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I guess I should say I'm lucky, in a sense.
I saw the movie for the third time with my parents. My mom never read the books, and my dad did a long time ago. Luckily, their semi-movie-buffs so they were able to fully follow the plot. Yes, my mom was grossed out by the Gollum intro and freaked out by Shelob and irritated by Frodo's loss of a finger, but it wasn't all that bad.
The first time I saw it was with a bunch of friends. I'd already explained a lot of crucial things to them in advance so it went pretty well, except for the occasional stupid question.
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"What mortal feels not awe/Nor trembles at our name,
Hearing our fate-appointed power sublime/Fixed by the eternal law.
For old our office, and our fame,"
-Aeschylus, Song of the Furies
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