Favourite moment in LotR (the books) - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Legate of Amon Lanc · 02-03-2007, 02:47 PM

Okay, inspired by hewhoarisesinmight's thread about the Silmarillion, I thought it would be interesting to start a similar thread for LotR. Certainly we have each our own favourite moment... I don't know if we can speak of the whole trilogy, but I think if we were to mention every beautiful moment in LotR, we might as well rewrite the whole trilogy in here. So please, try to mention just those moments which really really really really really have an impact on you.

I'll start. When writing the above, I managed to bring my S-D-R (Select-Discard-Reselect) process of thinking to conclusion on two separate moments, both from FotR.

When I first read LotR, one part which stroke me very hard was the moment when Frodo climbs up on Amon Hen and then sees. At that moment, the book really took me inside. I was no longer with my book in the city room, I saw what Frodo saw. It was a breathtaking experience, as if you were suddenly lifted up and overlooked the whole world. But everywhere was the menace: Sauron preparing for war, the fortress of Isengard, the Orcs from Moria. And the final part, the sprinkle of hope, beautiful and great Minas Tirith. "But against Minas Tirith was set another fortress, greater and more strong. Thither, eastward, unwilling his eye was drawn..." Chill goes down my spine. (No such feelings in the movie. Camera zoom on Sauron's eye does not seem much great to me.)

The other moment I would like to mention as well is the end of the 6th chapter "Lothlórien" in FotR, the part on Cerin Amroth. It is a "fresh memory" - it touched me when I was reading FotR last time, which was something like a month ago. I actually didn't know there is such a part - I didn't remember it, it didn't seem interesting to me before. If anything, I'd probably remember the moment when Aragorn leaves Cerin Amroth and speaks to "invisible" Arwen. But what touched me now was the part when Haldir shows Frodo the view from the hilltop: Caras Galadhon, and then, Dol Guldur. "In this high place you may see the two powers that are opposed one to another; and ever they strive now in thought, but whereas the light perceives the very heart of the darkness, its own secret has not been discovered. Not yet." Makes me wonder if I am really much into this "large-view" stuff. Maybe. I like small things, the calm moments... but those two really lifted me up from my... ehm, bed

So, what about yours?

02-03-2007, 02:47 PM	#1
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Favourite moment in LotR (the books) Okay, inspired by hewhoarisesinmight's thread about the Silmarillion, I thought it would be interesting to start a similar thread for LotR. Certainly we have each our own favourite moment... I don't know if we can speak of the whole trilogy, but I think if we were to mention every beautiful moment in LotR, we might as well rewrite the whole trilogy in here. So please, try to mention just those moments which really really really really really have an impact on you. I'll start. When writing the above, I managed to bring my S-D-R (Select-Discard-Reselect) process of thinking to conclusion on two separate moments, both from FotR. When I first read LotR, one part which stroke me very hard was the moment when Frodo climbs up on Amon Hen and then sees. At that moment, the book really took me inside. I was no longer with my book in the city room, I saw what Frodo saw. It was a breathtaking experience, as if you were suddenly lifted up and overlooked the whole world. But everywhere was the menace: Sauron preparing for war, the fortress of Isengard, the Orcs from Moria. And the final part, the sprinkle of hope, beautiful and great Minas Tirith. "But against Minas Tirith was set another fortress, greater and more strong. Thither, eastward, unwilling his eye was drawn..." Chill goes down my spine. (No such feelings in the movie. Camera zoom on Sauron's eye does not seem much great to me.) The other moment I would like to mention as well is the end of the 6th chapter "Lothlórien" in FotR, the part on Cerin Amroth. It is a "fresh memory" - it touched me when I was reading FotR last time, which was something like a month ago. I actually didn't know there is such a part - I didn't remember it, it didn't seem interesting to me before. If anything, I'd probably remember the moment when Aragorn leaves Cerin Amroth and speaks to "invisible" Arwen. But what touched me now was the part when Haldir shows Frodo the view from the hilltop: Caras Galadhon, and then, Dol Guldur. "In this high place you may see the two powers that are opposed one to another; and ever they strive now in thought, but whereas the light perceives the very heart of the darkness, its own secret has not been discovered. Not yet." Makes me wonder if I am really much into this "large-view" stuff. Maybe. I like small things, the calm moments... but those two really lifted me up from my... ehm, bed So, what about yours? __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories