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To be fair, he’s been into Tolkien since adolescence and is really excited to share. It’s just… intense.
Ha, my wife does this too because she’s read the books and I haven’t.
I have had to watch LOTR twice now for my fiance. They are soooo long.
Did you get the Special Extended Edition?
I think I said no to the extended edition, lol.
How can you watch LOTR but not the extended edition? It’s outrageous it’s unfair!
I asked her, she agrees with you. I’m not a good partner apparently.
Your fiance deserves better.
But it’d like 9 hours isn’t it? It’s sooo difficult to sit through the movies in the first place. It’s not even that I don’t like them, they’re just so damn long.
It’s 12,5 hours total. But the thing is, the extended edition is more like the original and the other has been unduly chopped down for theatrical limitations. It’s missing essential scenes basically.
I had a friend like that with every comedy movie he liked. He’d just stare at you with a goofy grin prior to every part he thought was funny. He’d look over, grinning, just waiting to see your reaction. He’s a great guy, it just made it real uncomfortable to watch a movie with him.
Only the second time? Weak.
This is a joke. I actually only watched through it for the first time this year, despite being more or less a fan of it since childhood.
What a wonderful image for sharing our deeply held passions with the people we care about most.
Fortunately for me, my wife is the bigger LotR nerd, so when it comes to the Silmarillion, this tends to be how she looks at me.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who gets uncomfortable when someone starts spectating the audience. Yes, I’m watching the same movie. No, I don’t want to laugh or cry at you.
My girlfriend has seen the trilogy many more times than me, she likes it on in the background while she works from home. I’ll sit for a while to watch but it isn’t like The Shawshank Redemption where I will sit down until the end every damn time.
Damn Andy I will see you down in Zaywatanejo
I’m assuming he’ll make you watch it again, regardless of your enjoyment. Like, if you don’t love it, he’ll say he didn’t explain enough or you missed something. If you do enjoy it, he’ll say you won’t mind watching it again.
So, good luck.
And you will get an explanation either way, each time deeper and longer than the previous… either you live or join the cult, no in between
You might want to watch Double Indemnity instead. But alone. The moral of that movie is, “Why settle for half, ladies, if you can get away with murder and keep it all?”
Jesus Christ, you’re banned from giving advice.
Jesus Christ
Not quite.
