Also, in front of us was a woman in a white sweater who -- I swear -- moaned the whole time Shelob was on screen. Like, not one gasp and then rapt silence, but true moaning of the loathing phobe. She tried to cover her eyes with her sweater at one point.

Saw the movie last night! I think I actually liked it better the second time.

I've only seen RotK once, so far. But I expect this to happen for me with it. It's what happened with both FotR and TTT, and with FotR (for me) that was a huge accomplishment, because I adored it right out of the box.

eta...

Nutty, please tell us you leaned forward, tapped her on the shoulder and said, "It's only a movie."

No! One does not interfere with people's moviegoing experiences unless said people's experiences involve loud talking, scorn, or assholery. It tickled me to see a visceral reaction.

I too liked it better the second time, and took notes to remind myself of the parts I liked, so as not to fixate on the parts I didn't like.

Hobbit loving slut.

Neighbor of a hobbit-loving slut!

I spent part of my movie just looking at the =details= like the embroidery (the coverlet that Frodo wakes up under is white-work quilting with the white tree on it), the tiling on the floor of the Gondor throne-room, the white tree in flower at the coronation, and so on. Even the oliphaunts tromping and fighting far off in the distance as the corsair ships pull up to the docks of Osgiliath.

Even though I whispered to my seat neighbor "It's the Emerald City -- gone horribly wrong!"

I hum the "oh-wee-oh" (or "all we owe," if those lyrics are actually real) song in my head when the orcs march out.

I hum the "oh-wee-oh" (or "all we owe," if those lyrics are actually real) song in my head when the orcs march out.

Evil viewing companion leaned close and whisper-sang, "Where there's a whip, there's a way!"

(And since childhood I've always heard and sung "Oh, B.O, oh, B.O." I figure there have to be some deodorant failures amongst 'em.)

At our The Two Towers party, a friend did the "oh-wee-oh" for the Black Gates of Mordor. But Minas Morgol is WAY more Emerald City.

I think I'm going to see it for my third time today. I'm not sure I'll be able to sit still for the long "Gollum recaps his goals" scene, and despite my Legolas love, I will rage about trading the Mumakil scene for Saruman's end. But still. Not a bad way to start the year.

Evil viewing companion leaned close and whisper-sang, "Where there's a whip, there's a way!"

See, he's got to wait for the EE where there's reportedly a whip-wielding orc captain and his troops marching for that.:)

One of the oddest reviews about the old Hobbit animated movie I read complained that the movie tried to turn the book into a musical, when IIRC, almost every song in that movie is actually sung by somebody in the book. (And I still vividly remember the "15 Birds in Five Fir Trees" song despite it being years and years since I last saw the movie, though reading the book a couple years back probably helped rekindle the memory.)

Now, "The Return of the King" animated movie with the whip song, the reviewer had every right to gripe about.

One of the oddest reviews about the old Hobbit animated movie I read complained that the movie tried to turn the book into a musical,

Hell, the dwarves sing a song in the first chapter, "An Unexpected Party," while cleaning up Bilbo's dishes.