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Essentially, biology took over."īoyer and Martin are among many Bay Area "Lord of the Rings" fans who have been waiting their whole lives for a movie version of one of their favorite books. "I don't want to miss the movie, but I really had to go. "There are all these factors in your mind," said Crispin Boyer, a 32-year- old fan who succumbed to his urge during a "Return of the King" preview screening in San Francisco last week - scurrying to the bathroom near the end of the third hour. Others face despair, forced to get directions from an usher, travel long hallways and even climb stairs to complete their quest. Most burst out of the theater squinting, with slightly frenzied looks on their faces, breaking into the same half-walking-half-running dash that kids use when chasing each other at a swimming pool with a particularly strict lifeguard. Others attending early screenings of the films haven't been so cool, to the point where the "Lord of the Rings" fans are easily distinguished from patrons of other movies. She race-walked efficiently to the women's room and got back to her seat in less than two minutes.
Much like Samwise Gamgee, the bravest hobbit in the film, Martin kept her composure in the face of adversity. "I put my faith in Sam and went to the bathroom."
"I was trying to hold on," said 19-year-old Jetta Martin, who went to the first showing of the film on Wednesday at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, but she bolted when Frodo the hobbit was in peril at the end of the second hour.
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