If you think the “Lord of the Rings” movies are hobbit-forming, you’re not alone. The race for tickets to “Trilogy Tuesday” – an all-day, 99-city “Rings” marathon featuring the premiere of the eagerly awaited final chapter in the series – has sparked a feeding frenzy. [More]
Day: December 3, 2003
Clive writes: Tickets for Return of the King are available to order in the UK at odeon.co.uk from today. [odeon.co.uk]
Atheryn writes: According to the TV Guide website, Ebert & Roeper are set to preview the Return of the King on their show December 13th. Anyone wanting to see it will need to check their local listings for the exact day/time – although the show usually plays several times over the weekend over a spread of channels, so there are plenty of chances to catch the show.
Just a reminder that frequent-flier Elijah Wood (Frodo) is set to be a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The Tonight Show airs on NBC at 11:35PM ET. [nbc.com]
Mikko writes: Unlike the previous LotR films, RotK has been rated K-15 in Finland. The film distributor, FS-Film, is going to complain about this decision and trying to lower it to K-11. The age limit 15 was placed because the violence is more “personal” than before. [More]
elanor writes: As promised, here is my Academy screening SMALL SPOILERS review. This was at Time/Warner on 51st Street NYC. I am so happy! Warmly happy, yes, and I’m also sad. Both at once. In fact I feel just like I feel when I get to the last pages of the book. I said to my still sniffling colleagues as we rode the elevator down, I forgot how sad it all is, and that watching this movie would make me feel bad at the end, not good. (I mean that in the best sense!) [!!!Small SPOILERS!!! [More]