Fw: How to get kicked out of Return of the King (fwd)

delwynmarch at yahoo.com delwynmarch at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 16 15:16:24 UTC 2003


>  19. Release a jar of daddy-long-legs into the theater during the 
>  Shelob scene.

>  21. When Shelob comes on, exclaim, "Man! Charlotte's really let 
> > herself go!"

I have a question for those of you who have seen the movie. See, I 
have a mega-big problem : I am arachnophobic, full-strength. I could 
not even stand looking at the trailer of that spoof giant-spider 
movie, a couple of years ago. If I ever met a Boggart, it would turn 
into my mental image of Shelob. I could never have stayed alive and 
conscious through what Ron endured in CoS. And I swore never ever to 
watch Arachnophobia !

So back to the point : reading those Shelob parts in the books was a 
real torture for me. It was so bad that when we bought a magazine 
with a double page picture of Sam fighting Shelob, my husband *taped 
it together* before I got to it !! So my question is : is it safe for 
me to go and see Return of the King ? Is there any chance I can get 
through the Shelob scene without being irrevocably traumatised for 
life ? I know it sounds funny, but I would rather skip the movie than 
see my worst nightmare on a big screen... 

Del, feeling very silly indeed, but oh well I do need the advice






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