[gachamann]

Sorry to hear about that, Plisk. I had the same type of experience when I watched Fellowship of the Ring the first time. A mom had two little kids like 3 seats down, and the kids kept making a ton of noise and jumped up and down on hard plastic form candy on the floor. I finally asked her to quiet them down in a pretty harsh tone, but by that point I had already missed key scenes, like hearing what Galadriel told Frodo when she turned into the Dark Queen.

Nothing still beats the big screen experience for me, but I wouldn't be opposed at all to the simultaneous DVD release, either.