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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stunaep on May 13, 2003, 12:32:26 pm

Title: The dramatic moments in cinema.
Post by: Stunaep on May 13, 2003, 12:32:26 pm: Here's another 'what's your opinion' thread. This time it's dramatic moments in TV and cinema. What were the scenes that really made you go 'damn...' or 'holy cow' or ':eek2: ' etc. I'm not talking about spectacular action sequences (although they may have dramatic effect as well), but those that really made the characters on screen come alive.

I can think of the following off the top of my head:

The funeral of Mozart in Forman's 'Amadeus'.

The Aragorn/Haleth dialogue to Theoden's monologue before the battle of Helm's deep in The Two Towers.

the 'I wish the ring had never come to me....' scene by the river of Anduin in the end of FOTR.

but IMO, the one that tops them all is from a TV series: the bombing of Narn Homeworld in the B5 episode "The long Twilight Struggle". It's amazing how much emotion can one actor put into a 50-second scene. Simply amazing.
:nod: :nod: :nod:
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Post by: Thorn on May 13, 2003, 12:35:13 pm: Season finale of Third Watch...
15 minute car chase/gun fight near the end... I dont think I breathed at all the whole time...
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Post by: tEAbAG on May 13, 2003, 12:38:42 pm: HAL's death scene from 2001. That was amazing.
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Post by: Stunaep on May 13, 2003, 12:44:20 pm: should have remembered that, tEAbAG.

As for Thorn... another series I haven't heard of..:p
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Post by: Thorn on May 13, 2003, 12:48:45 pm: North American show...
Its a New York cop/paramedic/firefighter type show...
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Post by: vyper on May 13, 2003, 03:05:25 pm: Any part of Missisippi (sp?) Burning. The whole damn thing is so powerful.
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Post by: Nico on May 13, 2003, 03:18:08 pm: the murder scene at the begining of american history X, I just... felt the pain of that poor dude...
whaaar!!:shaking:
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Post by: Nuclear1 on May 13, 2003, 03:25:16 pm: The escape sequence from Aliens. That just rocked because of the music. :D

From the same movie, Drake's death and the sequence following. Man, Vasquez was pissed.

Gandalf's death was pretty good in LOTR. Pardon me, but is that Obi-Wan there?

The battle sequence from Aliens was pretty good too. Not only did nearly half a dozen people die during the first few minutes, but just the dialogue was good too ("LET'S ROCK!")
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Post by: Sandwich on May 13, 2003, 03:38:50 pm: The video-chat goodbye scene between father and daughter in Armageddon.

The first look at the new lightsaber fight choreography in TPM.

The termination of the good terminator in T2 (being lowered into the molten iron).

The death scene of that french guy and of John Coffee in the Green Mile.
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Post by: Grey Wolf on May 13, 2003, 03:43:53 pm: The Balrog sequences in the Fellowship and the Two Towers. Now that's what an evil demon should look like!
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Post by: Martinus on May 13, 2003, 03:48:10 pm: [color=66ff00]Luke take off this mask...
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Post by: Stealth on May 13, 2003, 04:18:44 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich
The video-chat goodbye scene between father and daughter in Armageddon.

heeey! i thought i was the only one that thought that scene was cool. actually, i'd say that was one of the SADDEST of the scenes i've seen.
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Post by: Thorn on May 13, 2003, 04:28:10 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Stealth

heeey! i thought i was the only one that thought that scene was cool. actually, i'd say that was one of the SADDEST of the scenes i've seen.

Am I the only one that thought that was cheesey?
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Post by: Stealth on May 13, 2003, 04:32:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Thorn

Am I the only one that thought that was cheesey?

apparently not, since Sandwich also thought it was dramatic.
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Post by: Nico on May 13, 2003, 04:35:57 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Thorn

Am I the only one that thought that was cheesey?

nah, it WAS cheesy :D
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Post by: Stealth on May 13, 2003, 04:40:14 pm: Sorry, i was talking about the end of Deep Impact. i was confusing deep impact and armageddon. i've never seen armageddon
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Post by: LtNarol on May 13, 2003, 05:15:00 pm: My vote goes out to series finale of Babylon 5, the destruction of the station...I liked that thing :blah:
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Post by: neo_hermes on May 13, 2003, 05:47:27 pm: Deep impact i was glad when earth got hit i even cheered (not in the theater mind you). I was tired of seeing movies with people saving the world. :nod:
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Post by: Martinus on May 13, 2003, 05:54:14 pm: Quote
Originally posted by neo_hermes
Deep impact i was glad when earth got hit i even cheered (not in the theater mind you). I was tired of seeing movies with people saving the world. :nod:

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/maeglamor/dinoweekly.jpg)
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Post by: Turnsky on May 13, 2003, 05:56:48 pm: :lol:
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Post by: neo_hermes on May 13, 2003, 05:58:01 pm: of course they got hit with an asteroid they needed to die. that asteroid gave birth to one of the most superior beings on the planet...Us.
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Post by: Nico on May 14, 2003, 02:33:47 am: Quote
Originally posted by neo_hermes
of course they got hit with an asteroid they needed to die. that asteroid gave birth to one of the most superior beings on the planet...Us.

allelujah! :doubt:
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Post by: J.F.K. on May 15, 2003, 03:47:19 am: Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich
The termination of the good terminator in T2 (being lowered into the molten iron).

:nod: :(