First Annual Terententen Lord of the Rings All Day Marathon Blast

Movies / Saturday, February 25th, 2006

The “First Annual Terententen Lord of the Rings All Day Marathon Blast” went off without a hitch today and I have to say it was incredibly awesome. It got up to a gorgeous 80 degrees outside on a beautiful February 25th may I add. I was up at 9:00AM and at Rob’s apartment, ready for our 10:00AM start, when we pressed ‘Enter’ and let the good times roll. I actually have a full timeline for future reference.

10:00AM-11:46AM : Fellowship Disc 1
10 minute break
11:56AM-1:31PM : Fellowship Disc 2
37 minute break : Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch
2:08PM-3:55PM : Two Towers Disc 1
10 minute break
4:05PM-5:53PM : Two Towers Disc 2
20 minute break : Took a walk
6:13PM-8:21PM : Return of the King Disc 1
46 minute break : Sonic for dinner
9:07PM-11:01PM : Return of the King Disc 2

That equates to 10 hours and 58 minutes of movie and 2 hours and 3 minutes of breaks. Looking at those numbers, I think that’s a little too much time spent on breaks. Maybe for the “Second Annual Terententen Lord of the Rings All Day Marathon Blast”, we can aim for 1 hours and 2 minutes of breaks, and end the day at an even 12 hours. That’d be sweet. Kristin and Rob might not like me too much though. However, there were no extra bathroom breaks other than those taken advantage of during the listed break intervals. With three 10 minute breaks and two 16 minute breaks, or some other varations to be decided on later… with delivery instead of pickup… we can really make it work.

But like I’ve already said, this whole thing was amazing. I never got tired as I thought I might and I never got bored. I thought this might have been hard to do, but it really felt like one movie and as each disc ended, I couldn’t believe it had been that long. Hell, when I realized the sun went down I was just shocked. Doing this really made these movies something else. They are so outstanding in production and in depth. Sure there are a lot of differences from the book, but I love the fact that Peter Jackson tries his best to keep these movies are large as he could and not cut stuff for the sake of making a normal length movie. I mean, hell, that 10 hours and 58 minutes could have easily been 6 hours to any other director. This is gonna be one awesome tradition and I can hardly wait for next year.

I’m currently watching: XX Olympic Winter Games: Medals Plaza – Award Ceremonies