I really enjoyed the extra scenes with Faramir. He truly was a man in this edition, flesh and blood. But even the smaller additions, like Theodred's funeral, were powerful. When Theoden says to Aragorn, "Let today be the day we ride together," we know he's thinking about a day of his childhood, when Aragorn and his grandfather rode into battle, thanks to Eowyn's conversation with Aragorn.
It's been a while since I saw The Two Towers in the theatre, but I don't think that was the only reason for my difficulty in identifying the original material from the extra; this edition simply flows, at a perfect pace. More so than most movies, it has the feel of the crackling hearth, of being tucked in bed, of stories as they're meant to be told. And they cannot be rushed.
