Why LOTR Sucks: The Cutting Room Floor

I hope the scene where Aragorn shouts at the captain of the passing ships* was cut out of the theatrical version. Because it sucks.

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*Aragorn orders the ships not to pass, speaking in a normal indoor voice. They hear him fine from a hundred yards away. They laugh at him. Aragorn tells Legolas to fire a warning shot with his bow. Although this is a ridiculous idea, Legolas agrees, but Gimli hits the bow and causes the arrow to strike someone standing right next to the captain. This pisses off everyone on the boat, but when Gimli tells them to prepare to be boarded, everyone laughs again. Someone says, “By you and whose army?” Then Aragorn acts very smug, and says, “This army,” and then the ghost army appears from behind him. Slam!

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