Very quietly wondering...LOTR apathy?

[Rachel Bray]

Nope, you're not alone.  I'm only one of three in an office 
of 50 that was eager to see it.  The one thing that kept 
the fire going under my eagerness, too, was my friends.  
They're all Tolkien fiends.  So while I slammed them up one 
side and down the other with Harry, they came back with 
LOTR.

And I'm a sucker for big production movies like this with a 
large fanbase.  Star Wars, Star Trek, Bond, etc.  These 
kind of movies really catch my interest.

You don't need to know the series to see the movie.  My 
friend Nancy went with us last night with no knowledge of 
the story and thoroughly enjoyed it.  As a matter of fact, 
she's seeing it again as I type this (I'm taking too much 
time off for Christmas to see it again today...*sigh*).  
The one funny thing is that she was crying at the end 
because it seems so hopeless/helpless.  I laughed and said 
"Wow...if you thought this was hopeless, you'll be slashing 
your wrists next year at the end of Two Towers."  :-)

But, no...you're definately not alone.  I've read many 
reviews that really didn't like it.

Rachel Bray
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