I had the time to spend and I spent it in Middle Earth! :D

It took twelve hours to watch eleven-and-a-half hours of movie.
And it was FANTASTIC!!! It was meant to be seen this way.

For the last year, people have asked me which of the three was my favorite movie.
I could only tell then that it wasn't three movies but just one! :devil:

The Star Wars trilogy (I'm trying to forget the last two - yuck! ) is three separate movies because they were made years apart with different directors and different intentions.
The Lord of the Rings is one movie because it was made that way - but it was released in three portions.

A few years ago, I took a date to see Cameron's Titanic. I forget how long it was. Maybe over three hours.
By the end I thought my right arm was going to fall off! And it hurt for days after.

But twelve hours of The Lord of the Rings was no trouble at all. No fatigue. No shoulder separation.
Just pure bliss! :D

BTW I found that the new bits that seemed clumsy in the ROTK:EE fit right in when seen in the entire context.
Don't know why, but that's the way it felt.

So if you haven't taken the time to watch the trilogy all the way through, I heartily recommend it!
Get comfortable and ENJOY!

-Leelan

I'd like to do this, but I'm afraid I lack the needed buttasional fortitude.

There's a secret to surviving long periods in front of the television like that, my friend. It's a very ancient way to deal with the uncomfortable feeling as you buttocks s-l-o-w-l-y g-o-e-s numb, then the pins-n-needles feeling starts to creep in, making you want to move around....

Uh... :oops:

Anyhow, the best way to beef up your buttasional fortitude is by taking two to four Motrin™ approximately 20 minutes to the start of your movie extravoganza.

That, and get intraveinous fluids and a cathetor installed. :lol:

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I was thinking of attempting to watch one disk per day during the week I'm home for Christmas. So, six days for all 3 films. Then I got the second season of The New Avengers and three anime discs I've been waiting for (plus half the first season of Alias left to watch), so there goes that idea :D.

Do you think they will ever release all 3 LOTR spliced together as one film on one disk?

Is it possible to get it all on 1 disk?

James :)

Do you think they will ever release all 3 LOTR spliced together as one film on one disk?

Is it possible to get it all on 1 disk?

James :)
TWELVE HOURS on one disk?! :eek:
What would be the point?
Heck, even the current releases need two disks to fit each film. I don't think there's a compression format out there that could manage that.

Oh Well, it was just a thought. Would be nice to watch it all without having to keep changing discs.

James :)

I think my DVD player would over heat and cause a melt down. I like to give it
a rest after about 3 hours of a movie!

Guys, guys, guys...

I think you missed the point of the comparison between my experiences of watching The Lord of the Rings and Titanic.

Titanic was a pretty worthless experience. The movie would have been at least fifty times better if they had ignored Leonardo DeCapprio and Kate Winslet. It would also have been about an hour long. Only us model geeks would have gone to see it. The Titanic minature and FX were fantastic! The main story line stank like last year's fish.

Watching twelve hours of The Lord of the Rings was easy. I was completely entertained. No fatigue. No butt trauma. Usually my butt is easily unamused by long sessile periods. [SESSILE - "Describes an animal which is unable to move, or does not move very much. Examples include coral, sponges, barnacles, and sea squirts." ]
But watching LOTR caused me no discomfort whatsoever.

It would have been diferent in the theater I'm sure. Being confined to a narrow theater seat for twelve hours?
The thought would give you nightmares or remind you of your least favorite bits of Orwell's 1984.

But I was very comfortable watching from my couch. I am certain that I moved occasionally now and then. But I didn't fidget. Nor did any part of my less-than-athletic body complain or ache at any time in the twelve hours in front of the TV.

Naturally I did pause for lunch and the necessary trips to the facilities. But that amounted to no more than one half-hour of the twelve.

So don't be afraid! You can do it!
Surely some of you are in better shape than I am. I am forty-three, overweight - and a bookworm and modelbuilder!

If I can watch twelve hours of LOTR and thoroughly enjoy myself,
so can you! :devil:

-Leelan

A freind of mine once sat thru all 5 Planet of the Apes films in one sitting in a public theater.

React as you will. :D

Guys, guys, guys...

I am forty-three, overweight - and a bookworm and modelbuilder!


Add computer junkie, and you're writing about me.

Well my hat's off you you Leelan, twelve hours on a couch is more than I can handle.

However, I did recently watch the whole shebang over 6 nights, watching one disc from the EEs every night. I have to agree wholeheartedly with your basic premise: This story is one big narrative and does really come alive when you watch it rapidly. Waiting a year between movies had really made me lose sight of how totally intergrated the whole story really is.

Nice job, Pete, Ian, Viggo, Richard, et al. That truckload of oscars was well deserved.

D.

A freind of mine once sat thru all 5 Planet of the Apes films in one sitting in a public theater.

React as you will. :D
I would !!! I 'm an APE MANIAC!!!!!!!

I sat through all 5 ape films at the drive-in once. Also sat through Man With No Name trilogy at drive-in. Have left drive-in many times with the rising of the sun, not counting the time my brother and I both fell asleep and woke up the next morning about 8am. The place was deserted. Glad we weren't locked in. You'd think they would check on stuff like that.

i used to be able to do that, but the scoliosis has progressed on the back, and age has progressed on the bladder....

besides after all that, i'd end up suffering from "post melodramatic stress syndrome"