You had to read the book...or buy the extended DVD

Rating: 5/10 (29 August 2005)

I have got to hand it to Lucus He has finished his epic and He did it his way. It is complete etc. No wait! It is not complete! In order for most of us movie goers to really make out what is happening we have to buy the DVD extended play version to get all the extra bridging scenes that can make sense out of some of the chaos of these last 3 movies. Is that fair? No but it was impossible to tell the "big story" in only 8 hours. You don't want to watch the extended version to get a real grip on the story line? Buy the books. It tells you what is happening. Sudsy prose but you get a fair idea of the big picture. Prehaps that is a cheat but.... well that is the 21st century of film-making. The "meaning" can't be crammed into the time allowed. Prehaps a marathon of the extended play renditions of the last three movies with a bottomless bag of popcorn is what we need.