Skro on Nostr: In the bonuses of the long version, he justifies it by the fact that it would have ...

In the bonuses of the long version, he justifies it by the fact that it would have lengthened the movie (and the production) too much for too little interest.
And I must say that I quite liked the "alternate Shire ending" he did, where we see the heroes coming back changed in a world that stayed the same, and which doesn't apprehend what they did, in a stark contrast with the Gondor crowning scene where all Middle-Earth bows to them...