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Originally Posted by radagast
Here are a few that come to mind. I may add more as I think of them:
1) Gandalf vs. Balrog (in FOTR and TTT)
2) The Grey Havens at the very end.
3) Treebeard
4) The attack on Isengard by the Ents
5) Gandalf revealing his return to Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli
6) The Watcher in the Lake
7) The depiction of Gollum (not a scene, I know)
8) Legolas shooting several orcs in a few seconds (the extended FOTR has Legolas firing more arrows than the TE shows) during the battle in which Frodo leaves the fellowship
9) Gandalf "healing" Theoden (different from the book, but acceptable)
10) Sam rescuing Frodo
11) Shelob (I wish the phial had been used by Sam more in accordance with the book)
12) Gandalf rescuing Faramir from the Ringwraiths
13) Eowyn and Merry vs. The Witch-King
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The three scenes in the movies that stand out as being superior (in my opinion) are:
1) Galadriel standing with arm raised in token of farewell when the Fellowship leaves Lothlorien (note: the music of the TE is superior to that of the EE in this scene, I'm not sure why Jackson changed it), abruptly changing to the overhead shot of the Fellowship entering the Great River with accompanying Fellowship theme music. Not an action-sequence, but very thematic, and representative of the feel of the symbolic separation of the Fellowship from paradise upon re-entering the "real world".
2) The arrival of the Rohirrim on the hill near Minas Tirith with Theoden surveyng the field and assessing the full brunt of the hopeless reality of his situation. The depressing alteration of the Rohan-theme music in this scene is masterful. The ensuing "Death!" speech is the greatest motivational scene in the movie, far better than Aragorn's speech at the Black Gates of Mordor.
3) The eagles rescuing Sam and Frodo from Mount Doom. The images and music recreate the closest thing to a dream-like sequence that I have ever witnessed in a film.