Most Memorable Moments of Film in 2005

[FilmKing2000]

The year is coming to an end. When you think of cinema in 2005, what do you think are the memorable moments that come to mind?

For me:

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Darth Vader and Obi-Wan fight on the lava planet Mustafar.

Cinderella Man
The climatic boxing match where nearly everyone is listening to the radio, desperate to see Braddock come out of the fight alive and a winner.

Crash
The last 20 minutes.

The 40 Year Old Virgin
Andy and the guys playing poker, talking about nasy sex stories and the secret that is Andy's virginity.

King Kong
On top of the Empire State Building, fighting off biplanes, and on Skull Island, fighting off T-Rexes.

The list goes on, but I wanna see what you're favorite moments are...

[sarah1980]

the lightsaber fight in star wars ep III

seeing the alien ships in WOTW

the car chase in batman begins

seeing serenity on the big screen (both the movie and the ship)

[Merkwurdichlieb]

I didn't see a great deal of movies that came out this year, so I'll just write:

"It's over, Anakin! I have the high ground!"

Done.

[Cronos]

The Devils Rejects - opening and closing scenes

[ilovemovies]

In no particular order:

SPOILERS ABOUND ! ! !



Cinderella Man: Braddock vs Baer

Munich: many of the killings, particularly when they put the bomb in the guy's phone and his little girl answers the phone and they rush to try to stop the guy from blowing it up

King Kong: The stampede, the giant insects and Kong vs the T-rex's.

Syriana: the ending

Stealth: When Jessica Biel parachutes out of her plane and it blows up above her and burning debris is falling over around her also all of the North Korea stuff is great.

Crash: When Micheal Pena's daughter is almost shot and when Ryan Phillippe accidentally kills the guy

Hitch: Pretty much all of the scenes with Kevin James but especially with James and Will Smith

The Interpreter: the bus scene and the climax

Elizabethtown: Pretty much any scene with Kirsten Dunst and Susan Surandon's speech about her husband and her dance (I don't care what anyone says, I LOVE that scene!)

The Dukes of Hazzard: the car chases!

House of Wax: the kick ass ending!

[blk_flower]

A really good cloak scene:crash- so shocking and so powerful it leaves you or it at least left me still and everytime that scene is coming up I shiver about it, powerful indeed

the batmobile chase- batman begins- no slow motion and kickass, done the right way, the way I could do things.

[The Young Son]

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith - Obi-Wan & Darth Vader on Mustafar

War of the Worlds - The tripods open fire on the humans with their Heat Rays.

Batman Begins - "I'm not going to kill you...but I don't have to save you!"

[Gian-Sergio]

Sin City-Marv beating up the police after he realized that he has been framed for murder. Badass.

Unleashed-The Pit scene where Danny tries not to hurt his attackers. Jet Li is so multitalented.

Crash-How Good The Invisible Cloak is on Daniel's Daughter. Hard Scene to watch.

The Constant Gardener-Justin daydreaming about Tessa at the end. The Best Film about love this year.

Land of the Dead-Big Daddy and his hordes of zombies walking out of the water. Fucking Classic.

[Sigur509]

Most scenes of Sin City and King Kong
The Performance of Bob Dylan singing "Like A Rolling Stone" at the end of No Direction Home.
The End fight of Narnia
The scene with the little girl in Crash

[Hannibal21]

King Kong: Kong and Ann on the top of the Empire State Bulding.

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada: Mike Norton's apology at the end.

Sin City: The end shootout in 'The Big Fat Kill'.

Mysterious Skin: The ending

Batman Begins: The climactic scene on the train.

War of the Worlds: First invasion

Oldboy: The ending

3-Iron: Look at the film's cover..........there's your answer.

[Lazy Boy]

Some moments, off the top of my head:

*Spoilers*



War of the Worlds: the opening tripod attack/the burning train/the bodies floating in the water/"Little Deuce Coupe"

Munich: the female assassin's desperate attempt to delay her death by exposing her breasts.

Crash: already mentioned, but the scene with the girl running out to protect her father and almost getting killed brought tears to my eyes.

Nine Lives: Jason Isaacs kissing Robin Wright Penn's pregnant belly in the supermarket.

The White Diamond: the swift birds flying against the beautiful backdrop of the waterfall.

Layer Cake: the ending, a twisted turn of happenstance.

Junebug: Amy Adams' silent, lonely masturbation.

King Kong: too many to count...hmm, Kong signing "beautiful" on top of the Empire State Building could count as the most emotional, but I liked the gorgeously composed shot of Watts standing at the edge of the ship while dressed in her gown, tears staining her face.

Downfall: Frau Goebbels' forcing the cyanide pills down her children's mouths, all done silently, which adds to the horror of the event.

Hustle and Flow: Terrence Howard listening to the church choir in a long shot, a silent tear rolling down his face.

Saw II: the needle pit scene. 'Nuff said.

Schultze Gets the Blues: Schultze listening to a fast paced song on the radio and subsequently trying to adapt it to his accordion.

Broken Flowers: Real life father and son, Bill Murray and Homer Murray, meeting at a literal and metaphorical crossroads in Jim Jarmusch's superb road picture.

A History of Violence: the ambiguous final shot.

Stay: Ewan McGregor stumbling down a never-ending flight of stairs, entering the puzzling rabbit hole of the film.

[redwhisper13]

Crash - Yes, the invisible cloak scene (I can't help but cry my eyes out every time I watch it , Michael Pena's perfomance right then is heart-rending).

King Kong - the fight with the T-Rexs (my jaw was on the floor the entire time).

Unleashed - the fight between Jet Li and the Man in White in the bathroom. INTENSE!

War of the Worlds - first time you see the tripods use the heat beams and turn people to ash.

Saw II - when Shawnee Smith is pushed into a pit filled with hypodermic needles. :eek:

Wedding Crashers - the dinner table scene, the scene later in Vince Vaughn's bedroom, and Will Ferrell's cameo

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - when the scene is entirely made out of string and the answer to the question of the universe.

The Island - the car chase scene.

Sin City - the cinematography and Mickey Rourke's performance.

[Sh8dy Milkman]

Old Freak'n Boy (Oldboy). After The Six Sense floored everyone worldwide with its suprise ending, every hack in Hollywood decided to put some sort of suprise at the end of their films. However, Chan-wook Park's masterpiece Oldboy puts all of them to shame. I have never been anymore suprised by a revelation/ending of a movie, more than I was with the final 10-20 minutes of this film.

[Puck Bond]

Here are my 10 most memorable scenes of the year.

"Free Bird"-The Devil's Rejects

"Free Bird"(That whole scene including Sarandon's speech and dance)-Elizabethtown

Wax museum melting at end-House of Wax

The chance to take a shot-Jarhead

Kong vs. The 3 T-Rex-King Kong

Siege on Jerusalem-Kingdom of Heaven

Follow the bullet opening-Lord of War

All the scenes depicting the Black September group and the hostages-Munich

Marv's execution-Sin City

Snake Alien in the basement-War of the Worlds

[Sheriff Wydell]

Originally posted by Cronos
The Devils Rejects - opening and closing scenes

No, sir. You are in-correct. Every moment of that film was priceless. From the Firefly ambush, to the chicken fucking speech.

[AngelDust06]

hmmmm this is a toughy..............
My number 1 has to be definetly the llightsabre fight between Darth Vadar and Obi Wan
2. The entire Marv sequence of Sin City
3. Kong and Anne on top the empire state building
4. The alien Tripods debut in the beginning of War of the Worlds
5. The blank bullet due to the "invisible necklace" in Crash
6. Just one shot ... Just ONE! :Jarhead
7. The Joker card in Batman Begins
8. The Final Fight: Cinderella Man
9. When Andy lost is Virginity: 40 Yr. Old Virgin
10. The Exorcism :Exorcism of Emily Rose

[Mr.HyDe807]

:possilbe spoilers:

1. War of the Worlds- The tripods blowing away everything and everyone.

2. Sin City- Bruce Willis "fixing" the Yellow bastard, anything with marv kicking ass, anyting with kevin.

3. King Kong- the ice pond sequence, the t-rex fight, the "beautiful" scene, the ending.

4. Oldboy- the ending!

5. Btaman Begins- the ending with Com. Gordon

6. House of wax- when the camera dude finds his frined in wax, paris getting "head"

7. Wolf Creek- the first kill, man that went over my head.

8. Star Wars- Episode 3- Emperor's order to kill all jedi's, anakin burning alive, yoda vs. palpitine, dooku getting beheaded

[Tayzlor]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy

Broken Flowers: Real life father and son, Bill Murray and Homer Murray...


I was wondering why Jarmusch cast such an awful actor.

Melinda and Melinda - The abrupt ending, made a lot better with Wallace Shawn's voice.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - most of the Oompa interludes and the clever use of a chocolate bar as a 2001 monolith

The Constant Gardener - The ending. I can't look at a group of birds without thinking of Ralph Fiennes saying Tess.

Grizzly Man - Either the officer with those very black shades talking of Treadwell's stupidity or the helicopter pilot singing that final song.

Palindromes - The introduction of all the kids, around the table, at Mama Sunshine's

Last Days - A train passing above as Michael Pitt stumbles through a forest

Good Night, and Good Luck. - Murrow accepting an award, the two scenes that bookmark the movie

Capote - When Capote visits Perry Smith at the end before he gets hanged, both aware of Capote's manipulations.

Mysterious Skin - Joseph Gordon-Angelsintheoutfield massaging the AIDS victim

Yes - Shirley Henderson talking to the camera or the confrontation between Joan Allen and the guy in the parking lot

Syriana - The Clooney torture scenes or the finale

Munich - Eric Bana at the end in NYC

The Squid and the Whale - Walt running and looking at the diorama to Lou Reed's "Street Hassle"

[notchreturns]

Any of the assasinations of the Black Semptember group in Munich.

The burning oil fields in Jarhead.

Kong on the top of the Empire State Building in King Kong.

[Tony_Montana]

King Kong and Anne at the top of the Empire State Building in King Kong.
The dinosuar stampede in King Kong.
Central Park bit in King Kong.
In Charlie and Chocolate Factory when they're in the edible room.
In the same movie, Christopher Lee's cameo.
Any part of Batman Begins were Liam Neeson is being a badass, mainly the training.
Whole of Sin City (can't pick a single section).
History of Voilence, first scene.
Attempted robbery in History of Violence.
Joker card in Batman.
Opening scene of Lord of War.
The brother getting wasted in the same movie.

[zeppelin]

Just seeing Werner Herzog listen to the tape of the grizzly bear murder in "Grizzly Man" was enough. I didn't need to actually hear the tape, and in fact, not hearing probably makes it even worse. That scene really disturbed me.

Besides that:
-The train fight in Batman Begins
-Kong on the Empire State Building in King Kong
-Matt Dillon helping Thandie Newton out of the car in Crash
-William Hurt's scene in A History of Violence
-The final fight in Cinderella Man, easily the best boxing scene this side of Raging Bull
-Seeing the Yellow Bastard's private parts ripped off and flying towards the camera in Sin City

[Backstabba]

Just acouple I loved.

Jarhead - "Just one shot"...Great, great acting.
Walk The Line - Folsom Prison scene
Sin City - "But it helps when your friends show up with lots of guns".
King Kong - The dinosaur chase, The pond scene
A History of violence - "How could you fuck that up?!"
The 40 year old virgin - "Aquariussss!!!!!!!!....Aquariusssss!!!!!!"

:D

First post of 2006! Wooo!....In the new york area....;)

[Sigur509]

Originally posted by Backstabba

The 40 year old virgin - "Aquariussss!!!!!!!!....Aquariusssss!!!!!!"


How could I forget this scene? I laughed my ass of during it.