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Lyta_Underhill · 06-06-2004, 09:37 AM

Poor Fordim (I think!) I can't decide whether to envy or pity you for that experience, but I imagine they all forgot pretty quick once the movie started! ( I can't imagine a typical moviegoing crowd actually being interested in a scholarly presentation!

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My own memories that stand out as being most distinctive are those from the premiere of Return of the King, when I dressed as Frodo and went off to a larger city to attend the movie! I got a lot of strange looks and only saw a couple Elves afterwards in the parking lot. I also overheard a woman in the bathroom of the theatre referring to "some freak" dressed up all "weird" outside the bathroom. She was talking to her kids and referring to my husband, who sported a 3-minute Aragorn costume. She never saw Frodo though--I left before she emerged, and related to "Aragorn" his new celebrity status. The next time I attended, again in Frodo costume, I actually got a compliment that I was a "good Frodo" and met another person who was a big fan of Samwise and all her kids, each of whom had a different favorite character in the tales.

Another amusing memory is the middle aged woman who screamed aloud only a row behind us as Shelob stung Frodo. I had never heard that kind of yelp in a theatre before, and probably won't again! Luckily, I escaped the experience of the Legolas cheering section in the movies. Interestingly enough, I rather enjoyed the experience of getting my hands on the Extended Editions, even if I viewed them more or less alone; they opened the movies up more and made me believe them as adaptations more than the original theatrical versions. I eagerly await the Extended ROTK for this reason...

Cheers!
Lyta

06-06-2004, 09:37 AM	#21
Lyta_Underhill Haunted Halfling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: an uncounted length of steps--floating between air molecules Posts: 841	Poor Fordim (I think!) I can't decide whether to envy or pity you for that experience, but I imagine they all forgot pretty quick once the movie started! ( I can't imagine a typical moviegoing crowd actually being interested in a scholarly presentation! ) My own memories that stand out as being most distinctive are those from the premiere of Return of the King, when I dressed as Frodo and went off to a larger city to attend the movie! I got a lot of strange looks and only saw a couple Elves afterwards in the parking lot. I also overheard a woman in the bathroom of the theatre referring to "some freak" dressed up all "weird" outside the bathroom. She was talking to her kids and referring to my husband, who sported a 3-minute Aragorn costume. She never saw Frodo though--I left before she emerged, and related to "Aragorn" his new celebrity status. The next time I attended, again in Frodo costume, I actually got a compliment that I was a "good Frodo" and met another person who was a big fan of Samwise and all her kids, each of whom had a different favorite character in the tales. Another amusing memory is the middle aged woman who screamed aloud only a row behind us as Shelob stung Frodo. I had never heard that kind of yelp in a theatre before, and probably won't again! Luckily, I escaped the experience of the Legolas cheering section in the movies. Interestingly enough, I rather enjoyed the experience of getting my hands on the Extended Editions, even if I viewed them more or less alone; they opened the movies up more and made me believe them as adaptations more than the original theatrical versions. I eagerly await the Extended ROTK for this reason... Cheers! Lyta __________________ “…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”