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I do this every time she drives a car.

Well, that escalated quickly…

Jesus Christ, you’re banned from giving advice.

Though some of his advice sucked too, tbh 🤷

I’m assuming he’ll make you watch it again, regardless of your enjoyment. Like, if you don’t love it, he’ll say he didn’t explain enough or you missed something. If you do enjoy it, he’ll say you won’t mind watching it again.

So, good luck.

And you will get an explanation either way, each time deeper and longer than the previous… either you live or join the cult, no in between

My wife fell asleep the first time through. So this is a very real situation for me haha.

Because you need to be sure she’s reacting “correctly”?

Objection, leading question

My husband and I stood in line to watch each movie twice in the theater when they came out. And we’ve watched it all through on DVD multiple times.

We do have interests and hobbies that don’t jive but LOTR is definitely one we share.

I fell asleep the first time, my wife didn’t.

On her side, she was much more of a Tolkien nerd at the time, though I think I’ve surpassed her (an indictment of myself, I assure you).

For my part, I was burned out from classwork and did not experience anything from Moria to Amon Hen. Like, I didn’t even remember that I fell asleep - or rather, waking up. So it wasn’t until I saw it again that I realized I missed Galadriel and a whole lot else. This exacerbates my confusion about what’s in the theatrical/extended, to say the least.

To be fair, he’s been into Tolkien since adolescence and is really excited to share. It’s just… intense.

Ha, my wife does this too because she’s read the books and I haven’t.

One day I’ll get to the books so I don’t have to ask for his help every time there is a book vs movie meme, lol.

This will only lead to you eventually reading the Silmarillion, and putting your husband in his place with even more obscure Tolkien trivia.

There is a fun podcast called Drunk History of Middle Earth that is essentially this dynamic the whole time - a husband/wife duo where the guy is trying to teach her about Tolkien. She’s genuinely open to it, so it’s probably less annoying than some other instances of that pattern. Aside from the hearing new perspectives on the lore, it’s interesting to vicariously experience the stories for the first time again.

Also I love their accents, and how they sometimes expose their personal lives to the world and talk through stuff as a couple - it’s very endearing

Edit to add: there are no ads! It’s so refreshing

I have had to watch LOTR twice now for my fiance. They are soooo long.

Did you get the Special Extended Edition?

Mine tried to go for a weekend marathon. I cannot give that much attention to anything in my life ever.

It’s for your own good. Trust him.

I had a friend like that with every comedy movie he liked. He’d just stare at you with a goofy grin prior to every part he thought was funny. He’d look over, grinning, just waiting to see your reaction. He’s a great guy, it just made it real uncomfortable to watch a movie with him.

Also had a friend like this and it made it quite annoying to watch anything with him. He later got a diagnosed on the autism spectrum so that probably explains the tendency to do this

Your friend’s giving off real Jeb Bush energy, lol.

It can be hard to accept that something you’re really into just isn’t interesting to your spouse, but I think it’s important to do so.

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