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Wow!

We saw it last night. Had a similar experience to some of you, asking uncomprehending box-office people whether the preview was attached. But still, you don't trust them, really, until the music changes...

AIEEEEE!!!!

Oh, sorry. Dang, I'm getting old. I tear up even just thinking of that; I've never reacted to a movie quite like this one. Fourteen viewings, and I still can't get over how well Jackson captures so many things! Ah, well...

Like you all, the three minutes went by like three seconds for Valerie and me. We gasped at Gandalf, we yelped with delight at Treebeard, were in awe at Helm's Deep, shuddered at Grima Wormtongue (how could that guy ever get a job in a royal court? was basically Valerie's good question; my reaction is just that I feel sorry for Brad Dourif almost always playing bad guys, he's such a good actor — but, dang, he does it so well!).

And we howled when it was over. I shouted, "More! Again!" Valerie said "Is it December yet?"

So, what's that about Arwen lying, looking dead? I heard some speculation that she, not Merry, strikes the Nazgul; hope it isn't so, hope she doesn't take Merry's or Eowyn's climactic place. Anyone know?

And to the writer above who hopes Aragorn isn't tempted by Eowyn: I don't TOTALLY agree. I'm such a dimwit that I confess that almost every time, on my first readings of LOTR, I expected Aragorn to end up with Eowyn. I mean, you hardly even hear of Arwen as you simply read the books. There are places between "I'm totally uninterested" and "Arwen? Arwen who?" Like, "I'm totally committed to another whom I totally love... but if there were two of me...."

Dan

So you liked it? You really liked it?

Oh the debate will rage this year about Eowyn and the love triangle, the apparent near-death scene of Arwen! And we will not know for sure until Dec 18. The leaks will come, the theories, the conflicting reports, the appearance of controversial stills!

You think the deletion of Tom Bombadil and Glorfindel and the "do Balrogs have wings?" debate was interesting! - This is going to be even better. By next week I will have an opinion. Need to see it a few more times to get set in my ways!

Dan! I don't know how to make those big letters but that is exactly how I felt! I know my voice was very loud and my speech was very rapid when I got home and tried to explain it to my husband! He was sitting in the chair and he looked like that guy in front of the stereo with his hair all blown back like he's getting blown away...you know the guy? Anyway, he was sitting there watching me describe it and of course I acted out all I could for him. Matthew sat sedately on the couch holding his cave troll. It was well after 1am before I keyed down enough to go lay down and read.

I never react in this manner over ANYTHING, much less a movie, but I was literally shaking when that preview was over and was very upset that went so quick. I'm morally apposed to bootlegs but I'm gonna have to get over it in this case...if I find a bootleg of this, I'm getting it! (My little brother downloaded a bootleg for me of FOTR, and I feel bad about it...but that's not going to stop me from watching it...)

I wish I could just grab someone by the shoulders and tell them exactly what I thought...except I want to do it telepathically because I can't figure out how to put it into words. It took me 2-3 days to get the words out for FOTR...this is going to be worse.

To: Peter Jackson

I heard some speculation that she, not Merry, strikes the Nazgul

No! Arwen already stole enough thunder from Frodo at the ford.

It could be a scene from ROTK... remember the stills of Arwen and Galadriel together? or the gift-giving scene in one of the trailers? Arwen will play a good maid in waiting and stop taking credit for the hobbits' heroic deeds...

(I have a hard time believing they'd rob Eowyn like that... and Eowyn and Arwen fighting together would be bizarre.)