How have you seen it?

[Bêthberry]

I thought of putting this link in littlemanpoet's Books thread about LotR, "How have you read it?", but the research is about the movie, so here am I in what I hope is the correct forum.

This link is to an article in Saturday's Guardian about research done to determine who watches the movies and why or how. Apparently one of the main findings was that viewers consciously attempted to imagine or make themselves think they were watching the movies for the first time, trying to forget the known ending. This would appear to be very different from our book discussions here, where, if I am not mistaken, people claim that rereadings give them greater information and appreciation rather than re-enact the origianal first reading.


Research reveals spiritual journey of Tolkien fans

One hesitation about this article is that, while it does name Professor Martin Barker of the University of Wales as the author of the research, it does not provide any information on where Professor Barker published his research, so we cannot follow up the journalist's summary.

So, what do Downers say? Why do you rewatch the movies and what do you do when you rewatch them, other than eating popcorn of course!