# Which December releases are a "must-see" for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2002, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-december-releases-are-a-must-see-for-you/142856 "2002-12-15T05:50:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-december-releases-are-a-must-see-for-you/142856/21 "2002-12-16T07:23:05Z")
The Two Towers Adaption The Two Towers About Schmidt The Two Towers Confessions of a Dangerous Mind The Two Towers ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-december-releases-are-a-must-see-for-you/142856/22 "2002-12-16T17:23:06Z")
The Two Towers and Nemesis. I suspect both will do well at the box office. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-december-releases-are-a-must-see-for-you/142856/23 "2002-12-16T17:27:21Z")
Gangs of New York ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-december-releases-are-a-must-see-for-you/142856/24 "2002-12-16T18:05:25Z")
I have to concur with **Smeghead** : what’s up with the _Drumline_ boomlet? It’s _Bring It On_ without the athletic hardbodied young women doing flips and splits in short skirts…which is pretty much the only thing that drew me to BIO. I also concur with _The Two Towers_ being the only absolute must-see. I think _Catch Me If You Can_ and _Gangs of New York_ both look good, but the Leo factor is hard for me to get past. ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-december-releases-are-a-must-see-for-you/142856/25 "2002-12-16T18:07:23Z")
The Two Towers, of course. Gangs of New York Adaptation About Schmidt The Hours Confessions of a Dangerous Mind …though the last four probably won’t show up where I live until 2003. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-december-releases-are-a-must-see-for-you/142856/26 "2002-12-16T18:10:53Z")
The Two Towers is my only must see. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-december-releases-are-a-must-see-for-you/142856/27 "2002-12-16T18:25:30Z")
The Two Towers is it. The wife is making noise about Solaris, so I may end up at that, but I can take or leave it. ---
**Author:** ![bristlesage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@bristlesage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bristlesage)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-december-releases-are-a-must-see-for-you/142856/28 "2002-12-16T18:40:25Z")
Put me down for _The Two Towers_, and also _Catch Me If You Can_, but I’m not sure why. I’ve yet to catch _Far From Heaven_, about which I’ve heard good things, so probably that. Anything that looks like Oscar bait and halfway decent, I’ll probably see, because I think the Oscars suck, but I still like to have seen the Best Picture contenders. So that way, I can complain with in an educated manner. And _Nemesis_ if I make it. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-december-releases-are-a-must-see-for-you/142856/29 "2002-12-16T19:40:27Z")
**The Two Towers** - the idea of not seeing this paralyzes me with horror Nemesis - already seen it Chicago And maybe, if I find myself in the right mood, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-december-releases-are-a-must-see-for-you/142856/30 "2002-12-16T19:44:58Z")
Two Towers. We are taking the day off work. Having a dozen people come by our house a showing of the extended Fellowship at 9:00am, and then going to the theatre - we already have tickets. Hubby only sees maybe three movies in the theatre a year. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-december-releases-are-a-must-see-for-you/142856/31 "2002-12-16T20:56:15Z")
Nothing that hasn’t been written already… \*TTT \*Catch Me If You Can \*Chicago \*Gangs of New York Adaptation About Schmidt Maybe Confessions of a Dangerous Mind And since it seems to be getting so many accolades, The Hours. \*Movies I will probably actually see in theaters and not rent. (I see a lot of movies.) ---
**Author:** ![JessEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-december-releases-are-a-must-see-for-you/142856/32 "2002-12-16T21:08:12Z")
I’m definitely seeing The Two Towers. My dad wants to see Star Trek, so I’ll probably go see that, just because he doesn’t really want to go alone. As for Drumline, I’m still trying to figure out what college band doesn’t have tons of…ah…pep? Fun? I don’t know what to call it. All of the college bands I’ve ever seen have wild drumlines, especially the local college, thus, the storyline seems a bit contrived to me. (Though two guys from my marching band did go see it solely to see their respective instrument lines.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-december-releases-are-a-must-see-for-you/142856.md?page=1)