Went with Kenny and his friends Andrew, Adam and Aaron. The room was pretty packed but not full. First to come on screen with Peter Jackson who explained that these releases are the first and only showing of the new REMASTERED Lord of the Rings Trilogy Extended Editions. I guess they remastered the video and audio for the Blu-Rays.. so in essence we were watching the Blu-ray version of the movie on the big screen. We watched it on a AMC's E.X.T. screen.. not sure what that means but I know it’s supposed to be the best digital video and sound they have.
The crowd was great, some dressed up but all very extremely excited. Every time a new character would come on screen folks would hoot and holler. The video was exceptional, but I have to admit that seeing it in HD you can tell when it's not the main actors and it's one of the little people with a mask on. I don't think I noticed it that much before but watching it in HD on a huge screen you kind of notices now. Still didn't take any of the joy away from watching it again. This was the first time that I've seen 'Fellowship of the Ring - Extended Edition' in the theaters...at least it's the first time that I've seen it in English. I've seen it years ago, but it was dubbed into German. Seeing it for the first time in English and in gorgeous HD was quite a treat. Like the video the sounds was amazing, some scenes would shake the chairs it was so powerful. I know some folks in my party got a headache from the sound but I thought it was AWESOME.
It was a great experience, and during certain parts I teared up. This is definitely my favorite of the Trilogy. Every time I watch LOTR I think it's such a bummer that they very rarely make movies of such a epic scale. I'm still debating on going next Tuesday to see 'The Two Towers'.
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