I think landing on the fwd edge of the deck at high speed and then taxiing backwards on the rear wheels shows the passengers how brave and highly skilled the pilot must be. The most important thing here is looking good.
No, seriously, steep and steady all the way hey hey to the front of the circle for me.
Though I was once asked by a Capt if I had seen how they did low approach runs into a hot LZ in 'Nam. As I was 3 when it all ended in 'Nam I said not but I would love to see. The Cap then showed me how it's done. 10ft radalt at full tilt to the last second then aft cyclic and straight up 100ft and onto the deck, finally a big heave ho to level the aircraft dead centre on the circle. Certainly suprised the HLO on the deck edge.