Your Favourite LOTR Lines/Scenes

[adt100]

I thought I'd take it upon myself to start a new thread on this issue as I'm sure there's plenty to discuss and it's best not filling the ROTK EE thread with it all. :)


Now that we're nearing the end of our LOTR journey, I wanted to ask you guys which scenes or lines are your favorite out of the trilogy, or just really stuck out in your mind? And which movie out of the three is your favorite (this might be hard to judge as of now, because my fav movie is the FOTR EE but it might be the ROTK EE when that comes out, we'll have to see) Some of my fav scenes- Prologue, Dead Marshes, and Frodo in Ithilien, among many others.



Sparta*: Firstly, here's how I rank the three films(in order from favorite to least favorite):

1-The Return Of The King
2-The Two Towers
3-The Fellowship Of The Ring

Nextly, here are some of my favorite lines:

"I go to my fathers, who in their might company... I shall not now feel ashamed". Theoden - Return Of The King

"Look to my coming, at first light on the fifth day. At dawn... look to the east". Gandalf - The Two Towers

"Every story ends in the telling. For Bilbo, his part in the tale was over... There would be no more journeys for him... save one. Frodo - Return Of The King

"Here at the western shores, comes the end of our fellowship... I will not say do not weep... for not all tears are an evil." Gandalf - Return Of The King

"Have you so little faith in your own people! Yes, there is weakest! Yes, there is frailty! But there is also courage and honor to be found in men but you will not see it! You're afraid! Living in the shadows! Afraid of who you are, what you are! Boromir - The Fellowship Of The Ring

"Who knows of what you've spoke to the darkness!.. in bitter watches of the night, where all your life seems to shrink. The walls of your bower closing in about you. A hutch to tramel some... WILD THING... So fair... so cold... like a morning of pale spring still clinging to winter's chill." Wormtongue - The Two Towers

Lastly, here are some of my favorite scenes(in no particular order):

-The Grey Havens
-Siege Of Gondor/Pelennor Fields
-Helm's Deep
-The Crack Of Doom/Battle at the Black Gate
-Frodo and Sam watching the Elves leave for the Grey Havens in the EE of FOTR.
-Aragon and Boromir arguing about what course to take.
-The Gift giving scene in the EE of FOTR.
-Gandalf's return in TTT.



Hmm....

1) I would of followed you my brother... My captain... My king.
2) You bow to no one.
3) NOW IS THE HOUR!! RIDERS OF ROHAN!!! OATHES YOU HAVE TAKEN! NOW FULFILL THEM ALL!!!!! TO LORD AND LAND!!!!



Orthannen im vi ól
Coll e dû
Or hiriath naur
Na rovail mae sui 'waew
Man prestant i ardhon?
Cerithar aen illiad dim úthenin?


JEDI_THE_WHITE: I love those lines, especially number 3.

Anyway, here's a few more of my favorites:

"So, it is at the walls of Minas Tirith that the doom of our time will be decided". Theoden - Return Of The King

"Now comes the days of the king... and they all be blessed". Gandalf - Return Of The King

"This day is not for one man, but for all. Let us together, rebuild this world that we may share in the days of peace". Aragon - Return Of The King

[Elf Lady]

I amar prestar aen…
The world is changed.

han mathon ne nen…
I feel it in the water.

han mathon ne chae…
I feel it in the Earth.

a han noston ned gwilith.
I smell it in the air.

Much that once was is lost. For none now live who remember it. - Galadriel, Prologue FOTR

"All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you" - Gandalf "flashback" to Frodo on Parth Galan, FOTR

"Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountains. Like wind in the meadow. The days have gone down in the west. Behind the hills, into shadow." - Theoden at Helm's Deep, TTT

A scene that struck me visually along with the music/choir cue was the Nazgul on the Fell Beasts swooping down from on high to attack Minas Tirith. Talk about spine chilling!

"I never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an elf"
"How about side by side with a friend?" Gimli and Legolas before the Black Gate, ROTK

"Don't you let go" Sam to Frodo at the Sammath Naur, ROTK

[PsYkOoOoO]

Im surprised nobody posted this line:

"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"

[Nimrandir]

Without giving it hours of consideration I will give you one from each movie.
The defining moments FOTR, Gandalf's Speach to Frodo, my signiture is part. TTT,
I really can't decide, so I will go with the Gandalf Balrog fight.
ROTK, Gandalf's speach concearning death. I have several favorits but One each is good for present.

[Andrey83]

Yes, the opening words in FOTR by Galadriel is pure magic!

[Brandy]

I could probably end up quoting all three movies since there are so many lines/scenes that are . . precious to me. Here are just a few: :)

Gandalf:
Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death and judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of the Ring.

Frodo:
I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.

Gandalf:
So do all that come to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case you were also 'meant' to have it. And that is an encouraging thought


Treebeard:
Rárum-rum! Come my friends. The ents are going to war. It is likely that we go to our doom. The last march of the ents.

Sam:
Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo?

Sam:
It'll be spring soon and the orchards will be in blossom, and the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And the whistle in the summer barley in the Lower fields. And eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries?

Frodo:
No, Sam... I can't recall the taste of food... nor the sound of water... or the touch of grass...

Frodo:
[In despair:] I'm... I'm naked in the dark... there's nothing... nothing, no veil between me and the Wheel of Fire!!

Frodo:
I can see Him with my waking eyes!

Sam:
Then let us be rid of It! Once and for all! Come on, Mr. Frodo! I can't carry It for you, but I can carry you! Come on!

[fineus fog]

God - the whole thing is amazing.
but my order of favs is:
FOTR EE
ROTK
TTT EE

Some of my fav lines include:
"For Frodo"
"I wish the ring the ring had never come to me, I wish none of this had happened"
"Youre a liar, a thief, a ......... murderer"
"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future"
"PO - TA - TOES - boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew"

and so many more

[LOTRNUT04]

this city was once a jewel of our kingdom...a place of light, and beauty, and music...and so it shall be once more! Let the armies of mordor know this...never again will the land of my people fall into enemy hands. The city...of osgiliath...has been reclaimed...FOR GONDOR...FOR GONDOR....FOR GONDOR!
-Boromir; TTT

[LOTRNUT04]

An alliance once existed between Elves and men. Long ago we fought and died together. We come to honor that allegiance.
-Haldir, TTT

[UnicornBlood3]

Lines
FOTR:
-If you want him, come and claim him!
-In the place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Morn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair!
-You shall not pass!
-They have a cave troll.
-I would have followed you to the end...my brother...my captain... my king.

TTT:
-Po-tay-toes. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.
-Show them no mercy... for you shall receive none!
-The Horn of Helm Hammerhand will sound in the deep, one last time!
-A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire.
-There is still hope
-TO THE KING!
-Remember today little brother.

ROTK:
-For Frodo
-My friends, you bow to no one.
-I am no man!
-Ride now. Ride now. Ride for ruin and the worlds ending. FORTH EORLINGAS!
-Don't go where I can't follow.
-Eagles! The eagles are coming!

Scenes
FOTR:
Prologue
A Knife in the Dark
Flight to the Ford
The Bridge of Khazad-dum
The Mirror of Galadriel
The Departure of Boromir

TTT:
The Funeral of Theodred
A Daughter of Kings
Arwen's Fate
The Story Foreseen from Lorien
Son's of the Steward
Aragorn's Return
All the Helm's Depp scenes

ROTK
Arwen's Vision
The Sacrific of Faramir
The Ride of the Rohirrim
The Nazgul and his Prey
Sheildmaiden of Rohan
Pretty much all the end scenes.

[ViRUs]

I picked some good ones from each movie that no one has said. These quotes are pretty close, they might not be exact.

FOTR
Aragorn: Havu dalbi, Legolas. (Elvish for 'sit down, Legolas)
Aragorn: By my life or death, I will protect you. You have my sword.

TTT
Legolas: Aragorn, nat nuendas (Elvish for 'Aragorn, somethings out there)
Legolas: The red sun rises, blood has been spilled this night.
Gimli: Dwarves are natural sprinters, very dangerous over short distances we are.
Eomer: I would cut off your head, dwarf. If it stood but a little higher from the ground.

Gimli: I cant see, whats going on?
Legolas: Would you rather have me describe it for you? or go get a box?

ROTK
Gimli: That still only counts as one!
Aragorn: I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day. This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!
Eowyn: You shouldnt doubt him.
Eomer: i dont doubt his heart, only the reach of his arm.

Thats about it, sorry if i got any of them wrong. I just recently rewatched those movies and ive come to like Merry and Pippen a lot more. Just realizing how much they changed makes me like them more. I mean, both of those two were heroes and neither asked for it or complained. Look at Pippen in the beggining, wondering when the next meal will be. In ROTK, hes actually willing to battle. Merry and Pippen are the 1st two people to run into the fight at the black gate (after Aragorn). I just got so much more respect for them. I never laughed at this line until i just saw it the other day, i guess i never really noticed it or knew the character of Pippen. It was in FOTR when they were in the Mines of Moria.

Pippen: Merry
Merry: What?
Pippen: Im hungry.

LOL, i dont know why, i just seemed to laugh at that even though i heard it so many times before.

[D*A*N]

Beginning of Fotr (Galadriel)

Boromirs death

gandalf talking about death

[Crow T. Robot]

To me, a lot of the better scenes were the added/extended ones in the EEs.

Shire Prologue-more time to absorb the simple life of a hobbit

Departure of the Fellowship-music and dialogue combine to create a sense of melancholy about leaving Rivendell. Plus I love that the camera goes into Frodo's perspective. "Mordor, Gandalf. Is it left or right?

Extended battle of Amon Hen-really makes the build up to Boromir's death more intense.

The Ring of Barahir-more exposition and time spent with Saruman.

Sons of the Steward-my favorite scene in the two towers. "A chance for Faramir, captain of Gondor, to show his quality..."

Added Closing scenes in TTT-some say it slows the film down too much but I say it rounds out the movie better.

I guess the Rotk EE has a lot to live up to!

[MoreOrLess]

In true geek fashion the top 3 for each film and the best EE extra scene

FOTR:

1.Gandalf getting Bilbo to give up the ring at Bagend
2.Borimir's last stand
3.Gandalf's talk with Frodo in Moria
EE.The Fet with Haldir

TTT:

1.Sam's speach combined with the battle footage
2.Gollum/Smeagol debate
3.Arwen's vision of Aragorn's death
EE.Gandalf's talk with Aragorn on route to Edoras

ROTK:

1.Faramir's charge/Pippin's song
2.Gandalf's talk about death
3.The charge of the Rohirrim
EE prediction. Gandalf vs the Wiki

[ILOVEKATIE]

FOTR:
"It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing."
- This line by Boromir made me realize for the first time the power of the Ring. The music in the background, the tension in the scene(the way everyone just stops and stairs at him), great scene/quote.

"Remember, the Ring is trying to get back to its master. It wants to be found."
-Ian McKellen delivers his lines perfectly, and here is no exception. This quote is creepy.

"If you want him, come and claim him."
-Love the way Arwen delivers this line, and what comes after is pure movie magic.

"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"
Every single time I watch this scene I say the line along with Gandalf, it's perfect.

TTT:
"If Aragorn survives this war, you will still be parted. If Sauron is defeated and Aragorn made king and all that you hope for comes true you will still have to taste the bitterness of mortality. Whether by the sword or the slow decay of time, Aragorn will die. And there will be no comfort for you, no comfort to ease the pain of his passing. He will come to death an image of the splendor of the kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world. But you, my daughter, you will linger on in darkness and in doubt as nightfall in winter that comes without a star. Here you will dwell bound to your grief under the fading trees until all the world is changed and the long years of your life are utterly spent."
- Favorite quote in the film, this quote went absolutely perfect with what was shown on screen, poetic, powerful, and heartwrenching. This scene is just amazing.

"TO THE KING!"
- Heroic, jaw-dropping scene. The angle they use here to show them riding down the mountain was just fantastic. I was in complete awe.

"Once it takes hold of us it never lets go."
- So true...unfortunetely Frodo realizes that by the end.

ROTK:
"Ride now... Ride now... Ride. Ride for ruin and the world's ending."
- My heart was pounding like crazy during this scene.

"End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path... One that we all must take."
- I love the way Gandalf says this to Pippin during such a chaotic scene, in that moment everything around them just blurred and gave Pippin and the audience hope.

"Don't go where I can't follow."
- Sean did such an amazing job with Sam in ROTK, he made eyes watered in a couple of scenes.

[GHSPiper_Chick]

Wait I'm lost..what is this thread about?

[AmD]

I have not read this entire thread. But I think one of the best lines is

"All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you"

I know many will disagree with me here. But I HAVE to put this on the list... from the Two Towers...

"Looks like meats back on the menu boys!"

Possible the greatest line in the history of cinema?

[secant]

I haven't seen the EE's for a while so I'll have to stick to the theatrical versions:

FOTR:
Favorite Scene: Gandalf and Frodo's talk about Gollum in the mines
Favorite Line: All the lines from that scene, you know them ;)

TTT:
Favorite Scene: Elrond prediction Arwen's future
Favorite Line: stupid fat hobbit!

ROTK:
Favorite Scene: The Grey Havens
Favorite Line: Don't you let go!

[Greyhame]

There was the whole Mines of Moria sequence, the Black Riders on Weathertop, Frodo on the shore with Gandalf voiceover, Boromir death-scene, and Frodo and Sam at the end with the choral song in Fellowship.

In Two Towers there weren't as many, Gollum first speaking in a big scene, and then the end of Helms Deep (Gandalf charge), and the Ents charging against the Walls Of Isengard.

Return of the King was probably the best for this. Faramir's charge, Pippin singing and Denethor eating scene was great. The lighting of the beacons was brilliant. The whole battle of the Pellenor Fields was wonderful, especially the Rohorrim charge, and the Witch King fighting Eowyn and Merry. Everything with Frodo and Sam on the Mt. Doom, and the charge at the Black Gates too. I was in a dream like trance for the whole ending, which was great.

Favorite Lines:

"Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many. " Gandalf FOTR

"So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work, Frodo, than the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the ring. In which case you also were meant to have it, and that is an encouraging thought." Gandalf FOTR

later more

[Crow T. Robot]

the whole last 10-15 minutes of FOTR

[SnoBorderZero]

SO many but I still believe that the whole last half hour of Return of the King truly moved me more than any movie ever will.

[Sparta*]

Tell me.....friend, When did Saruman the wise abandon reason for MADNESS!!

I love that line, haha

[flukeman]

"What is this new devilry?" Boromir's voice combined with the look on Gandalf's face, and Legolas lowering his bow - you know something bad is coming. I absolutely love how Sean Bean says this line.