Magical Movie Moment

[Captain Ochre]

Since we're badly in need of yet another movie thread, here's one that doesn't restrict you to a favorite or least favorite this or that. Just share with us a particular part of a movie that you found emotionally overpowering, or transcendently hilarious, or simply visually stunning.

Despite the violence of it, when I first saw the rabbit in MP&THG beat the Knights into retreat, I laughed so hard that I cried--which led to the fact that I missed latter parts of the scene.

The opening scene to the original "Star Wars" film was a visual stunner for me, at the time. That's the one with the Imperial Battleship closing in on the fleeing diplomatic (rebel!) vessel (there had been nothing like it up to that time).

[Sozo]

The Shawshank Redemption...

When they see each other on the beach at the end of the movie.

The Game...

When Michael Douglas realizes the reality of unconditional love after he comes to the end of himself.

Restoration...

When Robert Downey comes to understand what is important in life.

Immortal Beloved...

When Beethoven reveals his true love.


more later...

[Salus]

Point of No Return

At the end of the movie when Gabriel Byrne's character allows Bridget Fonda's character to walk into the fog and away from all the killing and spy work that he initally recruited her for

[Salus]

Ooops...got another one...

The Matrix

Towards the end of the movie when Neo and the Agents are facing each other in the hall and Neo finally accepts that he is "The One" and begins to see everything in the Matrix code, utlimately defeating Agent Smith.

[Salus]

Hahahah...here is one more...

Braveheart

FFFRRRREEEEEDDDDDDOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!

[yxboom]

Usual Suspects

When officer Qulian (sp?) looks around the office, drops his coffee and realizes exactly who he was interrogating the entire time. :hrm:

[Rubia Warren]

The Doors- seeing this movie in the theater was awesome at the time.

[Salus]

Good one, yx. I love that movie.

[brother vinny]

The Sixth Sense. The final scene, where the whole rest of the movie falls into place. Chilling.

Every frame of every scene of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II.

[ChrisChillin]

[B]October Sky

What a great movie for sentimentalists...There are so many wonderful moments in this one

1. It was thought that one of the rockets launched by Homer and the gang started a forest fire, so Homer quit his passion and dream and goes to work in the mine while his dad recovers from the accident. One evening as he starts to take the elevator down, he sees Sputnik cross the sky again; the same sight that had inspired him at the beginning of the movie

2. After winning at the national science fair, Homer visits his dad at the mine, and his dad says, "I heard you met your hero up there" (Werner von Braun). Homer turns around and tells dad that while they may not see eye to eye, Homer wishes he can grow up to be half the man dad is. "Von Braun's a great man, but he's not my hero." Homer walks off and his dad watches him go as he takes the elevator down the mine shaft, contemplating the impact of Homer's words...

3. The final rocket launch at the end of the movie, and Homer's dad appears in the crowd - he's finally shown up to watch Homer's dream in action. Homer has his dad push the button, and as the rocket soars, dad puts reaches his arm up and places his hand on Homer's shoulder

[ChrisChillin]

The Two Towers

- Sam waxing eloquent at Osgiliam as the movie reaches the end; how does he keep coming up with all these good inspiring lines?
Frodo: What are holding on to?
Sam: That there's still some good left in this world, Mr. Frodo - and it's worth fighting for

...or something like that, a thousand apologies if its not quoted exactly right.. :huh: my memory aint the best

[Epoetker]

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective-Since I now work for UPS, the whole scene in the beginning where he horribly abuses the package sticks in my mind(and in the mind of every driver I ask about it-maybe it's a bad sign :smile: ) I made the mistake of having a mouthful of Nerds the first time I watched it. Nearly choked laughing.

The Empire Strikes Back: Two words: ASTEROID FIELD!

[Em7add11]

Snatch: When you realize the gypsy wasn't quite so oblivious of everything at the end of the movie.

[Captain Ochre]

When Ray comes up with his plan to deal with the Library poltergeist:

"Stay close . . stay close . . . ready . . . LET'S GET HER!!!"

[Captain Ochre]

Three O'Clock High (Richard Matheson's kid wrote the screenplay) (Matheson wrote most of the good "Twilight Zone" episodes)

The whole beginning of the movie is classic. Jerry Mitchell wakes up, looks around the room for school clothes (using the "sniff" test on items strewn about the room). Can't find a sweater, so he looks in the dryer (now accompanied by his little sister). The dryer is empty. Mom left the wash in the washer. Jerry grabs a wet sweater, takes it into the kitchen and puts it into the microwave. Grabs a cold Pop-Tart, starts to take a bite, then shrugs and puts the Pop-Tart into the microwave on top of the sweater.
Eventually puts sweater on & begins eating his warm Pop-Tart, grabs toothbrush. Goes outside, finds that his car has a flat. Sis throws him the keys to mom's car, and they zoom out of the garage in a stationwagon with SUPRMOM plate on the front.
Brushes teeth while driving, and rinses using the remainder of sister's soda (cool tune by David Tickle has been playing since start of the film, btw: "Something to Remember Me By").
Picks up Frannie for school. Frannie is his girlfriend.
While Jerry talks with Frannie, he suddenly sees a beautiful girl driving alongside in the adjacent lane. She gives Jerry a mildly lingering glance, then looks forward and is lost from sight as the station wagon moves ahead. Suddenly sis pipes up to say "Jerry, I think red means stop." Bringing his attention back to the road, Jerry realizes that he is past the point of no return heading into the intersection and spends an eternal ten seconds maneuvering the car frantically (wheels screeching continually) through the intersection.
The whole film includes some very creative camera shots (some critics found this distracting), and the intersection scene is put together marvelously for comic effect, with much of it showing a very concerned Jerry wrestling with the steering wheel while cars containing upset motorists move past in the background.
What? I'm not at 12,000 characters yet?

[Ryokan]

When Rick gives his little "maybe not today, maybe not tommorrow..." spiel in Casablanca, that is a magic movie moment.

[Solly]

Two Towers: when Gandalf, Eomer and the Rohirrim come charging down the hillside.

Star Trek - TMP : the trip around the enterprise. How long we waited for that!!

Wind and the Lion. When Sean Connery grabs the rifle from the boy at the end of the film.

[Captain Ochre]

In "Sense and Sensibility" when Elinor finally goes totally to pieces on finding out that Edward Ferrars has not, in fact, married.

I'm a bit more English than most Americans regarding humor, I guess. I found the film very funny--not that I thought that it was a comedy, but there were simply many parts that I thought were deliberately funny. Rhapsody Angel and I found ourselves laughing when virtually nobody else in the theater was laughing.

The magical scene above was both funny (since Elinor had kept her feelings so well pent-up until that point) and moving.

[Captain Ochre]

"When a Stranger Calls"
Made in the 70's so the threat of spoilage is actually slim . . .



The babysitter (young Carol Kane) has been enduring a series of harassin phone calls for the first 10-15 minutes of the movie, covering nearly a full evening of babysitting. She phones the police for reassurance, and they promise to do what they can to help . . .




She gets another harassing call (with the usual "have you checked the children?"



As she moves to finally check the children (upstairs), she gets yet another call. Filled with dread, she picks up the phone . . .




It's the police. The tell her that they traced the call. It's coming from inside the house where she's babysitting--get out!

Exquisitely hair-raising, and the rest of the film does a valiant job of trying to measure up to the beginning.

[Jimmy Higgins]

02-22-2003 @ 04:38 PM
Salus:

Point of No Return

At the end of the movie when Gabriel Byrne's character allows Bridget Fonda's character to walk into the fog and away from all the killing and spy work that he initally recruited her for I'm sorry. Are you taking the poor 2 bit ripoff of La Femme Nikita over the original? The ending of No Return is so sappy, not nearly the realistic ending that is seen in La Femme Nikita! Shame on you.:no:

[Jimmy Higgins]

Great Expectations
"Fin, is that you?"

[HerodionRomulus]

02-22-2003 @ 02:09 PM
Captain Ochre:The opening scene to the original "Star Wars" film was a visual stunner for me, at the time. That's the one with the Imperial Battleship closing in on the fleeing diplomatic (rebel!) vessel (there had been nothing like it up to that time).

I agree. I had been along time SciFi fan and was thoroughly sick of the chintzy, unreal sets and shots (TOS excluded)
When I saw that trianglular battle ship, I said to myself "Now that's REAL science-fiction." or words to that effect.

[HerodionRomulus]

Not a move, but since I am shamelessly trying to boost my post count so I can have a custom avatar--a favorite line from Babylon 5 is in season 3 is when the Earth ships are about to blast the station to bits, Delenn shows up with an alien fleet and tells the Earth captain
"If you value your lives, be somewhere else." WooHoo :yipee:

[HerodionRomulus]

But this is a silly thread and "Frankly my dear, I don't give a dagg." :brow:

[HerodionRomulus]

And then there's the classic heroic line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
"Run away! Run away!"

[Mikeb]

When the newspaper smacks the screen in "Blood Simple"

And.. of course, the pill sceen in Matrix

[wienerdog]

I'm going to have to cast my vote for Jim Carrey squeezing his way out of the butt of an artificial rhinoceros.

[Zakath]

<Arrow thunk> "Message for you, Sir." - Monty Python & the Holy Grail

[GrayPilgrim]

:rofl: :rofl:

[mattbballman19]

WOW! So many priceless scenes.

-Mission Impossible: When Tom Cruise and the antagonist are dangling from the helicopter, which is connected to a train traveling at an extremely high speed. Cruise pulls out the exploding gum and yells "Red Light! Green Light!" Then sticks the gum to the helicopter window, which explodes not only the helicopter and the bad guys to smitherings, but Tom Cruise on to the train. Talk about action!

-Gladiator: When Maximus is drifting in and out of the after life subsequent to damaging blows inflicted on him by Ceasar. He's reaching out and waiting for that inevitable moment of divine consumation when he can see his wife and child for the first time sense their brutal and ruthless murder. He's home.

-Breakfast Club: When the bully's character is walking through a football field near the end of the film and raises his fist in a triumphant exuberation of acceptance and fulfillment in the confortable conviction that he has found meaning and significance.

-Shawshank Redemption: When Andy Dufresne finally makes his escape and is greeted by the pouring rain, as if clensing him of his years of innocent imprisonment/punishment. He raises his hands to the heavens and lavishly reaps the indescribable and priceless feeling of true freedom and triumph.

- Apocalypse Now: When the helicopters carrying US soldiers are coming over the horizon blasting some kind of classical music. The music is noticably intimidating the natives and informing them of our inevitable drive to arrive at the village in order to inflict the necessary damage that the Americans mission damands. Also, everything uttered by Duvall's character is absolutely wonderful.

-Terminator 2: I love the scene which shows the T-800 and the other protagonists in a beat-up pick-up truck being chased by the T-1000 in an 18 wheeler going at extremely high speeds. See that it was only a matter of time before the T-1000 closed in and made its move, ARNOLD climbs out of the truck, fires a michine-gun into the driver's seat area of the 18-wheeler to temorarily stun the T-1000. ARNOLD CLIMBS onto the 18-wheeler and steers the massive, moving hunk of steel clear of the pick-up truck, while it tumbles over, spilling a freezing kind of liquide, and ARNOLD does a series of summer-saults in a direction which brings him to potential safety.

I love it. I have millions more, but I'll stop there.

matt

[Woman]

Oh this is a GREAT thread! I can indentify with so many of your favorites.

Yup - the opening scene in Star Wars blew me away!

The look on Richard Gere's face when he realizes Edward Norton does NOT have multiple personality disorder in Primal Fear.

The scene in Gone With the Wind when Scarlett goes to the Depot to get the Dr. and the camera slowly widens the shot so you see hundreds and hundreds of dead and dying men lying in the Georgia heat.

And I loved Point of No Return too!!!! Have seen it numerous times.

[HemofHisGarment]

In How to Make an American Quilt -
When the character steps into the pond which her husband had started to make for her in his vain attempts to make the character happy... when her foot hit the water she realizes what has happened, how she drove him away because she couldn't believe that he really did love her... It's hard to explain...the whole movie just makes so many points using vivid imagery....For any women out there who haven't seen it, you just have to! It is definitely a very deep movie about how love shapes lives in different ways. The visuals are quite moving.

[graceinme]

How about the look on Clarisse's face when she gets the phone call from Hannibal on the end of Silence of the Lambs.

[graceinme]

How about the classic seen when Verbal Kent/Kaiser Soze starts straightening out his walk on the end of Usual Suspects.

[graceinme]

Oh, another one is when Brad Pitt makes grinding moves to Louise's husband at the Police station, in Thelma and Louise. I laughed so hard at that. The husband looked like he was going to have an aneurysm.

[mattbballman19]

I recently watched a sort of obscure film called Donnie Darko. IMO, it is a very powerful movie, with themes involving time-travel, lonliness, Sartre related existentialism, the end of the world, and literature. I finding it to be one of the best movies I've seen based on the personality of main character (minus the weird hallucinations of a giant rabbit: don't ask ;-))

I real powerful scene involved Donnie visiting a psycologist while speaking on the topic of Donnie's disturbing hallucinations. The conversation veared to something that had happened earlier that day with someone whispering something into the ear of Donnie. While Donnie is recalling the story, the psycologist asks Donnie what she said in his ear. Donnie says that she told him that everyone dies alone. You can tell by his demeanor that he dislikes this idea and from the look of his tear-glazed eyes he longs for meaning and significance: a God. His final words are a desperate confession to the pyscologist: He chokes through his already quivering crying state and looks right into her eyes and says, "I don't want to die alone". He wants someone to be there. God. It really touched me.

later,

matt

[DanielleJoy]

I agree with Salus on the code scene in the Matrix...

I cry every time Dorothy says goodbye to the Scarecrow

I can't stand watching blood, gore, or violence of any kind, but I read Hannibal and I knew when it was coming, so I vowed to not close my eyes... at the brain scene I was so scared and freaked out that I was laughing uncontrollably

Every time I watch Sweet November I have crying fits for a good hour or so afterwards, and the end of Speed always makes me want to be Sandra Bullock

[DanielleJoy]

*Looks around innocently... whistles.... :angel: *

What? Me? I don't have a huuuuuuuuuuge crush on Keanu Reeves! What are you talking about???

"I know kung fu" *swoon*

[wienerdog]

In "Twelve Monkeys" when Bruce Willis is shot in the airport and Madeleine Stowe runs to him. We'd seen the scene before in the movie as Bruce's nightmare from when he was a kid, but then it goes further, and shows Madeleine putting her hand over the wound in his chest, and his blood squeezing through her fingers. He raises his hand to her face...and then it falls to the ground. She lifts his hand back to her face in denial. Then she looks around, and realizes the little kid staring at her is 12 year old Bruce Willis, and the whole cycle will never end. It's one of the most horribly tragic and romantic things I have ever seen.

[Hitch]

The wedding scene in Fiddler On The Roof especially when the dancers put the wine bottles on their heads.

The last three minutes of Of Mice And Men original version.


The scene in The Good the Bad and the Ugly when Tuco runs franticly through the cemetary.

When the chorus first sings Here Comes Captian Spaulding

The football game in which Harpo uses banana peels to trip up the defense.

When the kid boobytraps the 'wet bandits' half to death.

All of A Thousand Clowns

This could go on forever,,,good night Mrs Callabash,,,where ever you are...

H

[djnoz]

the Matrix - in the phone box at the end.

"I know you're out there.I can feel you now.I know that you're afraid.You're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I did'nt come here to tell you how this is going to end.I came here to tell you how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this phone. And then Im going to show these people what you don't want them to see. Im going to show them a world.....without you. A world without rules and controls,without borders or bounderies. A world where anything is possible. Where we go from there .......is a choice I leave to you."

That phrase was so profoundly powerful, and Christian, I remained stunned for about 15 minutes.

Now here's 2 films I'm sure nobody has seen:

anime "ghost in the shell" where there is about 10 minutes worth of sweeping through a cyberpunk Japanese city. This meant a lot to me because it was nostalgic (I grew up in Hong Kong) and the city looked just like HK's Central.

Battle Royale (I bet nobody's seen this) - after the training video, where the pupils grab their gear and leave the classroom one by one....

Two Towers - "No father should have to bury his son"

[NeilUnreal]

The scene in The Third Man where Holly Martins realizes the identity of the third man. I also like the final scene.

The scene in The Big Blue where Jacques is laying in bed with the water on the ceiling upside-down.

The scene in Until the End of the World where the airplane engine shuts off.

The scene in Batman & Robin where Mr. Freeze (Schwarzenegger) makes the clockwork dancer while in prison.

-Neil

[Sher]

02-27-2003 @ 12:32 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=25288#post25288)
Captain Ochre:

In &quot;Sense and Sensibility&quot; when Elinor finally goes totally to pieces on finding out that Edward Ferrars has not, in fact, married.

I'm a bit more English than most Americans regarding humor, I guess. I found the film very funny--not that I thought that it was a comedy, but there were simply many parts that I thought were deliberately funny. Rhapsody Angel and I found ourselves laughing when virtually nobody else in the theater was laughing.

The magical scene above was both funny (since Elinor had kept her feelings so well pent-up until that point) and moving.
:thumb: I love this movie!

I also love Emma (1996) and found the part funny when Mr. Knightley (Jeremy Northam) turns to Emma (Gwyneth Paltrow) and makes the comment about not killing his dog.

I love well-written period pieces.

[Ben Franklin]

02-23-2003 @ 06:28 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=22553#post22553)
Brother Vinny:

The Sixth Sense. The final scene, where the whole rest of the movie falls into place. Chilling.

Every frame of every scene of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II.

The Sixth Sense was about as exciting as incontinence ! When is Hollywood gonna finally figure out that Bruce Willis CAN'T act ?! Jeez-uh !

[Chuck Lee]

End of Evangelion (anime)
Apparently hopelessly outnumbered, Asuka estimates how many seconds she'll need for each enemy Eva unit. Cuz she's close to running out of power.

Midway
The Japanese look in shock at the burning wrecks of three of their aircraft carriers.

Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (anime)
Although alien babe Lum had always loved Ataru Moroboshi since their first meeting, a recent misunderstanding had set them stubbornly against each other. In a repeat of their first meeting, Lum leads an invasion of the Earth, and Ataru must beat her in a game of tag to prevent it (note: she can fly). After days of relentlessly chasing Lum, Ataru collapses. A pair of small horns fall out of his shirt. It's a long story, but they had belonged to Lum. Lum embraces Ataru, letting him win.

[Ben Franklin]

Today @ 05:11 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=275402#post275402)
Chuck Lee:

End of Evangelion (anime)
Apparently hopelessly outnumbered, Asuka estimates how many seconds she'll need for each enemy Eva unit. Cuz she's close to running out of power.

Midway
The Japanese look in shock at the burning wrecks of three of their aircraft carriers.

Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (anime)
Although alien babe Lum had always loved Ataru Moroboshi since their first meeting, a recent misunderstanding had set them stubbornly against each other. In a repeat of their first meeting, Lum leads an invasion of the Earth, and Ataru must beat her in a game of tag to prevent it (note: she can fly). After days of relentlessly chasing Lum, Ataru collapses. A pair of small horns fall out of his shirt. It's a long story, but they had belonged to Lum. Lum embraces Ataru, letting him win.

Out of all the Urusei Yatsura OVA's and movies, I liked "Only You" the best ! "Ramu no Baraado"
is my favorite song of all time ! Er... excepting Captain Herlock's "Maya no Teemu", that is...!!!!!

Also, a really cool movie is "Double Indemnity", with Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, and Edward G. Robinson. Barbara gets Fred to murder her husband for the insurance money, but they end up killing each other ! Edward G. Robinson is the insurance investigator who unravels their plan...!

[Chuck Lee]

Ben Franklin:

Out of all the Urusei Yatsura OVA's and movies, I liked "Only You" the best ! "Ramu no Baraado"
is my favorite song of all time ! Er... excepting Captain Herlock's "Maya no Teemu", that is...!!!!!



Two of my favorites are the theme songs from the Urusei Yatsura movie "Remember My Love".

[JardinPrayer]

graceinme:

How about the classic seen when Verbal Kent/Kaiser Soze starts straightening out his walk on the end of Usual Suspects.
Oh yeah! I wish the impact of seeing that scene for the first time could be recaptured every time i watch it! The scene Boom mentioned earlier is another favorite.

On my list are:

Blade Runner Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty in the climactic scene: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the sholder of Orion. I watched sea beams glitter in the darkness at Tan Hauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die." And the dove is released from his hand in slow motion...in the rain...soft focus. I still cry.

ET The whole government takeover of the house and ET dying (not really) on the operating table scene. I still cry.

The Princess Bride There are sooooooo many, but I'll choose this one:
Humperdinck: [He draws his sword] To the death!
Wesley: [slowly sitting up] No! To the pain!
Humperdinck: I don't think I'm quite familiar with that phrase?
Wesley: I'll explain, and I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand. You warthog-faced-buffoon!
Humperdinck: [insulted] That may be the first time in my life a man has dared insult me.
Wesley: It won't be the last. To the pain means the first thing you lose will be your your feet below the ankles, then your hands at your wrists. Next, your nose.
Humperdinck: Then my tongue, I suppose? I killed you too quickly the last time, a mistake I don't mean to duplicate tonight.
Wesley: I wasn't finished! The next thing you lose will be your left eye followed by your right!
Humperdinck: And then my ears...I understand! Let's get on with it!
Wesley: Wrong! Your ears you keep, and I'll tell you why; so that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness is yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman that cries out, 'dear god what is that thing!' will echo in your perfect ears. That is what to the pain means. It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever.
Humperdinck: I think you're bluffing.
Wesley: It's possible, pig. I might be bluffing. It's conceivable you miserable vomitous mass, I'm only lying here because I lack the strength to stand. Then again, perhaps I have the strength to stand after all. [Slowly, Wesley stands, his sword pointed at Humperdinck's chest.] Drop... your... sword.

I still laugh

Young Frankenstein Oh, man...the whole derned film...every precious frame. But I'll choose this one:
Freddy: I'm going in there. Bring me that candle.
Igor & Inga: No.
Fraü Blucher: Yes.
Freddy: Love is the only thing that could save this poor creature, and I'm going to convince him that he is loved. Even at the cost of my own life. No matter what you hear in there, no matter how cruelly I beg you, no matter how terribly I scream, do not open this door, or you will undo everything I've worked for. Do you understand? Do not open this door.
Inga: Yes doctor.
Igor: Nice working with you.
Monster: Mmm.
Freddy: Let me out, let me out of here. Get me the hell out of here. What's a matter with you people, I was joking. Don't you know a joke when you hear one, ha ha ha ha.
Freddy: Jesus Christ, get me out of here.
Freddy: Open this god**** door, I'll kick your rotten heads in... Mommy.
Fraü Blucher: Nein.
Freddy: Fine. Hello handsome. You're a good looking fellow, do you know that? People laugh at you. People hate you. But why do they hate you? Because they are jealous. Look at that boyish face. Look at that sweet smile. Do you want to talk about phyisical strength? Do you want to talk about sheer muscle? Do you want to talk about the olympian ideal? You are a god. And listen to me, you are not evil, you are good. Oh, this is a nice boy, this is a good boy. This is a mother's angel. And I want the world to know, without any shame, that we love him. Oh, I'm going to teach you, I'm going to show you how to walk how to speak how to move how to think. Together you and I are going to make the single greatest contribution to science since the creation of fire. Inga: Dr. Fronkonsteen, are you all right?
Freddy: My name is Frankenstein.

I'm sure I'll post in this thread again, but that's my first pass.

[JardinPrayer]

Being John Malkovich The whole going through his own portal surreal scene! Another "I can't believe I just saw that" first time viewing moment. You can feel your brain twist!

Malkovich pops into a chair in a swakn night club. He's
wearing a tuxedo. The woman across the table from him is
also Malkovich, but in a gown. He looks around the
restaurant. Everyone is Malkovich in different clothes.
Malkovich is panicked. The girl Malkovich across the
table looks at him seductively, winks and talks.

GIRL MALKOVICH
Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich
Malkovich...

Malkovich looks confused. The Malkovich waiter approaches,
pen and pad in hand, ready to take their orders.

WAITER MALKOVICH
Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich?

GIRL MALKOVICH
Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich
Malkovich.

WAITER MALKOVICH
Malkovich Malkovich.
(Turning to Malkovich)
Malkovich?

Malkovich looks down at the menu. Every item is "Malkovich."
He screams:

MALKOVICH
Malkovich!

The waiter jots it down on his pad.

WAITER MALKOVICH
Malkovich.

Malkovich pushes himself away from the table and runs for
the exit. He passes the stage where a girl singer Malkovich
is singin sensuously into the microphone. She is backed by a
'40's style big band of Malkoviches.

SINGING MALKOVICH
Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich
Malkovich...

Malkovich flies through the back door.

CUT TO:

EXT. DITCH - DAY

Malkovich lands with a thud in the ditch. Craig is waiting
there with his van. On its side is painted "See The World
in Malk-O-Vision" followed by a phone number. Malkovich is
huddled and shivering and soaking wet.

CRAIG
So how was it?

MALKOVICH
That... was... no... simulation.

CRAIG
I know. I'm sorry...

MALKOVICH
I have been to the dark side. I have
seen a world that no man should ever
see.

Of course, followed by Malkovich's protest:

MALKOVICH
This portal is mine and must be sealed
up forever. For the love of God.

CRAIG
With all respect, sir, I discovered
that portal. Its my livelihood.

MALKOVICH
It's my head, Schwartz, and I'll see
you in court!

[Ben Franklin]

Yesterday @ 03:18 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=275568#post275568)
Chuck Lee:



Two of my favorites are the theme songs from the Urusei Yatsura movie &quot;Remember My Love&quot;.

You bet ! "Rock The Planet" and "Remember My Love" are the ONLY two Urusei Yatsura songs COMPLETELY in English ! :teeth:

[Chuck Lee]

Ben Franklin:

You bet ! "Rock The Planet" and "Remember My Love" are the ONLY two Urusei Yatsura songs COMPLETELY in English !



Right!

Er, well, actually that's "Born To Be Free" and "Remember My Love". "Rock the Planet" was an opening theme song in one of the later TV seasons, and was only partly in English, but it was by the same singer (Stephanie). And I really like that song too.

Edit: Correction, there was actually a closing theme song later in the TV series that was also completely in English. "Every Day". Lyrics sheets are so helpful.

[Ben Franklin]

Today @ 03:12 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=276248#post276248)
Chuck Lee:



Right!

Er, well, actually that's &quot;Born To Be Free&quot; and &quot;Remember My Love&quot;. &quot;Rock the Planet&quot; was an opening theme song in one of the later TV seasons, and was only partly in English, but it was by the same singer (Stephanie). And I really like that song too.

Edit: Correction, there was actually a closing theme song later in the TV series that was also completely in English. &quot;Every Day&quot;. Lyrics sheets are so helpful.


That's right ! "Rock the Planet" was on one of the OVA's, too, wasn't it ? That's where I first heard it... Damn ! You really know your Urusei Yatsura !

Here in Nagasaki, there's no Urusei Yatsura on TV... I think Takahashi's "Inuyasha" is still on the air ? As for me, I usually watch a 2-hour block on Sunday evenings of: Maruko, Sazae-san, Kochikame, and One Piece... that is, if it's not pre-empted by yet another damn baseball game !

[Chuck Lee]

Ben Franklin:

That's right ! "Rock the Planet" was on one of the OVA's, too, wasn't it ? That's where I first heard it... Damn ! You really know your Urusei Yatsura !



:teeth: Well, it is one of my two all-time favorites. (along with the obvious).

Living in Japan for a while does help, doesn't it? I wouldn't have been able to get many of the episodes or any of the music CDs here in the US. Animeigo is putting out the episodes on DVD, but I'm not sure they'll stay in business long enough to get it all out. But they did just put out "Only You" on DVD, so that counts as a movie magic moment for me right there. A translation is nice, and the bulky laserdisks I got in Japan are a pain.

[Ben Franklin]

11-09-2003 @ 03:34 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=276566#post276566)
Chuck Lee:



:teeth: Well, it is one of my two all-time favorites. (along with the obvious).

Living in Japan for a while does help, doesn't it? I wouldn't have been able to get many of the episodes or any of the music CDs here in the US. Animeigo is putting out the episodes on DVD, but I'm not sure they'll stay in business long enough to get it all out. But they did just put out &quot;Only You&quot; on DVD, so that counts as a movie magic moment for me right there. A translation is nice, and the bulky laserdisks I got in Japan are a pain.

Everything here (anime, movie, etc.) is all on DVD, just like in America... but Japan uses a different type DVD system (I think you already know that !) I haven't seen the laserdiscs, but don't they have a big picture across the top of the disc ? That is way cool ! Yeah... Animeigo translator's note are useful, but I sometimes find them fudging translations on-screen (oh, it's really tough to transliterate some Japanese phrases). Do they include these with the DVD's ? I bought the first 15 VHS series tapes they released, along with all the OVAS and movies, but I ditched all the OVAS and movies except for "Only You" ! My favorite scenes in "Only You" are these two: 1. While imprisoned with Jari-Ten, Ataru breaks down and accepts that Lum (only) is totally devoted to him ! 2. Elle, after ordering the Urusei Yatsura gang off her planet, goes into her private elevator, stoically, but with a trace of a tear:
because she realized that Ataru never loved her ! By the way, you can still see U.Y. tapes for sale on Half-Bay.com ! :highfive:

[peh2]

Has anyone seen this movie? It is about the rapture and 3 lawyers the way it's told to me, found it on the "internet movie database" after much searching. I'd like to hear if you think it is biblically sound before I send for a copy, even if it is only $9.99 :huh:

[Karl_Franz]

The battle for Sector 001, in Star Trek - First Contact.

Seeing the awesome Defiant and the mighty Sovereign class Enterprise-E come together in one scene, doing exactly what they were both built to do.

[Chuck Lee]

Ben Franklin:

Yeah... Animeigo translator's note are useful, but I sometimes find them fudging translations on-screen (oh, it's really tough to transliterate some Japanese phrases). Do they include these with the DVD's ?



Yep, they do. I like the ability to turn off the subtitles in the DVD too.

Another magical movie moment has arrived with the release of "Martian Successor Nadesico: the Prince of Darkness" on DVD. Ruri-chan very politely and very easily demolishes the enemy insurrection. [Of course this removed much of the suspense that could have otherwise taken place, but I liked the refreshing change of pace and humor. And the great animation.]

I first saw the Martian Successor Nadesico movie in a theater in Tokyo, and I've been patiently awaiting its arrival in the US. Finally!

[Ben Franklin]

11-18-2003 @ 03:23 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=292241#post292241)
Chuck Lee:

Yep, they do. I like the ability to turn off the subtitles in the DVD too.

Another magical movie moment has arrived with the release of &quot;Martian Successor Nadesico: the Prince of Darkness&quot; on DVD. Ruri-chan very politely and very easily demolishes the enemy insurrection. [Of course this removed much of the suspense that could have otherwise taken place, but I liked the refreshing change of pace and humor. And the great animation.]

I first saw the Martian Successor Nadesico movie in a theater in Tokyo, and I've been patiently awaiting its arrival in the US. Finally!


:offtopic:

It's weird sometimes, when I visit America. I saw "Godzilla 2000" at a California theater (in Brea) when it first released in America, and this is what I remember: Near the end of the movie, Godzilla finally met the leader of the Anti-Godzilla force face-to-face. The guy knew he was gonna die: how could he win ? So he lit up a cigarette, took a long draw (his last cigarette, get it ?), and faced Godzilla, yelling defiantly, "GO-JI-RAAAAAA !" Godzilla crushed him
with his mighty hand, and it was over. Everybody was laughing ! LAUGHING !? I must be losing my American sense of humor !

As for a magical movie moment, in the original "Gojira" movie (1956), when Godzilla had just wiped out the Japanese fleet, and Tokyo had no way to defend itself, they showed a long scene where everyone was watching school children sing a dirge over the TV... Utter hopelessness ! For me, it's one of the saddest movie scenes I've ever seen !

:bawl: