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HCIsland · 03-19-2003, 02:53 PM

I don't know how good this story is, but I love the ability of these movies to introduce people this story. My next younger brother is about 180 degrees to me in just about everything and I was pretty surprised when we got together at Thanksgiving, how pumped he was for Two Towers. At Christmas our two families watched Two Towers together and had a blast. We even brought mom along. To put this into perspective, my mom is a 64 year old Dutch emigrant. When I watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding, my thoughts were, "these guys aren't so weird". <P>She protested that she hadn't seen the first movie, of course a DVD movie party the night before fixed that. It turned into a LoTR Christmas. We've agreed to do much the same thing for RotK next year. We were in Florida last week, and even my dad watch Fellowship (and said it was alright!!! Wow!), something I certainly wasn't going to push.<P>I love the fact that these movies have such a broad appeal. My kids are reading the books (something that likely would have happened anyway). My brother's eldest daughter is doing the same. I know my parents will never read the books and neither will my brother, but that's cool. I just love the fact that I can share my enjoyment of this story with them.<P>H.C.

03-19-2003, 02:53 PM	#2
HCIsland Zombie Cannibal Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,000	I don't know how good this story is, but I love the ability of these movies to introduce people this story. My next younger brother is about 180 degrees to me in just about everything and I was pretty surprised when we got together at Thanksgiving, how pumped he was for Two Towers. At Christmas our two families watched Two Towers together and had a blast. We even brought mom along. To put this into perspective, my mom is a 64 year old Dutch emigrant. When I watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding, my thoughts were, "these guys aren't so weird". <P>She protested that she hadn't seen the first movie, of course a DVD movie party the night before fixed that. It turned into a LoTR Christmas. We've agreed to do much the same thing for RotK next year. We were in Florida last week, and even my dad watch Fellowship (and said it was alright!!! Wow!), something I certainly wasn't going to push.<P>I love the fact that these movies have such a broad appeal. My kids are reading the books (something that likely would have happened anyway). My brother's eldest daughter is doing the same. I know my parents will never read the books and neither will my brother, but that's cool. I just love the fact that I can share my enjoyment of this story with them.<P>H.C. __________________ "Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed myself. Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse yet lay in the dregs." -Denethor