On the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, Gandalf dueled the Balrog while his companions fled to safety. He eventually sent the Balrog plummeting into the abyss, but it snared him with its fiery whip and ...

In the opening scenes of the Two Towers film, the audience can see Gandalf and the Balrog falling through the caverns below Moria, amidst the spectacular backdrop of New Zealand's incredible ...

Gandalf then tells the Balrog to "go back to the shadow." While it can be a metaphor for obscurity, Melkor and his minions abhor the light and the Sun, so Utumno was always covered by shadow.

Therefore, the only explanation as to why Gandalf doesn’t reveal the Balrog’s presence to the others earlier in the films, is that it is a plot device used by the writers and the creative team ...

” The other is a 10-second shot described as “ Gandalf duels with the Balrog and smashes into the endless staircase. ” In the film, the Balrog battle was recounted via minimally-animated ...

Eventually, the wizard defeats the creature and transforms into Gandalf the White. In the 1978 animated film, there is a deleted scene depicting the battle, though with far less epic scale.

The recently uploaded pair (via BoingBoing) flesh out the iconic fight between Gandalf and the Balrog in the Mines of Moria: originally just a 30-second slideshow of stylized still images, but now ...