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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kai Lord" data-source="post: 1282678" data-attributes="member: 3570">Fantastic post, Anti-Sean.  Theoden's "Horse and the Rider" monologue is also one of my favorite scenes from the trilogy, along with the intercutting of the Rohan men and boys preparing for war as the Uruk-hai march forth.I like the entire sequence from the moment Aragorn looks at the sun pouring through the window to when Gandalf charges down the mountainside even more.But the TTT scene that always stirs up the deepest emotions in me is Sam's "the stories that really matter" speech at the end.  Just a touching, beautiful moment that brings it all together.As for my initial question, I chose Return of the King.  So many reasons, but the scene that cinches it for me is that single moment Frodo is collapsed on the side of Mount Doom, when all sound is subdued, and then that solitary flute begins playing that heartbreaking tune as he rolls over and achingly resumes the climb on his belly.The perseverance amid such crippling despair displayed in that scene touched my heart in a manner that was simply profound.  Good grief, I have tears in my eyes as I type this!And then there's Sean Astin's performance as Sam, the make or break role of the film, and he nailed it perfectly.  From his heart crushing delivery of "but he's poisoned you against me" when Frodo sends him away to "I cannot carry your burden, but I can carry you!" and "what are you waiting for...just let it go..." contrasting beautifully with his ass kicking forays as "Sambo."  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />And I haven't even begone to ramble about Gollum.  His characterization was disturbingly spot on.  *feigning surprise as he points at Sam* "He took the bread..." then a shift into pure evil as he points again "HE TOOK IT!"  *shudder*Concluding with his oblivious "Carrie"-like jubilation when he finally gets the ring before falling to his doom.Then there's Sheloub, the Oliphants crushing the horsemen, black riders dive bombing the catapults, all in all too much to praise in a single post.  Awesome.  A cinematic experience without equal.</blockquote>

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