up and down pillars. Spider-orc, spider-orc, does whatever a spider-orc can… Eh, no. - Cut out the scene on the crumbling stair in Moria. Pointless Action-Jackson invention. I did, however, keep Gandalf telling Aragorn to lead the fellowship on, which I thought was an important line to include. - Used the theatrical version of the fellowship entering Lothlorien, but with the approach to Caras Galadhon from the EE. The alternate EE version has several problems - Gimli’s and Legolas’ costumes and makeup are different to the ones seen in the rest of the film, and some shots of the fellowship were reused in the mirror of Galadriel. I have no idea why this obviously unfinished scene was put into the EE. - Changed the subtitle from “Haldir of Lorien” to Haldir of Lórien”, which is the correct spelling. - The Lothlorien scenes have been slightly recolored to remove some of the excessively blue tint. - Galadriel does not tell Frodo that Boromir will try to take the Ring. Boromir’s fall works better if it seems a bit less inevitable. - All scenes in Isengard have been cut. As in the book, we do not see Saruman again until the end of Book III. - Aragorn doesn’t tell Galadriel that he would have Arwen take a ship to Valinor. The whole Arwen subplot differs radically from the book, and has thus been removed entirely. - The Uruk-Hai montage has been cut. - Aragorn’s argument with Boromir has been cut. - The Eye of Sauron is not seen hovering above Barad-Dur. - We do not see Sam underwater - it looks too fake. - The edit ends like the book. Frodo does not meet Aragorn before leaving, and we do not see the attack of the Uruk-Hai, which will serve as an intro for Book III. Some people may disagree with me having cut the last scene between Aragorn and Frodo, and I agree that it is a wonderful scene. It did, however, not take place in the book. Also, the scene leads directly into the Uruk-Hai ambush, which has to take place entirely at the beginning of Book III in order to follow the book - and I really wanted to follow the book’s narrative structure as closely as possible. So that’s my rationale. - As Frodo and Sam walk down into Emyn Muil, we fade to a new “credit” sequence: End of Book II. Intention for this fanedit: To separate Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy into six parts that adhere as closely as possible to the six books of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings”. This is done by both restructuring the films to match the narrative structure found in Tolkien’s book, and by removing as much as possible of the material that has no basis in Tolkien’s vision of Middle-Earth. For Book II, this has meant removing most of Saruman’s scenes, altering Aragorn’s character so that he accepts his destiny, inserting some flashbacks that were cut from Book I to the Rivendell scenes, trimming some unnecessary action scenes, and altering the ending. Software used: - Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - Adobe After Effects CS4 - Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD - AutoGK Additional comments: Again, this fanedit primarily intended for fans of Tolkien’s work. Its intention is not to improve the films in and of themselves, and viewers unfamiliar with the book will probably be left confused and unsatisfied, and would be better off watching the originals. Release info: 91 min. PAL XVID 672×288 2.0 stereo, 192 kbps MP3

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JohnnyT91 (2009-04-07)

Any chance of releasing the third book torrent?

duckdodgers2350 (2009-04-07)

Third book... your welcome!

laz322 (2009-04-10)

Hello,
I just downloaded and finished watching Book I and it was awesome!!! The only thing I wished you would have left in was the little girl hobbit's expression when Bilbo was telling the story of his adventure with the Trolls...What was the reason for leaving out the little girl's reaction? I'm just curious and am definitely not trying to complain or anything. I think you did a superb job!
Please people, seed this torrent so that I can download it!!! There is only one active seeder!!! I'm going to keep seeding Book I for quite awhile so other people will be able to download it at reasonable speeds. It took me around four hours to download Book I, which isn't horrible, but it could have been a lot better.
I can't wait to watch Boo II & III and will be waiting impatiently for the last three installments! Man,, wish I knew about these fan edits a long time ago, they are great!!!
Thanks a lot harman18, wonderful job!!!
-Laz.

laz322 (2009-04-10)

Excuse me, I meant thank you to Kerr, who I believe is the person that actually did the editing job, sorry about that! Thanks to everyone who helped out, whether by seeding or creating these great torrents. I really wish Jackson would have stuck to the books and not have tried to "rewrite" these classics.
-Laz.

laz322 (2009-04-10)

Come on people! Seed this torrent!!!
I've got over 9 hours to go!!!

GotHicks (2009-08-21)

Please we need some seeds!

nymersic (2010-06-26)

I haven't watched the book 1 or 2 edits yet, but I think these sound grerat. Of course he made these a year and a half ago... anyone know if he finished books 3+?
I doubt it: he probably found a Two Towers remake to be unmanageable. Peter Jackson changed more in that movie than in the others combined, and for the worse, in my opinion.
What I don't see in your list of edits is the one and only thing that really pissed me off in PJ's Fellowship movie, since I can't understand why it was done: In the book, as the balrog falls from the bridge he drags Gandalf down into the abyss with his whip wrapped around Gandalf's ankle (I've had the words '"Fly you fools!" he cried, and was gone." firmly implanted in my mind since I first read the book a decade and a half ago...); but in the movie, the whip just falls off his ankle, and Gandalf isn't dragged in. He lets go. He simply chooses to let go. It makes no sense. Gandalf would be strong enough to pull himself up. What the hell. Did that get fixed? I loved the balrog fight scene, but man does that moment bug the shit outta me... =/