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Gorwingel · 05-30-2004, 01:13 AM

Oh one of my most fondest memorys has to be when I first heard they were coming out with a LOTR film while reading an issue of Entertainment Weekly that I had gotten free at a hotel while on a cross-country vacation. Now at the time I had only read Fellowship and had been completely confused (very long story) by the storyline, so I had not read any of the others, and at the time I remember reading the article and saying to myself that maybe I should go and see that film because maybe it will help me to finally understand the story. Months and months passed until it got to be around Christmas and I remember my mother asking me if I would like to go and see LOTR, but everytime she asked I would say "later". Then my sister saw it and told me that I should see it, so I finally went to the theater. During that first viewing I was completely blown away by how good it was, and I was instantly turned into a fan. I went on to eventually see Fellowship 7 times in theaters.

But my most fondest memories are sometimes the smallest little thing that I found so cool. Like when I finished the reading the trilogy, and found myself so angry at the outcome, or that one night that I decided to type in "Lord of the Rings" into Google, or when I visited New York City in November of 2002, and saw the TTT poster of Frodo on one of the Bus Shelters (we don't have bus shelters in Olympia, Washington and they wouldn't have had that in Seattle so I just thought I was so lucky to be there at that time), or when I met Ian McKellen (and I was so nervious, I didn't say anything because he was the first major actor I had ever met in my life), and then when I saw Sean Astin, and then when I saw him and then got to meet him again! (because you realize you are lucky when you get to see them once, but then when you see them again you are just spoiled). I am just amazed at how that one viewing changed my life. It has taken me to so many places, and I have gotten to meet and see people that I never, ever in my wildest dreams thought I would actually get to see in real life. It has made me think, it had encouraged me to keep that thing called imagination around for a little longer, and of course this has come at such a time of change in my life (Sophmore to Senior years of High School) it is just so amazing.

I think though that what I will miss the most is all the excitement around the release, that just added on to the regular excitement of the holidays. I will miss the ads on TV, the magazine covers, the interviews, the free giveouts of the bookmarks at my school, and just all that antcipation. That midnight showing of ROTK was most definitely the most exciting experience at a theater I have ever had. I remember the Football players from my school starting to yell out "Rudy!" when Sam starts carrying Frodo up the hill, and the huge applause that came out when Aragorn gave Arwen that smooch

and also just that general strangeness of realizing that even though it was a school night, and even though I would be going to school the next day. I would most defintely not be going to sleep at my regular time.

This is making me so sad

Next year at Christmas will just not be the same

Mad Baggins · 05-30-2004, 05:00 PM

I remember walking through the mall on December 17, unable to go to RotK, and seeing two young ladies dressed in hobbit gear. I nearly ran up to them and asked how the movie was.

Another was the last time I saw RotK in theaters. That was in February. When the title appeared on the screen, random people began clapping (of course, I joined in). Then, at the end, the same people started to clap and holler; I started applauding and yelling too. Ah, fond memories. I only wish it would happen again.

Bombadil · 05-30-2004, 09:16 PM

The response on the opening nights was phenomenal! I remember everyone clapping when the title came up, everyone cheering when denethor was beat down by gandalf, everyone going nuts when the movie ended. Everytime after the opening night was never the same...ahh fond memories

Enorëiel · 05-31-2004, 07:48 PM

Ah, memories.... how many I have. Unlike most I didn't see FOTR until it had been out for over a year. I finally watched it one Friday night and was on the edge of my seat. When it ended I nearly screamed 'that's it!!!' I was so estatic that the next day I bought it and forced my best friend to watch it. We then went a week later and saw TTT.

My fondest memory, however, is the opening of ROTK. Me and 2 of my friends went with a line party to a nearby theater. We arrived 2 hours before midnight and enjoyed every minute of the waiting. There were games, trivia and even an Middle-Earth - type music playing band! I was dressed as Eowyn and one of my friends was dressed as a random elf (my other friend wasn't dressed up but decided to hold my sword the whole time so she wouldn't feel 'outnumbered'.) Almost everyone else present was dressed up which made the night feel more... authentic (is that the right word?). When the movie came on there were cheers and screams. There's something special about a midnight showing as everyone in the crowd will shout and cheer at intense and good parts of the show. It was so great to be able to shout and cheer outwardly rather than inwardly!

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-01-2004, 07:46 AM

My fondest LotR movie memory was seeing FotR in the US for the first time. Besides the enjoyment of the movie itself, especially since it was in English and I could hear the original voices with their varied accents, I attended it as a member of a fellowship of nine! My two brothers and their wives, plus four of our children, went to see it together with me, and it was a great family experience.

Vanya · 06-01-2004, 09:35 AM

Well, each movie premier was an event that I expected eagerly. But, month or two after ROTK release, in my hometown there was the LOTR marathon.
From 2p.m till 1 a.m next day, it was like an journey to ME. I almost wanted that they made no breaks betwen movies.
It was funny overhearing few boys talking:

"We go and see the movie, we come out.
We go and see the movie, we come out.

We go and see the movie, we crowl out!"

But it wasn't that hard at all!

Lathriel · 06-01-2004, 10:37 AM

Whe I saw fellowship my mom and the rest of my family didn't like it at all. But I wanted to see it again for some reason. However that didn't happen. soem weeks later I borrowed the soundtrack from one of my friends and i liked it. Suddenly the DVD came out and i became hooked along with my brother.

The we saw TTT because my aunt and uncle wanted to see it. This movie was liked by my whole family. (Even my dad who doesn't like fantasy all that much, he has never read fantasy in his life)
Shortly after I joined the downs!!!!

Then we bought the FOTR EE for my mom's birthday and from then on I became a LOTR geek my brother read LOTR (His first fantays book) and we got the other EE.

When watching ROTK I cried at the end and when we walked out of the theatre I bumped into some people because I was still blinded by my tears. theer are only two movies that make me cry and ROTK is one of them!

So I have lots of other memories but these are the most important to me

05-30-2004, 01:13 AM	#1
Gorwingel Beholder of the Mists Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now Posts: 1,419	Oh one of my most fondest memorys has to be when I first heard they were coming out with a LOTR film while reading an issue of Entertainment Weekly that I had gotten free at a hotel while on a cross-country vacation. Now at the time I had only read Fellowship and had been completely confused (very long story) by the storyline, so I had not read any of the others, and at the time I remember reading the article and saying to myself that maybe I should go and see that film because maybe it will help me to finally understand the story. Months and months passed until it got to be around Christmas and I remember my mother asking me if I would like to go and see LOTR, but everytime she asked I would say "later". Then my sister saw it and told me that I should see it, so I finally went to the theater. During that first viewing I was completely blown away by how good it was, and I was instantly turned into a fan. I went on to eventually see Fellowship 7 times in theaters. But my most fondest memories are sometimes the smallest little thing that I found so cool. Like when I finished the reading the trilogy, and found myself so angry at the outcome, or that one night that I decided to type in "Lord of the Rings" into Google, or when I visited New York City in November of 2002, and saw the TTT poster of Frodo on one of the Bus Shelters (we don't have bus shelters in Olympia, Washington and they wouldn't have had that in Seattle so I just thought I was so lucky to be there at that time), or when I met Ian McKellen (and I was so nervious, I didn't say anything because he was the first major actor I had ever met in my life), and then when I saw Sean Astin, and then when I saw him and then got to meet him again! (because you realize you are lucky when you get to see them once, but then when you see them again you are just spoiled). I am just amazed at how that one viewing changed my life. It has taken me to so many places, and I have gotten to meet and see people that I never, ever in my wildest dreams thought I would actually get to see in real life. It has made me think, it had encouraged me to keep that thing called imagination around for a little longer, and of course this has come at such a time of change in my life (Sophmore to Senior years of High School) it is just so amazing. I think though that what I will miss the most is all the excitement around the release, that just added on to the regular excitement of the holidays. I will miss the ads on TV, the magazine covers, the interviews, the free giveouts of the bookmarks at my school, and just all that antcipation. That midnight showing of ROTK was most definitely the most exciting experience at a theater I have ever had. I remember the Football players from my school starting to yell out "Rudy!" when Sam starts carrying Frodo up the hill, and the huge applause that came out when Aragorn gave Arwen that smooch and also just that general strangeness of realizing that even though it was a school night, and even though I would be going to school the next day. I would most defintely not be going to sleep at my regular time. This is making me so sad Next year at Christmas will just not be the same __________________ Wanted - Wonderfully witty quote that consists of pure brilliance

05-30-2004, 05:00 PM	#2
Mad Baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: A place where after thunder golden showers come falling like a rain of flowers. Posts: 371	I remember walking through the mall on December 17, unable to go to RotK, and seeing two young ladies dressed in hobbit gear. I nearly ran up to them and asked how the movie was. Another was the last time I saw RotK in theaters. That was in February. When the title appeared on the screen, random people began clapping (of course, I joined in). Then, at the end, the same people started to clap and holler; I started applauding and yelling too. Ah, fond memories. I only wish it would happen again. __________________ I like buying snacks from a vending machine because food is better when it falls. Sometimes at the grocery, I'll drop a candy bar so that it will achieve its maximum flavor potential.

05-30-2004, 09:16 PM	#3
Bombadil Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Old Forest Posts: 488	The response on the opening nights was phenomenal! I remember everyone clapping when the title came up, everyone cheering when denethor was beat down by gandalf, everyone going nuts when the movie ended. Everytime after the opening night was never the same...ahh fond memories __________________ "'Eldest, that's what I am... Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn... He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.'"

05-31-2004, 07:48 PM	#4
Enorëiel Wight Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hobbiton, U.S.A. Posts: 165	Ah, memories.... how many I have. Unlike most I didn't see FOTR until it had been out for over a year. I finally watched it one Friday night and was on the edge of my seat. When it ended I nearly screamed 'that's it!!!' I was so estatic that the next day I bought it and forced my best friend to watch it. We then went a week later and saw TTT. My fondest memory, however, is the opening of ROTK. Me and 2 of my friends went with a line party to a nearby theater. We arrived 2 hours before midnight and enjoyed every minute of the waiting. There were games, trivia and even an Middle-Earth - type music playing band! I was dressed as Eowyn and one of my friends was dressed as a random elf (my other friend wasn't dressed up but decided to hold my sword the whole time so she wouldn't feel 'outnumbered'.) Almost everyone else present was dressed up which made the night feel more... authentic (is that the right word?). When the movie came on there were cheers and screams. There's something special about a midnight showing as everyone in the crowd will shout and cheer at intense and good parts of the show. It was so great to be able to shout and cheer outwardly rather than inwardly! __________________ You can take a hobbit out of the Shire but you can't take the Shire out of a hobbit. Whoever said "Nothing is impossible" never tried to slam a revolving door.

06-01-2004, 07:46 AM	#5
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	My fondest LotR movie memory was seeing FotR in the US for the first time. Besides the enjoyment of the movie itself, especially since it was in English and I could hear the original voices with their varied accents, I attended it as a member of a fellowship of nine! My two brothers and their wives, plus four of our children, went to see it together with me, and it was a great family experience. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-01-2004, 09:35 AM	#6
Vanya Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Belgrade Posts: 43	marathon Well, each movie premier was an event that I expected eagerly. But, month or two after ROTK release, in my hometown there was the LOTR marathon. From 2p.m till 1 a.m next day, it was like an journey to ME. I almost wanted that they made no breaks betwen movies. It was funny overhearing few boys talking: "We go and see the movie, we come out. We go and see the movie, we come out. We go and see the movie, we crowl out!" But it wasn't that hard at all!

06-01-2004, 10:37 AM	#7
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	Whe I saw fellowship my mom and the rest of my family didn't like it at all. But I wanted to see it again for some reason. However that didn't happen. soem weeks later I borrowed the soundtrack from one of my friends and i liked it. Suddenly the DVD came out and i became hooked along with my brother. The we saw TTT because my aunt and uncle wanted to see it. This movie was liked by my whole family. (Even my dad who doesn't like fantasy all that much, he has never read fantasy in his life) Shortly after I joined the downs!!!! Then we bought the FOTR EE for my mom's birthday and from then on I became a LOTR geek my brother read LOTR (His first fantays book) and we got the other EE. When watching ROTK I cried at the end and when we walked out of the theatre I bumped into some people because I was still blinded by my tears. theer are only two movies that make me cry and ROTK is one of them! So I have lots of other memories but these are the most important to me __________________ Back again

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