A shortcut to bedsores
December 31st, 2004 - 11:34am - No Comments »
Yesterday, Chris, Tim, my Dad and myself holed ourselves up at Chris’ place, and watched all three Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVDs back-to-back. ‘Twas a shame that Richard was unable to attend.
Things started normally enough; I’m sure we’d all seen the first film a number of times now, since it’s been out for a while. Wisecracks and smart-arse comments were commonplace for the first disc of six. Suddenly, time started moving very quickly, and we’d already seen the first half of the second film. Mel was kind enough to make some great hot dogs which were quickly devoured and we continued on our way.
The downhill run was a blur with a lot fewer wisecracks and to be honest I don’t remember too much of the second and third films. I think I must have gone into some sort of movie-watching coma part way through The Two Towers; I popped back into “action” near the middle of the third film though, as the final stretch came into view.
A good day was had by all and I’m glad to have been (finally) able to watch all three films back-to-back in what must be the longest three-movie marathon in existence (sure there are longer films, but they don’t count). The next major marathon will have to be the six Star Wars films (in chronological order, or release order?) back-to-back, late next year.
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