Most visually stunning scene - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Meoshi · 07-03-2003, 05:06 PM

Not necessarily the prettiest, but which scenery was, in your opinion, the most breathtaking? (i.e. most detail, best 'mood')

Lush · 07-03-2003, 06:08 PM

Oh, I think it has to be that scene where Aragorn and I are standing on that cliff overlooking that valley with that sunset in the background and the music and he looks deep into my eyes that are just as blue as his and...... In which movie? Or overall, so far? Moria blew me away in the first one. Ditto for Gandalf falling with the Balrog in the opening shots of TTT. Too bad it pretty much went downhill from there.[ July 03, 2003: Message edited by: Lush ]

The Only Real Estel · 07-03-2003, 08:10 PM

Moria was A-Mazing! Especially the dwarven city Dwanendelf...

Olorin · 07-03-2003, 09:30 PM

I loved everything for Rivendell and Lorien. I also really liked the scene at the end of FotR with the river and the huge statues. Twas quite majestic.

Maikadilwen · 07-03-2003, 09:46 PM

No doubt the final seconds of TTT, where you have that perfect view over Mordor with all the lightning and the three Nazgûl in the air. That is simply beautiful! That scene did what nothing else in those movies have been able to. It nearly made me cry because of the beauty in it.

Frodo2968thewhite · 07-03-2003, 09:56 PM

when Arwen appears to Aragorn in a dream, the scenery with the music is UNBELIEVEABLE!

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 07-04-2003, 02:57 AM

in ttt during sam's speech when the camera shows the isengard and the water just gushes and fills the abysses. and all the ents...beautiful![ July 04, 2003: Message edited by: dancing spawn of ungoliant ]

Cuthalion · 07-04-2003, 08:44 AM

Without question..The Black Gate.

The_Hand · 07-04-2003, 10:52 AM

The Black Gates! I totally agree. That and the view of Mordor in ttt with the nazguls flying and everything... perfect. I also loved everything in Hobbiton!! The music was lovely and Bag End was so real.

Meela · 07-04-2003, 11:23 AM

Minas Tirith.And the moment when everything goes silent and all you can hear is the background music, and all you can see is 2000 Rohirrim and one white wizard galloping down a slope.

Finwe · 07-05-2003, 10:05 AM

Meela is definitely right. Right after Eomer yells "TO THE KING!!!!" you can almost feel a pause for everyone to draw a lungful of air, right before they start charging down the slope. I also loved the way that when Gandalf rode up to the brink, it seemed like a sun was rising, because a sun was indeed rising for Middle-earth, Aragorn. He was coming into his heritage as King of Gondor and Arnor, and that was definitely a sunrise for Middle-earth.Another very stunning scene was Saruman egging his army on in Isengard. As soon as he walked out onto the balcony, and the camera panned over the sea of Uruk-hai, it seemed like all the breath whooshed out of me when I saw that. I could almost feel Grima's despair, when I saw that tear roll down his face, and I could almost feel the animal bloodlust of the Uruk-hai.

Everdawn · 07-07-2003, 02:01 AM

The exterior scene when they zoom in around Edoras in Rohan, now that was cool.

Ophelia · 07-07-2003, 11:05 AM

I like the scene when the camera is showing the edge of the wall in the Helm's Deep and it passes rows of Men and Elves and then there is only a upper side of a cap and another Elf and the row continues . But if talking seriously than I liked the Dead Marshes with those lights and dead faces in the water . Fanaticly-tastick ! As well as I liked the scene when they were in Moria at the tomb of Balinand the drums are starting and when Boromir looks out the door and turns back and says "Great!They have a Cave-troll!" or something like that . I liked the looik on B.'s face and the way he said that sentence .

Theoric Windcaller · 07-07-2003, 03:39 PM

I loved at the very end of the Fellowship when Frodo and Sam are descending into the Emyn Muil.I also loved it where Gandalf was dressed in white on Shadowfax, and he rode down in to meet the armies at Helm's Deep.

Meoshi · 07-09-2003, 01:36 PM

The scene in FotR with the Barad-Dur flyover was my favorite. The lava landscape, the appearance of terribly huge scale, the music(great music, too bad it's so short)...all worked together to create an appearance of sublime creepiness.[ July 09, 2003: Message edited by: Meoshi ]

**The Saucepan Man** · 07-09-2003, 02:57 PM

There are many visually stunning scenes in both films. The visualisation of ME and the camera work are two of the greatest acheivments of the films in my view. So I agree with most of the views expressed here.But there is one scene that has not yet been mentioned and since it is, to my mind, the most spine-tingling of both films, I feel it does deserve mention here. It is when Gandalf is imprisoned on top of the Tower of Orthanc and the camera follows the moth to Gandalf and then careers over the side and plummets straight down the Tower directly into the caverns below it. When I saw that in the cinema, I was utterly amazed.

Noxomanus · 07-10-2003, 02:21 PM

i can only agree with all these scenes you mentioned.I would like to add the Gandalf scene when he's on top of Orthanc and the Orcs bring all the trees down....I was so shocked.I'm a great nature-lover and allways feel sorry for trees being cut down.This was a whole forest of strong old and beautiful trees being brought down!I couldn't stop thinking of all the creatures wich would be homeless or killed then.Horrifying.I conforted myself with the idea of the Ents on the vendetta.....

Estella Brandybuck · 07-11-2003, 06:06 PM

Dwarrowdelf, the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, and the scenes with the Balrog. One of my favorite shots from FotR was when Gandalf was facing the Balrog, and the camera pans as that sphere surrounds Gandalf and the Balrog draws his flaming sword... *passes out*Another scene that I love to watch in FotR - when Frodo offers Galadriel the Ring, and that darkness comes over her. Very powerful, and very frightening.And I believe someone already mentioned the flooding of Isengard... I started crying when I first saw that part. I just love Merry and Pippin's faces as they watched it all...And of course, the scene that has been mentioned a lot in this thread (and for good reason) - when Gandalf, Éomer, and the rest of the Rohirrim charge down the hill. Not only do I love the visual part of that scene, but the music really adds to the majesty of it all, I think. Just listen to Forth Eorlingas on TTT soundtrack - even without the movie playing, the music really blows me away. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>But there is one scene that has not yet been mentioned and since it is, to my mind, the most spine-tingling of both films, I feel it does deserve mention here. It is when Gandalf is imprisoned on top of the Tower of Orthanc and the camera follows the moth to Gandalf and then careers over the side and plummets straight down the Tower directly into the caverns below it. When I saw that in the cinema, I was utterly amazed.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>That shot takes my breath away every time.

Nehani · 07-16-2003, 11:31 PM

I feel that all the shots that have been stated are breath-taking, but I could feel the darkness of the battle of Helm's Deep. I know that it wasn't one of the scenes with wonderful imaging, but I feel that the acting, and wonderful directing really brought out the wonder and fear in that scene. I dunno, maybe I'm clueless!

Tarien Ithil · 07-17-2003, 04:28 AM

When the camera was swivelled over those snowy mountains in FOTR, that was breathtaking. Also, when Gandalf is rescued by the Eagle Lord from Orthanc and the battle of Helm's Deep; I could feel the floor vibrating!

Kaiserin · 07-17-2003, 04:40 AM

Visually stunning scenes... let me see... I loved that landscape view of Imladris - one of those scenes that made me ask, "How the heck do they make a set like THAT?"... And Moria, of course; the Gates of Argonath; the Batle of Helm's Deep ... and that scene with the Oliphaunts made me laugh, though I don't exactly remember why. I liked some of the scenes that never actually happened in the books - such as that part right after Arwen crossed over the river with Frodo, and "called" the water to come rushing literallylike speeding horses... the arrival of the elven army in TTT was also cool, though it didn't actually happen (The alterations did upset me, though I must admit I enjoyed the synaesthetic appeal).

Elentári · 07-17-2003, 06:07 AM

There were lots of bits, but what I found really amazing was the bit whereI think you see the whole of the Barad-dur for the first time. You go up this tower and it looks absolutely huge... and I was thinking wow! How big is this???... And it turns out to be only a small turret in the tower........that absolutely took my breath away...

Sirithheruwen · 07-19-2003, 11:12 AM

I loved the Dwarven city of Dwarrendelf (sp?) in Moria. I also loved Gandalf's fight with the Balrog in the beginning of TTT, and when Legolas, Aragorn, and Gimli are running, and the sun rises behind them. but I think the music really made that scene...I dunno. But also when Aragorn was riding back to helm's Deep after he fell off the cliff, and he rides up on tis hill, and the sun rises, and, again, the awesome music. And also the battle of Helm's Deep--Now THAT was awesome!!!

07-03-2003, 05:06 PM	#1
Meoshi Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Atop the peak of Kalormë Posts: 163	Most visually stunning scene Not necessarily the prettiest, but which scenery was, in your opinion, the most breathtaking? (i.e. most detail, best 'mood')

07-03-2003, 06:08 PM	#2
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Oh, I think it has to be that scene where Aragorn and I are standing on that cliff overlooking that valley with that sunset in the background and the music and he looks deep into my eyes that are just as blue as his and...<P>...<P><BR>In which movie? Or overall, so far? Moria blew me away in the first one. Ditto for Gandalf falling with the Balrog in the opening shots of TTT. Too bad it pretty much went downhill from there.<p>[ July 03, 2003: Message edited by: Lush ] __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~

07-03-2003, 09:30 PM	#4
Olorin Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Where the sun sails and the moon walks. Posts: 155	I loved everything for Rivendell and Lorien. I also really liked the scene at the end of FotR with the river and the huge statues. Twas quite majestic. __________________ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then don't be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

07-03-2003, 09:46 PM	#5
Maikadilwen Summoner of Lost Souls Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: At home, with my Strongbow Posts: 521	No doubt the final seconds of TTT, where you have that perfect view over Mordor with all the lightning and the three Nazgûl in the air. That is simply beautiful! <P>That scene did what nothing else in those movies have been able to. It nearly made me cry because of the beauty in it. __________________ -"Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave. Our birth is nothing but our death begun."

07-03-2003, 09:56 PM	#6
Frodo2968thewhite Haunting Spirit Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Shire Posts: 95	when Arwen appears to Aragorn in a dream, the scenery with the music is UNBELIEVEABLE! __________________ INAGURAL GOLDEN RING MARATHON, OCTOBER 20, 2005!!! FRODO LIVES!!!!

07-03-2003, 08:10 PM	#3
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	Moria was A-Mazing! Especially the dwarven city Dwanendelf...

07-04-2003, 02:57 AM	#7
dancing spawn of ungoliant Mischievous Candle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam. Posts: 1,234	in ttt during sam's speech when the camera shows the isengard and the water just gushes and fills the abysses.<BR>and all the ents...beautiful!<p>[ July 04, 2003: Message edited by: dancing spawn of ungoliant ] __________________ Fenris Wolf

07-04-2003, 08:44 AM	#8
Cuthalion Summoner's Soul Mate Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Fighting immigration laws... Posts: 271	Without question..The Black Gate.

07-04-2003, 10:52 AM	#9
The_Hand Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Mordor, M&Mcastle (Minas Morgul) Posts: 72	The Black Gates! I totally agree. That and the view of Mordor in ttt with the nazguls flying and everything... perfect. I also loved everything in Hobbiton!! The music was lovely and Bag End was so real. __________________ Member of: The Bodyparts of Sauron Russ 2006

07-04-2003, 11:23 AM	#10
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	Minas Tirith.<P>And the moment when everything goes silent and all you can hear is the background music, and all you can see is 2000 Rohirrim and one white wizard galloping down a slope. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

07-05-2003, 10:05 AM	#11
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Meela is definitely right. <P>Right after Eomer yells "TO THE KING!!!!" you can almost feel a pause for everyone to draw a lungful of air, right before they start charging down the slope. I also loved the way that when Gandalf rode up to the brink, it seemed like a sun was rising, because a sun was indeed rising for Middle-earth, Aragorn. He was coming into his heritage as King of Gondor and Arnor, and that was definitely a sunrise for Middle-earth.<P>Another very stunning scene was Saruman egging his army on in Isengard. As soon as he walked out onto the balcony, and the camera panned over the sea of Uruk-hai, it seemed like all the breath whooshed out of me when I saw that. I could almost feel Grima's despair, when I saw that tear roll down his face, and I could almost feel the animal bloodlust of the Uruk-hai. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.

07-07-2003, 02:01 AM	#12
Everdawn Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: On the sand dunes outside of Ilium, watching it burn. Posts: 1,291	The exterior scene when they zoom in around Edoras in Rohan, now that was cool. __________________ "Athena, stepping up behind him, visible to no one but Achillies, gripped his red-gold hair. Startled he made a half turn, and he knew her upon the instant for Athena." ~The Iliad~ ~My lord, Éomer~

07-07-2003, 11:05 AM	#13
Ophelia Wight Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere between the sacred , silence and sweet . Posts: 169	I like the scene when the camera is showing the edge of the wall in the Helm's Deep and it passes rows of Men and Elves and then there is only a upper side of a cap and another Elf and the row continues . <BR>But if talking seriously than I liked the Dead Marshes with those lights and dead faces in the water . Fanaticly-tastick ! As well as I liked the scene when they were in Moria at the tomb of Balinand the drums are starting and when Boromir looks out the door and turns back and says "Great!They have a Cave-troll!" or something like that . I liked the looik on B.'s face and the way he said that sentence . __________________ I didn't lose my mind . It was mine to give away .

07-07-2003, 03:39 PM	#14
Theoric Windcaller Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Following where the wind takes me... Posts: 68	I loved at the very end of the Fellowship when Frodo and Sam are descending into the Emyn Muil.<P>I also loved it where Gandalf was dressed in white on Shadowfax, and he rode down in to meet the armies at Helm's Deep. __________________ Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens... -The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Book 2, Chapter 3)

07-09-2003, 01:36 PM	#15
Meoshi Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Atop the peak of Kalormë Posts: 163	The scene in FotR with the Barad-Dur flyover was my favorite. The lava landscape, the appearance of terribly huge scale, the music(great music, too bad it's so short)...all worked together to create an appearance of sublime creepiness.<p>[ July 09, 2003: Message edited by: Meoshi ]

07-09-2003, 02:57 PM	#16
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	There are many visually stunning scenes in both films. The visualisation of ME and the camera work are two of the greatest acheivments of the films in my view. So I agree with most of the views expressed here.<P>But there is one scene that has not yet been mentioned and since it is, to my mind, the most spine-tingling of both films, I feel it does deserve mention here. It is when Gandalf is imprisoned on top of the Tower of Orthanc and the camera follows the moth to Gandalf and then careers over the side and plummets straight down the Tower directly into the caverns below it. When I saw that in the cinema, I was utterly amazed. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

07-10-2003, 02:21 PM	#17
Noxomanus Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 233	i can only agree with all these scenes you mentioned.I would like to add the Gandalf scene when he's on top of Orthanc and the Orcs bring all the trees down....I was so shocked.I'm a great nature-lover and allways feel sorry for trees being cut down.This was a whole forest of strong old and beautiful trees being brought down!I couldn't stop thinking of all the creatures wich would be homeless or killed then.Horrifying.I conforted myself with the idea of the Ents on the vendetta..... __________________ Nothing is evil in the beginning,even Sauron wasn't

07-11-2003, 06:06 PM	#18
Estella Brandybuck Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Satellite of Love Posts: 73	Dwarrowdelf, the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, and the scenes with the Balrog. One of my favorite shots from FotR was when Gandalf was facing the Balrog, and the camera pans as that sphere surrounds Gandalf and the Balrog draws his flaming sword... passes out<P>Another scene that I love to watch in FotR - when Frodo offers Galadriel the Ring, and that darkness comes over her. Very powerful, and very frightening.<P>And I believe someone already mentioned the flooding of Isengard... I started crying when I first saw that part. I just love Merry and Pippin's faces as they watched it all...<P>And of course, the scene that has been mentioned a lot in this thread (and for good reason) - when Gandalf, Éomer, and the rest of the Rohirrim charge down the hill. Not only do I love the visual part of that scene, but the music really adds to the majesty of it all, I think. Just listen to Forth Eorlingas on TTT soundtrack - even without the movie playing, the music really blows me away.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>But there is one scene that has not yet been mentioned and since it is, to my mind, the most spine-tingling of both films, I feel it does deserve mention here. It is when Gandalf is imprisoned on top of the Tower of Orthanc and the camera follows the moth to Gandalf and then careers over the side and plummets straight down the Tower directly into the caverns below it. When I saw that in the cinema, I was utterly amazed.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>That shot takes my breath away every time. __________________ "But the Rohirrim sang no more. Death they cried with one voice loud and terrible, and gathering speed like a great tide their battle swept about their fallen king and passed, roaring away southwards." - RotK Do you enjoy reading and writing LotR fanfiction?

07-16-2003, 11:31 PM	#19
Nehani Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mirkwood (or something like it) Posts: 80	I feel that all the shots that have been stated are breath-taking, but I could feel the darkness of the battle of Helm's Deep. I know that it wasn't one of the scenes with wonderful imaging, but I feel that the acting, and wonderful directing really brought out the wonder and fear in that scene. I dunno, maybe I'm clueless! __________________ "Been A Long Road To Follow, Been There And Gone Tomorrow Without Saying Goodbye To Yesterday..." "The Way Is Closed. It Was Made By Those Who are Dead. The Way is Closed."

07-17-2003, 04:28 AM	#20
Tarien Ithil Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: In the Shade of a Tree Posts: 253	When the camera was swivelled over those snowy mountains in FOTR, that was breathtaking.<BR>Also, when Gandalf is rescued by the Eagle Lord from Orthanc and the battle of Helm's Deep; I could feel the floor vibrating! __________________ “The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them.” – Sunday Times Crickhollow

07-17-2003, 04:40 AM	#21
Kaiserin Wight Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cair Paravel Posts: 150	Visually stunning scenes... let me see...<BR>I loved that landscape view of Imladris - one of those scenes that made me ask, "How the heck do they make a set like THAT?"... And Moria, of course; the Gates of Argonath; the Batle of Helm's Deep ... and that scene with the Oliphaunts made me laugh, though I don't exactly remember why.<BR>I liked some of the scenes that never actually happened in the books - such as that part right after Arwen crossed over the river with Frodo, and "called" the water to come rushing <I>literally</I>like speeding horses... the arrival of the elven army in TTT was also cool, though it didn't actually happen (The alterations did upset me, though I must admit I enjoyed the synaesthetic appeal). __________________ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

07-17-2003, 06:07 AM	#22
Elentári Wight Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Up a tree somewhere in Caras Galadhon... Posts: 113	There were lots of bits, but what I found really amazing was the bit whereI think you see the whole of the Barad-dur for the first time. You go up this tower and it looks absolutely huge... and I was thinking wow! How big is this???... And it turns out to be only a small turret in the tower........that absolutely took my breath away... __________________ Dotard! What is the house of Eorl but a thatched barn where brigands drink in the reek, and their brats roll on the floor among the dogs? Spread the word! The 1st annual Golden Ring Marathon! October 20th 2005! Tell Everyone! Frodo Lives!

07-19-2003, 11:12 AM	#23
Sirithheruwen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: Wind's Road Posts: 467	I loved the Dwarven city of Dwarrendelf (sp?) in Moria. I also loved Gandalf's fight with the Balrog in the beginning of TTT, and when Legolas, Aragorn, and Gimli are running, and the sun rises behind them. but I think the music really made that scene...I dunno. But also when Aragorn was riding back to helm's Deep after he fell off the cliff, and he rides up on tis hill, and the sun rises, and, again, the awesome music. And also the battle of Helm's Deep--Now THAT was awesome!!! __________________ "My name is Mallard, but you can call me Duck." ~Random Saying, compliments of Sirith and her best friend, concerning a book.

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