Fantastic/Beautiful moments in Cinema - The PH Compendium

Fantastic/Beautiful moments in Cinema - The PH Compendium

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Dan_1981

17,395 posts

199 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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The erm... 'Ass to Ass' scene in Requiem for Dream.

An absolutely beautiful moment....

take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey

5,158 posts

55 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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Up... That scene... cry

Every dam time... cry

WhiskyDisco

805 posts

74 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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Don Logan attempting to convince Gal Dove to do one last job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzdTzkYEkc8

Ben Kingsley as a bad m*tha!

Bujinkhal

75 posts

66 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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American History X.

After the kerb scene when the police arrive and Edward Norton is just stood in the street with this weird grin calmly following their instructions.

Terrifying but brilliant cinema.

Edited by Bujinkhal on Thursday 16th January 09:46

Randy Winkman

16,137 posts

189 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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Jenny Agutter as "Bobby" calling out "Daddy! My daddy!" at the end of The Railway Children.

Halb

53,012 posts

183 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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Joker talking to the chat show host in Joker.
Mesmerising.

Legend83

9,981 posts

222 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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The scene in The Intouchables where Philipe is in a downward spiral of depression so Driss drives him up to the North coast of France in the Quattroporte.

Interstellar where Cooper watches the videos from his kids.

The end of Lion cry

The_Doc

Original Poster:

4,886 posts

220 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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Wow.

My thread from 2011, nice revival !

I'll go away and think of some more, because so many great films in the 8 years since I started this !

[b] Can we do a rule reminder:
1) It has to be a moment, we're talking 5 seconds maximum
2) You have to describe it here, but not drone on about it
3) You can't rubbish another man's moment. Comment on it, but no opinionated "You're wrong" stuff.
4) No Nick Cage films are allowed, my thread my rules smile
[/b]


Edited by The_Doc on Thursday 16th January 10:26

The_Doc

Original Poster:

4,886 posts

220 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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Interstellar (2014)

Cooper (McConaughey) sits through the stored video messages from his family at home; realising that in the hours he has been off the spacecraft, 23 years has passed on Earth and he has missed out on his young family's entire childhood, and he will never see them again.
Shot from a 3rd person perspective with McConaughey looking down the camera.

No father (perhaps no human with a pulse) can watch that without it stirring the soul. Nolan is a cinematic genius

Edited: Ok spookily whilst I was typing this, Legend83 has submitted the same scene! Great minds !

Edited by The_Doc on Thursday 16th January 11:04

Halmyre

11,201 posts

139 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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Close Encounters, Neary sitting in his truck at a crossroads reading a map, headlights approach from behind, pause, and drive round him. Second set of headlights approach, pause, and start to rise up...

Legend83

9,981 posts

222 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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The_Doc said:
Interstellar (2014)

Cooper (McConaughey) sits through the stored video messages from his family at home; realising that in the hours he has been off the spacecraft, 23 years has passed on Earth and he has missed out on his young family's entire childhood, and he will never see them again.
Shot from a 3rd person perspective with McConaughey looking down the camera.

No father (perhaps no human with a pulse) can watch that without it stirring the soul. Nolan is a cinematic genius

Edited: Ok spookily whilst I was typing this, Legend83 has submitted the same scene! Great minds !

Edited by The_Doc on Thursday 16th January 11:04
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Nolan is a genius but in the same film gave us one of the best and most powerful scenes (as described by both of us above) but also the worst - the reunion scene was completely ruined for me by not just ageing Jessica Chastain, instead they use some old woman who looks nothing like her!!

RobGT81

5,229 posts

186 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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Maybe not beautiful however, Band of Brothers, the look Nix gives the German women in the red coat at the concentration camp.

Cotty

39,544 posts

284 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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The James Bond Union flag parachute jump. The quiet bit when he is falling then the music kicks in when the parachute pops out.

Mothersruin

8,573 posts

99 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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Can't dust for vomit.

DSC OFF

191 posts

61 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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Not cinema but TV - sopranos had some beautiful moments - tony killing the informant in witness protection and then tucking his sick daughter into bed.

The Chernobyl roof scene

James Bond walking along the rooftop in Spectre (shame the rest of the film was dire)

ET bikes across the moon

Schindler’s list - girl in the red coat

Saving private Ryan - the tension building on the landing craft right before the men go into battle

The thin red line - dying men in the tall grass, the peace and serenity before the lights go out

Basic instinct - that scene

Unforgiven - Munny becomes his old self

Fastchas

2,646 posts

121 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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I watched Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade at the cinema when it came out, such a great romp of a film.

The 'Leap of Faith' scene made me gasp.

Mothersruin

8,573 posts

99 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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I'll no doubt be bashed for this as it's a film frowned upon by the dudes with black rollneck jumpers, the initial Immersion into the 'Avatar' world and specifically going up into the clouds to catch the flyers. Breathtaking in imax 3d for the first time.

Halb

53,012 posts

183 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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Brave, when the daughter realises she is about to lose her mother, chokes me up summat rotten.

Battlestar Galactica; when the cylons know that Adama has returned and it's electric (getting that feeling as I type) and then they realise he's tricked them with drones....and then the Galactica turns up! Absolutely wonderful.
from the next episode, when the Galactica is on the verge of being destroyed and all hands killed...and then something turns up, the way the scene is layed out is perfect, wonderful art/technical direction.

Mothersruin said:
Can't dust for vomit.
?

Stuart70

3,935 posts

183 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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“Can’t dust for vomit” is Spinal Tap, isn’t it?

Halb

53,012 posts

183 months

Thursday 16th January 2020
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Wow, not seen that for years. One of those things that doesn't get shown anymore