NCM Fathom Events www.fathomevents.com is screening The Lord of the Rings Trilogy this month at movie theatres nationwide. My own AMC Theatre in Emeryville hosted the event and I had a front row seat. The first showing was The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring last night. The next two movies will be screened on consecutive Tuesdays. These are the extended versions that were released to DVD after the films initial theatrical run in 2001 ( I can't believe LOTR is 10 years old already). The event opened with comments by Peter Jackson from the set of The Hobbit in New Zealand and then the sell-out crowd of over three hundred people were once again transported to Middle earth to join Frodo on his epic journey to Mount Doom. The film was spectacular and the audience watched in rapt attention without any of the usual disturbances that occur daily in a theatre.
The Lord of the Ring films are big spectacles that need to be seen on the big screen, especially with a full theatre of appreciative fans. The extended version is about 40 minutes longer than the original version and this is the first time they have been shown theatrically. The prints were remastered for the Blu-ray release later this month.
I am looking forward to next week's installment, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which was a much better film with the extended scenes and then finally on June 28 I will be watching, for the first time, the extended version of LOTR: The Return of the King, the final, Oscar winning chapter in this epic saga.
At the Movie House rating ****
1 comment:
I hope by "front row seat" you really meant best seat in the house. My days of sitting in the front row to watch a movie are long gone. I actually like the last row whenever possible.
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