[NinjaFerret]

The first time I went to see LotR, my friends and I got there 25 minutes before the movie started, and we were stuck 6 rows from the front. It didn't matter, tho... The audience was well behaved, and everyone shut off their phones, etc. Judging by where we had to sit, I think it was mainly fanatically devoted followers of Tolkein, and this was like a week after it came out. <P>I went with my brother the second time, and we got very good seats. Once again, everyone behaved...I seem to recall an announcement asking everyone to turn off their phones or put them on vibrate. <P>The audience here looked generally dressed in black with lots of dragons on their clothing, many looked like they had just crawled out of their beds, lots of non-Abercrombie clothes (WOOT!), much columbia, EMS, etc. clothing, and handknit things...myself included. It was the underground fantasy crowd, and I felt very much in my element. <P>As everyone walked out, there was a collective "whoooaaaa... that rocked," and then many discussions about the characters, speech patterns, and mimicking (sp?) of various scenes. I would have liked to hang with everyone there afterwards.<P>May your luck exceed the stench of your oxters.