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

[confusedandpronetowander at hotmail.com]

Well...what better a way than to face your fear than in a safe 
environment, with your husband, in a theatre where obviously nothing 
bad can happen to you? Could be worse...my mom had to face her 
arachnaphobia head on when my brother brought home a tarantula as a 
pet last summer. I had to return to Ottawa a few days too early, so I 
missed the reaction, but apparently it was an interesting sight. The 
point is, it did make her get over it...to the point where she even 
fed the spider (Morty), and my brother's other pet,  Mr. Handyman the 
Handicapped Scorpion (he lost a few legs in battle at one point).

We all have our own irrational fears. that I think we can only get 
rid of by facing. Or, you can always close your eyes, and get your 
husband/movie companion to tell you when it's safe to open them again 
(haha- like what my mom does when we watch horror movies).

Good Luck!

Amber 

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, delwynmarch at y... wrote:
> 
> >  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