The final scene of Last of the Mohicans - https://youtu.be/gD82Psv64Uw
Such an emotonally charged, beautifully shot scene with the perfect rising score. I get a lump in my throat every time I watch it.
This scene from John Wick 1, where he’s introduced by Michael Nyqvist. Listen to the background music and how it matches the action and builds up to the end of the scene.
The monologue by Michael Nyqvist, where he talks about John Wick to his son. The background music is perfectly synced to the action and leads perfectly to the climax.
There are several for me.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990): When Splinter and Danny are talking, and Splinter asks about his parents. And gives a line that’s become even more powerful since I lost my dad last year - “All fathers care for their sons.”
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Waking Life: Really this whole movie, because it’s just scene after scene of interesting ideas and great dialogue, which, thanks to the way the movie is built, doesn’t need to be super-connected. But I guess the scene i keep coming back to is when Wiley is with an old man in what looks like a bar. It ends with a powerful line: “Which is the most dominant human trait - fear? Or laziness?”
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Johnny Mnemonic: “I! WANT! ROOM SERVICE!” Just a great delivery and a real show of how he’s gotten to the end of his rope.
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Midnight in Paris: Hemingway’s introductory scene.
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Casablanca: The ending especially, but also La Marseillaise vs. the Nazi anthem.
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The Third Man: The Merry-Go-Round scene. It’s a chilling look into villainy, and the obvious fact that Harry Lime was not always the monster he is in the film - because he can’t look at his victims as people. It’s why The Lives of Harry Lime worked as a radio show.
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The fight scene in Kung Fu Hustle, where the 3 fighters ban together against the gang terrorizing the town. The music is also perfect in that scene.
Kung Fu Hustle is a great movie.
