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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 630632" data-attributes="member: 2020">I am hoping that The Two Towers breaks $400 million.&nbsp; There would be nothing quite so satisfying as The Two Towers beating out Spider-Man.&nbsp; (After all, let's see Spider-Man go and try to take on Sauron.&nbsp; Spiders make nice, messy black goo when they are squashed ... I suppose you already knew that, thought, right?)&nbsp; I saw something very hopeful today in the theater, and rather than start a new LOTR thread I will place my thoughts here.&nbsp; It is a Tuesday afternoon, and still large numbers of people are coming to see the film.&nbsp; The vast majority of them are OLDER people.&nbsp; Older than 40, and mostly older than 50.&nbsp; Not teen-agers, not those in their twenties, not people like me in their thirties.&nbsp; I saw people in their seventies and eighties in that theater.&nbsp; Which means the film has broken out of it's core group of fans, and has obtained what most would call mainstream appeal.&nbsp; Perhaps that won't make TTT be able to beat out Star Wars, or Titanic, or even Spider-Man, but ... it WILL make a difference when ROTK comes out.&nbsp; It will make a difference, in that these films will be remembered, and cherished, when I am an old man.&nbsp; What is truly good, is not forgotten (I can't even remember the names of&nbsp; most Oscar films, and neither can anyone else, but we all remember Gone With The Wind, Fantasia, and Raiders of the Lost Ark.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 630632, member: 2020"] I am hoping that The Two Towers breaks $400 million. There would be nothing quite so satisfying as The Two Towers beating out Spider-Man. (After all, let's see Spider-Man go and try to take on Sauron. Spiders make nice, messy black goo when they are squashed ... I suppose you already knew that, thought, right?) I saw something very hopeful today in the theater, and rather than start a new LOTR thread I will place my thoughts here. It is a Tuesday afternoon, and still large numbers of people are coming to see the film. The vast majority of them are OLDER people. Older than 40, and mostly older than 50. Not teen-agers, not those in their twenties, not people like me in their thirties. I saw people in their seventies and eighties in that theater. Which means the film has broken out of it's core group of fans, and has obtained what most would call mainstream appeal. Perhaps that won't make TTT be able to beat out Star Wars, or Titanic, or even Spider-Man, but ... it WILL make a difference when ROTK comes out. It will make a difference, in that these films will be remembered, and cherished, when I am an old man. What is truly good, is not forgotten (I can't even remember the names of most Oscar films, and neither can anyone else, but we all remember Gone With The Wind, Fantasia, and Raiders of the Lost Ark.) [/QUOTE]

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