Hi again people. I've been working on this Fan Edit some days ago and I give you some updates. To reach 3 hours and 30 minutes as I said, My intention is to cut stuff from the films to convert them in 2 movies of 1 hour and 45 minutes each one.
I did my best to cut scenes that are not very important, trim them or cut some long shots. I want to keep as much as possible from the movies. However, I couldn't get my final goal of convert The Two Towers into 1 hour and 55 minutes without sacrificing much of the magic of the plot. Some suggested cuts can be of help from your part
. These are the changes by far:
The Two Towers:
-The Movie opens with Saruman describing his plan with Sauron. We see a Title Card: "The Battle for the Middle Earth"
-Then we go to the scene where Eomer and the Rohirrim rescue Theoden's Son. In the talk with grima, some shot was cut.
-Cut the scene where the Orcs are running with Merry and Pippin. We go directly to Aragorn and company tracking the Orcs. I believe we can understand what they are doing when Legolas says they are taking them to Isengard.
-Some shots and lines were cut in the scene where the orcs are planning to eat Merry and Pippin. I found them a little bit redundant. Also, I win a little bit more of time by doing this.
-I'm still not sure about this change: We don't see Merry and Pippin's Escape, but we listen to the narration of Aragorn about how they managed to escape. I still don't know how to show this scene because it looks a little bit rough without Merry and Pippin, but we will see.
-After Merry and Pippin find Gandalf, we go to the scene where Aragorn and company enter Fangorn. Legolas explains the trees can talk, but i cut the line of Gimli saying "what the trees have to talk about?".
-During the first encounter with Gandalf, we cut to the scene where he fights the Balrog when he falls in Moria. Then we go to the narration of Gandalf talking about how he defeated the Balrog (It looks cool but I'm still unsure about keeping it because i want to win time but at the same time it's a nice touch). At the end of the Narration, some lines and long shots were cut. Nothing too big.
-During the scene where Gandalf explains they must go to Rohan, I cut some stuff of Gimli and some minor lines.
-Cut the scene where Gandalf talks to Aragorn in the Middle of the Night to discuss the current situation of Mordor.
-Cut the scene where Merry and Pippin grow tall. We don't need to see that.
-Cut the segments where Gandalf, near Rohan, explains Theoden has been corrupted as we already knew that from the scene in Fangorn.
-Cut the line of Theoden "You have no power here", so we see Gandalf reveal himself as White as soon as he approaches to Theoden. Another line of Theoden was also cut to win more time.
-After the kids from the village go to Rohan, I cut Eowyn's lines where she says their home was destroyed. We can assume the kids told already that off screen. I cut some long shots to win time. Gimli burping for example.
-Cut the lines of Gandalf where he says he has no time before searching for the Rohirrim.
-Cut some shots of people of Rohan leaving their home.
-Cut some long shots of Arwen and Aragorn kissing. I also cut the talk with Elrond where he wants Arwen to leave Rivendell as we see that in another scene, where Arwen and Elrond Talk.
-Trimmed Battle with the Wargs. Cut the scenes where Gimli is smashed by two Wargs and one Orc.
-Cut some long shots of Aragorn going to Helm's Deep. Cut the scene where Legolas tells him he looks terrible and cut the line where Aragorn says "these orcs only have one purpose: *long dramatic pause of silence* to destroy the world of men" as I believed it was kind of obvious. Also, one shot where Theoden tells his men to get ready was cut to win time.
-Cut the scenes where the Ents discuss about "hobbits not being orcs" and deciding if it's "good morning". We waste some time here.
-Cut the scene where Legolas and Gimli discuss about the Rohan's Army, because they are too young or too old.
-Cut the scene where Aragorn talks to a child about hope before going to war.
-Some shots of Eowyn helping people to go to the caves were cut. Same with
-Battle of Helm's Deep was trimmed but I tried to keep it's best moments (Peter Jackson's cameo woo hoo). Gimli gettin tossed by Aragorn was cut. No Uruk-Hai messing around with their spears and no man shooting the first arrow. They just begin the war after a little pause.
-Cut Merry and Pippin getting high and getting drunk.
-I'm still unsure if I cut or not the scene where Gimli wins the contest of having killed more Uruk hai than Legolas, because I believe it's a nice and funny scene.
-Then we cut to the scene where Gandalf says the Battle for the Middle Earth is about to begin (roll credits). Which leads us to...
Return of the King:
-After the scene where Gandalf says this, we go to the scene where the company goes to Isengard and talk to Treebeard. I cut some minor lines of Gandalf saying he has to talk to Saruman. The rest of the scene is untouched.
-During the celebration of Rohan over the Helm's Deep Battle, Legolas and Gimli Drinking game was cut.
-Aragorn talking to Eowyn in the night while everyone sleeps has been cut.
I'm still working on the cuts made, but if you have suggestions, please write them
