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Message: <blockquote data-quote="theburningman" data-source="post: 1282173" data-attributes="member: 1006">I don't really like the question because I think of them as one film.But. . .if I have to pick one, I'm going to go with The Fellowship of the Ring.Partly because of what Hypersmurf said.  I just love Ian McKellen's performance as Gandalf the Gray, and the anticipation of his possible playing the role again in The Hobbit is the only real reason I would like to see that movie made (that, and Smaug).(Especially the confrontation with the Balrog.  It was so cool when I went to see it the first time because there was some woman in the audience who obviously had never read the books.  When Gandalf fell into the abyss, everyone in the audience was dead silent except this one woman, and she said "no!" really quietly, like it was a plea.  Man, that was cool.)Also partly because of the feeling of confidence that this movie was going to kick a hundred different kinds of ass after watching just the first ten minutes.  All "Episode I"-like fears were banished.</blockquote>