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The extended version of each movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy is being shown in movie theaters this month. Fortunately, one of the theaters where Fellowship was shown was local (the one where Phil works, actually), so we saw it last night. Three and a half hours!!! There was so much stuff I hadn't seen before, and I was delighted with every minute, even though I was both starving and dying to use the loo by the time it was over. The head hobbit himself started with a filmed greeting (on the set of Bag End!), thanking us for being there and all that. I always feel a little weird clapping at a movie when the people responsible for the movie aren't there to hear the applause, but we were roaring with approval every time Jackson's name or the man himself appeared on the screen. (Including that moment on the street in Bree when you only see his face for a second or two.)

Two Towers is Tuesday, and Return of the King is the Tuesday after that. If Phil doesn't have to work, he's going to come with me. We had a good time before the movie, too; instead of commercials, there were trivia questions on the screen for us to answer and discuss. Next week, I'm bringing my LotR Trivial Pursuit cards to pass the time.