Seems like every year something goes wrong with my attempts at watching Lord of the Rings. Well, first year was just that everyone who was going to go watch the movie ended up bailing out at the last minute. Second year, had wanted to contact
Peter, Leon, and David about going to see the movie, but couldn't get in touch. Went with my roommates and some other friends, then saw the aforementioned people as well as some Freeborn people. So we tried to find people to switch theaters with us. Click
here to see more details of that day (the actual entry from that day). I don't remember what happend to Nick and Hai... since I don't remember them trying to switch theaters...
For this year, it started with yesterday. Found out
Rebecca and her roommates had bought tickets. Then found out Seth and his roommates had done the same. But for different showings at different locations. -_-
Ended up opting for the earlier showing, but then found out that they had ordered it online and there were two different links for the midnight showing. Was supposed to be emailed at 2PM for which theater auditorium they were in, but
Rebecca's roommate had an appointment, so I finally got a call at around 4PM from
Rebecca. This was followed by me trekking back and forth through Berkeley for an hour to get the ticket. First I went to the theatre and noticed they didn't have the midnight showing, which they said was a mistake on Fandango's part and refused to sell me the ticket. When asked if I could get the ticket then if I ordered it through Fandango and came back, they just brushed me off with "I don't know!" Not exactly the best customer service there. -_- Then I went to
Rebecca's place to confirm, and order it through Fandango. Then back to the theatre to get the ticket, which said 12:01
Wednesday, which caused quite a bit of worry, especially when the guy smirked when he printed the ticket out. -_-
Then apparently there was a mixup. I had thought I was going back to
Rebecca's place to watch the extended version of The Two Towers before the movie. But of course, the mixup meant that didn't happen. But I had it burned, so I watched it on my own and managed to finish it in time for the movie (
Rebecca called me at 11:10PM, about 5 minutes before I finished the movie). Ended up arriving there before them by a couple minutes. Being there early meant that we got good seats, except the two guys in front of us were a bit tall. Five people total. Me,
Rebecca, her two roommates, and a friend of her roommate.
Now, to some thoughts about the movie. To avoid spoilers, I'm using a break tag.
(Click to read (spoilers!))
So there it is, can't wait for the Extended Version! :D And congrats to
Rebecca for finishing all three movies in just 12 hours!
BTW, here's a useful site for you LotR fans.
The Encyclopedia of Arda. And as usual,
Dork Tower has some funny strips concerning the Lord of the Rings movie.