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post #351 of 384
5/18/10 at 12:02pm
I know. For me it works on that level though, as well as the other.

The thought that a piece of filmmaking can be that powerful and dredge up such primal fears in me just makes me giddy (when it's not creeping me the hell out).
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post #352 of 384
5/18/10 at 12:03pm
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I know. For me it works on that level though, as well as the other.

The thought that a piece of filmmaking can be that powerful and dredge up such primal fears in me just makes me giddy (when it's not creeping me the hell out).
Yeah, I was mostly joking. Lynch is the king of that stuff.
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post #353 of 384
5/18/10 at 12:09pm
Many times, Lynch's sound design makes me giddy all by itself.
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post #354 of 384
6/20/10 at 12:19am
Even though I don't think the movies have aged that well(despite some stuff like some of the actors)As a nerd, the first time we see the school with all the mutant kids running around in X-Men was great to me. "No powers! No powers!"
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post #355 of 384
6/20/10 at 12:38am
The scene in Terminator 2 where Arnold jumps off a truck and unloads a clip right into the T-1000's face.
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post #356 of 384
6/20/10 at 1:57am
The first flight sequence in How to Train Your Dragon. John Powell's score is sublime.
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post #357 of 384
6/21/10 at 10:30am
Speaking of John Powell, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM. The roooftop chase in Tangiers. Bourne sets off and the score kicks in. One of the best action sequences in the last 10 years.
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post #358 of 384
7/6/10 at 4:05am
The first time it rains cheeseburgers in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. I wish I had seen it in the theater.

"THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN MEATBALLS!"
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post #359 of 384
7/6/10 at 4:08am
I think the line was "This tastes significantly better than sardines!" But yeah. A hilarious and gorgeous moment.
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post #360 of 384
7/6/10 at 2:37pm
Raquel Welch in 100 Rifles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxEjXQLqxfU
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post #361 of 384
7/7/10 at 3:23pm
The diaogues between Balian and the Hospitallier in "Kingdom of Heaven" always get me:

Balian of Ibelin: You go with the army?
Hospitaller: My order is with the army.
Balian of Ibelin: You go to certain death.
Hospitaller: All death is certain. I shall tell your father what I've seen you become.

Hospitaller: One may stare into the light, until one becomes the light. I've done it many times.
Balian of Ibelin: [throws a rock at a bush that catches fire by the spark] There's your religion. One spark, a creosote bush. There's your Moses. I did not hear it speak.
Hospitaller: That does not mean that there is no God. Do you love her?
Balian of Ibelin: Yes.
Hospitaller: The heart will mend. Your duty is to the people of the city. I go to pray.
Balian of Ibelin: For what?
Hospitaller: For the strength to endure what is to come.
Balian of Ibelin: And what is to come?
Hospitaller: The reckoning is to come for what was done one hundred years before. The Muslims will never forget. Nor should they.
[the Hospitaler slowly walks away as a second bush several yards from the burning one catches fire. The Hospitaler is nowhere to be seen in the clear and open desert]
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post #362 of 384
7/8/10 at 1:32am
LOTR is getting plenty of love already, but I didn't see anyone mention the moment in ROTK when Eowyn faces down the Witch King. I start tearing up as soon as she steps in between him and Theoden and says "I will kill you if you touch him." I think it's just that she's so fucking scared, but stays to fight, that gets me. By the time Theoden dies, I'm a mess.

Haven't seen this one mentioned either. In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, everything from the point they enter the temple. It may be in many ways the lesser of the first three movies (fuck Crystal Skull), but when Indy finds the knight, and he's fucking alive, I'm instantly back in the theater in 1989 watching it with my brother and father, shitting my pants at how awesome this movie was.
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post #363 of 384
7/8/10 at 1:39am
Thought of another one. Watching Finding Nemo after having a son, changed the movie for me. That opening scene is just too heartbreaking now, I almost can't take it.

Same goes for the Incredibles, when Mr. Incredible confesses he's not strong enough to lose his family again. Gut punch.
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post #364 of 384
7/10/10 at 6:30am
The final battle in Seven Samurai -- "let them all in."

The sequences from The Fountain in which Tom travels through space; as well as the final ten minutes. Breathtaking.

The baptism scene in There will be Blood.

Battle with the Stay Puffed Marshmellow Man in Ghostbusters.

The much-lauded opening sequence of 8 1/2.

The mech scene from District 9.

The zombie bar brawl in Shaun of the Dead.
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post #365 of 384
7/10/10 at 12:17pm
Dark City (the director's cut, incidentally)-William Hurt floats out into space and sees the true form of the city. I was just floored by this, as nothing I had read or heard about the movie indicated this twist, and it's just such an astonishing, original visual.

Oh, and the apocalyptic climax as well. Psychic battles are tough to pull off in live action, but by God this one delivers, especially with Trevor Jones' score thundering in the background and everything's breaking up like it's freaking Ragnarok.
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post #366 of 384
7/10/10 at 1:00pm
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Dark City (the director's cut, incidentally)-William Hurt floats out into space and sees the true form of the city. I was just floored by this, as nothing I had read or heard about the movie indicated this twist, and it's just such an astonishing, original visual.

Oh, and the apocalyptic climax as well. Psychic battles are tough to pull off in live action, but by God this one delivers, especially with Trevor Jones' score thundering in the background and everything's breaking up like it's freaking Ragnarok.
Hell yes to this.
But I'll add the whole sequence at the end when the city is "reshaped" and the water flows into space and you suddenñy realize just how powerful Murdocj has become.
That and the shot of Connely in the dock, which is just gorgeous.
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post #367 of 384
7/10/10 at 1:25pm
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Hell yes to this.
But I'll add the whole sequence at the end when the city is "reshaped" and the water flows into space and you suddenñy realize just how powerful Murdocj has become.
That and the shot of Connely in the dock, which is just gorgeous.
Oh, certainly, I'm just really partial to the fight because it's very reminiscent of an anime fight, and Proyas himself said it's an homage to Akira.
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post #368 of 384
7/10/10 at 1:44pm
I did love that part in DARK CITY (which I watched for the first time a few weeks ago). The water flowing out, with the music blaring and then the shot of the sea by the city walls is really breath taking (didn't really care for the psycic fight, good idea, poor execution IMHO)


Anyway,

I really like the opening of Waterworld. It's got awesome music and is great at setting the mood (People mock the pee drinking, but I can't think of a better way to set up the world of the film and show the stakes), but when the smokers appear and the Portugreek guy tells the Mariner to forget the bag since he'll "never make it with his sails down" and Costner flips that switch to set his clockwork sailboat into motion... it's just glorious. Forget the haters, the next 3 minutes of the film are as much fun as any movie you'll see in a given year.

PS In case it's not clear, his boat is one of my favorite things ever.

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post #369 of 384
7/10/10 at 2:25pm
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Dark City (the director's cut, incidentally)-William Hurt floats out into space and sees the true form of the city. I was just floored by this, as nothing I had read or heard about the movie indicated this twist, and it's just such an astonishing, original visual.
You're lucky you saw the Director's Cut first-- the theatrical version gives the twist away in the opening sequence.
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post #370 of 384
7/10/10 at 2:41pm
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You're lucky you saw the Director's Cut first-- the theatrical version gives the twist away in the opening sequence.
I saw the DC first too. I sort of suspected it, right when he started chopping at the wall, but the shot of what Hurt sees before he freezes to death in space is jaw dropping and soul crushing. Great moment
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post #371 of 384
7/10/10 at 3:26pm
Man, I wish I'd seen the DC of DARK CITY first.

The climax of THE IRON GIANT, when he flies into space to meet the missile, gets me every time. Every goddamn time. It's almost embarrassing at this point.
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post #372 of 384
7/10/10 at 4:02pm
Batman Begins
Ras:"Like your father you lack the courage...stab them in the heart"
Bruce:"I am going to stop you"
Just the right timing of music I guess

ESB
I'm your father (I know cliche, but man it works every time I watch it)

Die Hard
HAAAAAAAANS!

Casino Royale
A enraged Bond trying to kill Vesper and she kisses his hands underwater, and suddenly he changes to trying to save her and then she dies, leaving Bond heartbroken.

The Bourne Ultimatum
The entire Tangier's chaise, especially the jump through the roof through the window.

The Matrix
When Neo gets up after being shot to exploding Agent Smith, you think horray, oh shit the sentinels are still coming.

Superman
When he finds Lois dead, something amazing about Reeve's performance where he acted so shocked, sad and distant when he laid Lois down, and then screams into the sky.

Heat/TDK
DeNiro, Pachino, dinner
Ledger, Bale, lights on, oh crap

The Godfather part II
Fredos death. Michael's soul goes to hell too.
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post #373 of 384
7/10/10 at 6:06pm
Where is the musical love? Wheeeere?

The Never Gonna Dance number in Swing Time.

Let's Face the Music and Dance in Follow The Fleet.

The barn dance off in the deeply flawed Summer Stock.

Who's Got the Pain in Damn, Yankees. The song is trite and the number has no narrative function whatsoever, but getting to watch Fosse and Verdon dance together makes up for every problem in the number, and almost makes up for the atrocious casting of Tab Hunter.

And the last two aren't musicals but I haven't seen them mentioned yet.

The symphony hall sequence in the '56 The Man Who Knew Too Much.

When the mom turns into a parachute in The Incredibles (I'm still trying to figure out why that works so well for me).
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post #374 of 384
7/10/10 at 6:22pm
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Where is the musical love? Wheeeere?

The Never Gonna Dance number in Swing Time.

Let's Face the Music and Dance in Follow The Fleet.

The barn dance off in the deeply flawed Summer Stock.

Who's Got the Pain in Damn, Yankees. The song is trite and the number has no narrative function whatsoever, but getting to watch Fosse and Verdon dance together makes up for every problem in the number, and almost makes up for the atrocious casting of Tab Hunter.

And the last two aren't musicals but I haven't seen them mentioned yet.

The symphony hall sequence in the '56 The Man Who Knew Too Much.

When the mom turns into a parachute in The Incredibles (I'm still trying to figure out why that works so well for me).
Alrightie, I'll dance...

The "Never Loved A Man" scene from THE COMMITMENTS.

For some reason the little scene in THE LAST WALTZ where Rick Danko is playing Scorsese a new piece of music he's working on always hits me in a weird way. As does the duet with THE STAPLES SINGERS.

Nicholas Brothers amazing dance number in STORMY WEATHER.

"Feed Me" in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.

and I know it's not a musical, but:

When the trio sings "Show Me the Way To Go Home" in JAWS. Beautiful moment of male bonding.
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post #375 of 384
7/10/10 at 6:29pm
Oh man I completely forgot the Nicholas Brothers and I was just watching that a few days ago!
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post #376 of 384
7/10/10 at 8:23pm
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You're lucky you saw the Director's Cut first-- the theatrical version gives the twist away in the opening sequence.
Is that where the infamous narration is? Yeah, glad I missed that, although apparently it was just dialogue taken from the boat scene and slapped over footage as narration.
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post #377 of 384
7/11/10 at 8:02am
You're lucky. I have to lower the sound whenever I show people the film.

On topic, my jaw hit the floor first time I watched the scene where the sun first rises over the city. I miss that Proyas.
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post #378 of 384
11/2/10 at 10:27am
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I dunno if you can class this as a speech or an exchange, but I know it nearly had me out of my chair cheering and applauding and most recently gave me the physical tinglies. Sorkin at his finest...

"Mr. Zuckerberg, do I have your full attention?"
"No."
"Do you think I deserve it?"
"What?"
"Do you think I deserve your full attention?"
"I had to swear an oath before we began this deposition, and I don't want to perjure myself, so I have a legal obligation to say no."
"Okay - no. You don't think I deserve your attention."
"I think if your clients want to sit on my shoulders and call themselves tall, they have the right to give it a try - but there's no requirement that I enjoy sitting here listening to people lie. You have part of my attention - you have the minimum amount. The rest of my attention is back at the offices of Facebook, where my colleagues and I are doing things that no one in this room, including and especially your clients, are intellectually or creatively capable of doing.
Did I adequately answer your condescending question?"
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post #379 of 384
11/2/10 at 11:13am
"I came up with a new game-show idea recently. It's called The Old Game. You got three old guys with loaded guns onstage. They look back at their lives, see who they were, what they accomplished, how close they came to realizing their dreams. The winner is the one who doesn't blow his brains out. He gets a refrigerator."

This is the moment when I became a Sam Rockwell fan for life. So sad, so perfect. The film might be uneven at times, but that final little monologue is heartbreaking.
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post #380 of 384
11/2/10 at 1:45pm
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I dunno if you can class this as a speech or an exchange, but I know it nearly had me out of my chair cheering and applauding and most recently gave me the physical tinglies. Sorkin at his finest...
The subtle touch I love about the scene is that the lawyer who asks for his attention doesn't even look phased by Zuckerberg's big moment. He just looks like he's thinking, "Alright." As if he sees such moments all the time.

In a more conventional movie, a speech like that would have made a fool of someone.
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post #381 of 384
11/5/10 at 1:17am
I am just putting in my copy of FFC's BS's D and even though I'm multi tasking and doing several things at once, as soon as I heard those opening ominous notes of music it put an involuntary smile on my face. I am unashamed to say it's one of my favorite films (despite Keanu, who I usually like but in this case his sub standard work is really to the detriment of the film, sadly). The movie does many things well, but it's music is one of the all time classic film scores IMHO. It works marvelously to set the mood.
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post #382 of 384
11/5/10 at 1:24am
Your posts really are CHUD Puzzlers. Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula!
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post #383 of 384
11/5/10 at 1:30am
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Your posts really are CHUD Puzzlers. Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula!
Haha, sorry for any confusion! I've been using that acronym for Francis Ford Coppola's BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA for a while now so I assumed most people were familiar with seeing me refer to it, but you still guessed right anyway so congratulations! (I try put enough contextual clues into my posts to assist anyone who may know not necessarily know what I am talking about)

EDIT: Anyway, it's a great flick and chock full of moments that could find a home in this thread. The various shadow scares. The little things like the impossibly long arm of the stage coach driver. The big moments like Oldman's "I renounce God!" rant.
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post #384 of 384
11/28/10 at 7:50pm
Just rewatched MOZ last evening, and I have to say I was blown away by how badass and cinematic it is when Banderas pulls his sword during the final confrontation with Captain Love at the mine, and that purple-blue lens flare travels the length of his blade

That is by far one of the coolest sword related shots from any movie I can think of, and according to the commentary track, it was something Banderas came up with and trained in his spare time to be able to pull off take after take

I must have rewatched those 5 seconds of film 50 times yesterday, I set up an A-B loop with my HD-DVD player
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