Beethoven 5th Symphony Analysis

During my examination of Beethoven's 5th Symphony I discovered that he starts with a four-note motive (short-short-short-long) which becomes the driving force for the entire symphony. He continues to modulate the motive in new and exciting ways with each new movement. Sometimes it is forcefully stated in its "original" (or first) form like the 1st movement or very subtly within a running melody as in the 2nd movement. Now that I have actually listened to and analyzed the musical components of the entire symphony I can sympathize with people who feel the first movement is over played and dull; however, I personally feel it is the most important movement because it is where the motive is established and the climax just can't be beat.
Beethoven gives it to the listener up front: the four-note motive upon which the entire symphony is based (short-short-short-long). You can't help but get chills when a brief pause before the recapitulation
The same melodies are almost the same in both scherzo sections, however, the variation comes from the dynamics and tone color. Section A starts very bold, B seems hasty to me, then A' comes in very dark. I found the transition returning to the scherzo very sneaky: sections of the orchestra fall away until only the flute is left descending from a high-pitched solo, which is handed off to the clarinet, then to the low strings. It is an excellent lead-in which continues through the remainder of the 3rd movement. Initially I felt as if this movement was just one large transition from the 2nd movement to the 4th because although the original four-note motive was stated by the horns around 0:19, it didn't seem to be developed any further here (Forney 185). However, upon further review I now believe that the lifting phrases of the “rocket theme” (Fillerup) in the scherzo section are actually a variation of the four-note