Scenes that have you in awe
POSTED BY: MerryK
UPDATED: Sunday, November 30, 2008 21:34
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Simon's monologue in the Pilot.
KayLee eating the strawberry. One of my 3 favorite scenes with her facial expressions.
Jayne & Mal at the end of Ariel. That made me think this verse had meat in the scripts. Well acted, I thought.
War Stories, Wash and Zoe loading for bear.
And 3 shots from River - how to adequately do that in written form?
Train Job, Sheriff catching Mal returning the meds.
BDM, River finding Miranda in the Nav charts while cocking the gun. Clearcut, precise, and who really saw that coming?
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Oh yes, River's precision as she takes over the ship. I giggle a little every time I see her positioned with the peach can—what is it about Jayne getting beat up that is so funny? And then the horrific following as she actually takes down Simon. The worry of the crew as they dash about, and then as she threatens Mal silently. I agree, excellent scene.
The fight at the Maidenhead—the choreography and acting tells everything here. We don't even really need Simon and Mr. Universe to tell us that she can be triggered, and that the Fruity Oaty Bar was subliminal. And we don't need to be told that River's a weapon after this scene either...the skill of that 90 pound girl is phenomenal! I have taken martial arts, and seen many martial arts films, and yet this fight scene is one of the most gorgeous, and yet plot important scenes I have ever seen.
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"My way of being polite, or however...well, it's the only way I have of showing you that I like you. Of showing respect." Simon Tam, Jaynestown
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When Mal confronts Jayne at the end of Ariel.
I personally believe that this scene is the best bit of acting in the entire series. It's so raw, so emotional, and just damn good. I get chills EVERY time Mal says "You did it to me Jayne...and that's a fact..." He's just so cold in this scene, and I love the idea that Mal feels so strongly about his crew that he would actually kill a betrayer.
I absolutely LOVE that scene...
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In the "Serenity" pilot, when Mal caps Dobson, who is using River as a human shield, right in the face, and doesn't even break his stride. I just lose it every time I see that.
"Mwah ha ha ha...mine is an evil laugh. Now die."
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I like the "Unification Day" speech and bar fight in Train Job. The guy that says it is great....I'm thinking to myself what would this low-life loser on a low-life loser planet be celebrating and happy about Unification Day?
I can only think he was a soldier on the Alliance side....SHUT UP! I got words! I'm sayin' this is an auspicious day........sent the scumbag inpendents ( not independents )...and then Zoe whacks him with her rifle....then of course the arrival of Serenity hanging over them was terrific.
Next favorite is the "Ballad of Jayne". I love the guy singing it, I love the song, I love the "group" chorus, and I love his funny little hat.
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One of the most awe-inspiring scenes for me is the delivery of Tracey to his family at the end of "The Message." Just amazing seeing everyone's sadness, the voice over, the incredible score as the whole scene fixes on Mal's face, and ... fade to black. Wow.
Another scene I really like is right after River finds the bodies in "Bushwhacked." The camera pulls back, and Mal and Zoe shine their flashlights up, in perfect synchrony, to reveal the remnants from the Reaver attack.
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Even though it made me cry, the scene immediately after "Gliding her In" during the BDM blows me away from an aesthetic/artistic standpoint. The severe lighting, how every thing's all bifurcated red and black, and the absolute suddenness of the spike in the middle of Wash's line really do their job. He didn't get to have his "Hero Triumphant" moment. He was just a regular guy who finally gets to say something cool, and is interrupted. After that and Book I was sure that Joss was gonna kill off our BDHs, which shocked me to say the least. But brilliant storytelling, and brilliant use of film.
Also, The scene where Simon has been shot and is apologizing to River always gets me. The sound attenuates out, and the lights dim - it's almost as if we were shot, and our senses are fading out. The writing is incredible - what's left unsaid just tears at me.
And finally, River Triumphant. There's a perfectly good reason that they chose to do a statue of it. The way she's backlit, sword and axe in a ready/relaxed position. And then it cuts first to her face, and then to her eye, and finally to her hand tightening on the Axe. That was a perfect three take "Oh My God" moment in my opinion.
"I'm not going to say Serenity is the greatest SciFi movie ever; oh wait yes I am." - Orson Scott Card
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I'm a big fan of dialogue, so by far my favorite scene in the series is the Mal/Nandi scene in "Heart of Gold". I just love the way the characters have such an amazing mutual respect for each other and connect on this totally deeper level than the other fornicatin' in the house, and yet still, it's not quite love. I've watched that scene dozens and dozens of times, and I still can't find a single thing wrong with it.
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly comin' to a middle." - Mal
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One scene that i really enjoy hmmmm...
Well the Scene With Jayne and Mal in the Cargo hold is a great scene i have to say.
But my number one scene has to be....
Mal and Inara at the End of Heart of Gold. That Scene is really great.
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Pretty much the whole of "Out of Gas" does it for me. I love the scene of everyone around the table, all happy, no one hurt or being tortured, enjoying a moment of friendship and pleasure. The light on their animated faces, kind of chokes me up with happy every time. From then on the episode feels like one long scene for Mal with some beautiful camera work and the intercutting of flashbacks to his crew as we get the story of what happened to him in reverse is just so incredibly moving. I cried buckets in that one. And who didn't have a little hitch in their breath when the Captain is in the infirmary afterwards and is about to drift off again then focuses with a sudden instensity "You all gonna be here when I wake up?" We don't often see Mal vulnerable but when we do it gets me every time.
And the scene in "Shindig" where Mal is trying to get some last minute tuition on fencing from Inara and he looks down and quietly asks her not to take Atherton's offer. If there was ever any doubt in Inara's mind that Mal has deep feelings for her, maybe even love, not even a blind donkey could miss it here. Even if it is not love it is a deep caring, friendship, the need to protect her and keep her safe. His anger that the whole of that elite society playing out their little ball as if they really care about each other when he knows that they don't really *see* Inara, just the artifice they are all willing parts of, the facade that clothes them as perfectly as their stilted manners and rich trappings. All for show. I sometimes think that it is because Mal *sees* her that Inara is so very careful not to let herself get too close to him. He makes her feel vulnerable emotionally and her life is all about emotional control so she can help others.
I also found the part where Simon got shot in the BDM then apologises to River so damn moving, had tears in my eyes. At several points in the movie I was convinced that Joss was going to kill them all and it was breaking my heart. And going back very briefly to "Out of Gas" I loved the bit where Mal has told the others the plan and is sending them off in the two shuttles and Wash doesn't turn to go with the others but to go to the bridge and that look on Wash's face when he tells the Captain he is going to rig up a switch so he can call everyone one "when your miracle gets here" was very touching. You can see he gets Mal, understands that the man has to be the one to make the hard decisions, the ones no one else wants to make or can bring themselves to make, because he is the one with the rank and the responsibility. I also think that is why Zoe would rather follow than lead, that role is her comfort zone.
The scene with River and Simon in the bunk when he is soothing her and she tells him he came for her 'found me broken' wrenches at the heart strings. Loved the bit where he hugs her and she confesses she threw up over his bed and dear Simon smiles and pats her back and says, "Yep, definitely my sister". Casting Summer and Sean as the siblings was a masterstroke, but then every actor is perfect for the role they were given in the series and film. Impossible to list all my favourite scenes or episodes, I would be quoting the whole gorram thing! Guess thats' why I'm a Browncoat.
Ali D :~)
You can't take the sky from me...
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