Can someone please tell me if Chicago is really that good? I mean really?

I saw The Two Towers again today, for the third time (yes, I'm a geek). You know the scene towards the end where Gandalf appears with the Riders of Rohan and there's a shot of the Riders riding down the side of the valley with the sun shining down behind them and a battle raging in front of them?

Was there anything in Chicago that awe-inspiring, that audacious, that beautiful?

Now that's what I call movie-making.