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The top 10 most memorable moments of the Hobbit and LOTR trilogy according to WatchMojo  :)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=H1Kh3EJQrq0

The_Necromancer0:
I watched it and I must say, I don't often hate videos but I found that they got their order profoundly wrong. Watch it if you wish but in my opinion it is a waste of time

Walküre:
Judging also from the comments below the video, the order chosen was indeed controversial. WatchMojo is well known for its list/ranking-like videos, which are nonetheless interesting, even though it's undoubtedly true that they might not get it right as well. I was personally interested very much in the reasons behind their classification, rather than the list itself. At least, this is my own approach to this kind of videos  ;)

What if we shared our own most memorable moment of LOTR instead? I think it will be very nice to know each other's thoughts on the matter.

My own most memorable moment is the epilogue of ROTK: the Hobbits and Gandalf journeyed to the Grey Havens, where they eventually meet the last and mightiest High Elves that are about to depart forever from the mortal World. I believe that the ensemble of acting, setting and photography is absolutely great. The soundtrack is simply sublime. It's also the last time we see Galadriel, as she leaves us with her typical intense and deep smile, knowing that she will soon return to her holy homeland in Aman  8-)

bookworm1138:
I'm going to put three, and they're all from Lord of the Rings (though the most memorable part of The Hobbit movies for me was when Bilbo spared Gollum):

1. The Charge of the Rohirrim at the Battle of Pelennor Fields. You can just see in their eyes that they have no hope of coming back as they charge across the field, and the Rohan theme playing and then the orcs start firing and it really gets me every time I watch Return of the King.  :(

2. this one is in the extended edition, but it still counts. the Journey to the Crossroads in Return of the King, where Frodo and Sam see the statue-head of the King of Gondor crowned with flowers. it always stood for me as a sign that, no matter how bad things get, there is always hope.

3. not as profound as the others, but admit it, we've all been guilty of this one: Galadriel's unnecessarily scary scene in Fellowship of the Ring. more than once it woke me up and demanded attention like a ghost in the room. i never fall asleep watching Lord of the Rings afterwards.  :D

Walküre:
I too like the statue scene in ROTK. I recently watched again the whole Extended Edition trilogy and that moment impressed me quite a lot: as far as I regarded it, it seemed to me as a sort of well-wishing prologue/prelude to the film, even though it also kind of anticipated the sorrows that Frodo would have gone through in order to succeed in his mission. The contrast between that quiet environment (which the statue is immersed into) and the slopes of Mordor's Mountains of Shadow is really powerful. Perfectly directed indeed.

Speaking about extended scenes, I would also mention the Passing of the Elves frame in FOTR. The whole atmosphere is extremely quiet and calm, along with the very chants of the Eldar in their holy journey. I often imagined how it would feel to be one of those Elves, passing through the old western forests in the evening's breeze and finally reaching the Grey Havens to eventually sail to the Blessed Realm  :P

Galadriel unveiling her dark desires shocked me as well when I first watched it. And, to think, I really disliked her as a child due to her initial ambiguous attitude towards the Fellowship (an interpretation of PJ and the writers, being her always benevolent and kind in the books). Very interesting that I then grew fond of her as my favourite character  xD

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