So after years of talking about it, we’re now 45 minutes into Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition.

Official Start Time: 11:15am

Fellowship of the Ring

DISC 1

:45 hours (12pm) – 4 of us now. One meal down. Ever wonder why Hobbits love eating, live in a peaceful laid back town, and like to smoke ‘Weed’? Dude, they are so stoned.

1:20 hours (12:35pm) – Ride Arwen ride! You must save Frodo. As Arwen rides, we are joined by 4 four people. Well, 2 adults and 2 small children. More food arrives with them. I think I’ve now had breakfast, second breakfast, elevensy’s. And am now on to dinner.

1:44 hours (12:57pm) – ANd the fellowship forms as disc 1 comes to a close. 1 down, 5 to go.

First round of trivia goes to Alan. Man, can’t believe I missed a LOTR line that was so obvious.

DISC 2

:29 hours (1:37)The first fight in the mines of moria.I love this fight. Love how the camera focuses on one character but the entire battle continues in the background. Also love the lack of music throughout the fight. Heck, you even feel bad for the cave troll after they kill it. Of course, I hate when they do the whole fake death with the slow mo camera movement and dramatic music, close-ups of all of the friends, and then boom…he’s fine.

1:02 hours (2:17pm) Apparently, there’s not much difference between a dwarf and a 3 year old. She feel in love with Galadriel, to the point where she was like ‘ohhhh’ every time she was on screen. One more person has arrived. So far only one person has fallen asleep (and if she reads this, she’ll deny she was falling asleep), but she has an excuse….she’s been sick and is on cold medicine.

1:19 hours (2:27pm) As we watch the fellowship disband, we have now grown by one. 8 adults (5 men, 3 women) The M & M’s and nuts are dropping like flies.

Second round of trivia goes to Alan, Jeremy and myself.

The Two Towers

Disc 1

0 hours (3:10pm) So one family left as another one arrived. Still 8 adults, 5 men and 3 women. More snacks. Apparently we had one more fall asleep during the first movie. So officially of the 3 people that were around at the start of the first movie, two of us are still going strong.

:37 hours (3:42pm) As we discover the fate of Merry and Pippin, our group has dropped by 3. We are not 4 men and 2 women. In the kitchen we have guacamole being made and a fresh batch of popcorn on the table. I can’t imagine the stomach ache we’re going to have later.

1:14 hours (4:19pm) Just before Edoras can be saved from Saruman, we lost one more viewer. We are now 5. As it stands, I thnk our meal has as many colors as the M&M’s in the bowls. Blue Chips (which are actually purple), grapes and guacamole (green), bread & bagels (yellow), clementines & carrots (orange), and salsa (red). Ok, so we’re missing blue…but do the blue chips count for that one?

Disc 2

0 hours (5:06) We’ve reached the half way point. For some reason after 6 hours of snacking, we’re still thinking about dinner. Bizarre. On a day like today, what else do you think we could order, but pizza.

1:44 (6:58pm) End of the second episode. We are now 2/3 of the way through. Just sarted the next round of trivia and the pizza just arrived. More food. We’re still holding strong at 5 people. Rumor is it that a few more people may stop by. Did you guys know that Arwen is 2780 years old? She doesn’t look a day over 2000.

Return of the King

Disc 1

1:40 (8:55pm) Almost to the end of disc 1. The energy level in the group is fading, might have to grab some dessert during the break. At this point, Anduril is about to be introduced. Maybe I’ll have to go and grab my version off the wall. Yeah, i’m such a geek.

Disc 2

1:24 (11:13pm) 12 hours later, we are now approaching the end of Return of the King. Frodo and Sam saved the world from the evil forces of Sauron. Five of us are still here. Of the five of us, 2 made it through completely without starting to fall asleep, 1 started to fall asleep a little but made it through all three, 1 person missed about 30 minutes, and one watch 2 of the 3 movies.

1:31 (11:20) – Nope, that wasn’t the ending. They survived. Didn’t see that one coming.

1:34 -Nope, still not another. Ah….the king has officially returned. Guess that is why it’s called Return of the King. 11 hours later, and we finally get some smooching.

1:39 – Is it over yet? How about now? Now? Sadly enough, they missed one of the endings that I would have liked to see. I wanted to see Legolas and Gimli go off and adventure together. I liked this this ending though. Shows after all of their adventures, when they get back home things just seem the same. I can kinda relate to that….well, without the whole saving the world part, but leaving for a while then coming home and having all of these adventures, yet everything seems the same.

1:42 – Another ending. Nope, still not over. There and Back Again. For some reason, I don’t think I”m going to go there and back again to watch the whole trilogy again. Man has it been a long day.

1:46 – “I think I’m quite ready for another adventure!” – Bilbo Baggins. I can definitely relate to that feeling.

1:52 – Is it over yet? Nope. ONe more ending…. “Well, I’m back” – Samwise Gamgee

Official Finishing Time: 11:37pm aka 12 hours and 22 minutes later.