Twenty five years!

How the time has flown and so much has changed. I’m sure I’ll reflect more on this after the event.

But to get a chance to see the LoTR trilogy movies on the big screen in their extended cut, who can pass up that opportunity?

I don’t think they have been released on the big screen before.

So I’m pretty excited about this.

The last time I did anything like this was back in 1977 after the death of Elvis.

I was (and still am) a big Elvis fan. Back then when the news of Elvis’ death broke it really hit me hard. It was probably the first time one of my heroes had died.

The celebrate the life of Elvis and to remember him our local cinema at the time The Unit One, held an all night run of Elvis movies.

My “little” nan (I was so imaginative as a kid in my naming of my grandparents, yes my nan was “big” nan, and I used the same naming convention for my grandads) took me to the all night showing.

I can’t remember which movies were shown, and I did fall asleep at one point. But I think this was the nicest thing my “little” Nan ever did for me.

Obviously I’ve done a couple of all nighters for other things. But they were not movie related.

I’m so excited about next weekend now.