lord of the rings: fellowship of the ring

there's not much that i can write about this series that hasn't already been said.  its amazing and created a whole new world that lives and breathes as a wholly realized vision.
so instead of talking about the movie, i thought i'd share a story about the first time i saw it in the theater:  i was living in utah at the time and a few friends and i went to go see it.  one of those friends was lani, a fellow teacher i went to college with.  she clearly didn't know anything about the films but decided to tag along anyway.  as we were leaving the theater after the film two of us were talking and mentioned that we couldn't wait for the next two movies.  lani overheard us and said 'oh, that makes a lot more sense!' she had no idea that it is a trilogy!  she was like 'we were two and a half hours in to the movie and they still hadn't gotten anywhere close to getting rid of that ring!'