# I walked out of Return of the King! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855 "2003-12-18T21:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/21 "2003-12-19T04:13:45Z")
> [@](#): > > And not cheering at concerts? Wow. You must hate going to see live music. You mean, going to see drunken idiots scream out things in the middle of songs just to get attention? Thirteen year old girls that have to scream their heads off at their favorite line thereby drowning out MY favorite line? Yeah, what a vital contribution to the experience that is. I think a lot of artists agree with me. Noise in between songs is awesome. Noise during the song, thus making it impossible to hear the song, sorta sucks. I mean, it’s fine when it’s a punk show or something where you’re not worried about intimacy or volume. But in the middle of folk songs? In the middle of dialouge during a movie? How is that not just as rude as this kid talking during the movie? Just because more people are doing it all at once? ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/22 "2003-12-19T04:41:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BrotherCadfael \* > \*\* > > My first thread, by the way. \*\* Almost 1000 posts without starting a thread? I wish **Isabelle** had that kind of restraint!!! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/23 "2003-12-19T04:50:38Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Apos_ > How is that not just as rude as this kid talking during the movie? Just because more people are doing it all at once? Well… yeah. “Polite” is entirely a matter of convention. If the majority of the population think it’s polite to spit on your shoes, then it’s polite to spit on your shoes. Anyway, I think we were thinking about different types of concerts. Obviously, the standards of behavior at a White Stripes show is not the same as those at the Boston Philharmonic. When you said concert, I immediately thought of the former, not the later. I can’t remember the last concert I went to where it was physically possible for the audience to drown out the performer. Sorry for the assumption. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Wrong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Mr.Wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Wrong)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/24 "2003-12-19T04:58:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Noise during the song, thus making it impossible to hear the song, sorta sucks. I mean, it’s fine when it’s a punk show or something where you’re not worried about intimacy or volume. But in the middle of folk songs? People cheer during Folk songs? ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/25 "2003-12-19T05:26:04Z")
Well, Ani DiFranco shows and Tori shows, yeah. Zepplin CAN’T be drowned out. But then, most Zepplin fans don’t pee their pants and scream out “I love you! you withered old fossil!” when Plant starts going on about Hobbits. Ani fans, on the other hand, seem to think that saying “fuck” is an incredible transgression worthy of screaming their heads off while Ani does something really new and cool that no one else can hear. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/26 "2003-12-19T05:30:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bippy the Beardless \* > Good luck in the recovery, and I won’t spoil the bit where Legolas and Grimly propose to each other at the end. It wasn’t in the book, but it was very romantic . That wasn’t half as bad as the part where Arwen, who turns out to be Sauron in disguise, picks up the reforged sword and stabs Aragorn thru the heart. Talk about gratuitous plot tampering violence! Hang in there, **BC**. You have something to look forward to that is in the past for many of us now. ---
**Author:** ![Blackclaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@Blackclaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackclaw)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/27 "2003-12-19T14:16:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kasuo \* > \*\*No, not even then. You must stay! :eek: \*\* Not if you are sitting next to me! Really! I’ll buy you another ticket! :eek: Feel better BrotherCadfael. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/28 "2003-12-19T14:42:38Z")
How’s your blood pressure? Ever since I read that damned Discovery article, every time I get a twinge in the back, I think “aortic dissection”. I once watched “Bird on a Wire” on an airplane while suffering from sciatica. I’m not sure which was more painful – the sciatica or the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/29 "2003-12-19T14:47:57Z")
I was all set to congratulate you on your literary integrity, too. 🙂 Still, I think walking out would have been a little extreme. Like the curate’s egg, parts of the film were excellent. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/30 "2003-12-19T14:58:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Malacandra \* > \*\*I was all set to congratulate you on your literary integrity, too. 🙂 > > Still, I think walking out would have been a little extreme. Like the curate’s egg, parts of the film were excellent. \*\* Actually, almost every part of it was excellent…and as faithful as possible to the book IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/31 "2003-12-19T15:00:31Z")
My favorite part was when Frodo wakeboarded behind the Elven ship on his way to the distant shores. Oh, perhaps I’ve said too much. Anyway, I did think that for the theatrical release it dragged on a bit too long at the end. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/32 "2003-12-19T15:08:22Z")
Thanks for the good wishes, everybody – the docs think that it was probably pleurisy (good call, **don’t ask** ), but they haven’t been able to definitively nail it down. I’m doing fine, and go back to work on Monday. My daughter saw the rest of the movie last night. The theater owner recognized her, asked how I was doing, and let her in for free. There’s a lot to be said for living in a small town. I have forbidden her from even mentioning anything that happened after Aragorn and company rode into the Paths of the Dead. She’s about ready to burst. I’ve taken pity on her and so will see the movie tonight. Oh, and **Biffy**? It was a Morgul-blade, and a fragment was working its way inward… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/33 "2003-12-19T15:57:39Z")
So she didn’t tell you about when Bilbo wakes up, roles over in his hobbit bed and sees Gollum in the shower? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/34 "2003-12-20T02:47:45Z")
OK, I’ve seen the rest of it. Aside from a couple of omissions (Saruman, the Houses of Healing, the Scouring of the Shire), there really isn’t anything to criticise. It’s simply brilliant. Thanks for the good wishes, everybody. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/35 "2003-12-20T02:58:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RikWriter \* > \*\*… I turned around and said to him, just as loud “Shut the fuck up.” > He didn’t talk much after that, but the guy in front of me turns and says “Please don’t use that word, our kids are with us.” I goggle at him and say, quietly, “I apologize, but dude…your kids seeing the severed human heads doesn’t bother you, but the F word does???” \*\* I love this. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855/36 "2004-03-12T14:09:53Z")
The current thread on [What movie(s) have you walked out on?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=230162) caused me to revisit this… I’ve been to a pulmonogist, and his conclusion was that my episode was almost certainly a pulmonary embolism. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-return-of-the-king/219855.md?page=1)