I watched the special extended edition yesterday and was wondering if anybody had this same thought.
They cut, for the release, Christopher Lee's big scene where Gandalf and the others have their final confortation with Sauron, and restored it for the DVD.
After watching that scene, I cannot believe they cut that and kept all those false endings, e.g. Sam returning to his home and family after seeing Gandalf, Frodo, and Bilbo off to the elf land.
Why would Jackson keep all those boring final scenes and cut Lee's scene which really improved the film with it in?