The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ringīased on J.R.R. "I'm doing okay," said one moviegoer who was stuck a neck-stretching three rows from the screen. One movie, or 3½ hours, into the marathon, the audience seemed settled in, using non-pivotal scenes, usually involving elves, to grab snacks and stretches.
Kawasaki, who, despite a usual bedtime of 10 p.m., was confident she would last the night. "We've been following this for three years," said Ms. Fans had mixed feelings about their cinematic journey coming to an end.
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"With the convention in town there weren't any rentals available."īefore the first movie started, talk in the theatre was of getting "closure" - and some more action scenes. "I don't have my ugly hobbit feet this time, though," Ms. The older Haskell sister was done up, however, dressed as "Chica the barmaid from the Green Dragon pub," a minor character who she said shows up in the extended version, "but should have a bigger part." The costume included very realistic pointed ears and a bustier she intended to loosen during screenings, to make sitting for all those hours more bearable. But I didn't want to wear a wedding dress." She wanted me to dress as Galadriel and made me try on her wedding dress. They do it for me."ĭressed in a comfy-looking sweatshirt, she was ready for the long haul. I love Aragorn, but I'm here for the pretty elf boys. Her 18-year-old sister, Elise, who took off for the theatre in the middle of drama class, had less altruistic reasons for attending.
Sonya Haskell, 21, was one of the organizers of the Return of the King Line Party, responsible for trivia games between flicks, a raffle for prizes including a gold master Ring and a "what about second breakfast" food drive - a nod to a favourite hobbit meal - benefiting the Daily Bread Food Bank. With about 45 minutes between screenings, and some people standing in line for hours before the theatre opened, a couple of the more generous fans did their best to make sure their fellow moviegoers were entertained. But she is planning on reading the books. Yorke, like many fans of the movies, fell in love with Tolkien's world through director Peter Jackson's films, not J.R.R.
I felt really bad that he couldn't come." "He has Lord of the Rings pictures all over his classroom. "My second-period teacher was really jealous when I told him," Ms. Their teachers and parents knew they were skipping school. High school students Kimiko Kawasaki, Jennifer Yorke and Bonnie Benson, all 17 and snacking on smuggled-in lunches, were a few of the fully decked out, dressed as elf Arwen, human Eowyn and elf queen Galadriel. While it was expected that many diehard fans would show up in costume, only a handful of elves and other characters were to be seen at the Paramount. yesterday, 5 ½ hours before the 1:30 p.m. 31, the day they went on sale, but some lined up at 8 a.m. The Two Towers, and the public premiere of the final instalment, Hundreds of people turned out at the Famous Players Paramount theatre in downtown Toronto and 15 other locations across the country to view the extended versions of the first two films of the series, It didn't turn out to be quite the gathering of Middle-earth most anticipated, but the 12 ½ hour Lord of the Rings trilogy yesterday was still an event not to be missed for Tolkien fans.
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