Special Edition should be THE edition.

Rating: Null/10 (10 December 2003)

I saw the FOTR Special Edition yeaterday.
Just a quick note: I think the SE should be considered the preferred edition, and the edition that the 'suits' at New Line Cinema should have had the courage to release in the first place.
I suspect that the SE is the finished movie that Peter Jackson turned in to his bosses, who then started whining about how it was too long and that exhibitors couldn't fit four shows into their daily schedule...
By the way, what's with the groupings of tiny red dots that flash on the screen from time to time? They seem to mark the beginning and end of (re)inserted shots and sequences.