Well Merry Christmas to me! Hell yeah, I'm all over this! I've been hoping that at some point they'd release a LOTR marathon like this, and considering it's with the added footage from the extended editions which never played in theaters, that's an even greater plus! To see all movies back to back to back, to watch the entire story unfold in it's proper sequence, in all it's glory, will be a movie watcher and LOTR fan's dream!
The only thing that's a bit of a bummer, is that we won't be getting the Extended Edition version of ROTK. But oh well, I'll live. I can easily sit through an 11+ hour movie marathon, if it means being lost in the LOTR universe. It's a great place, and whenever I watched the other two movies, I'm always left wanting more... for it just to continue on. So this is a dream come true!
One of my greatest SW moments ever, was when there was a big charity screening of the entire Original Trilogy of Star Wars up in Santa Barbara when I was in college (around '95). Watching ANH, ESB, and ROTJ all back to back to back was one of the happiest 7+ hours of my life (this was before the Special Editions had even been mentioned). There's no better way to watch a trilogy of movies containing one story unfold. Gotta watch 'em all in a row!
Load up on your soda and candy, wear some comfy clothes, get a great seat, and enjoy! Doesn't get any better! Can't wait for the LOTR marathon. I'll probably wait to see all three in a row, rather than watching the other two separately first. Keep my appetite whetted...
I wonder if when all is said and done, if there will ever be a 6 movie marathon with all the SW flicks shown together? I still don't care much for the prequels, but it would definitely be a great time if it did happen!
Thanks (as always) for the great movie scoop V! Can't wait...