Your Favourite Scenes In Film

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[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]Cortes wrote:
Ryan Gosling has now kicked Michael Fassbender (who needs to work more!) off the top spot of my list of favorite actors. [/quote]

Speaking of which, I saw a great British (no pun intended) film with Fassbender recently called Fish Tank, he comes in and out of the story and is not seen too often, but he plays his character incredibly well. It’s not the kind of film I would have necessarily associated him with, to an extent maybe, but it still seems somewhat unorthodox for how brilliant he was at it.

Bonus points for his acting in Shame, I loved him in Shame.[/quote]

He won me over with Shame. I could not imagine a much more challenging role than the lead in that film. Fassbender manages to take a character who, if described to us, we would revile as the worst sort of human, and he turns that character into someone we care about, even root for. Great movie.

He also towers over the other characters in Prometheus.

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[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:

Not my favourite scene in the movie (the flashback sequence of his night of debauchery is) but still a good highlight of an outstanding film.
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The juxtaposition of the first and last scene on the subway is brillant. Absolutely brilliant direction and acting.

There are few moment in film where such a titanic amount of information is exchanged without a single line of dialog, and scarcely a twitch of a facial muscle. Incredible.

You can cry on cue? Cool. What actor can do this? And convey that so much has changed in the two scenes?

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[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
The maniacal character of Chigurh heads into a gas station for something as simple as paying for gas, and on the whim of something the owner says, he begins a dark, chilling interrogation of him leading Chigurh to contemplate whether the man deserves his life. [/quote]

Chigurh is not a maniac. He’s merely a hit man (and survivalist) who is exceedingly good at his craft.

The movie is misleading in this, but McCarthy’s novel is not.

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“So long, Frankie Five Angels.”

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I walked away from this scene a heavyhearted young man. There hardly seems a greater crime than thieving a child’s innocence

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[quote]Cockburn wrote:
I walked away from this scene a heavyhearted young man. There hardly seems a greater crime than thieving a child’s innocence

I watched Mystic River a hell of a lot of times before I got to really understanding how brilliant it is, from the story, the acting, the familiarity, it’s all an incredibly refined and polished piece of work.

Tim Robbins is brilliant in this scene, most of the cast display an extraordinary capability in their acting all throughout the film. Clint Eastwood is a brilliant director in his own right, for a long time he’s directed very high quality films, this is definitely no exception.

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Now for the real movie people. We’ll see who you are. I don’t even know where to start because Werner Herzog steals EVERY scene he appears in throughout the brilliant Julien Donkey-Boy.

Harmony Korine is one of my favorite writer/directors, and this is my favorite movie of his so far. For those interested in it, though, don’t go in expecting anything like linearity, or logic. However, if you can look past (or, better still, appreciate!) the extremely unconventional format in which the film was shot and edited, and the sometimes stomach churning and occasionally downright disturbing subject matter, a surprisingly touching story does evolve, with unique, original, interesting, empathetic characters (I just fell in love with the blind 11 year old ice skater/dancer girl. I wanted to watch two more hours of just her). The family involved at first appears, to us, to be about as disfunctional as it is possible to be. But, as the story progresses (for lack of a better word), we come to see that it actually does function within itself, quite well.

Harmony Korine flicks are difficult to recommend, but if you saw Kids and it led you to watch Gummo, and you liked Gummo, then I think you’ll probably like this even more. If you disliked Gummo or Kids, you’d probably be advised to stay far away from this one. Which would be such a shame, unfortunately.

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Here’s another of my favorite scenes from Julien Donkey-Boy.

By the way, there’s not problem with the quality of the video. For the most part, they are supposed to look like that. Serious.

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[quote]chillain wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
The maniacal character of Chigurh heads into a gas station for something as simple as paying for gas, and on the whim of something the owner says, he begins a dark, chilling interrogation of him leading Chigurh to contemplate whether the man deserves his life. [/quote]

Chigurh is not a maniac. He’s merely a hit man (and survivalist) who is exceedingly good at his craft.

The movie is misleading in this, but McCarthy’s novel is not.

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To nitpick your nitpick just a bit. He is actually “the best” at his craft. Remember the conversation in the novel between the corporate heads who are discussing him after having made the very poor decision to hire him? From memory here, one is saying something along the lines of, “There’s always someone stronger out there.” And the other one replies “That can’t be true though. There has to be one person who is the best,” and it is pretty clear from the context the McCarthy provides that Chigurh is, indeed, that person.

Also, to agree now with what you say here. Chigurh is far from maniacle. He has a more clearly defined system and worldview than anyone except perhaps the most extreme religious zealot, and he is unfailingly true to his rules. The coin tosses are the best demonstration of his adherence to a system.

The book is, again, necessarily more clear on this point, but I will say that this is possible THE truest adaption of a book to film that I have ever seen. No other film I can think of even approaches level the Coen Brothers were able to achieve in bringing that story to life. And this is coming from possibly the world’s biggest Cormac McCarthy fan. Not exaggerating.

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[quote]Cortes wrote:

[quote]chillain wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
The maniacal character of Chigurh heads into a gas station for something as simple as paying for gas, and on the whim of something the owner says, he begins a dark, chilling interrogation of him leading Chigurh to contemplate whether the man deserves his life. [/quote]

Chigurh is not a maniac. He’s merely a hit man (and survivalist) who is exceedingly good at his craft.

The movie is misleading in this, but McCarthy’s novel is not.

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To nitpick your nitpick just a bit. He is actually “the best” at his craft. Remember the conversation in the novel between the corporate heads who are discussing him after having made the very poor decision to hire him? From memory here, one is saying something along the lines of, “There’s always someone stronger out there.” And the other one replies “That can’t be true though. There has to be one person who is the best,” and it is pretty clear from the context the McCarthy provides that Chigurh is, indeed, that person.

Also, to agree now with what you say here. Chigurh is far from maniacle. He has a more clearly defined system and worldview than anyone except perhaps the most extreme religious zealot, and he is unfailingly true to his rules. The coin tosses are the best demonstration of his adherence to a system.

The book is, again, necessarily more clear on this point, but I will say that this is possible THE truest adaption of a book to film that I have ever seen. No other film I can think of even approaches level the Coen Brothers were able to achieve in bringing that story to life. And this is coming from possibly the world’s biggest Cormac McCarthy fan. Not exaggerating. [/quote]

Perhaps maniacal was the wrong word, I had in my mind the idea of him as a psychopath, as opposed to a sociopath, in that he is cunning and meticulous in his planning and execution (kind of pun intended). In an effort not to have to write psychopathical, I went with maniacal, and in retrospect it is clear that because of that my semantics were off. I apologise, but yes I do mean that he has an unflinching loyalty to his principles and his individualised moral code, however twisted and warped his actions may seem in response.

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I was reminded to put this because of another thread, and watching it again has made me truly appreciate how well made and chilling this is for having no CGI effects. Blue Moon playing in the background, the sound of flesh stretching and bones shattering and reforming, and the intense expression of pain on Naughton’s face make this an unforgettable film experience for me.

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[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

I was reminded to put this because of another thread, and watching it again has made me truly appreciate how well made and chilling this is for having no CGI effects. Blue Moon playing in the background, the sound of flesh stretching and bones shattering and reforming, and the intense expression of pain on Naughton’s face make this an unforgettable film experience for me.[/quote]

LOVED this movie when I was in elementary school. My favorite was his dead buddy showing up in ever more grisly states of decay. I may have to rewatch this.

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[quote]Cortes wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

I was reminded to put this because of another thread, and watching it again has made me truly appreciate how well made and chilling this is for having no CGI effects. Blue Moon playing in the background, the sound of flesh stretching and bones shattering and reforming, and the intense expression of pain on Naughton’s face make this an unforgettable film experience for me.[/quote]

LOVED this movie when I was in elementary school. My favorite was his dead buddy showing up in ever more grisly states of decay. I may have to rewatch this. [/quote]

The first scene where he shows up when David is in the hospital bed and he’s still more or less biologically intact, there’s one little bit of flesh that hangs off his chin/throat, I can’t take my eyes off it for the whole scene. I love the gore makeup on his character.

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[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]Cortes wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

I was reminded to put this because of another thread, and watching it again has made me truly appreciate how well made and chilling this is for having no CGI effects. Blue Moon playing in the background, the sound of flesh stretching and bones shattering and reforming, and the intense expression of pain on Naughton’s face make this an unforgettable film experience for me.[/quote]

LOVED this movie when I was in elementary school. My favorite was his dead buddy showing up in ever more grisly states of decay. I may have to rewatch this. [/quote]

The first scene where he shows up when David is in the hospital bed and he’s still more or less biologically intact, there’s one little bit of flesh that hangs off his chin/throat, I can’t take my eyes off it for the whole scene. I love the gore makeup on his character.[/quote]

Always been fascinated by werewolf films. Should check out since I hear it’s one of the first/best of this genre. The story better keep rolling 'cause I simply don’t have the patience for slowmotion drama

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[quote]Cockburn wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]Cortes wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

I was reminded to put this because of another thread, and watching it again has made me truly appreciate how well made and chilling this is for having no CGI effects. Blue Moon playing in the background, the sound of flesh stretching and bones shattering and reforming, and the intense expression of pain on Naughton’s face make this an unforgettable film experience for me.[/quote]

LOVED this movie when I was in elementary school. My favorite was his dead buddy showing up in ever more grisly states of decay. I may have to rewatch this. [/quote]

The first scene where he shows up when David is in the hospital bed and he’s still more or less biologically intact, there’s one little bit of flesh that hangs off his chin/throat, I can’t take my eyes off it for the whole scene. I love the gore makeup on his character.[/quote]

Always been fascinated by werewolf films. Should check out since I hear it’s one of the first/best of this genre. The story better keep rolling 'cause I simply don’t have the patience for slowmotion drama[/quote]

It’s very very good, Landis was still a teenager when he wrote the first drafts, there are a certain few scenes of it that I absolutely love. I’m going to watch it sometime soon for nostalgia’s sake, it’s the type of film that gets better with age.

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[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]Cortes wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

I was reminded to put this because of another thread, and watching it again has made me truly appreciate how well made and chilling this is for having no CGI effects. Blue Moon playing in the background, the sound of flesh stretching and bones shattering and reforming, and the intense expression of pain on Naughton’s face make this an unforgettable film experience for me.[/quote]

LOVED this movie when I was in elementary school. My favorite was his dead buddy showing up in ever more grisly states of decay. I may have to rewatch this. [/quote]

The first scene where he shows up when David is in the hospital bed and he’s still more or less biologically intact, there’s one little bit of flesh that hangs off his chin/throat, I can’t take my eyes off it for the whole scene. I love the gore makeup on his character.[/quote]

The Nazi werewolf scene is definitely in my top 10 favourite scare scenes.