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[Tuor of Gondolin]

Finally, the entangled foes enter a larger cavern, then find the bottom in the icy lake at the very foundations of the world. I liked the way the flames of the Balrog light the cavern briefly as they fall towards the lake. The distant point of view saddened the scene somewhat, like a guttering candle in the wind, and also gave perspective as to the size of the cavern within which they were falling.

I thought this scene one of PJ's best, with the jolt a viewer
(especially non-book) would receive when realizing the perspective
and sizes as Gandalf and the balrog fall to the bottom. This scene in general, and the next (until the Gimli jokes start) show PJ at his best.
The Gollum of TTT is especially excellent, making the decision to
go against the book in movie ROTK in the characterization of
Gollum (in the book he really starts to repent, but PJ says he
wanted to show TTT repentence was false.