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Okay, so I know we've had a lot of movie threads lately, but I'm curious to see what others think on this subject. What are some of your favorite movie moments. They don't necessarily have to be from a film that you think is fantastic, but just a scene that's stuck with you.
I recently discovered that the BFI (British Film Institute) is offering a special showing this season of The Wizard of Oz. I was (am) very excited! In the midst of my squeals of delight, I was trying to explain to my s.o. about the joy of the "opening the door" scene.
I can vividly remember watching this part of the film each year as a kid (back when it came on only once a year
). You know,
[SPOILER=Warning: Spoiler!]Dorothy's sucked up in the tornado, we see Miss Gulch on her bike, the witch freaks the hell out her, the house lands *splat* and then.....Dorothy slowly opens to door to what she believes is Kansas. The audience sees the black and white melted away into beautiful, brilliant, technicolor.[/SPOILER]
Amazing, wonderful......ahhh. At this point in the conversation, I was so immersed in bliss, that I think Karl wondered if I'd been self-medicating.
I'm sure there are many such moments, but the other ones that come quickly to mind are:
The moment of revelation in The Sixth Sense, at which point, both I and many of my fellow audience members let out an audible "ohh".
The climax of Field of Dreams (which got me started on this tangent, in another thread). I hadn't yet read the book at the time I saw the film, and was completely taken by the end of the final ballgame. Suddenly, the movie had a whole new meaning.
and of course....
Yoda's revelation of "no...there is another". I can remember the look exchange with my dad (as I was 9 and hadn't quite figured it out yet) as we sat in the now torn-down Lyric Theatre. Good times.
Ah...maybe I should forget this whole teaching thing and work at the local cineplex.
I must note the irony of the fact that we now live in a town that doesn't have ANY operating cinemas (what is wrong with these people).
I recently discovered that the BFI (British Film Institute) is offering a special showing this season of The Wizard of Oz. I was (am) very excited! In the midst of my squeals of delight, I was trying to explain to my s.o. about the joy of the "opening the door" scene.
I can vividly remember watching this part of the film each year as a kid (back when it came on only once a year

[SPOILER=Warning: Spoiler!]Dorothy's sucked up in the tornado, we see Miss Gulch on her bike, the witch freaks the hell out her, the house lands *splat* and then.....Dorothy slowly opens to door to what she believes is Kansas. The audience sees the black and white melted away into beautiful, brilliant, technicolor.[/SPOILER]
Amazing, wonderful......ahhh. At this point in the conversation, I was so immersed in bliss, that I think Karl wondered if I'd been self-medicating.
I'm sure there are many such moments, but the other ones that come quickly to mind are:
The moment of revelation in The Sixth Sense, at which point, both I and many of my fellow audience members let out an audible "ohh".
The climax of Field of Dreams (which got me started on this tangent, in another thread). I hadn't yet read the book at the time I saw the film, and was completely taken by the end of the final ballgame. Suddenly, the movie had a whole new meaning.

and of course....
Yoda's revelation of "no...there is another". I can remember the look exchange with my dad (as I was 9 and hadn't quite figured it out yet) as we sat in the now torn-down Lyric Theatre. Good times.
Ah...maybe I should forget this whole teaching thing and work at the local cineplex.
I must note the irony of the fact that we now live in a town that doesn't have ANY operating cinemas (what is wrong with these people).