Anyone who collects blu-ray knows that Lord of the Rings is one of the titles that would be considered the Holy Grail of blu-ray. So when this was announced for blu-ray, you can imagine how excited people got, including me. So here is the breakdown for you:

Pros: IT’S THE FRAKKING LORD OF THE RINGS… on BLU-RAY! It looks pretty amazing, comes in a 9 disc box set, loads of special features… oh, and just in case you missed it… IT’S LORD OF THE FREAKING RINGS… on BLU-RAY! Seriously now.

Cons: Ya, so… I really hate to make this paragraph longer than the pros, but here we go. Of the 9 discs that are included in the Blu-ray box set, only 3 of those discs are actually blu-ray, the other 6 discs are regular DVDs that have the special features on them. Now when the Lord of the Rings came out, we knew that Peter Jackson would release an extended edition of the movies, but no one knew how AWESOME they would be, so everyone bought the regular edition of the movies. However, we now know better and we want the full package, which unfortunately, this is not. I guess that they thought people would just want to buy the first edition of it, whichever edition it was. Again… to clarify: this box set of Lord of the Rings is the regular theatrical release, NOT the extended edition. Boo.

Other than that, you really can’t go wrong with the Lord of the Rings. If you’re looking for something to test your new player, or whether you just already know that you want it, even though it isn’t the super awesome version of the movies… again, you just can’t go wrong… it’s Lord of the effing Rings! Oh, and as a sidenote to this, they have also released the original animated Lord of the Rings again on DVD and for the first time on Blu-ray, so if you’re a fan, check it out!