Hairs on end moments

krudler

Y'know those moments in some movies that remind you why you love movies in the first place? yeah those, lets talk about those:D so as not to turn it into yet another list thread and bring the wrath of the mods down on me, elborate as to why they do it for you, some of mine:

The Matrix: Neo is trapped in the subway station, Smith has just destroyed his only means of escape, he's about to run, as he's been taught to do as nobody stands a chance against an agent, but he stops, turns, and squares up to Smith, and as Morpheus says "He's beginning to believe..." fcuk yeah!

Rocky Balboa: Seeing this in the cinema was a fantastic experience, saw it opening night and it was full of people who obviously grew up on the movies, and as soon as the famous training montage music started people let out a huge cheer, and again every time Rocky landed a punch in the end fight, and again after he gets up after being knocked down as that speech is playing in his head "its not about how hard you hit, its about how hard you can get hit, and keep gettin' up" ah thats the stuff right there:D

Batman Begins:
"Take this guy, armed robbery, double homicide, has a taste for the theatrical like you"
*hands Batman a playing card, flips it over to reveal the Joker card*
"I'll look into it"
Talk about an awesome way to set up a sequel

johnny_ultimate

Lost in Translation - the final hushed whisper, Just Like Honey playing over a montage of Tokyo highways. You don't need to know what it said, it is nearly besides the point. The imagery and music says everything. A wonderful cinematic moment.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - the collapsing house on the beach sequence. Reality and dreams collide, two lovable characters express emotions that have been repressed throughout the film. A perfect example of what good direction, editing and acting can achieve.

Spirited Away - train journey. Don't know if any explanation is required here! Probably cinema's most perfect dreamscape IMO!

i_inky

krudler wrote: »

Batman Begins:
"Take this guy, armed robbery, double homicide, has a taste for the theatrical like you"
*hands Batman a playing card, flips it over to reveal the Joker card*
"I'll look into it"
Talk about an awesome way to set up a sequel

Likewise The Dark Knight:

Lt. James Gordon: They'll hunt you.
Batman: You'll hunt me. You'll condemn me. Set the dogs on me. Because that's what needs to happen

God I love that film.

everdead.ie

krudler wrote: »

Batman Begins:
"Take this guy, armed robbery, double homicide, has a taste for the theatrical like you"
*hands Batman a playing card, flips it over to reveal the Joker card*
"I'll look into it"
Talk about an awesome way to set up a sequel

i_inky wrote: »

Likewise The Dark Knight:

Lt. James Gordon: They'll hunt you.
Batman: You'll hunt me. You'll condemn me. Set the dogs on me. Because that's what needs to happen

God I love that film.

This is what makes the Batman franchise so much more succesful then Superman the fact that he's falliable and not more or less invincible great movies with great endings

Penn

Watchmen - Rorschach visiting The Comedian's grave

Wall-E - The 'dancing in space' sequence

The Karate Kid - Daniel gives out to Mr.Miyagi for not training him and just making him do housework. The Miyagi shows that he has been teaching him. Brilliant scene

Glengarry Glen Ross - The 'coffee is for closers' scene

L31mr0d

wait, he no longer has a limp... so that means... omfg!!!

JamBur

Event Horizon:

The eyeballs in hand scene


A scene that has stuck with me from my childhood is in "Salems Lot", the scene where the floating child vampire scrawls the glass window with his nails

beans

The selection of stills from the curb-side at the end of Halloween!

uncleoswald

The Truman Show. When Truman stands in the middle of the road as he begins to realise the world is built around him and he is kind of orchestrating everyone to that brilliant Philip Glass music.

Star Wars. Han Solo rides in to save the day with the Falcon eclipsing the sun. Perfect.

One I'm ashamed of:
The presidents speech in Independence Day....

i_inky

Shawshank Redemption - When the Governor throws the chess piece at the poster.

Up - The opening 15 mins are near perfection. Heartbreaking.

Apollo 13 - The lift off.

i_inky

oh and Braveheart - They will never take our FREEDOM!!

That_Guy

Even as I type this is making my hair stand on end.

Return Of The King:

Frodo is weak and they're so close to the fires of Mordor and Sam says "I can't carry your burden Mr. Frodo but I can carry you.

Tingling sensation.

opr

Few off the top of my head.

The Beach - Part when they are on this incredible beach and life is perfect with Moby playing in the background. Heaven on earth!

24 Hour party people - Coogan says something like "This is when people started worshipping the medium rather than the artist. This is were dance music was born"

Donnie Darkco - Part when Mad world kicks in.

Goodfellas - "I amuse you?"

Opr

lucianot

Empire of the Sun:

When the P-51 slowly passes by the tower and you can see the pilot and hear the engine and you can see how crazy already Christian Bale was
Just beautiful.

That_Guy

Thought of another one.

Jurassic Park - That theme music gets me every time.

niallon

I'm guessing we're talking about those movie moments that stir the emotions the way only films can?

If so:

Scent of a Woman: Might seem like an odd choice given the incredible speech at the end but the tango does it for me every time, Por Una Cabeza helps quite a lot too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHhSVJ_S6A

Transformers: Not going to deny it's entirely nostalgia driven but Prime's first appearance on screen was a major "hair on end" moment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Da2exTbOIA&feature=related Not the right clip but still cool!

JFK: May be an odd choice but Costner's closing speech in JFK always sticks out as a stirring moment in movies for me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwoakFvvLIo

davenewt

When I first saw the title of this thread I thought "why on earth would anyone start a thread about end moments where they haven't cleaned the camera lens so you can see a hair on the film?"

Now I get it I'll be right back...!

AnonoBoy

The end of Fearless with Jeff Bridges

Not a lot of people have seen that one, it's probably a bad reference.

tunguska

The final scene of Last of the Mohicans were Hawkeye's Father

Takes Magua to the cleaners

.

rednik

In The Godfather Pt II.

When Michael kisses Fredo and tells him he knows it was him who betrayed the family.

krudler

That_Guy wrote: »

Even as I type this is making my hair stand on end.

Return Of The King:

Frodo is weak and they're so close to the fires of Mordor and Sam says "I can't carry your burden Mr. Frodo but I can carry you.

Tingling sensation.

Thats a great moment, but for sheer LOTR tingliness you cant beet the Riders of Rohan turning up and kicking arse at Minas Tirith, then the rumble of the olyphant riders turning up can he heard, what an awesome moment

Karl Hungus

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Spirited Away - train journey. Don't know if any explanation is required here! Probably cinema's most perfect dreamscape IMO!

You know, that's one of the standout scenes of the film for me. Didn't think anyone else really enjoyed it. As always, Joe Hisaishi's score is amazing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33SJ7Q_P54Q

994

The priest's speech in "On the Waterfront".

The blind girl recovering her sight in "City Lights".

McClane meeting Hans Gruber in "Die Hard" but not knowing that he's the boss.

The grin on Motel the tailor's face after he gets married in Fiddler on the Roof

DazMarz

-The Empire Strikes Back:

"No... I am your father!

-The Shawshank Redemption: Really, from the point where it is discovered that Dufresne

has escaped from the prison

to the conclusion had the hairs on the back of my neck standing!

-Goodfellas: The scene where Henry and Karen almost meltdown completely following his initial arrest. The acting turns from both Liotta and Bracco were superb and lent so much to the scenes.

-Jurassic Park: those long, echoing booms... the glass of water vibrating... the giant foot squelching down into the mud... the final reveal of the T-Rex... Oh God yes...

-Dr. No: "Name's Bond... James Bond." One of the most immortal lines in cinema history. Also: the first use of that jangling guitar intro music: unforgettable.

-The Godfather: When Don Corleone, for the first time, appears to almost lose his composure

in the funeral parlour with Bonasera; "See how they massacred my boy..."

; also the final assassination scenes overlayed with the Christening ceremony. Cinematic history.

Dont be at yourself

The last ten minutes of Jaws.

uncleoswald

krudler wrote: »

Thats a great moment, but for sheer LOTR tingliness you cant beet the Riders of Rohan turning up and kicking arse at Minas Tirith, then the rumble of the olyphant riders turning up can he heard, what an awesome moment

See for me its the fight at the end of the first that does it. The orcs have caught up with the Fellowship and Aragon tells Frodo to RUN then turns to face off to about 200 orcs. Then the camera pans down through the forest with the rampaging orcs and it achieves an epic quality without spunking CGI all over the screen.

That_Guy

Casino Royale:

The opening sequence in black and white when Bond is talking to the "mole" and recalls how he killed his bodyguard to get to him. And also following on from that, the chase scene between Bond and the informant over scaffolding and cranes is amazing to watch.

The Bourne Identity:

The car chase through Paris is amazingly well shot and sends my pulses racing when I see it.

Also that Moby song they often use for the end credits is amazing.

Spiderman 3 (I think):

The creation of the Sandman.

Film wasn't great but I really enjoyed this part of it.

Penn

That_Guy wrote: »

Casino Royale:

The opening sequence in black and white when Bond is talking to the "mole" and recalls how he killed his bodyguard to get to him. And also following on from that, the chase scene between Bond and the informant over scaffolding and cranes is amazing to watch.

That is awesome. But from that film, the bit that gets me is

the very end. Just seeing Bond standing there and saying the immortal line.... getting chills just writing this. I was really afraid they'd force things like that into the film (and shaken not stirred), but they handled it to perfection

DamoKen

many many hair tingling moments over the years if I stop and think about it but the one that comes straight into mind with no thought required has to be the scene between Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken in True Romance. Just the way Lakmes Flower Duet slowly builds in the background, the tension, the look on Hoppers face as he knows what's going to happen but makes his peace and goes for it. Fantasic! shiver just thinking about it.

foxyboxer

"3 billion human lives ended on August 29th 1997, the survivors of the nuclear fire called the war of judgment day. They lived only to face a new nightmare...the war against the machines"

A T-800 foot smashes a human skull. The camera pans up. Cinema at it's awesome best.

IvySlayer

That_Guy wrote: »

Thought of another one.

Jurassic Park - That theme music gets me every time.

Aww man with the helicopter landing and the waterfall? Epic. Rewind and watch again :pac:

DEVEREUX

the film Glory before final battle. does it for me (hair standing on end that is)......worth the couple of minutes if you have'nt seen it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2c_BvVBd-Q

Quandary

Gladiator

After the big epic battle in the Colosseum.

Commodus demands to know who he is....

Maximus to Commodus: “My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.”

Powerful

EDIT - here it is, forward to 1.45...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvAbGbFYAuk

Mike Litoris

I dont really get that these days but when I was younger and open to movies these did it for me....

The scene in Aliens when the drop ship crashes towards the group.

The opening credits of The Shining

Pretty much the whole of the exorcist caused by terror.

The head spider in The Thing

When the big twist is revealed in The Usual Suspects.

johnny_ultimate

Karl Hungus wrote: »

You know, that's one of the standout scenes of the film for me. Didn't think anyone else really enjoyed it.

I was blown away when I saw a screenshot of that scene (with Chihiro and the No Face staring at the camera), hadn't even heard of Ghibli at that stage (in my youthful ignorance). I missed it in the cinema, but absolutely adored everything about the film (except the Disney dub, as I didn't know the joys of original voice tracks then) when I first saw it on DVD. It really is just an absolutely breathtaking sequence.

Eirebear

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I was blown away when I saw a screenshot of that scene (with Chihiro and the No Face staring at the camera), hadn't even heard of Ghibli at that stage (in my youthful ignorance). I missed it in the cinema, but absolutely adored everything about the film (except the Disney dub, as I didn't know the joys of original voice tracks then) when I first saw it on DVD. It really is just an absolutely breathtaking sequence.

Probably one of my favourite scenes of all time, everything just comes together, and its at that point that you realise just how much you really care for Chihiro and want everything to work out for her.

That said though, i thought the dub wasnt all that bad to be honest.

krudler

uncleoswald wrote: »

See for me its the fight at the end of the first that does it. The orcs have caught up with the Fellowship and Aragon tells Frodo to RUN then turns to face off to about 200 orcs. Then the camera pans down through the forest with the rampaging orcs and it achieves an epic quality without spunking CGI all over the screen.

Thats great too, Aragorn looks like an absolute badass as he slightly smiles to the orcs in a "bring it on" kinda of way

The fight between Saruman and Gandalf in FOTR is great as well, love the way the music builds as Gandalf is being spun around with the staff and then rockets up into the tower

johnny_ultimate

Eirebear wrote: »

That said though, i thought the dub wasnt all that bad to be honest.

Definitely isn't bad, but to me American voices over anime is just inherently peculiar. I think Pixar do a good job with the dubs for the most part, but I guess I'm stuck as a purist when it comes to these things!

RandolphEsq

The Godfather when Michael Corleone is in the

restaurant with the police chief and the other man, He is about to stand up and shoot them so his head is a mess and he is not concentrating on what is being said to him.

Aww epic!

strobe

The Godfather: (could pick twenty scenes but...) Where they are standing in the room arguing over how to get to Solazo(sc) and Michael is sitting in the chair not saying anything then then pipes up "You can't wait" then goes on to describe how he could do the job and finishes with "It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business." The scene showing Michael finally giving in and becoming part of the family business after all those years and the cinematography is perfect. Scene even has more of an effect watching it the second time around having seen the rest of the film.

Schindlers List: When they are piling the bodies and the little girls red top is in the pile, in contrast to the black and white. Amazing.

Fear and Loathing: This speech: "And that, I think, was the handle - that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of old and evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply prevail. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look west, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark - that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back."

Gauge

Karl Hungus wrote: »

You know, that's one of the standout scenes of the film for me. Didn't think anyone else really enjoyed it. As always, Joe Hisaishi's score is amazing:

Likewise, the scene from My Neighbour Totoro where they make the trees grow, gives me chills. The music is perfect (this is a slightly different version but still incredible):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwTjMW4-QQI

Also, the scene from Up from when the balloons appear out of the roof and the house lifts off and flies away.

DazMarz

How could I have forgotten???

-White Heat: "Made it, Ma! Top o' the world!!!"

...epic...