[Ramius]

Agree... I get shivers at those rousing battle speeches. I think Aragorn's speech at the black gates ranks among the best ever. Brings a tear to my eye, every time:

Hold your ground! Hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come when the courage of men fails. When we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day! An hour of wolves, and shattered shields when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear... on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!

[snif] :-)

[ConservativeDude]

thanks all of you for bumping this old thread back to the top!!!!

[hoagy62]

My personal favorite (besides Aragorn's speech) was when Frodo and Sam were up on Mount Doom and Sam was trying to get Frodo to remember the Shire, but the Ring was so powerful at that point that Frodo couldn't get past the Ring. Sam then makes this declaration...

"Let us be rid of it then...once and for all! Come on Mr. Frodo...I can't carry it for you...but I can carry you! Come on!"

...and then lifts Frodo onto his shoulders and caries him up the mountain. I've always thought of that point as when Samwise the Brave turned into Samwise the Mighty. That scene never ceases to choke me up.