Defining screen moments: - "Stella!" scene from Streetcar. Beneath that tough guy act, Stanley's just a little puppy. - Little Jason comes out of the lake at the end of Friday the 13th. There's just nothing scarier than children. - "Luke, I am your father"....the greatest screen twist of all time. - I still get chills when we see the first brachiosaurus in the original Jurassic Park (thanks in no small part to John Williams). It's become commonplace now, but in 1993, that affect was draw-dropping.
And the greatest, most emotional scene in all of cinematic history? Easy: ET to Eliot before boarding the ship home: "I'll....beeeee....riiiiiiiiight........heeeeeere" Blubberin just thinking about it... > Forking from another thread: I suggested that there should be an academy > award for "Best Moment" in film. Lemme see... criteria... > > 1) The moment has to be less than... say... 5 seconds long. Preferably > shorter. > > 2) The moment must be taken in and of itself as much as possible. You may > need to have the rest of the film to set up the moment, but a great moment > can appear in an otherwise crappy film. > > 3) The moment shouldn't be just a punch line, special effect or sight-gag. > It should be a moment that haunts you, makes you think, forces you to face > some complex emotion. They might force you to look at an otherwise > one-dimensional character in a new, more complex light or sum up > everything > you love or hate into a tiny ball. > > 4) It doesn't have to be a line. It could be an action or an expression. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:160717 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
