Perfect film moment

[John B. Foster]

What's your perfect film moment? It could be a scene or just a few seconds in a film where all of the elements come together to create that special piece of cinema magic.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Rocky getting up at the count of nine and then waving Apollo to come get him as Apollo turns to his corner as if to say, “What do I have to do to beat this guy?”

 

[playthrough]

When all the caddies come together and swim to the Nutcracker in Caddyshack.

 

[bigpern23]

Quint's telling of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis.

 

[Spartan Squad]

When Kevin Spacey walks out of the police station in Usual Suspects

 

[ringer]

These:

In "Moonstruck," when Cher smacks Nicolas Cage and says "Snap out of it!"

And the"Caddyshack" pool scene when everyone thinks the Baby Ruth is a turd.

 

[Batman]

The Old Man watching Ralphie unwrap the Red Ryder BB gun on Christmas morning.
Darren McGavin nailed that look of being both a proud, loving father and of being whisked back to when he was 8 years old and in Ralphie's place. At the same time, the look the mother gives when she sees the Old Man's expression is perfection. She sees how much it means to the Old Man, gives him a loving look, and finally caves on letting Ralphie have the BB gun. She does it for her husband as much as she does it to make her child happy.
So many perfect emotions conveyed with hardly any words, at the one spot in the movie that needed it most.

 

[Scout]

Quint's telling of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis.

The first thing I thought of, but Scheider's question is so choppily edited in, that always throws me off.



The entire crowd never rushes the floor in tournament play.

Love that detail.

 

[The Big Ragu]

I actually don't even like the movie that much, but the first thing that popped into my head is the fake orgasm scene in When Harry Met Sally.

 

[exmediahack]

I actually don't even like the movie that much, but the first thing that popped into my head is the fake orgasm scene in When Harry Met Sally.

Ron Jeremy’s scenes are even better. And real.

 

[Songbird]

So many. Here's one ... the look she gives him when he tells her to find a good man, wrenching.

 

[Songbird]

They nailed the scene to one of the best literary passages of all time.

 

[typefitter]

THOSE AREN'T PILLOWS

 

[Scout]

Too many to list...

Sunday
May 11th, 1980
6:55 a.m.

 

[DanOregon]

Baldwin in Glengarry - Nicholson's "You can't handle the truth scene"; good writing, good casting, great execution.

"Put the coffee DOOOOOWN!"

 

[UNCGrad]

The Old Man watching Ralphie unwrap the Red Ryder BB gun on Christmas morning.
Darren McGavin nailed that look of being both a proud, loving father and of being whisked back to when he was 8 years old and in Ralphie's place. At the same time, the look the mother gives when she sees the Old Man's expression is perfection. She sees how much it means to the Old Man, gives him a loving look, and finally caves on letting Ralphie have the BB gun. She does it for her husband as much as she does it to make her child happy.
So many perfect emotions conveyed with hardly any words, at the one spot in the movie that needed it most.

Good mention here. Gets me every time. Also really like when McGavin mimes how to pour the BBs into the gun. That little nod, and the quiet, "They run all over."
That scene feels so, so real.

 

[Songbird]

J.C. Quinn should have won an Oscar for this monologue.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

The pull from the bottle at 1:24. He knows what needs to be done and that he needs to get to a bad place to do it. This is his first step on the path he's taking to The Bad Place.

 

[HC]

Salieri describing his first hearing of the third movement of Mozart's Serenade #10 for Wind Instruments. Perfect.