ROTK: Did you cheer?

[Rosie Gamgee]

I have never been to a theater where there was such an involved audience than when I went to see ROTK. I knew it was going to be a good crowd when I drove up and saw an elf, Boromir, and Rosie Cotton standing in line. The first cheer for the movie came when the words "Wingnut Productions" floated onscreen. "WINGNUT!!" shouted this fellow behind me. I loved it so much, my friends and I are going to do the same thing when we go and see it again. I just hope we don't get thrown out of the theater, because I'm going to a small-town one for the second time round.
We cheered for Gimli's resolute "Face it laddie, we're goin' with ya." and for Sam sticking Orcs and Legolas killing the Mumakil single handedly (although the real cheers came for Gimli's "That still counts as one."). I was the one (congratulate a shy person for distiguishing herself so in a crowd of people) who started the cheer for good old Pippin beating Gandalf to the punch on that Orc. WHOO HOO! We even clapped and cheered along with the Gondorians for Aragorn's speech.
Other things that got reactions were Sam and Rosie's kiss, most of Gimli's lines, the wandering three-some (Strider, Gimli and Legolas) jumping from the ships at Pellenor, Aragorn and Arwen's kiss, Eowyn killing the witch-king, Pip lighting the beacons (now THAT was AWESOME).
Did you cheer? If so, at what moments?