Fantastic/Beautiful moments in Cinema - The PH Compendium
Discussion
Off piste a bit as this is television:
Final episode of S3 The Thick of It, Malcom Tucker's "Call to Arms" speech when they call the election.
"Bend down, pick something up, and t
t the fkity out of them"
Brilliant speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElNlIfwlF-w
Final episode of S3 The Thick of It, Malcom Tucker's "Call to Arms" speech when they call the election.
"Bend down, pick something up, and t
t the fkity out of them"Brilliant speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElNlIfwlF-w
The_Doc said:
stay on target, stay on target
Speaking of which...Starwars - Luke's screaming down the Deathstar trench, Vader getting closer and closer to getting a lock-on "The force is strong with this one" etc etc,
Darth Vader: [zeroing in on Luke's fighter] I have you now!
[one of Vader's wing-men explodes]
Darth Vader: Vvvvvvvhat?
Han Solo: YAHOOO!
[the Millenium Falcon appears]
Tie Fighter pilot: Look out!
Han fires again, the second fighter collides with Vader's, sending him careening away] - possibly the first recorded use of a 'John Vergo trick shot' in a space battle.
Han Solo: You're all clear, kid, now let's *blow* this thing and go home!
Plus a few mins before when Red Leader gets shot and stears his X Wing into a tower with a mighty "Arrrrrrr"
And of course - Han and Chewie chasing down a couple of Stormtropper only to turn a corner and be confronted with a few or a hundred (depending on which version you're watching) of their mates and have to beat a retreat.
Edited by P-Jay on Thursday 27th October 13:15
I think some time shawshank is a tad over-rated as a prison film - its hardly slave labour after the sister leave the film, but as a film about friendship and and beating the system its unrivalled - I don't mean that as a criticism I love it.
its 100 times better than the green mile which is to be fair patronising saccharine coated tosh.
goodfellas was on the other night and it go tme thinking about De Niros character. just as bad as everyone in the film but he gets away scot free? Joe Pesci gets shot in the, Henry has to go into hiding but de niro who was involved in everything including murdering the made guy gets nothing...or does he go to prison?
anyways back on topic...
I always blub a bit in the scene in Officer and a Gentleman when he says "I got nowhere else to go...I got no-one"...preceeded by Lou Gossett saying "get into your fateeeegues....."
its 100 times better than the green mile which is to be fair patronising saccharine coated tosh.
goodfellas was on the other night and it go tme thinking about De Niros character. just as bad as everyone in the film but he gets away scot free? Joe Pesci gets shot in the, Henry has to go into hiding but de niro who was involved in everything including murdering the made guy gets nothing...or does he go to prison?
anyways back on topic...
I always blub a bit in the scene in Officer and a Gentleman when he says "I got nowhere else to go...I got no-one"...preceeded by Lou Gossett saying "get into your fateeeegues....."
Nom de ploom said:
goodfellas was on the other night and it go tme thinking about De Niros character. just as bad as everyone in the film but he gets away scot free? Joe Pesci gets shot in the, Henry has to go into hiding but de niro who was involved in everything including murdering the made guy gets nothing...or does he go to prison?
Goodfellas is based on real events. Jimmy Burke (who Jimmy Conway is based on) ended up in prison after Henry Hill ratted on him, died of Lung Cancer in 1996.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burke_(gangster...
P-Jay said:
Nom de ploom said:
goodfellas was on the other night and it go tme thinking about De Niros character. just as bad as everyone in the film but he gets away scot free? Joe Pesci gets shot in the, Henry has to go into hiding but de niro who was involved in everything including murdering the made guy gets nothing...or does he go to prison?
Goodfellas is based on real events. Jimmy Burke (who Jimmy Conway is based on) ended up in prison after Henry Hill ratted on him, died of Lung Cancer in 1996.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burke_(gangster...
P-Jay said:
The_Doc said:
stay on target, stay on target
Speaking of which...Starwars - Luke's screaming down the Deathstar trench, Vader getting closer and closer to getting a lock-on "The force is strong with this one" etc etc,
Darth Vader: [zeroing in on Luke's fighter] I have you now!
[one of Vader's wing-men explodes]
Darth Vader: Vvvvvvvhat?
Han Solo: YAHOOO!
[the Millenium Falcon appears]
Tie Fighter pilot: Look out!
Han fires again, the second fighter collides with Vader's, sending him careening away] - possibly the first recorded use of a 'John Vergo trick shot' in a space battle.
Han Solo: You're all clear, kid, now let's *blow* this thing and go home!
Plus a few mins before when Red Leader gets shot and stears his X Wing into a tower with a mighty "Arrrrrrr"
And of course - Han and Chewie chasing down a couple of Stormtropper only to turn a corner and be confronted with a few or a hundred (depending on which version you're watching) of their mates and have to beat a retreat.
Edited by P-Jay on Thursday 27th October 13:15
Dan_1981 said:
The_Doc said:
Good Will Hunting:
Sean: It's not your fault.
Will: [Will's eyes open, misty already] Don't fk with me Sean. Not you.
Sean: It's not your fault.
[Will shoves Sean back, and then, hands trembling, buries his face in his hands.]
I'm going the big rubbery...
Ooooohh good one. Sean: It's not your fault.
Will: [Will's eyes open, misty already] Don't f
k with me Sean. Not you.Sean: It's not your fault.
[Will shoves Sean back, and then, hands trembling, buries his face in his hands.]
I'm going the big rubbery...
Same film - Sean & Will talking in the park - again not quite 5 seconds but a bloody good scene.
So if I asked you about art, you'd probably give me the skinny on every art book ever written. Michelangelo, you know a lot about him. Life's work, political aspirations, him and the pope, sexual orientations, the whole works, right? But I'll bet you can't tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel. You've never actually stood there and looked up at that beautiful ceiling; seen that. If I ask you about women, you'd probably give me a syllabus about your personal favorites. You may have even been laid a few times. But you can't tell me what it feels like to wake up next to a woman and feel truly happy. You're a tough kid. And I'd ask you about war, you'd probably throw Shakespeare at me, right, "once more unto the breach dear friends." But you've never been near one. You've never held your best friend's head in your lap, watch him gasp his last breath looking to you for help. I'd ask you about love, you'd probably quote me a sonnet. But you've never looked at a woman and been totally vulnerable. Known someone that could level you with her eyes, feeling like God put an angel on earth just for you. Who could rescue you from the depths of hell. And you wouldn't know what it's like to be her angel, to have that love for her, be there forever, through anything, through cancer. And you wouldn't know about sleeping sitting up in the hospital room for two months, holding her hand, because the doctors could see in your eyes, that the terms "visiting hours" don't apply to you. You don't know about real loss, 'cause it only occurs when you've loved something more than you love yourself. And I doubt you've ever dared to love anybody that much. And look at you... I don't see an intelligent, confident man... I see a cocky, scared s
tless kid. But you're a genius Will. No one denies that. No one could possibly understand the depths of you. But you presume to know everything about me because you saw a painting of mine, and you ripped my fking life apart.Obviously not as moving as the Death of Optimus Prime in the original 1985 movie though.
williamp said:
Charlie Chaplin's speach from the end of the film The Great dictator:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcvjoWOwnn4
Can't believe I've never seen that, recognised it immediately so I'm guessing I read it somewhere. Thanks williamp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcvjoWOwnn4
The scene with Felicity Jones in Flashbacks of a Fool, where she comes into shot as the method of filming changes to filmed at twice speed then slowed down by half to give a brilliant atmosphere, fantastic piece of cinema.
2:53 into this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au8cCvGk9eU
2:53 into this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au8cCvGk9eU
Have recently been reminded of Ash's awesome arming up sequence in Evil Dead Two. Groovy!
Though not quite up there with Downfall in the quality cinema stakes!
- spoiler- I wouldn't watch this if you havent already seen the film. It would kind of rob it of a highlight*
Though not quite up there with Downfall in the quality cinema stakes!
Edited by glazbagun on Wednesday 9th November 07:54
Withnail's speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zEVZGuU3BU
Best film ending and the best film ever made
Best film ending and the best film ever made
MrMagoo said:
*SPOILER*
The inception ending, I remember watching it at the cinema, the final scene where he's walking through the corridor. He can hear his kids playing, he takes out his totem and spins it to see if this is all a dream, the camera pans away and zoom on the totem. The whole audience was waiting to see if it would topple or not ... Then blackness. Every single person let out a sigh in that cinema. Perfection. IMHO of course.
Totally agree, as someone with kids I can't imagine what it would be like know I might not ever see them again. He didn't care about the totem falling / not falling - he just wanted to see their faces and hug them.The inception ending, I remember watching it at the cinema, the final scene where he's walking through the corridor. He can hear his kids playing, he takes out his totem and spins it to see if this is all a dream, the camera pans away and zoom on the totem. The whole audience was waiting to see if it would topple or not ... Then blackness. Every single person let out a sigh in that cinema. Perfection. IMHO of course.
Nom de ploom said:
P-Jay said:
Nom de ploom said:
goodfellas was on the other night and it go tme thinking about De Niros character. just as bad as everyone in the film but he gets away scot free? Joe Pesci gets shot in the, Henry has to go into hiding but de niro who was involved in everything including murdering the made guy gets nothing...or does he go to prison?
Goodfellas is based on real events. Jimmy Burke (who Jimmy Conway is based on) ended up in prison after Henry Hill ratted on him, died of Lung Cancer in 1996.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burke_(gangster...
crofty1984 said:
Nom de ploom said:
P-Jay said:
Nom de ploom said:
goodfellas was on the other night and it go tme thinking about De Niros character. just as bad as everyone in the film but he gets away scot free? Joe Pesci gets shot in the, Henry has to go into hiding but de niro who was involved in everything including murdering the made guy gets nothing...or does he go to prison?
Goodfellas is based on real events. Jimmy Burke (who Jimmy Conway is based on) ended up in prison after Henry Hill ratted on him, died of Lung Cancer in 1996.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burke_(gangster...
Blade runner's a given, but some of my faves that haven't been...
Gandalfs fall, aragorn assuming leadership. "on your feet, sam"
Maximus returning to his family, in elysium.
Field of dreams, playing catch.
Schindler realising his accomplishment.
Pretty much any part of leon, but particularly putting roots down at the end.
Alfred comforting a young bruce wayne and the following scene with liam neeson discussing the past.
Cowgirl jessie being abandoned.
Percival returning excalibur.
"not all tears are evil".
Gandalfs fall, aragorn assuming leadership. "on your feet, sam"
Maximus returning to his family, in elysium.
Field of dreams, playing catch.
Schindler realising his accomplishment.
Pretty much any part of leon, but particularly putting roots down at the end.
Alfred comforting a young bruce wayne and the following scene with liam neeson discussing the past.
Cowgirl jessie being abandoned.
Percival returning excalibur.
"not all tears are evil".
Gassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff