Reliving Fellowship
Oct. 11th, 2009 08:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oselleI understand from the great information resources on LJ that today, October 11th, marks the 10th Anniversary of the beginning of principal photography on the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I can't believe that was 10 years ago. Everything about LoTR feels like it just happened a couple of years ago.
Newcomers to this journal who know me for my SPN rants (or political rants) may not know that it was LoTR that first brought me here, and LoTR (and my absolute obsession with Elijah Wood) that dominated my online life (and most of my real life) for years. Last night, my fellow LoTR fangirl and part-time Elijah Wood stalker![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
merylmarie very kindly offered me a ticket to see Fellowship of the Ring screened at Radio City Music Hall with the score performed by a live orchestra and chorus and of course, the glorious setting of Radio City and the exquisite musical accompaniment enhanced the experience immeasurably but the movie itself has lost none of its beauty or resonance. Really a work of art that will stand the test of time and yes, I cried at the end, just the way I always did. I didn't know that today was the 10th anniversary of the beginning of that epic endeavor, and now that I do I'm especially glad that I was lucky enough to see the performance last night.
When I got home last night I put my ticket in the envelope with all the ticket stubs I saved from every performance of each of the three movies and the very first one was still in there, dated December 31, 2001, 10:00 AM at the Loews E-Walk in Times Square. That day marked the beginning of one of the happiest and most fun and really, one of the most joyful times of my entire life. I sometimes get into a foul mood in which I think these fannish things I've indulged in have been stupid and juvenile and a waste of time but the truth is that I'd have been a shabbier and sadder and considerably duller person without them.
Newcomers to this journal who know me for my SPN rants (or political rants) may not know that it was LoTR that first brought me here, and LoTR (and my absolute obsession with Elijah Wood) that dominated my online life (and most of my real life) for years. Last night, my fellow LoTR fangirl and part-time Elijah Wood stalker
merylmarie very kindly offered me a ticket to see Fellowship of the Ring screened at Radio City Music Hall with the score performed by a live orchestra and chorus and of course, the glorious setting of Radio City and the exquisite musical accompaniment enhanced the experience immeasurably but the movie itself has lost none of its beauty or resonance. Really a work of art that will stand the test of time and yes, I cried at the end, just the way I always did. I didn't know that today was the 10th anniversary of the beginning of that epic endeavor, and now that I do I'm especially glad that I was lucky enough to see the performance last night.When I got home last night I put my ticket in the envelope with all the ticket stubs I saved from every performance of each of the three movies and the very first one was still in there, dated December 31, 2001, 10:00 AM at the Loews E-Walk in Times Square. That day marked the beginning of one of the happiest and most fun and really, one of the most joyful times of my entire life. I sometimes get into a foul mood in which I think these fannish things I've indulged in have been stupid and juvenile and a waste of time but the truth is that I'd have been a shabbier and sadder and considerably duller person without them.