Just past 1PM Eastern Standard Time today…the credits rolled after the first press screening for LOTR:FOTR in Montreal…and I was there…

After almost 3 years of anticipation…after all the phone calls, meetings, appointments, interviews, reviews, screaming, crying, arguing, laughing, tresspass notices, TV, Radio, Newspaper, magazine interviews..after all the long wait for me is over…

I will tell you my story…once I catch my breath…get some food in me…and thank God in heaven that Peter Jackson/WETA/New Line have made this film!

Line Party maestro Tinuviel chimed in to say that our line parties now have over 3,500 members and consists of over 400 lines! Six days to go guys…..six days to go! [Join A Line Party]

Zaris writes: A discussion on Tolkien and his wrintings during the (very intellectual) program ‘Indicatif Présent’ over the French radio station Radio-Canada (109,5 FM) in Montréal today (Thu 13 Dec) at 23:40 EST. [More]

Brian writes: I found a ‘bad’ review of Lord of the Rings, that describes the battle sequences as ‘video-esque’ and his assessment describes a ‘hobbits & wizards VS. evil yarn’. I take this one with a grain of salt though. [More]

Emre The Sorcerer writes: Turkey Premiere for LOTR:FOTR was made yesterday. The reviews of Turkish fans are here, and they are in Turkish, of course. [More]

Mervi writes: One of our mobile phone operators, DNA Finland, goes LOTR mad: they’ve got LOTR logos, ring tones, pictures messages, news SMS, contests. They’re telling us it’s all exclusive. [More]