Oh man, reminds me, I had watched the first movie in a cinema and one girl said after the movie ended “It is obvious that they made the ending like this so that they could shoot a sequel”. I am glad your husband wasn’t there.
That’s hilarious. If they released a Mystery Science Theater type of series with kids commentary I’d cash in all my pto binging all that unexpected nonsense.
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.
I applaud you for being able to correct the spelling and not come off as an asshole at the same time. That is quite the feat on the internet these days. Not only did you not come off as an asshole you actually linked to further information to educate your fellow netizen. 👏
and I want to thank you for that, as I too never knew how to spell that, nor that it was a real place!! This is like the fourth new thing I’ve learned today on Lemmy - loving it.
Shawshank Redemption, The Birdcage, and The Fifth Element are my 3 favorite movies that I will always actively watch when they’re on, even if I own all three.
Truth is, the information contained in this meme is several years old (but accurate). I’ve seen it thrice by now, and he wasn’t nearly as focused on me the third time. So, it does get better.
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.
I watched Return of the King with my wife and family when it came out. She wasn’t impressed. I do have the extended edition, but I never got around to watching it by myself.
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.
But Jesus had to die for our sins so that he could be resurrected and ascend back to divinity. So technically Judas was the hero because he made it all possible. So he’s actually in heaven because he helped save humankind.
Honestly, people really don’t understand the Bible nowadays but it makes perfect sense to me 🙃
On her side, she was much more of a Tolkien nerd at the time, though I think I’ve surpassed her (an indictment of myself, I assure you).
For my part, I was burned out from classwork and did not experience anything from Moria to Amon Hen. Like, I didn’t even remember that I fell asleep - or rather, waking up. So it wasn’t until I saw it again that I realized I missed Galadriel and a whole lot else. This exacerbates my confusion about what’s in the theatrical/extended, to say the least.
There is a fun podcast called Drunk History of Middle Earth that is essentially this dynamic the whole time - a husband/wife duo where the guy is trying to teach her about Tolkien. She’s genuinely open to it, so it’s probably less annoying than some other instances of that pattern. Aside from the hearing new perspectives on the lore, it’s interesting to vicariously experience the stories for the first time again.
Also I love their accents, and how they sometimes expose their personal lives to the world and talk through stuff as a couple - it’s very endearing
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.
Also had a friend like this and it made it quite annoying to watch anything with him. He later got a diagnosed on the autism spectrum so that probably explains the tendency to do this
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