It still has the power...

[John Q. Mayhem]

That's cool...I still kick myself for reading them all out of order...(Hobbit, Silmarillion, RotK, TTT, FotR)

 

[mojo1701]

a crowed.

I just think it's funny that this word used to mean what it means in the quote, and now it means... well... you know.

 

[kingamy]

I've read these books so many times, seen the films anywhere from 2 to 6 times each ... and yet, it still has the power to move me.

For me it's the scene when Frodo and Sam are recovering in Gondor, and a bard starts singing of Frodo of the Nine Fingers. I blubber like a little girl every time (and am a bit misty now, just thinking about it).

Mike

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Is that in the animated one? I don't recall it in the books.

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

and before you know it I'm getting all teary-eyed over Eowyn's frustration and despair when Aragorn heads off for the paths of the dead...And then I end up reading Eowyn vs. the Witch King and the waterworks just about start again.

Which is why Eowyn is my favorite character in that series, well, second favorite, next to Gollum/Smeagol.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

It's too powerful. It's overwhelming.
I have watched Return of the King 5 times, and each time been left emotionally staggered and exhausted, and extremely sad to the point of tears.
The film does not diminish in power with time or repeated viewings. It truly is timeless.

In the first two films, the extended versions of each were more powerful and hard hitting emotionally than the theatrical runs, for me.
I must wonder if the extended ROTK will be stronger than ROTK? If that is possible?

When I read the books, they were good books, but they did not hit me like a ton of bricks. These films did, and especially Return of the King did, far beyond the others. Jackson took the power in the books, and put it there on screen.

Edena_of_Neith

 

[Klaus]

The RotK movie strike me at different points with different screenings.

- Theoden's speech as the sun rises over the assembled Rohirrim. ("Deaaaaath! Deaaaath!")
- Sam's unwavering hope and devotion. ("I can't carry it for you, Mr. Frodo. But I can carry YOU!!!")
- "My friends... you bow to no one." ('nuff said!)
- Frodo's smile as he boards the ship at the Gray Havens. His first truly happy smile since he picked the One Ring from the floor at Bag End...
- Sam returning home to his wife and kids (specially touching since I now have a kid of my own).
- Annie Lennox singing Into The West. Curse you, Lennox! (here comes the waterworks...)

 

[Desdichado]

In the first two films, the extended versions of each were more powerful and hard hitting emotionally than the theatrical runs, for me.
I must wonder if the extended ROTK will be stronger than ROTK? If that is possible?

I'd suspect yes. As good as RotK was, it also felt rushed at times; a "greatest hits" of the book rather than a truly well integrated movie on its own right. I'm eagerly anticipating a more appropriate pacing to put the emotionally powerful scenes back in their proper context

Spoiler

There's also the coming scene where Aragorn and Gandalf and Co. believe that Frodo is dead when the Mouth of Sauron comes to the Black Gate. That is a potentially emotionally powerful scene that was ruined by the cutting room from the theatrical version.

 

[Alaric_Prympax]

I have to admit the scene in the blackout portion of your post Joshua Dyal is the one I'm looking to the most in the RotK EE. I was disappointed that scene was taken out of the theatrical version.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Yeah, agree with that wholeheartedly...removing the

Spoiler

Mouth of Sauron

was worse than cutting the Barrows.