When I was in high school, I was introduced to the wonderful world of J.R.R. Tolkien: Middle-earth. First I read The Hobbit (as one does–it’s still my favorite to this day) and then I made my way through The Lord of the Rings trilogy in a few weeks’ time. What made me want to read this books in the first place? Well, I saw trailers for the live action motion picture of The Fellowship of the Ring directed by Peter Jackson. Talk about breathtaking! The Nazgul in particular gave me chills and I knew I had to read it.
LOTR is how I met one of my high school best friends (through the love of Tolkien.) We decided we needed to see The Two Towers together (it was too late for Fellowship at that point), and of course we needed to dress for the occasion.
My friend Beth and my sister, Rachel, all dressed up for the event (my mom was our chauffeur as I was still a newly licensed driver at that point.) Beth was Arwen, Rachel was Eowyn, and I was Pippin. Of course.
When we got to the morning showing, the lights had been dimmed in the theater, but there was enough light for people to make out our costumed forms. Ripples of delighted laughter followed us as we found our seats. (My mom walked a ways behind us, a bit embarrassed, lol.)
The next year we were going to watch The Return of the King together (the other two were going to be the same characters, I believe, but I wanted to be Legolas.) Alas, it did not turn out (someone got grounded last minute.)
Have YOU ever dressed up for a movie premiere? What was it? I’d love to hear all about it in the comments!
Keep your nose in a book,
Beth
P.S. There are still plenty of pre-order incentives left for DEATH’S KEY (The Goblets Immortal 3)
Beth Overmyer 
How about a book premiere?
When they had the midnight release event at the local Barnes & Noble for the last Harry Potter volume, I put on my Gandalf outfit, pointy hat, staff, and all. A couple of kids seemed to be genuinely convinced I was Albus Dumbledore. One asked me where Professor McGonagall was. A bit of a poser . . . I said that there were lots of bookstores, she was elsewhere — but they should keep their eyes open, because you never know where a wizard is going to turn up!
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That’s too cute, Rick! You made that release night extra special and memorable for those kids by playing along.
I dressed as Molly Weasley for the premiere of The Order of the Phoenix movie. Had a Death Eater start to pretend duel with me. ‘Twas fun 😀
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What a wonderful story. I saw the LoTR films in theatre (at a time when my family almost never went to the movies due to our tight budget), but I didn’t dress up for them.
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Thanks, Lydia! It was quite an experience, lol.
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