Great images in movies

[SAI]

So many topics about great quotes, what about the movies raison d etre, images.

Here are some of my favourites in no order.

Citizen Kane
The reveal of Rosebud

King Kong ('33)
Kong atop the Empire State building

Frankenstein ('31)
The whole sequence of bringing the monster to life.

Raging Bull
The blood dripping off the ropes as Jake is taking a beating

Taxi Driver
Sport and Iris dancing together

The Last Picture Show
The shot that opens and closes the film. A long pan through a deserted town.

Say Anything
Lloyd holding a radio above his head, as In Your Eyes plays.

Magnolia
Claudia's smile, in the last seconds of the film.

There are so many more, but I'll leave it at that for now

[notchreturns]

I was going to post a picture of Deniro from Taxi Driver, with him putting his bloody finger to his head.All I got was a red X.Does anyone no what that means?

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[MixMasterMoose]

The Shawshank Redmeption- Andy Standing in the rain.

Reservoir Dogs- Mr. (forget his color) dancing.

The Shining- Face in the door.

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[urbanlegend23]

Here's 5 I enjoy...

Janet Leigh screaming in the shower - Psycho
Rose "flying" - Titanic
Darth Vader looking down on Luke and saying "I am your father" - The Empire Strikes Back
Omar Sharif coming ever so closer against the backdrop of a gorgeous sun - Lawrence of Arabia
The 360 head rotation - The Exorcist

[A.J. Hakari]

FARGO - A car slowly creeping across a snowy road in the beginning credits

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN - The monster and his creator performing a duet of "Puttin' on the Ritz"

FINDING GRACELAND - Elvis smiles at "his" vigil

A CHRISTMAS STORY - Ralphie gets the boot from Santa ("Ho...ho...ho...")

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - The first time we lay eyes upon Hannibal Lecter

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[notchreturns]

This nice little image speaks for itself.

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0113277/1-1.jpg

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[noisy_brut]

In the first Terminator when Arnold punches through the windshield

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[Weapon X]

RESIDENT EVIL

(WARNING: SPOILERS!!!)

Alice has just escaped the research facility to find Raccoon City empty and in shambles. She grabs a shotgun, charges it, and as she stands there and looks ready to whup some ass, the camera slowly zooms out from her to get a good view of the city ruins.

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[Andrew Tom]

ummm...Weapon X, you could use a spoiler warning before that post. I'm glad I've seen the movie already...

[The Other]

The rose petals in AMERICAN BEAUTY.

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0169547/4

[VicVega]

Fargo: Endless amounts of snow...Frances McDormand crouched down over a dead body

Pulp Fiction: Vincent and Mia dancing to Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell" in Jack Rabbit Slims.

Titanic: Rose laying naked on the couch (does anyone remember when Billy Crystal re-anacted this for the Oscars...OMG! Hahaha)

Reservoir Dogs: Mr. White pointing his gun down on Mr. Pink as he is pointing his up at White.

The Deer Hunter: Michael (DeNiro) with a gun pointed at his head, wearing a mean expression, as he plays Russian Rollette in Vietnam.

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest: Randal (Jack Nicholson) squiting everyone with the hose from the water fountain.

The Godfather Part 2: Michael Corrleone just sitting on a chair with his legs crossed and arms propped up on the armrests.

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[ColinM]

Excellent call, Other! I was just going to post the rose petals.

[jlovborg]

When I saw the topic of this thread one image immediately came to me: the famous still shot in the end of The 400 Blows where Antoine (JP Léaud) is standing on the beach looking straight into the camera with an ambiguous expression on his face.

[Dumb-Fokker-**]

In The Sandlot, when the 9 of them take their picture. Man, being a little kid kicked ass. And in Lord of the Rings, when you see the first shot of the army of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. A truly epic shot. Braveheart; Wallaces sword sticking out of the ground. And Waterboy; the Fonzies ass cheeks.

[Jedizim]

Raiders of the Lost Ark - In the Desert after Indy has found the well of the souls. The diggers and Indy are silhoutted against a setting sun while Indy puts his Fedora back on his head.

Jurassic Park - Feeling the Awe that the characters feel out in the middle of the field in the jeeps when they see the dinos for the first time.

These are two of my favorites

[Weapon X]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Andrew Tom:
ummm...Weapon X, you could use a spoiler warning before that post. I'm glad I've seen the movie already...</font>

Oops...sorry. http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Antonio]

In the horror genre, one of the greatest images is Max Von Sydow's silhouette in THE EXORCIST.

[James Logan]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jedizim:
Raiders of the Lost Ark - In the Desert after Indy has found the well of the souls. The diggers and Indy are silhoutted against a setting sun while Indy puts his Fedora back on his head.

Jurassic Park - Feeling the Awe that the characters feel out in the middle of the field in the jeeps when they see the dinos for the first time.

These are two of my favorites</font>

Jedizim, those were the exact two I was going to post! http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[ColinM]

******SPOILERS FOR The Shawshank Redemption******

The excellent aerial shot of the prison in the very beginning, and Andy in the rain after the escape.

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[SheWhoWalksBehindTheRows]

One of my very first memories of a movie is in Full Metal Jacket when the kid blows his brains out in the bathroom. Another is the walking hammers in The Wall. I also like the blood on the wall in the church in Children of the Corn that says "AND A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM".

[The Shadow]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ColinM:
The Shawshank Redemption - The excellent aerial shot of the prison in the very beginning, and Andy in the rain after the escape.</font>

Colin, didn't you just give the ending away there?

[robk]

The scene in Star Wars where Luke looks out to the twin suns was beautiful, as was the scene in Jurassic Park where the T-Rex triumphantly roars while a When-Dinosaurs-Ruled-The-Earth banner floats to the floor.

[ColinM]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by The Shadow:
Colin, didn't you just give the ending away there?</font>

OOPS! Added spoiler warnings...

[edonline]

The ending of The Heiress, where Olivia de Havilland, after she realizes that Montgomery Clift is only after her because of her money, slowly climbs the stairs with a gas lamp as he bangs on the front door yelling her name.

[Scarface98.9]

Jurassic Park
At the end of the movie, Hammond drives a Jurassic Park jeep. There is a deliberate shot of the Jurassic Park logo, with the J and IC of Jurassic covered with mud. I.E (yo) UR ASS PARK

the final shot with Harry in Requiem for a Dream

the shot of Kevin Spacey's feet as they change when leaving the police station

[youngSL]

Magnolia-When all of the frogs come falling from the sky.
Tom Cruise crying.

The Majestic-The movie theater

Gone with the Wind-Rhet kissing Scarlet when they have escaped from the city.

The Shawshank Redemption-Andy in the rain.

Saving Private Ryan-D-Day invasion

The Silence of the Lambs-Hannibal Lector doing his teeth thing.*shiver*

Fargo-All of the snow.

The Godfather-Marlon Brando just sitting and stroking his cat.

Star Wars Episode I-The Lightsaber scence.

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---youngSL---

[chartered streets]

Scarlett O' Hara on top of the hill in Gone With The Wind ("I'll never be hungry again").
The helicopter attack in Apocalypse Now.
The ape at the start of 2001: A Space Oddysey (actually 2001 has a few).
Harry Lime in the doorway in The Third Man.
Alex strapped down to the chair in A Clockwork Orange.
Ethan walking away from the doorway at the end of The Searchers.
The first time we see Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis dressed as women in Some Like It Hot.
The Wild Bunch walking towards certain death.
Leo Bloom dancing round the fountain in The Producers.

[movieDUDE68686]

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[EBastard]

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1.Platoon:Elias'(Willem DaFoe)hands raised to the sky as he's dying.Great scene.

2.Die Hard:John McClaine's(Bruce Willis)explosive jump from the Nakatomi Building.

3.Basic Instinct:Catherine Tramell(Sharon Stone) uncrossin the legs!

4.The Matrix(Can't believe you guys forgot this one):Neo(Keanu Reeves)doging the bullets!

5.Heat:Hanna(Al Pacino)holding McCauley's(Robert DeNiro)hand as he's dying.Kinda got me choked up a little too.

6.Swordfish:Ginger(Halle Berry)sunbathing topless!

7.The Rock:The shot of the fighter plane going up in the sky after the bomb was dropped on Alcatraz.

8.State Of Grace:The expression on Terry's(Sean Penn)face after the shoot-out in the bar.

9.Pulp Fiction:Vincent(John Travolta)and Jules'(Sam "Da Man" Jackson) reaction after almost being killed by that other guy(Alexis Arquette) in the bedroom.

10.Face/Off:Sean(Nicolas Cage)and Castor's(John Travolta)stand-off behind the mirror.

[bluntman86]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by The Other:
The rose petals in AMERICAN BEAUTY.

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0169547/4 </font>

if you take out mena suvari's emaciated ugly body that would be a great image.

[EBastard]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by bluntman86:
if you take out mena suvari's emaciated ugly body that would be a great image.</font>
No wonder why they call you bluntman!

[Horror whore]

I can't believe no one has mentioned this one!!!!

FIGHT CLUB- Very last shot before the credits!!! (You can really see it better if you put your DVD player oin slow fast forward!!!)

[EBastard]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Horror whore:
I can't believe no one has mentioned this one!!!!

FIGHT CLUB- Very last shot before the credits!!! (You can really see it better if you put your DVD player oin slow fast forward!!!)</font>
Sorry Horror whore,even though I have one,I'm not into seeing cock.

[mattjk_17]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MixMasterMoose:
The Shining- Face in the door.
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I totally agree, I also think the one from The Rock where Nic Cage is holding the flares up as the fighter planes are about to blast Alcatraz is a great image.

[SAI]

POSSIBLE SPOILERS

In Spider-Man: When the Goblin drops MJ and the cable car and they are reflected in the lenses of Spidey's mask

The whole sequence of designing the costume, because it feels just like a comic book.

In The Truman Show: Truman finds the stairs and leaves the studio.

In Almost Famous: Penny Lane's hand on the window of the plane, and William running past as it leaves. A great image as he appears to run through her fingers.

In Carrie: Carrie covered in blood, just before exacting her revenge.

[Kurtz' Killer]

The emergence of the "Star Child" is just about the most memorable moment I can remember.... (2001: A Space Odyssey)

[pat00139]

For images. The first and last image in Julia (they're the same). It's a person in a boat fishing. The frame is perfectly set and is in two-tone color. It's beautiful.

In Pollock, where a silhouetted Pollock is crouching in a field playing with some grass, the sun has just set, making the backround a orangish color.

In Badlands, the car is driving off in a desert-like field towards the horizon, with dust flying from the ground. The horizon is a straight line. The sky is blue and the ground is a dull brown.

Any frame is Ju Dou.

For scenes, my favorite is probably the tree-top fighting scene in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

[GodMagnus]

Mortal Kombat, Opening sequence. Man I love that. I still consider it the Best opening titles to a movie.

TF:TM-"Megatron must be stopped, No matter the cost" and "Arise Rodimus Prime". Very memorable.

Stigmata-When she beats up on gabriel burne and gets crussified. Very beautiful scene.
Also, the end with the fire. If you haven't seen this movie, GO RENT IT!!!

Also, the under-rated The Iron Giant. Very memorable movie, especially the very end.

[Puck Bond]

Indiana Jones running from the boulder at the beginning of ROTLA.

Shot of the cowboy riding the bomb at the end of Dr. Strangelove.

The prisoners standing in the yard as the music plays from the loud-speaker in The Shawshank Redemption.

[Invincible]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Weapon X:
RESIDENT EVIL


Alice has just escaped the research facility to find Raccoon City empty and in shambles. She grabs a shotgun, charges it, and as she stands there and looks ready to whup some ass, the camera slowly zooms out from her to get a good view of the city ruins.
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EXACTLY!!! that was MY favorite part! and still is!!! Oh that MUSIC! at the end is just sooo good !

[Invincible]

The Return Of The Jedi

I'm writing this off of my memory.

When Luke is chasing Darth Vader in his spaceship and after him are two X-Wings...then Han Solo comes out of the blue and starts shooting at the X-Wings.

Note: I'm not sure if the scene I described was exact but it did happen. My English teacher once said that this very scene when "The Return Of The Jedi" came out, was the SW fans' favorite, because everyone thought Han Solo was dead, and they stood up and were standing till the end of the movie!

WOW! now that's FANS!!!

[ColinM]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Invincible:
The Return Of The Jedi

I'm writing this off of my memory.

When Luke is chasing Darth Vader in his spaceship and after him are two X-Wings...then Han Solo comes out of the blue and starts shooting at the X-Wings.

Note: I'm not sure if the scene I described was exact but it did happen. My English teacher once said that this very scene when "The Return Of The Jedi" came out, was the SW fans' favorite, because everyone thought Han Solo was dead, and they stood up and were standing till the end of the movie!

WOW! now that's FANS!!!</font>

???

I'm confused, because Han Solo didn't actually participate in any space battles in ROTJ and the X-Wings were on Solo/Luke's side.

I'm guessing you are either referring to the time in A New Hope when Solo came out of nowhere and took out the TIE's that were trying to kill Luke, OR you are referring to the scene in ROTJ when Lando (in the Falcon) shot down the TIEs chasing Wedge, but I'm not sure...


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[SAI]

There's a lot of ne schmoes about at the moment so... Bump

[Grebdron]

For anybody roughly the age of 27 or above, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about when I say:

Phoebe Cates coming out of the pool in Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Priceless moment for all of us "older" folks.
P.S. Happy B-day to me!!

[aspiringfilmmaker17]

Here are some of my favorite images that haven't been posted yet.

*****SPOILER WARNING*****

American Beauty-The image of the bright red door through the rain. Very beautiful.

Sleepy Hollow-The mist putting out the torches

The ending of Fight Club(not the cock shot)

The ending of Glory

The opening shot of Memento

Pearl Harbor-The dropping of the armor-piecing bomb as the camera falls with the bomb.

Rouge City in A.I.

The Matrix-The helicopter crashing into the building

Spiderman-the last pumpkin bomb which blows up right in the reflection of Spiderman's lenses

The Cell-any image from inside the killer's mind.

Contact-Ellie's voyage into space

Pleasantville-most of the scenes where B&W and color were put together

A Clockwork Orange-the opening in the Korova milk bar



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[the movie guy]

I'd agree with Aspiring Filmmaker's list (I'm an aspiring filmmaker too) and I'd add the following...

The ambulance tip (we're inside, tipping with it) in Magnolia.

The ice cream truck tip in Three Kings.

The overhead shot of Haley Joel Osemont at the bottom of the pool in A.I.: Artificial Intelligence.

The overhead shot of Rufus Sewell in the bathtub with the light swinging above him in Dark City.

The shot in The Crow where they're fighting on the rooftop of the cathedral at the end and lightning flashes, showing Brandon Lee looking very pissed off (I guess there's a few shots that in the scene, but they're all cool).

And I swear that I didn't mean to have each example above relate to one another. lol. It just came to me that way.

[Tom Samborski]

The opening credit sequence in Terminator 2 that shows the burning playground after the nuclear bomb hit.

[Grebdron]

*************Possible Spoilers for Donnie Darko*************


After finally seeing it, I'd have to add the ending to Donnie Darko. Rose Darko (Mary McDonnell) is leaning up against a tree, devastated. Accompanying the shot is the song Mad World.
Lyric:
I find it kind of funny.
I find it kind of sad.
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had.

It's a...Mad world.

I'm not one to choke up at movies, but I damn near dropped a tear at this point.

[the movie guy]

There were many awesome images in Donnie Darko (I loved when Donnie was poking at the force-field around David -correct name? - with the knife.). Thanks for reminding me of that great film, Grebdron.

[Grebdron]

I will forever associate that song with Donnie Darko now. Actually, all the music from that was from my 11th, 12th grade years and just post high school.