Most visually stunning scene

[Estella Brandybuck]

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.