All of the scenes you mentioned are my favourites too, I won't name them again.
Another of my favourite scenes, the one that I read over and over is the Saruman-Gandalf confrontation in The Voice of Saruman. It is like a battle of wits between two wise men, and it's interesting to see Saruman change tactics but still remain aloof and not give in.
Another all-time favourite is the House of Healing scenes. Have you noticed how each of the three healings have a different atmosphere? This scene makes me love Aragorn, something that was hardly acomplished by other scenes.
And I love all the scenes that present some irrelevant but beautiful details, in terms of storytelling-- for instance Frodo watching the stars before falling asleep in a tree at the borders of Lothlorien, Tom Bombadil telling about Fatty Lumpkin, the bit about the Pukel men ...
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