The Fellowship of The Ring

Tuesday night, Boyfriend, some friends, and I went to see The Fellowship of The Ring extended edition in theaters – a special event to coincide with the extended Blu-ray release.  I think I have mentioned my love of The Lord of The Rings before, but Fellowship is hands down my favourite movie in the trilogy.  If my calculations are correct, last night marks the 9th time I have seen it in theaters (the 10th will be this fall when we see the film with a live orchestra playing the score!).

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Before the film the regular pre-movie trivia was replaced with LoTR trivia (a bit spoilery if you ask me, though, as Boyfriend pointed out, you probably didn't go to a special showing of the extended cut if you haven't seen/read the trilogy to begin with. He has a point.) and there was an introduction by Peter Jackson.  The theater was packed!

During the three and a half hours of awesomeness the I did the following:

• Point out my favourite facial expressions (notably the little Hobbit girl when Bilbo is telling the Troll story; Legolas after they exit Moria)
• Wave my hands around during exciting bits (read: all of the movie)
• Point out my favourite pieces of the score (The Bridge of Khazad-dûm)
• Lean over to tell Boyfriend some trivia he already knew ("Did you know that the scenes at Weathertop were the first scenes Viggo shot because he was not the first person cast for that part?")
• Lean to the other side to tell the friend the same trivia and in the hope he didn't already know ("Did you know that the scenes at Weathertop were the first scenes Viggo shot because he was not the first person cast for that part?")
• Recite lines in a dramatic whisper ("The trees are strong, my lord. Their roots go deep." "Rip them all down.")
• Count how many lines Orlando Bloom has (around ten, I think)
• Laugh at things that are now funny because of memes ("One does not simply walk into Mordor...")
• Cry at all the sad bits (the breaking of the Fellowship; "I'm glad you're with me, Sam.")

Yes, my friends, watching The Fellowship of the Ring with me is quite an experience. 


Also, despite my love for movie theater treats, I figured the effects of my 6 mile run that morning would hit hard somewhere around the Council of Elrond if I didn't get some proper food in me before the movie.  Boyfriend was nice enough to pick us up a gluten free Tony's Special from Tony & Alba's.  It was meaty and messy and, as you can see, I loved it.

photo by Nicole – instagram'd my me