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Nirvana · 12-02-2003, 04:13 AM

Most of my favorites have already been mentioned but I am suprised that none of you remembered the last scene from "Crime of the Century." It was so moving that I couldn't help but cry. My eyes still do well up when I think of the movie.

The movie is based on the true life story of the Lindbergh kidnapping case and the subsequent trial and execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the crime. Brilliant movie and the countdown to the execution is particularly captivating and touching.

The scene from Elephant Man is one of my most favorite powerful scenes too.

BMC · 12-02-2003, 12:54 PM

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Originally posted by Gregg
I'm waiting for:

Suddenly the king cried to Snowmane and the horse sprang away. Behind him his banner blew in the wind, white horse upon a field of green, but he outpaced it. After him thundered the knights of his house, but he was ever before them...Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old...his golden shield was uncovered, and lo! It shone like an image of the Sun, and the grass flamed into green about the white feet of his steed. For morning came, morning and a wind from the sea; and darkness was removed, and the hosts of Mordor wailed, and terror took them, and they fled, and died, and the hoofs of wrath rode over them.

And:

And lo! Even as he laughed at despair he looked out again on the black ships, and his lifted up his sword to defy them. And then wonder took him, and a great joy; and he cast his sword up in the sunlight and sang as he caught it. And all eyes followed his gaze, and behold! Upon the foremost ship a great standard broke, and the wind displayed it as she turned towards the Harlond. There flowered a White Tree, and that was for Gondor; but Seven Stars were about it, and a high crown above it, the signs of Elendil that no lord had borne for years beyond count...

Thus came Aragorn son of Arathorn, Elessar, Isildur's heir, out of the Paths of the Dead, borne upon a wind from the Sea to the kingdom of Gondor; and the mirth of the Rohirrim was a torrent of laughter and a flashing of swords, and the joy and wonder of the City was a music of trumpets and a ringing of bells. But the hosts of Mordor were seized with bewilderment, and a great wizardry it seemed to them that their own ships should be filled with their foes; and a black dread fell upon them, knowing that the tides of fate had turned against them and their doom was at hand.

East rode the knights of Dol Amroth driving the enemy before them...South strode Eomer and men fled before his face, and they were caught between the hammer and the anvil. For now men leaped from the ships to the quays of the Harlond and swept north like a storm...But before all went Aragorn with the Flame of the West, Anduril like a new fire kindled, Narsil re-forged as deadly as of old...and upon his brow was the Star of Elendil.

AND!

And far away, as Frodo put on the Ring and claimed it for his own, even in Sammath Naur the very heart of his realm, the Power in Barad-dur was shaken, and the Tower trembled from its foundations to its proud and bitter crown. The Dark Lord was suddenly aware of him, and his Eye piercing all shadows looked across the plain to the door that he had made; and the magnitude of his own folly was revealed to him in a blinding flash, and all the devices of his enemies were at last laid bare. Then his wrath blazed in consuming flame, but his fear rose like a vast black smoke to choke him. For he knew his deadly peril and the thread upon which his doom now hung.

From all his policies and webs of fear and treachery, from all his strategems and wars his mind shook free; and throughout his realm a tremor ran, his slaves quailed, and his armies halted, and his captains suddenly steerless, bereft of will, wavered and despaired. For they were forgotten. The whole mind and purpose of the Power that wielded them was now bent with overwhelming force upon the Mountain. At his summons, wheeling with a rending cry, in a last desperate race there flew, faster than the winds, the Nazgul, the Ringwraiths, and with a storm of wings they hurtled southwards to Mount Doom.

I would just like to add that I'm desperately awaiting many parts inc luding ones already mentioned. However, if i were to type them all out it would be the whole ROTK.

alexander74 · 12-03-2003, 12:26 AM

Okay, my turn.

Godfather 3-- I know a lot of people didn't like it (I admit Sophia's performance was...empty), but the end, where Michael has lost everyone he cared about, including his daughter, and after all that power-grabbing, dies alone.

I know this next one isn't a movie, but an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, from Season Six, called "Far Beyond the Stars," I believe. Avery Brooks, as Sisko, in a mind delusion, dream, something, is a character named Benny, a fiction writer for a sci-fi magazine in the 1950's(?). Anyway, at the end, his story, starring a Negro captain on a space station, is rejected. Actually, the publisher pulps the run on that issue, as it "didn't meet up to the usual standards of the magazine." Then the editor, while Benny is still reeling from the shock of that news, tells Benny that the publisher has decided that Benny's services are no longer needed.

Benny's reaction and subsequent speech, about how you can't destroy ideas, how the Negro captain is alive in Benny's head, and how you can't deny that Benny, Colored or not, is a man, a human being...

Shit, I get all choked up just thinking about it.

Peace,
alex

Space Chef · 12-03-2003, 10:32 AM

So many scenes in Grave of the Fireflies. I'll go over them:

*spoilers, although in my opinion nothing can spoil this movie*

The opening scene with Seita's ghost, "...that was the night I died."

The scene right after that when the janitor throws the can into the grass and fireflies spring out, and Setsuko is resurrected, and everything after that before the fire-bombing. The music is beautiful.

The fire-bombing of Kobe (if I'm not mistaken).

The scene(s) at the beach always touch me. (NO jokes about that last line, okay?)

The scene where the aunt gives more food to her children, and no more to Seita and Setsuko.

The scene with Setsuko crying inthe middle of the night and the aunt telling Seita to keep her quiet.

Seita and Setsuko's first meal that they made.

When they leave the aunts house.

The scenes throughout the film of Seita stealing from his aunt during the false alarms.

When Seita and Setsuko catch dozens of fireflies and put them under the mosquito net.

When Seita takes Setsuko to the doctor, "I don't have any money!" or something along those lines.

When Seita steals some food and the farmer beats him up, and the following scene with the policeman.

The final meal that Seita makes for Setsuko, "She never woke up".

The scene when a couple of girls return to their house and put a record of "Danny Boy", sung in Japanese, on the phonograph, and the camera pans to the shelter with all of Seita's belongings and the images of Setsuko running around and laughing. The shot with the umbrella is so heartbreaking.

The following scene of Seita cremating Setsuko. And after, he says "The next day I put some of Setsukos ashes in the tin... I never went back to the shelter", and the music blares up and you here Setsuko calling out "Seita?!".

When their ghosts sit on the bench and Setsuko falls asleep, and Seita stares at the camera, the look is haunting.

The following shot of the bench with the city rising over the hill. Perfectly framed, and the music... unforgettable.

The whole movie was powerful, heartbreaking, tear-inducing, but I wanted to point these scenes out. A true masterpiece.

PS: I know I used the wrong words in some places, like 'pans' and 'camera', but I forgot the words to describe the animation.

Doctor X · 12-03-2003, 03:15 PM

Space Chef:

Should have warned you . . . Grave of the Fireflies is a really tough movie! Great movie . . . tough movie. . . .

--J.D.

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12-02-2003, 04:13 AM	#111
Nirvana Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: On Cloud Nine Posts: 10	Most of my favorites have already been mentioned but I am suprised that none of you remembered the last scene from "Crime of the Century." It was so moving that I couldn't help but cry. My eyes still do well up when I think of the movie. The movie is based on the true life story of the Lindbergh kidnapping case and the subsequent trial and execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the crime. Brilliant movie and the countdown to the execution is particularly captivating and touching. The scene from Elephant Man is one of my most favorite powerful scenes too.

12-03-2003, 12:26 AM	#113
alexander74 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 813	Okay, my turn. Godfather 3-- I know a lot of people didn't like it (I admit Sophia's performance was...empty), but the end, where Michael has lost everyone he cared about, including his daughter, and after all that power-grabbing, dies alone. I know this next one isn't a movie, but an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, from Season Six, called "Far Beyond the Stars," I believe. Avery Brooks, as Sisko, in a mind delusion, dream, something, is a character named Benny, a fiction writer for a sci-fi magazine in the 1950's(?). Anyway, at the end, his story, starring a Negro captain on a space station, is rejected. Actually, the publisher pulps the run on that issue, as it "didn't meet up to the usual standards of the magazine." Then the editor, while Benny is still reeling from the shock of that news, tells Benny that the publisher has decided that Benny's services are no longer needed. Benny's reaction and subsequent speech, about how you can't destroy ideas, how the Negro captain is alive in Benny's head, and how you can't deny that Benny, Colored or not, is a man, a human being... Shit, I get all choked up just thinking about it. Peace, alex

12-03-2003, 10:32 AM	#114
Space Chef Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: ...in a dark house somewhere in the world. Posts: 3,598	So many scenes in Grave of the Fireflies. I'll go over them: spoilers, although in my opinion nothing can spoil this movie The opening scene with Seita's ghost, "...that was the night I died." The scene right after that when the janitor throws the can into the grass and fireflies spring out, and Setsuko is resurrected, and everything after that before the fire-bombing. The music is beautiful. The fire-bombing of Kobe (if I'm not mistaken). The scene(s) at the beach always touch me. (NO jokes about that last line, okay?) The scene where the aunt gives more food to her children, and no more to Seita and Setsuko. The scene with Setsuko crying inthe middle of the night and the aunt telling Seita to keep her quiet. Seita and Setsuko's first meal that they made. When they leave the aunts house. The scenes throughout the film of Seita stealing from his aunt during the false alarms. When Seita and Setsuko catch dozens of fireflies and put them under the mosquito net. When Seita takes Setsuko to the doctor, "I don't have any money!" or something along those lines. When Seita steals some food and the farmer beats him up, and the following scene with the policeman. The final meal that Seita makes for Setsuko, "She never woke up". The scene when a couple of girls return to their house and put a record of "Danny Boy", sung in Japanese, on the phonograph, and the camera pans to the shelter with all of Seita's belongings and the images of Setsuko running around and laughing. The shot with the umbrella is so heartbreaking. The following scene of Seita cremating Setsuko. And after, he says "The next day I put some of Setsukos ashes in the tin... I never went back to the shelter", and the music blares up and you here Setsuko calling out "Seita?!". When their ghosts sit on the bench and Setsuko falls asleep, and Seita stares at the camera, the look is haunting. The following shot of the bench with the city rising over the hill. Perfectly framed, and the music... unforgettable. The whole movie was powerful, heartbreaking, tear-inducing, but I wanted to point these scenes out. A true masterpiece. PS: I know I used the wrong words in some places, like 'pans' and 'camera', but I forgot the words to describe the animation.

12-03-2003, 03:15 PM	#115
Doctor X Banned Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 3,794	Space Chef: Should have warned you . . . Grave of the Fireflies is a really tough movie! Great movie . . . tough movie. . . . --J.D.

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