An awful lot of thought has gone into marketing the Lord of the Rings movies, and the collector's edition boxed set of the Fellowship of the Rings is no exception. There are two versions available: a high-priced boxed set and a four DVD standard edition.
The first comes complete with 4 DVDs in a lavish slipcase and two book end statues of the Argonath (replicas of the statues that the characters pass at the end of the first movie). The second contains the slipcase of the four DvDs. Both contain the special edition of the movie.
You all know the story by now, but you can see the review of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, here. Frodo Baggins is a simple hobbit who comes into posssession of a magical ring of power that turns out to contain the malice of the dark sorcerer Sauron. Frodo must brave all manner of dangers on the first part of his quest to destroy the ring (and banish Sauron) forever.
The movie itself contains over 30 minutes of extended footage that explains the story so much better. However, at over 3 and a half hours in length, it's very very long indeed. Some of the scenes, like the Lorien/Galadriel sequence seem unforgivable that they were ever removed from the movie at all, while others, made me glad they had been cut. Which ones? You'll have to decide for yourself.