Favourite moments in the films?

[MoonLover]

The eagle Gwaihir coming out of the gloom behind Saruman to rescue Gandalf and the look on Gandalf's face when he see's the moth messenger return.
The torn banner of Rohan as it lies in the grass in front of Edoras.
Wormtongue's expression as he looks at Eowyn.
Shadowfax's arrival.
Theoden's pre battle recital.
Shelob sneaking up behind Frodo (nearly made me jump out of my seat!)
The eagles suddenly appearing out of the firestorm to rescue Frodo and Sam.
Frodo's last look back on his friends at the Havens.

Magic stuff, all of it.
Karen

[kaneda]

Tooooooooooo many good moments in each film! so a small selection:

Fellowship

• "you cannot pass" - Gandalf fighting the balrok.
• The ring wraiths 'killing' the hobbits in the prancing pony and aragorns explanation of who they are in the fellowship (which is also my fave moment in the Ralph Bakshi cartoon version)
• Boromir being corrupted by the ring and his death scene.

Two Towers

• "Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin...and a red dawn!!!" WICKED moment, gets me all excited haha.
• Gollum arguing with himself.

Return of the king

• Gandalf and Pippen ride out to face the wraiths with wings.
• Gandalfs little bit at the end of the film to the hobbits "My friends...You bow to no one"
• The almost burning of Faramir and Denethors death.

[kaneda]

O and the lighting of the beacons!!!! love love LOVE that scene (even though I'm still not convinced the music is completly right)

[Thadlerian]

Some great scenes in that first film! Not too sure about the others. Anyway:

- The Gandalf-Bilbo scenes in Bag End, culminating with frog-eye perspective of Gandalf over the Ring, in silence.
- Nazgûl riding out of Mordor
- The first encounter with the Nazgûl, minus that special perspective effect. That scene would have been perfect without it; the wail in the air, the sight of the path, the wave of rustling leaves approaching Frodo. Pretty much everything is great for a while from then on. Anyway:
- Nazgûl riding towards Bree; moon is behind a tree, unseen, with light beams radiating from the tree.
- Nazgul entering the Prancing Pony, Butterbur behind the door crying with fear.
- Nazgûl approaching Weathertop
- Bilbo's "greedy face" scene in Rivendell. Nice old man turning into a monster for a split second. It really startled me.

- The beacon scene in RotK. And, yes, the music was right.

[Calis]

I had a favourite part that made me shiver all over, i cant remember it exactly but it had Aragorn and he was encourging his men and leading them to fight, i think it was either TTT at Helms Deep or somewhere in RotK

[alexhurry]

I absolutely loved to death the scene of the crossing of the scene, the deed was done and nothing else was about to happen, and yet I just didn;t want them to leave

I also loved the battle of Pellenor fields. It was just so epic!

[HieroGlyph]

BBC Radio version (incl. Ian Holm - 1970's) : Faramir's conversation with Frodo and Sam, the original conversation about "quality" of character. I mourn its loss in Jackson's movies...
In The Fellowship : Bilbo struggling to release the ring (you can see the strain in his fingers as he turns his palm) and then, after he has gone, when Gandalf reaches down for the ring, his fingers hovering over it and it appears to me that there is a flicker of a touch... and the soundtrack along with it!!! Phew, the tension!
And many a scene previously mensioned (apart from Gollum's schitzophrenia - irritating, gah, sorry!)

[longplay]

Anything with Galadriel in it ('If you cannot find a way, no one will,' 'I will diminish and past into the West and remain Galadriel').

Gimli running ('I'm wasted on long distances, Dwarves are natural sprinters, very fast over short distances').

The conversation after the first battle ('We cannot obtain victory through strength of arms.' 'No, but we can give Frodo a chance').

Almost any scene with Gandalf in ('You shall not pass!').

[kyektulu]

I loved all the films bought them on dvd and again when the specil extended versions came out in a box set I quickly snapped them up as well! My favoret moment in the films? Its got 2 be The Two Towers when they are fighting for the keep, oh and I loved the scenes with Legolas and the dwarf (cannot for the life of me remember if his name is Gimly or not) competing against each other and there friendship blossoming, very sweet.

[Eradius Lore]

the credits at the end where my fav, i loved them, i could then un-numb my bum and go home

[Azash]

You have a point there eradius, the films are definitly too long but they are good once in a while, If you skip most of the talking and walking, then its brilliant

But the best scene has to be the battle for minas tirith

[Jonzey]

The scene I enjoyed the most was Gollum's conversation with himself. Totally hilarious

Otherwise its really hard to pick a scene that really stands out. I found all three movies really mind-blowing. I had also never read the books, so everything was a surprise for me as I watched them.

[stormbard]

Every moment was special to me, but the oliphaunts in film 3 were a definite standout. I guess it's the AT-AT fixation all over again!

[moviefan]

all of ROTK it was brillient !

[GOLLUM]

I'll add:

Scene of a black rider against the moonlight in the hobbits flight to the ford.
When the Hobbits are hiding under a tree root and a black rider gets off the horse and starts to sniff around the base of the tree. The size perspective there was great!!
Battle at weathertop.
Gandalf's fight with the Balrog in the mines of moria.
Fight with the rock troll in the mines of moria.
Battle with the Ents at Isengard and the Ents themselves.
Battle against the Warg riders on the way to the safety of Helm's Deep.
Battle of Helm's Deep including Gandalf leading the horsemen down the hillside on the dawning of the fifth day to break the enemy lines.
Battle of Gondor/Minas Tirith including the Oliphants.
Army of the undead led by Aragon.
Frodo's departure from Middle Earth.

Just a few of the scenes I enjoyed on a visual level......