Audience Reactions?

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I went to the first day of RotK - the 26th (Australia always gets movies late, dangnabbit!) - and waited for and hour to get good seats*, etc etc. The wait was worth it 'cos my group of 5 friends got seats all together <I>right in the middle</I>, 2nd row from the back.<P>Anyvague. The audience. It was a pretty happy audience, enthusiastic in the right way, minimal mobile-phone action, applause at the end. The best part, however, was the fully grown guy in the row in front of me who gasped loudly when Shelob re-appeared. It was great. It should have been scripted. Give the man an Oscar. Everyone laughed and cheered at him. <P>I got home and mum asked me what the movie was like, and my reply was, 'it was great! really great! This guy gasped really loudly when Shelob re-appeared, and I can't remember anything else that happened!'<P>So that's my audience story. I'm going to miss packed-out LotR opening-day cinemas *sniff*<P>*'only an hour?' you say. Hey, I live in a small city.