What is your favorite movie moment of all time??!!!

eoinoleary

ill start with a classic!!


[removes helmet and turns around to face 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

krudler

I have two, from Raiders of the Lost Ark first.

Indy comandeers the Nazi truck with the ark in the back, gets shot, and then gets a beating from one of them and flung out the windscreen, goes under the truck as hes about to get rammed into the car in front, uses his whip to get dragged along underneath it, climbs back in, batters the fcuk out of the same Nazi, flings him out the same window, runs him over then floors it after Belloq's car, all with John Williams magnificent theme blaring, its one of the finest action scenes ever put on film and Ford has never looked more like a badass in it.

and second, from Jaws.

Two local fishermen hook a big chunk of rib roast to a hook and chain it to a wooden pier in a half arsed attempt to catch the shark, it takes the roast, swims out to deeper waters with it and proceeds to rip the wooden pier off the dock and bring one of the fishermen with it, the chunk of pier goes floating off out further to sea as the guy starts swimming back to shore, but then the pier slowly turns and the theme (John Williams again) starts getting louder and louder as the panicked fisherman struggles to make it back up to the broken dock and his friend. Its a fantastic moment of utter panic the first time you see it, and its done without ever once seeing the shark, Spielberg is a master at this kind of stuff (or because the shark never worked, take your pick :pac: )

rednik

Roman Polanski and Jack Nicholson nose scene in Chinatown. Great scene in a classic movie.

Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven after being told he had just shot an unarmed man and his reaction to this.

johnny_ultimate

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Simon Adebisi

The final chase scene in Last Of The Mohicans. Its just perfect, the music, the action, the editing.

Hunchback

Aliens, when the mechanical shutter door opens upward, and Sigourney Weaver steps forward in her robotic armour/suit to slug it out with the Queen alien... "get away form her you bitch!!!"... SMACK!!

Peyton Manning

I'm liable to change my favourite every day, but one I always come back to is Capa's Jump in Sunshine. It's just a heart wrenching beautiful scene from a hugely under-rated movie with the most brilliant background music and cinematography. For me, it's the ultimate goosebump inducing scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clG_1sqOsBs

Quick word on the movie too -

Would have been a perfect movie imo if it hadn't gone all slasher fest at the end!

krudler

CKonetheonlyone wrote: »

Aliens, when the mechanical shutter door opens upward, and Sigourney Weaver steps forward in her robotic armour/suit to slug it out with the Queen alien... "get away form her you bitch!!!"... SMACK!!

Thats definitely one of mine, just way the music builds to a crescendo, then stops, the queen turns and out strides Ripley stomping into the frame. I was listening to the commentary on the blu -ray for that one night and Gale Ann Hurd the producer said at the first public screening the audience lost the plot at that moment,and its not hard to see why.

Oh heres one, from Starship Troopers, where they first land on Klendathu, the effects are great as the dropships take them down from the ones orbiting in the atmosphere, theres hails of fire coming from the bugs, stuff is blowing up everywhere and then the ships land and hundreds of troopers pour out with the music blaring, the score to that movie is fantastic.

Its not an amazing movie by any means, but theres a moment in Panic Room I love, where Foster exits the room to try and get the mobile phone she knows is under her bed without the criminals who are out on the stairs arguing, she's stuggling to unplug the phone as its farther than she can reach under the bed, her foot kicks the bedside table and the lamp falls off it in super slo mo, we see the criminals notice the flash of the lamp bulb exploding and then they run back to the room as shes still trying to get the phone, all in extreme slo motion and with an ominous, droning sound effect over it, when I saw it at the cinema people were yelling at the screen lol

krudler

Tom_Brady wrote: »

I'm liable to change my favourite every day, but one I always come back to is Capa's Jump in Sunshine. It's just a heart wrenching beautiful scene from a hugely under-rated movie with the most brilliant background music and cinematography. For me, it's the ultimate goosebump inducing scene.



Quick word on the movie too -

Would have been a perfect movie imo if it hadn't gone all slasher fest at the end!

I love that movie, agree that

the toasty villain kinda ruins the end

but the finale is an astonishing sequence to watch, the music is absolutely epic and the way Boyle distorts the camera to show

space and time colliding together and not making sense

is brilliant. Visually its one of the most incredible movies you can watch.

DrumSteve

Got to agree on sunshine in particular especially when Capa and Kaneda are fixing the array and

Kaneda opts to stay behind and die to fix it.

That score in the background made it epic. Actually my favourite film of all time that.

Also the bit in Indepdence Day when the alien ship appears through the clouds with music going crazy. That is awesome.

krudler

DrumSteve wrote: »

Got to agree on sunshine in particular especially when Capa and Kaneda are fixing the array and

Kaneda opts to stay behind and die to fix it.

That score in the background made it epic. Actually my favourite film of all time that.

Also the bit in Indepdence Day when the alien ship appears through the clouds with music going crazy. That is awesome.

man I remember in 1996 when ID4 was THE movie to see that summer, was a proper event film, those blockbusters that just everyone goes to. The opening is cool too with the ship shaking the dirt on the moon as it rumbles past it, scientific hogwash of course, but still a cool moment.

DrumSteve

krudler wrote: »

man I remember in 1996 when ID4 was THE movie to see that summer, was a proper event film, those blockbusters that just everyone goes to. The opening is cool too with the ship shaking the dirt on the moon as it rumbles past it, scientific hogwash of course, but still a cool moment.

Yeah I miss films like that.

Looking back the effects we terrible, the script was corny as hell but thats what I liked about it...

"Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!"

Greatest. Speech. Ever.

I wanted to go home and smash up my ET video after hearing that.

ziedth

It's a hard one for me as ts ever changing but always right up there is Al Painco's speech in any given Sunday. Something about it just wants to make you want to flip a table or go on some mad Testosterone fuelled rampage. Pure sports movie scene and not a bit corny that you find when other films try the same thing.

Second choice, Not sure how many poker players we have here but the final hand in the film rounders. How it

Is the played same as Johnny Chan's hand when he won the world series.

John Malkovich over the top acting the whole time. I don't know why I love it so much but I must have seen the film 20 times and i don't love that scene any less each time.

krudler

DrumSteve wrote: »

Yeah I miss films like that.

Looking back the effects we terrible, the script was corny as hell but thats what I liked about it...

Wouldnt call them terrible, some of the shots are dodgy alright by todays standards but all the stuff with the landmarks being blown up still look cool, proof that models hold up better than cgi. Its 15 years old this year, thats mental.

I miss event movies too, Avatar was the last one and that was mainly for the 3D aspect, the movie itself is meh. Before that there was the LOTR trilogy, and before that the SW prequels. Then stuff like Titanic and Jurassic Park, those movies that people who wouldnt normally go to the cinema go see, I judge it if my mam wants to go see it then its done its job of being a must see movie lol

Actually Jurassic Park, the T-Rex's first appearance was a jawdropping moment. I remember seeing it as a 12 year old who loved everything about dinosaurs and when it stomps out from the broken fence and lets out that amazing roar you could hear the air get sucked out of the cinema from the gasp the audience let out. As far as I was concerned there was a living,breathing dinosaur on that screen and it was fcuking terrifying.

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All mine are already taken!

I'll never forget the first time I saw The Usual Suspects. My pal & I just kept sayin "what a film...... what a film!!" couldn't articulate it any better than that.

I loved the movie Cube too & the scene in the 'quiet' room is indeed extremely tense.

Again, said already, but Pacino's speech in Any Given Sunday is terrific.

Also, our first glimpse of The Predator in the movie of the same name. Bearing in mind nobody had a clue what he looked like at the time. It was the coolest thing I'd ever seen at the time!

STIG83

The Mini car chase in The Bourne Identity, i really enjoy it.
The scene in The Shawshank Redemption where a group of them are fixing the roof and Andy Dufresne goes up to the prison guard to give him financial advice and manages to get a beer for each of the workers.

krudler

WHIP IT! wrote: »

All mine are already taken!

I'll never forget the first time I saw The Usual Suspects. My pal & I just kept sayin "what a film...... what a film!!" couldn't articulate it any better than that.

I loved the movie Cube too & the scene in the 'quiet' room is indeed extremely tense.

Again, said already, but Pacino's speech in Any Given Sunday is terrific.

Also, our first glimpse of The Predator in the movie of the same name. Bearing in mind nobody had a clue what he looked like at the time. It was the coolest thing I'd ever seen at the time!

Definitely, I remember my dad let me watch it one night when it was on ITV years ago during my "watching movies I shouldnt be" phase as a kid and I thought it was the greatest movie I'd ever seen, even if it was the cut version "you're one ugly motherfcuker!" pointless movie trivia: Jean Claude Van Damme was originally cast as the Predator, and they shot stuff with him in a green suit that wasnt used,before Stan Winstons crew took over and made the one we know now.

mikhail

Tom_Brady wrote: »

I'm liable to change my favourite every day, but one I always come back to is Capa's Jump in Sunshine. It's just a heart wrenching beautiful scene from a hugely under-rated movie with the most brilliant background music and cinematography. For me, it's the ultimate goosebump inducing scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clG_1sqOsBs

Quick word on the movie too -

Would have been a perfect movie imo if it hadn't gone all slasher fest at the end!

I love that scene. The music is perfect, Murphy looks exhausted in that suit, and the moment when

Kappa trips

is heartbreaking; seeing it, I'm left thinking that I'd quite possible give up at that point.

DrumSteve wrote: »

Got to agree on sunshine in particular especially when Capa and Kaneda are fixing the array and

Kaneda opts to stay behind and die to fix it.

That score in the background made it epic. Actually my favourite film of all time that.

The title of this video contains a SPOILER, so I'll just link to it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMns4c-0sq0
I adore that scene, because every single character is reacting differently to it, from Kappa yelling frantically, to Mace's rigid professionalism. It's not very often you see a sci-fi with such rich characterisation.

Sad Professor

I love Sunshine.

Re: the ending

The so-called slasher twist at the end doesn't bother me. Mostly because I don't view what happens as being entirely slasher movie stuff.

The whole Pinbacker storyline is a reference to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. i.e. the protagonist sails down the river and at the end he finds an insane man who has spent too long in the wilderness and has committed unspeakable acts of evil. The protagonist must then struggle to avoid turning into that insane man.

Boyle and Garland are both big fans of Apocalypse Now which was based on Conrad. The Beach and 28 Days Later had similar endings.

Agricola

eoinoleary wrote: »

ill start with a classic!!


[removes helmet and turns around to face 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

My choice would be the whole opening act in Germania. Its an amazing piece of film making on so many levels. It introduces the main protagonist who is a battle hardened warrior, yet it simply and elegantly infers that he is a reluctant hero with a much more complex character. It establishes the deep trust and respect he has in his men and they have in him while making sure the audience understands that he is the one running the show.
It shows the Emperor's preference for Maximus over his alienated son which brings about the murder of his family and drives the rest of the film forward. All this is established in the first 20/25 minutes and on top of it you have a brilliantly choreographed battle sequence which experts say is as accurate a representation of the Roman war machine in action as anyone today can hope to see.

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krudler wrote: »

Definitely, I remember my dad let me watch it one night when it was on ITV years ago during my "watching movies I shouldnt be" phase as a kid and I thought it was the greatest movie I'd ever seen, even if it was the cut version "you're one ugly motherfcuker!" pointless movie trivia: Jean Claude Van Damme was originally cast as the Predator, and they shot stuff with him in a green suit that wasnt used,before Stan Winstons crew took over and made the one we know now.

You're kidding?? I never knew that and I've seen the film probably 50 times. I remember having to order if on dvd in HMV and waiting two weeks til they called to say it had arrived!

Your story about your Dad letting you watch it made me laugh because as I was typing my earlier post I was actually thinking about the first time I watched it.

My best mate's dad was the one who always secretly let us watch the 18-cert flicks. I think I was about 8/9 watching Predator. My pal's folks were about 10 yrs younger than my folks (still are, obviously! ) and I suppose, his Dad wouldn't have been much older than I am now when he showed us Predator, Terminator (and later T2), total Recall and Commando.

Then we went outside and shot the sh*t outta each other with homemade peg-guns - good times

krudler

ricero wrote: »

the dark knight and the opening introduction to the joker during the bank robbing scene its just amazing.

also the opening of inglorious bastards just amazing IMO hans landa is the man

The first time you see the Joker take the mask off and the music hits is brilliant, one of those goosebump moments "whatever doesnt kill you only makes you....stranger"

Sudden Valley

The scene where Ed Norton’s character beats himself up in his manager’s office in ‘Fight Club’. The scene has everything: cracking music, funny narration, great direction and acting.

krudler

in Rocky IV, when Rocky wallops Drago and cuts him, then starts battering him, come on tell me you didnt want to punch the air in triumph watching that as a kid "you see! he's not a machine! He's a man!"

Busi_Girl08

I know it's cheesy as hell, but I don't care. <br />
In Shawshank Redemption, when

Andy escapes through the sewer pipe. Morgan Freeman's fantastic narration over it "Andy Dufrene (sp). The man who crawled through **** and came out the other side a clean man" And that iconic shot of him triumphantly throwing his head back in the pain. It's like you're right there with him.

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What I really like about it is that, in that moment, you forget about everything else that's going on. Forget about the people who have wronged him, forget about revenge, everything. All that matters is that overwhelming feeling of freedom. Just love it.

krudler

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

I know it's cheesy as hell, but I don't care. <br />
In Shawshank Redemption, when

Andy escapes through the sewer pipe. Morgan Freeman's fantastic narration over it "Andy Dufrene (sp). The man who crawled through **** and came out the other side a clean man" And that iconic shot of him triumphantly throwing his head back in the pain. It's like you're right there with him.

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What I really like about it is that, in that moment, you forget about everything else that's going on. Forget about the people who have wronged him, forget about revenge, everything. All that matters is that overwhelming feeling of freedom. Just love it.

I love how the film doesnt rush to a conclusion after that moment,theres still over 15 minutes left in it and we just see

Red going through what Brooks did, only he doesnt do the same thing as he has Andy to live for, the original ending was with him on the bus driving into the distance with the "I hope" line, which is how the book ends, but the test audiences felt cheated that we dont see them reunited so Darabont filmed the beach sequence

krudler

WHIP IT! wrote: »

You're kidding?? I never knew that and I've seen the film probably 50 times. I remember having to order if on dvd in HMV and waiting two weeks til they called to say it had arrived!

Heres the doc on it, its from the dvd:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWXcC05-peg

krudler

This is more to do with the experience than the film itself, even though I love the movie, but my first ever visit to the cinema. summer of 1989, was 8 years old, and my dad took me to see Batman.
Now for those too young to remember, this was an event, I mean that summer the Bat symbol was everywhere toys, lunchboxes, chewing gum, trading cards, posters, comics, you name it.
It was the first mega blockbuster I'd experienced. I was kind of late bloomer movies wise, had seen stuff like Star Wars and Jaws and The Goonies and Indy at home,but this was something else.
We went to a cinema that had old school style curtains that pulled apart as the movie started, and as strange as this sounds the thing that I remember the most to this day is the smell. That cinema smell of hoovered carpet and popcorn that only exists in a cinema, it was the first thing that struck me as we walked in, I was nervous, excited and completely enthralled by what I was about to see. Then the ads and trailers started, and then the movie itself, everyone who had been whispering or talking shushed up, the lights dimmed to almost total darkness, and then this began to play:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4ydxgekFls

I've had some defining moments in my life, but as regards film, this was the biggest, I finally saw what the fuss about the cinema was, and it was the exact moment I fell in love with movies. I've been to the cinema hundreds of times since, but this was the single most memorable vist, this may sound all very wishy washy but I still think of it as one of the most memorable moments of my childhood, I have friends who went to see stuff like the Care Bears movie or some Disney film as their first trip to the cinema (nothing wrong with that btw) but mine, mine was fcuking Batman, and I loved every second of it. I remember my dad laughing at the fact he bought me a small tub of popcorn and after the film started I didnt eat a single piece of it.

krudler

RopeDrink wrote: »

Been trying to think of additional contributions when it comes to fave movie moments - Can't think of other ones so I'll just have to show the one I posted about before...

Honestly, I still absolutely adore this movie and it still looks good for it's age (28 Years Old!?)

I love The Thing, its one of my favourite movies, the score is amazing, its so bleak and oppressive. I've always been a big fan of Kurt Russell, its a pity he never became a proper A lister actor as he's always dependable (and hes fcuking Jack Burton ) The fx still hold up, model work and prosthetics ftw, cgi doesnt hold a candle to it.

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krudler wrote: »

This is more to do with the experience than the film itself, even though I love the movie, but my first ever visit to the cinema. summer of 1989, was 8 years old, and my dad took me to see Batman.
Now for those too young to remember, this was an event, I mean that summer the Bat symbol was everywhere toys, lunchboxes, chewing gum, trading cards, posters, comics, you name it.
It was the first mega blockbuster I'd experienced. I was kind of late bloomer movies wise, had seen stuff like Star Wars and Jaws and The Goonies and Indy at home,but this was something else.
We went to a cinema that had old school style curtains that pulled apart as the movie started, and as strange as this sounds the thing that I remember the most to this day is the smell. That cinema smell of hoovered carpet and popcorn that only exists in a cinema, it was the first thing that struck me as we walked in, I was nervous, excited and completely enthralled by what I was about to see. Then the ads and trailers started, and then the movie itself, everyone who had been whispering or talking shushed up, the lights dimmed to almost total darkness, and then this began to play:


I've had some defining moments in my life, but as regards film, this was the biggest, I finally saw what the fuss about the cinema was, and it was the exact moment I fell in love with movies. I've been to the cinema hundreds of times since, but this was the single most memorable vist, this may sound all very wishy washy but I still think of it as one of the most memorable moments of my childhood, I have friends who went to see stuff like the Care Bears movie or some Disney film as their first trip to the cinema (nothing wrong with that btw) but mine, mine was fcuking Batman, and I loved every second of it. I remember my dad laughing at the fact he bought me a small tub of popcorn and after the film started I didnt eat a single piece of it.

Great stuff. The first film I can remember going to see in the cinema is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade with my Mam and little sister in the Savoy, I'm sure it was. It wasn't my first time in a cinema but that's the first film I can actually remember... am I right in saying that back then you could go to a film you were "too young" for as long as you were accompanied by someone who was old enough? I can clearly remember my Mam telling us that that day (Indiana Jones was 12s, I think?). But then again, she might've just been saying that as she smuggled us in!

Also, films used to have an interval in the cinema, didn't they?

Turtyturd

The Jurassic Park scene with the first appearance of the T-Rex is one that always comes to mind. The movie had been hyped beyond belief and I was dying to see it for months before it came out. But I remember being amazed at how real it all looked and how much tension the scene created. Plus the whole 'where's the goat?' part scared the sh*t out of me.

Another one for me is the first appearance of Cyclops in the first X-men movie. I had been a fan of the comic for years and Cyclops had always been one of my favourite characters so it was a real fanboy moment.

scrotty

The ambush scene at Beal na Blath in Michael Collins. I think it was done extremely well by Neil Jordan. The haunting score of Sinead O'Connor Singing ' He Moved Through The Fair ' is enough to make the hairs on your neck stand up while Mick jokes with Joe as they move toward the ambush site about his wedding and the scene cuts to Kitty shopping for a wedding dress brings home this was a real person not just a legandary character from the history books. Even tho i knew what would happen i admit to a sense of dread and the grief of Joe as he cradles Micks head ' dont go on us Mick ' matched by Kittys as she trys to run away from the soldier sent to tell her Collins is dead a powerful and moving piece of cinema.

Spunge

+1 Capa's Jump.
Thats the first thing that came into my head.

krudler

Biff getting knocked out in Back To The Future

hidinginthebush

I agree with a lot of the inputs so far, especially Any Given Sunday, the speech Al Paccino give is just chilling, makes me want to just u and punch the wall every time!

My contributions all come from Kick Ass, I love everything about that movie. The first fight scene where Kick Ass takes on the guys after he fails to save the cat is excellent. The music adds to the action is such a perfect way, plus the "There's a guy dressed as a superhero kicking 3 guys ass outside... it's awesome!". The fact that he's pretty terrible at fighting, but just throwing everything he has into it to save the randommer as he sees it as the right thing to do, a real superhero!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYQOZcMRruo

Though I think the following scene is my favourite from every movie ever! Little Hit Girl doing her best to save Big Daddy and Kick Ass while they are both set on fire. Big Daddy giving her instructions and his daughter, all 10 years of her taking on the goons. The night-vision scene when Hit Girl enters first, switching to the strobe. Amazing stuff!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ0JDOgSf4Y

As both clips feature a moderate amount of violence, I have put them in spoilers so you don't watch them accidentally if you don't want to.

Also, Biff getting knocked out, oh yes!

Sl!mCharles

hidinginthebush wrote: »

Though I think the following scene is my favourite from every movie ever! Little Hit Girl doing her best to save Big Daddy and Kick Ass while they are both set on fire. Big Daddy giving her instructions and his daughter, all 10 years of her taking on the goons. The night-vision scene when Hit Girl enters first, switching to the strobe. Amazing stuff!

Funnily enough I think that scene has either the same, or a slightly altered version, of the soundtrack in the Sunshine scene where Capa jumps.

"Epic" is a word that has come to be a bit overused but bejaysus if that doesn't describe those strings perfectly.

MJ23

The part in T2 where Arnie comes into the back hallway with shotgun in the flower box. Absolutelty Brilliant

Xyo

"Luke, I am your father" that is all.

Warper

Xyo wrote: »

"Luke, I am your father" that is all.

I thought it was "Luke, I am your mother"

billymitchell

The conversation at the end of "hunger"
Most powerful piece of cinema I have seen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq0SETWIO8U

krudler

Infact any scene with the T-Rex in JP1 was just epic, and always had an appropriate build-up (Tremors, shaky water) with exception to above mentioned scene where it just HAPPENED to sneak into a building that a) It couldn't really have fit in, entrance wise and b) Without making a SINGLE sound or being noticed at all

If you look theres a big section of wall missing with loads of tarp and scaffolding, it could have easily walked in there, but I agree, it must have tiptoed in lol, still an epic moment, especially this shot:

krudler

Its fairly recent but the first flight scene from How To Train Your Dragon is excellent, especially when

Hiccup falls off, he clambers back onto Toothless and then sails down the side of the mountain before whipping through the rock formations at top speed

fantastic moment.

Dick Burns

The Dark Knight Ending

" he's the hero Gotham deserves. But not the one it needs right now. And so we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent gaurdian. A watchful protector. A dark knight "

Shows Batman on the batpod flying through the streets into a bright light then cut to black

Favourite Movie Moment

krudler

Dick Burns wrote: »

The Dark Knight Ending

" he's the hero Gotham deserves. But not the one it needs right now. And so we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent gaurdian. A watchful protector. A dark knight "

Shows Batman on the batpod flying through the streets into a bright light then cut to black

Favourite Movie Moment

I prefer the end of Begins myself:
"I never said thank you"
"And you'll never have to"

I love the Joker card moment, when I saw it in the cinema there was an audible "ooohhh!" from the audience, great way of setting up a sequel.

delbertgrady

Zodiac: Robert Graysmith pounding on Dave Toschi's door:

"It's ARTHUR LEIGH ALLEN!"

The Mad Hatter

krudler wrote: »

I prefer the end of Begins myself:
"I never said thank you"
"And you'll never have to"

I love the Joker card moment, when I saw it in the cinema there was an audible "ooohhh!" from the audience, great way of setting up a sequel.

Nolan insists, though I'm not sure I believe him, that that moment was there purely for that "ooohhh!", to generate excitement in the audience and end on a high. He says he didn't intend to make a sequel at all.

Spunge

Xyo wrote: »

"Luke, I am your father" that is all.

omg spoiler :mad:

Funglegunk

The final scene in Blade Runner, in which

Roy Batty saves Deckard and then dies after delivering the wonderful 'Tears in Rain' speech. Rutger Hauer wrote the 'tears in rain' line himself.

Made me realise that I was kind of rooting for the 'bad guy' all along.

He was struggling for more life, and grew more desperate for it as the film progressed. By the time of his death, you are sympathising with him. I can't believe Ridley Scott changed the line "I want more life, ****er!" to "I want more life, father." in the Director's Cut. The original line was way, way better in my opinion. "****er", to me, said a lot more about Batty's resolve and motivation.

The early scene in Alien when they discover the derelict ship. It just looks so convincingly otherworldly and massive.

+1 to the jump scene from Sunshine. Epic! Absolutely loved that movie.

spiritcrusher

Cropduster scene in North By Northwest. No matter how many times I see it, I still get giddy with anticipation as Hitchcock toys with you for about 5 minutes before anything happens. The tension as all those cars and buses go by. The car that eventually appears from a dirt road, guy gets out of the car and STILL has nothing to do with anything, love it. Hard to believe he has absolutely nothing to do with anything when it's framed by this kind of shot:

Love the brief bit of dialogue then between Grant and that guy:
Thornhill: "Then your name isn't Kaplan?"
Man: "Can't say it is, 'cause it ain't"
It's not until; Man: "That's funny." Thornhill: "What is?" Man: "Plane's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops" that there's a hint that we realise maybe no one's coming and this happens


In fact, that scene barely has anything to do with the entire film! Hitchcock just wanted to fcuk with ya

losthorizon

My favourite moment is in the The Third Man when Orson Welles face appears out of the darkness. Thats it. But I love the Third Man Its just Welles face and his smile - brillinat. When I visited Austria I made sure to go and see some of the places that were featured in the Third Man. I even took a ride in the ferris wheel.

For me for some reason old films tend to stick in the mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeJVNQ4ngfo

crazygeryy

http://movieclips.com/mTbPR-et-the-extra-terrestrial-movie-hes-alive-hes-alive/


enough said.