Fantastic/Beautiful moments in Cinema - The PH Compendium

[aclivity]

Slightly more than 5 seconds long, but the final dance scene in Strictly Ballroom when his dad starts to clap a dance beat, and then the crowd joins in so they can finish the dance.

[grumbledoak]

Highrisedrifter said:

Leon?

ETA- And apologies for the typo. Must get a new keyboard.

Edited by grumbledoak on Tuesday 25th October 12:31

[fathomfive]

grumbledoak said:

Highrisedrifter said:

Leon?

ETA- And apologies for the typo. Must get a new keyboard.

Edited by grumbledoak on Tuesday 25th October 12:31

Gary Oldman at his malevolent best.

[Google [bot]]

Before Sunset, when Julie Delpi, whole scene in her apartment, plays a song of her own on the guitar to Jesse and Nina Simone on the stereo.

[BarnatosGhost]

Last moments of Cool Runnings.

The sled skids to a stop, crowd silent, horrified... Gradually the lads come round, work out they're all ok, and pick up the sled to carry it across the line. Their dismissive, arrogant opponents slowly break into generous appause and the closing title says something about the Jamaican Bobsled Team returned to Jamaica as heroes, and returned to the Winter Olympics four years later as equals.

Magic.

[onyx39]

BarnatosGhost said:

Last moments of Cool Runnings.

The sled skids to a stop, crowd silent, horrified... Gradually the lads come round, work out they're all ok, and pick up the sled to carry it across the line. Their dismissive, arrogant opponents slowly break into generous appause and the closing title says something about the Jamaican Bobsled Team returned to Jamaica as heroes, and returned to the Winter Olympics four years later as equals.

Magic.

[Moospeed]

Toy Story. The bit where Buzz Lightyear, internally fighting against evidence to the contrary that he is a toy decides he really can fly. Launches himself off the balcony and crashes to the staircase below.

[mattviatura]

The air traffic control scene in Close Encounters.

[Don Veloci]

"Funny how"

The whole sequence is longer than 5 seconds but the tone is nailed instantly.

Liked the Good Will Hunting comments. I'll add to that that Robin Williams really is good in serious roles. Not a fan of the daft comedy roles he's taken in the past.

[LeoSayer]

The bit in The Royal Tenenbaums where Gwyneth Paltrow steps off the bus in slow motion with 'These days' by Nico playing.

Russian submarine crew singing their national anthem just after they have engaged 'caterpillar drive' in The Hunt for Red October.....followed by the American sonar operator saying "and for a moment, I though I heard singing".

[Melvin Udall]

mattviatura said:

The air traffic control scene in Close Encounters.

On that note, the bit where the spacecraft hoofs back to them, with deep bass, the wee tune.

[macp]

mattviatura said:

The air traffic control scene in Close Encounters.

Oh yes

[crofty1984]

The whole speech in Scent of a Woman, but if I'm allowd 5 seconds I'll take "There was a time I could see. And I have seen. Kids like these - younger than these, with their arms torn out, legs ripped off. But there is nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit. There is, no prosthetic for that.

Also Good will hunting: "But you can't tell me what it smells like in the Sistene chapel"

Amelie: - "Qinze"

If we're allowed music videos-
Pearl Jam do the evolution: Horses run towards a thicket of trees and tanks roll out

Metallica S&M: "Take a look to the sky just before you die, it's the last time you will [lights go out] will.. will... [lights explode back up for the next verse]

Beyonce live at Glastonbury - If I were a boy:
Just after the Alanis Morrissette break and she's crouched down, the camera's close in on her face "You're just a boy, baby you don't understand..." On that line there's the face of a woman putting fking everything into that performance.
Yes, that is an embarassing thing for a metal fan to say.

[fathomfive]

crofty1984 said:

The whole speech in Scent of a Woman, but if I'm allowd 5 seconds I'll take "There was a time I could see. And I have seen. Kids like these - younger than these, with their arms torn out, legs ripped off. But there is nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit. There is, no prosthetic for that.

Also Good will hunting: "But you can't tell me what it smells like in the Sistene chapel"

Amelie: - "Qinze"

If we're allowed music videos-
Pearl Jam do the evolution: Horses run towards a thicket of trees and tanks roll out

Metallica S&M: "Take a look to the sky just before you die, it's the last time you will [lights go out] will.. will... [lights explode back up for the next verse]

Beyonce live at Glastonbury - If I were a boy:
Just after the Alanis Morrissette break and she's crouched down, the camera's close in on her face "You're just a boy, baby you don't understand..." On that line there's the face of a woman putting fking everything into that performance.
Yes, that is an embarassing thing for a metal fan to say.

If you bring music videos into it, I'd put forward Fix You by Coldplay. There is a moment towards the end of the song where he's at the piano and the (stadium) crowd start singing resulting in him trying to stifle a massive grin.

[Speckle]

crofty1984 said:

The whole speech in Scent of a Woman, but if I'm allowd 5 seconds I'll take "There was a time I could see. And I have seen. Kids like these - younger than these, with their arms torn out, legs ripped off. But there is nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit. There is, no prosthetic for that.

+1
That speech is great, always gives me goosebumps!

[The_Doc]

fathomfive said:

crofty1984 said:

The whole speech in Scent of a Woman, but if I'm allowd 5 seconds I'll take "There was a time I could see. And I have seen. Kids like these - younger than these, with their arms torn out, legs ripped off. But there is nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit. There is, no prosthetic for that.

Also Good will hunting: "But you can't tell me what it smells like in the Sistene chapel"

Amelie: - "Qinze"

If we're allowed music videos-
Pearl Jam do the evolution: Horses run towards a thicket of trees and tanks roll out

Metallica S&M: "Take a look to the sky just before you die, it's the last time you will [lights go out] will.. will... [lights explode back up for the next verse]

Beyonce live at Glastonbury - If I were a boy:
Just after the Alanis Morrissette break and she's crouched down, the camera's close in on her face "You're just a boy, baby you don't understand..." On that line there's the face of a woman putting fking everything into that performance.
Yes, that is an embarassing thing for a metal fan to say.

If you bring music videos into it, I'd put forward Fix You by Coldplay. There is a moment towards the end of the song where he's at the piano and the (stadium) crowd start singing resulting in him trying to stifle a massive grin.

Woaaaaahhh there.

we're not having music.

stay on target, stay on target

[MrMagoo]

• 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.

[Stu R]

The 'reveal' on usual suspects, where the realisation hits his face after Verbal has left, coffee hits floor etc.

[The_Doc]

Stu R said:

The 'reveal' on usual suspects, where the realisation hits his face after Verbal has left, coffee hits floor etc.

already had that one, Stu R; care to go for another....

[Zaxxon]

Cut that Polish chit chat