Most emotionally affecting moment in a movie or show

POSTED BY: chrisisall
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CHRISISALL

Thursday, June 2, 2005 8:54 PM

What made you feel something so strongly, so deeply that you were moved to tears, or felt so happy you could bust, or absolutly stunned you with a stark realization of the human condition?

Three that come to mind quickly for me are:

When Vader throws the Emperor down the shaft in Jedi. Moved by an old, slender thread of love for his son, a Galaxy would be forever changed.

When Batty saves Deckard from the fall in Blade Runner. This taught a young Chrisisall what Humanity was all about; seeing 'us' in 'them'.

When Zack sacrificed himself for Max in first season finale of Dark Angel. Backed into a corner with no options, he made the ultimate choice for the friend he loved so dearly, and no one saw it coming.

There are more, but I want to hear from you ladies and gentlemen. So, what moves your furniture?

Intense Chrisisall

EST120

Thursday, June 2, 2005 9:07 PM

the first thing that came to my mind is the scene in the royal tenenbaums after chaz's (played by ben stiller) dog is killed by the runaway car driven by the family friend (played by owen wilson). royal (played by gene hackman) finds another dog and purchases him and gives him to his son (stiller). ben stiller is obviously known more as a comedic actor, but this one scene he was really quite good with the drama of the moment. for those who have not seen the movie, his character lost his wife in the recent past and since her death he has been obsessed with the safety of his children manifested by the fact that he does things like practices fire drills with them in the middle of the night. anyway, his father (hackman), gives him the dog. you can just watch chaz's "i have to be strong for the kids" face crumble and he tries not to cry and says something like "thanks dad. this has been a really hard year.". i felt so moved by that one scene. it is quite touching and was really unexpected in that movie.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Thursday, June 2, 2005 9:38 PM

Ok I'll attempt this in spoiler mode, just in case people haven't seen the film The Apartment with Jack Lemon.

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Ok it'd have to be the scene at the office party when poor old Jack Lemon who realising his crush for Shirley Maclean decides tonight is the night that he's gonna tell her how he feels. Only.... big shock! He finds out in the worst way that she is the one having an affair with the big boss!!!! Ouch!!! Bolt of lightning straight through the heart!!!!
.....He's left to walk back home destroyed while all around him celebrate Christmas.

Never was pure melancholia visualised so perfectly.

The
Somnambulist

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CHRISTHECYNIC

Thursday, June 2, 2005 9:55 PM

The first two that come to mind are from The Punisher and John Q

I guess they’re spoilers

The Punisher

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In The Punisher a guy with a lot of facial piercings is tortured by having them ripped out one at a time, all the people want to know is where his neighbor is. He knows exactly where the guy is and he doesn’t really know the guy at all. When the torture is done the neighbor, who was hiding under the floor asked why the guy had protected him.

The response was something along the lines of, “You’re one of us.” Like, “You’re one of my crew.” He went through all of that pain for someone who was basically a stranger.

John Q

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The basic story is that the kid needs a heart, finally the kid’s situation rapidly degrades and he needs a heart NOW. His father, John, has done all of the research and knows that his heart will work.

The scene is where the father I lying down with a gun to his head preparing to pull the trigger. The tension builds and builds, then suddenly it is all released as he pulls the trigger and the safety is on.

Then he turns off the safety and puts the gun to his head again.

THEREAVER

Thursday, June 2, 2005 10:14 PM

Mine comes from Star Wars Episode 3.

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Anakin: I HATE YOU!
Obi-Wan: You were like my brother. I loved you.

This scene was very sad and very well acted.

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I'll rape you to death.
I'll eat your flesh.
I'll sew your skin into my clothes.
If you're very very lucky, I'll do it in that order - TheReaver

YT

Friday, June 3, 2005 12:01 AM

There are so many movies that do it for me, and not many TV shows, but Smallville manages to have one or more emotionally affecting moments in almost every ep, so I'm gonna go with the final scene of the pilot ep

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in which Lana, still in her prom dress, finds Clark in his loft in the Kent barn, and reminds him she said she'd save him a dance. They dance slowly, and kiss tenderly, and Lana asks him if he's OK. Clark is about to speak when he is startled by a car horn. We now see that he is alone, and Lana has just been driven home (next to the Kent farm) from the prom. As she walks to her front door, Clark says he feels wonderful. Lana couldn't have heard him from so far away, but she turns as if she heard something. She doesn't seem to see anything, but she smiles.

Out of Gas is, of course, all emotion, but in such a high level throughout the ep, it is hard to single out a moment. Firefly's most emotionally affecting moment is the funeral, perhaps because for the cast, crew, & me, it really was a funeral. Firefly is the Life. And in four months, Joss will be the Resurrection.

Keep the Shiny Side Up . . . (wutzon) Lifehouse, "Everything", from "Smallville, the pilot"

CHRISTHECYNIC

Friday, June 3, 2005 12:05 AM

We come closer to being a real cult every day, don't we?

CHRISISALL

Friday, June 3, 2005 12:09 AM

Reality check; I love the show, just the show, it's a show.

Chrisisall

MANWITHPEZ

Friday, June 3, 2005 12:36 AM

There is a moment in my favorite film...Beauty and the Beast...

The Beast bellows at Belle for almost hurting the rose...after she's left, he throws his head into his hands for what he's done...It is one of the most touching things I've ever seen in movies, and a contributing factor for my claim as favorite movie...

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

CHRISTHECYNIC

Friday, June 3, 2005 12:39 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Reality check; I love the show, just the show, it's a show.

Chrisisall

You can't hand me something so easy to work with, I don't have that kind of restraint.

Yes, it is just a show, and the Bible is just a book, when you pull the pages out they turn to paper.

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