Most emotionally affecting moment in a movie or show

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Friday, June 3, 2005 11:12 AM

RocketJock

I agree with everything you said about Casablanca

It is faultless.

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MRGOSH

Friday, June 3, 2005 12:49 PM

Yo!
Here are two that are emotionally effecting, though in more upsetting ways. The first is from Babylon 5 when Londo is watching the shadows destroy the Narn homeworld. You can tell be the look on his face that he is realized that maybe he is a total rat-bastard.
The second is from Cabaret when the boy dressed in a Nazi uniform starts singing some nationalistic song outside and everyone around starts to sing along. (this takes place before the Nazis came into power). It's one of the most chilling scenes I've ever seen.
Oh yeah, and the last episode of season 5 of Buffy, when Spike collapses after seeing Buffy dead. That's almost too much for me!
Sigh, I guess it's time to go to school now. That may be the most tragic thing of all...

I'm Dancin' like a Monkey!
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CALHOUN

Friday, June 3, 2005 1:43 PM

I remember being emotionally affected by the episode of Buffy where her Mum dies. Also the episode where Tara dies. Joss definitely has a penchant for being able to push or pull my emotions wherever he wants.

CYBERSNARK

Friday, June 3, 2005 1:59 PM

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Anyone remember Beast Wars? As a show made for children it has no parallel. I remember when Dinobot died.

Seconded. The episode was "Code of Hero."

Some others:

Beast Machines (the sequel to BW), second last episode (just before the episode-long final battle). Cheetor has just taken on an entire army of Vehicon drone soldiers. By this point, he's technorganic, not cybernetic, which means he can get wounded. He's hurt, exhausted, out of breath, and standing in a way that looks like he has a broken leg. He's crouched in front of the opening into the spark chamber (where Optimus is), panting and on the verge of collapse. The shadows of the three Vehicon generals approach, and Cheetor looks up from his panting, and growls: "Three, or three hundred. You're not getting in."

Just gives me chills at his badassitude, and the memory of the eager, immature kid he used to be.

Princess Mononoke, when San was injured in the Iron Village, and Ashitaka picks her up and carries her out. He's wounded, bleeding, and an arrow passes clear through him as he walks away. He stumbles, but won't stop. He deliberately carries her through the soldiers' ranks to the door, puts a hand out, and starts pushing. The door must weigh half a tonne, but he doesn't stop, and nobody moves to help him, they're all just staring. Slowly, the door starts to rise open. . .

Again, it's the chivalric self-sacrifice that defines the word "hero" in my head.

Jeremiah, last episode, when Smith returns to the school. He's bloody, bruised, falling apart, and planning to go to war, not expecting to survive. He's heard a Voice (God) in his head, it's been silent a while now, but it led him to this point, and he's prepared to die to help create something worthwhile. The Headmistress brings in his daughter, to say goodbye. He tells her he loves her, then lies to her, saying that he'll be home soon. She looks at him and says it's okay. . . The Voice says everything will turn out.

There's this look of mingled shock/awe/pride/sadness on his face, as he realizes that the hell he's been through will revisit itself on his daughter, but that God is looking out for her, even when Smith likely won't be able to.

Jeremiah, same episode, after Erin finds Marcus stretched out on the couch, and pours out her feelings for him; how much she loves him. Then, much later, she and Marcus are dancing, and she tries to find words, and Marcus just says "I wasn't sleeping."

You can just feel Erin's stomach clench.

And a whole bunch from InuYasha. After he went full-demon and slaughtered a village, and runs off to have a mental breakdown at the guilt (which only Kagome witnesses). When InuYasha turns human and refuses to hide from Koga --he's not going to be ashamed of his human side anymore (that's what Kagome has taught him). When Kagome runs away, realizes that she loves InuYasha, then returns, only to find him with Kikyo --then they see each other and neither of them can move until something breaks the spell. When Kagome gets sick, and InuYasha tends to her, making a remedy that he learned from his human mother (that he never talks about, being his most precious and private memory).

Yeah, I'm a hopeless romantic. ^_^

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DIETCOKE

Friday, June 3, 2005 2:03 PM

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Originally posted by Calhoun:
I remember being emotionally affected by the episode of Buffy where her Mum dies. Also the episode where Tara dies. Joss definitely has a penchant for being able to push or pull my emotions wherever he wants.

Yep, The Body got me too. Not when her mom died but the speech that Anya gives when she talks about not understanding why people...that got me.

WEICHI

Friday, June 3, 2005 2:11 PM

Kudos to Gunrunner and Rocketjock for "Bridge To Far" and "Casablanca"- which WOULD be faultless if Ilsa did not call a grown black man boy twice in the film.

My choices - get ready for some corny stuff ...

Harry Bailey toasting his brother as the "richest man in town" - "Its a Wonderful Life"

The black preacher telling Scout to stand up "Your father's passing" - "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Stanley Baker's last words to Michael Caine - "Zulu"

James Earl Jones standing up to the white coal miners in John Sayles brilliant "Matewan"

Ben Affleck's (yes Ben Affleck) raining in the car speech in "Chasing Amy"

The front pews being cleared for the prisoners in "Sullivan's Travels"

So many moments in John Wayne's performance in "The Searchers"

Some of these might be obsure to folks, glad to expound on them if you like but don't want to spoil and working on brevity

See how I'm not hitting him, I think I've grown!

COSMICFUGITIVE

Friday, June 3, 2005 2:16 PM

The most emotionally affecting moment in a tv show that gets me every time comes from season four of Xena:

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In the episode "Between the Lines", the evil Shamaness Alti and Xena are caught up in an intense fight.

Xena is lying injured on the ground. Gabrielle stupidly decides to take on Alti. Instead, Alti grabs her by the hair and lifts the bard off her feet.

Alti shows the young bard the future that Xena had already foreseen, (Crucifixion at the hand of the Romans),and tried to protect her from throughout the season. Xena screams "You bitch!", and throws her chakram, cutting off Gabrielle's hair. (Gabrielle has short hair in the visions of the future.)

It's one of the most visually and emotionally powerful scenes from the series that sill sticks in my mind today. The look in Lucy Lawless's eyes when she delivers those lines is amazing.

- Cos.

BIKISDAD

Friday, June 3, 2005 2:26 PM

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Originally posted by Calhoun:
I remember being emotionally affected by the episode of Buffy where her Mum dies. Also the episode where Tara dies. Joss definitely has a penchant for being able to push or pull my emotions wherever he wants.

The one that got me the most on Buffy was from "Passion", after Angelus had killed Jenny Calendar and Giles found her body in his bed. When Giles calls Buffy and Willow to tell them (with Angelus standing outside the window, watching them get the news), Willow takes the phone from Buffy, listens for a few seconds, then bursts into tears. That gets me every time.

Apathy on the Rise. No One Cares.

FILMWRITERKARYN

Friday, June 3, 2005 2:55 PM

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Originally posted by weichi:

The black preacher telling Scout to stand up "Your father's passing" - "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Oh yeah...that's a great one! Also, the already mentioned Anya speech from "The Body" ALWAYS hits me like a Mack truck.

Also, I know it's supper cheesy, but the ending sequence of West Side Story and/or Romeo & Juliet. It's like, I know it's coming, but it's always so tragic...

STARPILOTGRAINGER

Friday, June 3, 2005 3:21 PM

Some other ones..

Nowhere Man - There was one episode where They tried to convince him his whole erasure was just a coma dream.. After he figures it out and confronts his wife (Allison) with the truth, then walks out knowing the game continues. As he's walking away, his wife pulls out a gun, demands to know where the negatives are. He refuses, and she says,
"I will kill you, Tom"
And without looking back, Tom says, "No, you won't. You never do." and continues walking away. Just the look on his face when he delivers that line, an ever-so-slight tremble to his voice and features, and then he walks away, really got me.

Farscape: I'm a big sucker for the last conversation John had with his dad, when he was on the moon, and running out of time.

My So-Called Life: There are a number of them, but one that comes to mind most is when Jordan takes Angela's hand in the hallway, publicly, after he'd previously wanted to keep their whole relationship a secret, and she gives this brilliant smile.

Buffy: After Jenny is killed and Giles goes to the factory for vengeance, and more particularly the moment he and Buffy have.

It's a book rather than a movie or TV show, but 1984, "Do it to Julia!" gave me chills and broke my heart at the same time.

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