On a happy note: Arwen, Lothlorien, arrows, information, and little extras...

[VanimaEdhel]

While it would have been nice if Tom Bombadil was there, let us focus on some of the very positive additions in the Extended Version DVD!<P>Well, one of the negatives was the fact that giving Arwen extra time to save Frodo kind of rubbed in the fact that Glorfindel wasn't there for me...but: in "The Departure of the Fellowship", they do this amazing job of making her look really young and innocent. I love the way she stares after Aragorn looking so completely vulnerable. It is somewhat not in the movie character, but it is more in the character that I saw her as in the books.<P>And, they made Galadriel a bit less...evil-witchlady-getting-bewitched. I didn't like that they did that to her in the original.<P>Then they have Legolas's arrows out of control (I want to be able to fire like that)...I was happy they showed them all getting the gifts.<P>They also showed more of the Legolas-Gimli relationship. They showed the original feelings, then the evolution of the feelings as the movie went on. Aaaand: Gimli got the hair!<P>I loved that they had Aragorn at Gilraen's grave. And his discussion with Elrond. It really gave people who didn't read the books more information about Aragorn (I mean, I've read them many times, but...)<P>And: was it me or, even in the scenes without extra footage, they had just like 1 second inserts that made it feel less...rushed? Tell me if you noticed that too...<P>Well: how about you guys can now talk about what you considered to be the most positive additions to the Extended Version DVD?