Favourite moments in the films?

[Psychogirl]

when Merry and Pippen are guarding Isenguard, smoking all the weed and munching apples ... oh, to be a happy hobbit

...ummm... I'm going to say Merry and Pippen in general. And all the fight scenes, and the bit where Gandalf is telling Pippen about the West.

 

[cornelius]

grond! grond!

and when Saruman says " tens of thousands " and looks down at the army.

 

[hedgeknight]

Theoden burying his son.

The words (paraphrased): 'No man should live to bury his children'

That brought me to tears.

When I read this thread, this was the second scene that came to mind. The first was when Gandalf freed Theoden from Saruman's possession. "Breathe the free air again." (Gandalf to Theoden)

And one of my favorite quotes is this:
Treebeard: I always liked going South, somehow it feels like going downhill.
Love it!

And another is:
"Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall." (Aragorn)
-g-

 

[Shyknight]

"They have a cave troll" is my current movie quote of all time...I use it alot when a troll comes into the dating chatroom I visit lol...
And a definate yes on Liv Tyler....damn sexy ears
BTW Hermi...Pippins song for Denethor is featured in the Return of the King soundtrack under track 5--"Steward of Gondor"--sung by the actor Billy Boyd
(yes I have all 3 soundtracks...great for relaxing, falling asleep to)

 

[Teir]

I dont think i could list all my little favourite moments, but there are two that stick in my mind....especially since we own all 3 box packs! (deleted scenes people, deleted scenes)

The first has been mentioned a couple of times- Gollum arguing with himself in TTT; As freaky as it is absolutely hilarious


The Second is also from number two- That scene where the wargs attack and legolas swings up onto the horse as it rides by; that was so awesome. I remember being in the cinema(which was full of over pumped LOTR fans ) and when the shot went down to slow motion and legolas did his thing, all you could hear was this hushed ''whoa!''. You knew everybody was lovin it, and it was great

 

[SukiTrek]

I loved it when the Ents came out of the forest and attacked Isengard.

 

[cornelius]

"They have a cave troll" is my current movie quote of all time...I use it alot when a troll comes into the dating chatroom I visit lol...

I pose the folowing question

" do you work for Saruman?"
"for who? No?"
"that's weird, I thought all Uruk-Hai worked for Saruman
" "

 

[Shyknight]

LMAO....thanx Cornelius, will definately borrow that one if you dont mind....
Already considered the official troll-slayer of the chatroom lol ...could always use new ammo

 

[Psychogirl]

The Second is also from number two- That scene where the wargs attack and legolas swings up onto the horse as it rides by; that was so awesome. I remember being in the cinema(which was full of over pumped LOTR fans ) and when the shot went down to slow motion and legolas did his thing, all you could hear was this hushed ''whoa!''. You knew everybody was lovin it, and it was great

And at the same time you could see Teir and all the other girls around us start to drool about how good-looking Orlando Bloom is

 

[Salazar]

My favorite part of the Lord of Rings trilogy is when they are in Mines of Moria and Pippin knocks over the skeleton down the Well and the Cave Troll comes in and they battle with it (in the first movie)

 

[Teir]

And at the same time you could see Teir and all the other girls around us start to drool about how good-looking Orlando Bloom is

For your information I was actually thinking....*OH MY GOD THAT WAS SO COOL!*

But there was drool, and it was coming from the girl next to me...hmmm, now who was it the i gave those extra premiere tickets too I wonder...

 

[Psychogirl]

Have I ever told you how much I love you Teir?

 

[Teir]

nope. but that will do.

 

[Psychogirl]

For your information I was actually thinking....*OH MY GOD THAT WAS SO COOL!*

Yeah, that was kinda cool, wasn't it?

 

[Rujokiwa]

Mine was when 'At the sign of the prancing pony' was recited by ... oh no that wasn't in the movie. No it was when the hobbits were save by Tom B ... oh that wasn't in the movies either. Oh well, my favorite part of the LOTR movies was after they were finished and I wasn't watching them any more.

 

[polymath]

My favourite bit is one that you can't really totally get if you have read the books first (as I had plenty of times, of course) as it is not too much of a surprise. But watching it with my wife - I realised how well it was done.

Legolas: "The White Wizard approaches!"
Aragorn: "Do not let him speak, he will put a spell on us...we must be quick."
They launch a lightning quick attack, but Gimli's axe and Legolas' arrow are deflected as easily as flies, Aragorn has to drop his red-hot sword.
(At this point my wife is going 'Oh, s**t, oh *s**t')
Saruman's voice:"You are tracking the footsteps of two young Hobbits."
Aragorn:"Where are they?"
Saruman's voice:"They passed this way, the day before yesterday. They met someone they did not expect. Does that comfort you?"

The 'Does that comfort you?" sounds so cruel and gloating, my wife had the fears. When she realised it was Gandalf she couldn't believe it (she had no idea!).

Mind you, this is the woman who when I met her in 1997 had no idea that Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker's dad!

Either way, I love that scene.

 

[lizzybob]

One of my favourite moments is in ROTK.

The battle has taken place and the remaining members of the fellowship are checking for those in battle. Pippin finds Merry on the battlefield, wounded and promises to take care of him. It's just such a touching scene and I love it to bits.

Also I wouldn't call it a favourite moment but it is definately one that touches me deeply.

Eomer finds Eowyn on the battlefield, unconcious, and cradles her in his arms. He lets out a heart wrenching scream that is just so full of pain that you can't help but feel it aswell.

Not only is it an amazing scene but it is a mark of how good an actor Karl Urban is but also how good Tolkein was as creating the characters and Jackson at bringing them to life on screen as you really do feel the raw pain of Eomer at the thought of having lost everyone he cared about.

 

[Paige Turner]

I have a long and frequently-vented list of complaints about those movies, BUT… credit where credit is due: the Balrog is brilliant, excellent, perfect. Actually, overall, the visual realization of the characters was the thing I liked best about the films, especially the Ents. Very well done, given how difficult it is to visualize them.

 

[hermi-nomi]

Shyknight wrote;

BTW Hermi...Pippins song for Denethor is featured in the Return of the King soundtrack under track 5--"Steward of Gondor"--sung by the actor Billy Boyd (yes I have all 3 soundtracks...great for relaxing, falling asleep to)

I realise you wrote this ages ago, but I just have to say, once again, how much I love this song. It still makes me cry, and I went and bought the soundtrack 'cos of this song (and Into the West) Thabks for reminding me that the song is in RotK (it must be if it's on the RotK soundtrack)

 

[Kettricken]

Hemi-nomi, the song Pippin sings when Faramir is riding to battle is also my favourite. I'm not a cry-baby, but this song makes the tears well up in my eyes every time...

Other favourite scenes I think of right now:
- Bilbo's speech at his party
- Nazgul ride out of Mordor (just love the image)
- Gollum's conversation with himself (loved by many!)
- maybe not a scene, but I love the scenery shots of Rohan in TTT
- the moment just before the battle of Helm's Deep (I always feel I'm holding my breath 'till the battle begins...)
- The dialogue between Wormtongue and Éowyn... gives me shivers, I think I identify a bit too much with Éowyn.
- The moment Pippin realises he may never see Merry again when he's taken away from Edoras to Gondor by Gandalf. And the way Merry rushes to a watch-tower to see Pippin leave.
- The moment all Rohan soldiers appear at the horizon, the speech from Théoden and: "Death...!"
- When Éomer finds Éowyn on the battlefield and he thinks she's dead....
- ROTK-EE: the houses of healing... (because I identify with Éowyn too much... )
- The moment Gandalf realises the ring is destroyed. My favourite part in the book too. Somehow, it's for me the biggest climax of the story (not the ring actually being destroyed, but Gandalf finding out Frodo completed his quest).