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Loresilme
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Feb 3 2013, 10:56pm
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Great questions, Roheryn! Although, you may speak freely of Thorin's hair whenever the urge moves you. You are among friends (and fellow Thorin-hair/eyes/voice obsessives) here, lol.
1. Would you rather see it in a fairly packed theater, or with just a few people in there with you, or would you like the theater all to yourself? Why?
I would rather there were other people in the theater - but not so packed that I can't get a good seat, lol! And generally I really don't like crowds, so I'd have to say that in a theater is the exception to that rule for me. Maybe it's because everyone is sitting down, but it doesn't bother me, and in fact I like it better when there are a lot of people there to react to the movie too. I haven't ever witnessed problems with rudeness, but I'm not sure if that's due to the kinds of films I go see - mainly fantasy films and kids films. So I don't know what it's like seeing other types of films with a lot of people, I imagine you get different types of people depending on the movie being shown. Most of what's happened to me has been unintentional, or just me being really over-sensitive. For example, during one AUJ viewing, I did have to change my seat because the people behind me kept knocking their feet into my seat. Someone else probably would not have been bothered by that, but because I really wanted nothing to break the spell of being in Middle-earth, I got up and moved somewhere else.
2. What's the funniest thing you've overheard other viewers say (I usually hear these things as we're all piling out together afterwards)?
I did hear some young adult boys on the way out, saying that they really liked it and - I quote - saying, "I don't know what the critics were talking about". Which made me very happy :-). But that doesn't really qualify as funny, so let me try to think of something else ... oh ok, here's something: upon exiting after one 3D viewing, some poor fellow accidentally also threw his own eyeglasses into the 3D glasses recycling bin on the way out, lol! So several people were trying to be helpful (because the bin was in the dark hallway on the way out) by shining the lights of their cell phones into the bin so he could fish out his glasses. He finally got them out and everyone cheered. It was a nice moment.
3. Has anything Unexpected happened during any of your viewings?
Yes, in the HFR viewings, there was a problem with the audio in two places: in Bag End, when Bilbo is walking between rooms as he's telling Frodo about Lobelia trying to steal his spoons, when he's hidden from view, his line of dialogue also cuts out so you didn't hear him say the part specifically about the spoons. You hear his dialogue again once you see him on-camera again. And also, in Rivendell, when Gandalf says "I had no idea Lord Elrond had sent for you", off-screen you're supposed to hear Saruman say, "He didn't. I did". But in the HFR version, we didn't hear those lines, at all. Which does make it seem odd that Gandalf makes that face, because we didn't hear the words that provoke the face. I saw it three times in HFR and it happened each time, but it was in the same theater each time, so I don't know if that had anything to do with it. And in both scenes, it involved dialogue that was spoken/heard when the character speaking them was off-camera, so there's definitely a pattern there, but I don't know what would cause it. And it only happened in the 3D HFR version (I also saw it in 2D and 3D IMAX).
Also, regarding people not knowing that a movie was part of a trilogy - I know people who had the same reaction when they saw FOTR. We forget that we fans are intimately involved in the story and these movies and we know a lot of these things beforehand. I know people though, who were really seriously annoyed that they'd spent three hours in a movie (FOTR) where everyone talked about destroying "this ring" and at the end of the movie, "the stupid ring" wasn't anywhere remotely near being destroyed :-). So I could easily imagine people feeling the same way at the end of AUJ.
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Questions about your viewing experiences
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Roheryn
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Feb 2 2013, 9:56pm
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I've never paid so much attention to anyone's hair
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Brethil
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Feb 2 2013, 10:18pm
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I like to see it making money!
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Elizabeth
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Feb 2 2013, 10:18pm
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Ehhhhhh.. . . ! Yeah. That is unfortunate.
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AinurOlorin
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Feb 2 2013, 11:23pm
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Five times...
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bborchar
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Feb 2 2013, 11:04pm
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3: Missing polarizers
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belfalas
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Feb 2 2013, 11:18pm
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Interesting...
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Roheryn
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Feb 3 2013, 4:10am
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Nope, but I got the impression that the HFR projectors were 'locked down'
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belfalas
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Feb 3 2013, 1:05pm
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four times...
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belfalas
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Feb 2 2013, 11:23pm
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6 times total
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Eowyn3
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Feb 2 2013, 11:42pm
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Alrighty then
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CathrineB
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Feb 2 2013, 11:43pm
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Ha. Your 1st response
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AinurOlorin
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Feb 3 2013, 12:46am
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I know right?
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CathrineB
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Feb 3 2013, 1:00am
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2 times
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imin
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Feb 3 2013, 12:33am
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Viewings
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Gelir
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Feb 3 2013, 12:55am
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But... what about Thorin's hair? ;)
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grammaboodawg
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Feb 3 2013, 1:05am
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my answers:
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Jeremy
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Feb 3 2013, 2:05am
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TABA stands for. . .
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AinurOlorin
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Feb 3 2013, 2:32am
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don't judge a book by its cover
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Jeremy
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Feb 3 2013, 3:36am
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Ugh! They may have been Posers!!! lol
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AinurOlorin
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Feb 3 2013, 4:21am
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8 times so far
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Kimtc
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Feb 3 2013, 2:33am
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This is sounding like a common occurrance:
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Elizabeth
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Feb 3 2013, 2:49am
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6 times so far
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MistyMountain
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Feb 3 2013, 3:06am
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my answers
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arithmancer
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Feb 3 2013, 3:05am
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Oh goodie! Another fun thread!
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Old Toby
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Feb 3 2013, 6:36am
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Okey. Dokey!
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Alcarcalime
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Feb 3 2013, 9:21am
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Four times
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Lonely Mountain
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Feb 3 2013, 10:13am
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DITTO about the perfume!
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Tintallė
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Feb 3 2013, 5:01pm
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An addition to my post:
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Alcarcalime
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Feb 3 2013, 6:54pm
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Fun!
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Sślimė
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Feb 3 2013, 10:13am
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The Star Trek preview confused me too
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Nira
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Feb 3 2013, 4:29pm
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I may have more opportunities to be in an empty theater!
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Tintallė
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Feb 3 2013, 4:49pm
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11 years ago...
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glor
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Feb 3 2013, 5:42pm
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Same Here
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IdrilofGondolin
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Feb 3 2013, 9:29pm
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Fun topic!!
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Loresilme
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Feb 3 2013, 10:56pm
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You don't keep your 3D glasses?
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Ataahua
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Feb 3 2013, 11:43pm
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perhaps it was for IMAX
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imin
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Feb 3 2013, 11:59pm
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In my area
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Silverlode
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Feb 4 2013, 1:00am
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Not the way it is now
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Loresilme
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Feb 4 2013, 1:12am
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Thank you all.
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Ataahua
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Feb 4 2013, 1:43am
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The Joy of Teaching Tolkien
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Clifton8
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Feb 5 2013, 8:41pm
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