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I just would that Aragorn/Legolas lament for Boromir would have been included too (hey, EE owners, is it in EE?) But one can't have everything, I suppose
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Indeed we cannot, for it's not in the EE.
I think that when weather is relied on too much for effect everything becomes a bit cheesy. I mean, lots of bad things happen in LotR, and if the sky were to open up every time one of those things happened, our poor Fellowship would be soaking wet all the way through!
As the forces of Mordor grow nearer and Sauron's power grows, it becomes dark simply because of these things. In the book, the air is said to become dark and heavy, and the sun cannot be seen. In the movie, Frodo says, "The days are growing darker," meaning it both literally and figuratively.
I'm trying to, off the top of my head, think of times when it rains in the movies. The only example I can think of (aside from Helm's Deep, which has already been mentioned) is in TTT EE (I think). Just before Gollum finds Frodo and Sam, the two hobbits are huddles under their Elven cloaks to stay dry. Is this symbolic? Maybe. It probably was just to add to the general misery they were going through.
Another example of the significance of weather is in the Dead Marshes. All is foggy and -- for lack of a better word -- blah. They cannot see very far ahead of them, and are relying on Gollum to lead them safely through. This is also true for Frodo and Sam emotionally. They're more or less playing it by ear, since they have no definite plan for what they will do next, and have no alternative but to blindly follow their questionable guide.
Didn't we discuss this already? Or was that in the Books forum?