[HairOfTheDog]

SIX times for me! - The last time was funny because I sat next to this really jumpy woman who would squeal and jump every time something scary happened. When the Wringwraiths stabbed through the "stuffed" beds in Bree she bawled out NOOO!!! and tears were in her eyes... I grinned broadly through the whole movie predicting when she would scream and watching her reactions. It had to be her first time seeing it, and I can't imagine she is familiar with the story, or some of the traumas would not have been so scary. I ordinarily have little patience for audience noise, but she was so "into" it I got a real kick out it.

As for the car - I have seen it. It is on a wide shot at the corn field scene, and is moving quickly. It is right after the chimney smoke. You can only see a dust cloud moving quickly, and not what is causing it. I think it is black riders on the road, because a car would not have been unnoticed or ignored in editing, I think.

I had not heard about gollum at the Argonath... The object in the eye is a bird's nest I think. Gollum would not be out in the sun like that, IMHO.

As for the books, as it turns out, Gandalf is alive! Merry and Pippen are fine, and all of the Fellowship survived a hard battle at Helm's Deep. Saruman's place is a mess and he is fit to be tied. Still no word from Sam and Frodo and I am quite worried.

[2Jedismom]

LOL! What time did you go? I went at 1pm. Remember, we were supposed to go see it "together?" I'm going again tonight, around 7pm.

[carton253]

Gollum would not be out in the sun like that, IMHO

That makes sense since he hates both the yellow face and the white face.

[BibChr]

You know, I love watching a movie around folks like that, when it's heartfelt and doesn't drown out the dialogue; it's so pure. My wife was sitting next to a lady who was really into it, and really anxious: she'd sort of "tent" her fingers and tap them together worriedly during tense scenes and, if I recall correctly, even covered her eyes once or twice.

I've no patience with "rudeness"; but on the other hand, I feel like most of the audiences I'm with are "too white." By that I mean they're too uptight, too self-conscious, too snooty to let themselves go and share a good movie experience together out-loud.

Like the first couple of times I saw it, when Aragorn lops off a particular head (you know which I mean), spontaneous applause broke out -- but it was restrained and brief, and I've not heard it the last 4-5 showings. No applause at the end of the movie.

Dan