I am forgetful. I got busy and totally forgot about the Lord of the Rings trilogy screening. I should have gotten tickets for it a long time ago. It’s actually showing in a number of theaters in the area, one in New Brunswick really close by. But I forgot and what a big mistake it was. Last night, I tried to find any theater within 300 miles which wasn’t sold out but found zero, zilch, none.
So now on to my backup plan. The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition is out of the theaters now. So we’ll try to rent it tonight and watch it at home. Then tomorrow we plan to watch the extended edition of The Two Towers in a theater. The last movie, The Return of the King comes out on Wednesday. We are still mulling over whether we should watch it in a neighborhood theater or drive more than an hour to a “Giant screen” showing at an IMAX.
I grew up reading Tolkein and I’m always so surprised to read how big a phenomenon the whole LOTR movie thing is. It’s not even a blip on the radar of life here. Weird world.
Owl: My circle here is probably not representative since they are all big fans of fantasy and sci-fi, but they were Tolkein fanatics even before the movies. Pakistan, however, is a different world.
I’m sorry you didn’t get a ticket for the New Brunswick marathon. It was exhausting but deeply satisfying.
I love LOTR. They were my favourite books as a child, and I still love them and the films. I still have a respect for Tolkien as a historian, mythologist and linguist.