The most poignant, powerful moments of the film. (Spoilers)

[Knight of Gondor]

To sew it all together, what is it, do you think, that makes us so emotional about these films? Is it just darn good movie making, or is it because we geeks are already so in love with the world of Middle-Earth and its characters? What IS it about the moment when Aragorn defies logic and feeling to make a death plunge into certain death -- with the smallest of people in stature and spirit right behind? What is it about the horns of Rohan that never cease to give me chills...even writing this now, with the faint strain of the horns echoing in my brain, I get chills.

Any ideas?

[Morsul the Dark]

It is three reasons

Firstly we're geeks

Secondly because we are geeks we almost give our minds to the charactors we are absorbed by them we become them We see through their eyes we understand their pain

and three it was excellent movie making

[Sandro]

I was mad into a Tolkien fan when I saw Fellowship of the Ring. I get chills because Tolkien intented these things, and because Jackson and Company knew how to translate Tolkien's work onto the screen.

[Morsul the Dark]

Originally Posted by Sandro

I was mad into a Tolkien fan when I saw Fellowship of the Ring. I get chills because Tolkien intented these things, and because Jackson and Company knew how to translate Tolkien's work onto the screen.

I too became a fan after the movie
I still remember the exact commercial that made me want to see it

theyre walking out of the shire
Gandalf-is it safe?
Frodo pats his pocket
Gandalf-remember never put it on it wants to be found <------ting interest aw obsession "it wants to be found" i think if Ian hadnt said that line the way he had i would not have been interested or at least as interested in seeing it as i was

[Sandro]

It was the poster that got me interested. And a picture of Boromir blowing his horn. And the preview showing the Nazgul sniffing for the hobbits.

[Lhundulinwen]

Ah, the reasons LOTR (movies) are so dear to mine heart....

I read the books before seeing the movies, because as a general rule, I always read the books before seeing the movies if books are made into movies. Now, reading a book is generally dangerous for me; I absorb the characters, the settings, and general mood of the books. So by the time I watched the movies, I had already fallen in love with ME and its peoples. I have said it before, and I'll say it again- LOTR changed my life. Meeting ME, living in ME through the characters, has made me a better person, I think. (I also think Tolkien would be happy...) So, reasons I love the movies-

1. I'm a geek, yes I admit it.
2. I LOVE the characters. Everyone from Bill the pony to Shadowfax, Sam to Wormtounge- I love ME in general.
3. Its a darn good movie- PJ did a beautiful job, and even if he cut and changed (a little if you really think about it) of the book, it is still a genuinly good movie.
4. I LOVE THE SOUNDTRACKS!!! *sorry to shout... lost control there* Rohan's theme, the Shire, Gondor, Mordor..... all of the music is so beautiful. I don't leave home without it, and I'm not kidding either.

[Sandro]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the soundtrack. The New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra-something-or-other is doing a Lord of the Rings Syphoney in a month and my dad and I are going!!!!

I love the soundtracks. Every night I'm in a show, I listen to "Amon Hen", "Evenstar", Helm's Deep", and "The White Tree" before I go onstage. It is a ritual that must not be broken.