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The title speaks for itself but I want to clarify. 

 

What is the most powerful scene or scenes you ever witnessed? Was it a movie or a series or other form? How did you feel?

 

Do you think a powerful scene could fix a terrible movie? What so called powerful scene did you hate?

 

Post a link to your favorite scene if you want to! SPOILERS AS WELLLLLLLLL!

 

Okay so one of my most hated powerful scene.... Im gonna have to go with Rise of Skywalker where Rey is like "Be with me." and it could have been an epic scene I wont lie but you have an audience who wont know some of the voices and honestly I could only tell Samuel L. Jacksons voice cause the rest sounded so unfamiliar. Ive got more but right now I am drawing up a blank so I will get back to that and that was the last movie I watched. 

 

Powerful scenes I liked hmmm..........Ive got three in mind and that would be:

  1. In DragonHeart (1996) when Draco goes to the stars and the old code scene with Bowen, I found both very emotional although I had more chills with the old code scene and more tears with the to the stars.
  2. Merlin BBC the ending in all honesty. I still cry every time but it really got to me how Arthur forgave Merlin and he just straight up dies and I was screaming "WTF" ya'll think the Sherlock fandom got issues damn you have not seen us yet. But we thank them for the merthur content but with rage :)
  3. Desperate Housewives the ending as well. Im a sucker for good endings but honestly seeing everyone on the street as Susan left was just a roller coaster even if they did good or bad they were part of Wisterialane and its drama. Also that cliffhanger at the end was cruel and so was Mikes death but we dont talk about that.

 

I think a powerful scene could change ones view of a movie if it really sums up to that scene otherwise its just lazy writing.

Now what about you? 

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Charlie Chaplin's end speech of the movie ''The Dictator'' is a classic.

 

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sometimes life is brining a small and insignificant thing an arbitrary distance through an inhospitable place as your body fails you 

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Lord Jade Cross

Not a movie scene per se but this anime rally made me feel

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It's not the most powerful, emotional scene that I know, but I'm reluctant to share veeery personal stuff on the internet.

Also, the opera scene in Philadelphia should get a special mention. Actually I think I could come up with a few more powerful movie scenes that involve opera.

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6 hours ago, GatsbyGirl said:

 

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  2. Merlin BBC the ending in all honesty. I still cry every time but it really got to me how Arthur forgave Merlin and he just straight up dies and I was screaming "WTF" ya'll think the Sherlock fandom got issues damn you have not seen us yet. But we thank them for the merthur content but with rage :)

OMG  yes that was sad. Pretty much the only sad scene I've seen that had such an affect.

 

3 hours ago, kiaroskuro said:

 

 

I even got this on a large poster where Andy was leaning back in the chair.

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49 minutes ago, Una Salus Victus said:

I even got this on a large poster where Andy was leaning back in the chair.

That's pretty cool and also kind of 'meta' when you come to think of it. I mean, posters with actors (actresses) play an important role in the movie.

 

For a moment I was confused when I read "Andy" because that's also the name of the character in Philadelphia, resp. in this other opera scene I mentioned. Now I might as well just post the video, huh? I'm not going to watch it now, though, because it tears me up every single time ...

 

 

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1 - The breakup scene in "Blue is the Warmest Color". I'm a sucker for independent film. This one was a bit more R rated than I'd like it to be, but it was nonetheless well written. The breakup scene is by far one of the rawest I have ever seen. I think what make this scene so powerful, is the genuine connection you see between the actresses, and the timing they have with each other. This a scene where one of the partners is caught cheating, and then you can see her unraveling as her partners suspicions grow with each and every lie she is receiving from the love of her life.

 

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2 - Little girl's father turns into a zombie after he is bitten. Train to Busan. Movie was mostly somewhat satirical/serious. But that one scene truly showed the range from these actors. Also showcases how emotion doesn't need language to be felt.

 

 

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11 hours ago, Perspektiv said:

 

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2 - Little girl's father turns into a zombie after he is bitten. Train to Busan. Movie was mostly somewhat satirical/serious. But that one scene truly showed the range from these actors. Also showcases how emotion doesn't need language to be felt.

I have no idea how I forgot this one! This really hit hard! It was an emotional wreck for me, I didnt think it would end like that. The actors were amazing! 

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1 - Black Mass. The dinner scene. This showcases the amazing range possessed by Johnny Depp. 

 

Just how well he emulates a cold blooded, hardened criminal in this scene. 

 

2 - First they Killed my Father. The scene where the movie's young star who portrays real life survivor loses Loung Ung her father, to Khmer Rouge. 

 

What makes the scene so intense, is to watch the anguish on her parents faces, knowing they both will be slaughtered and that splitting their kids up and sending them on their own is their only chance of survival. 

 

Just to watch the instinctive father, not wanting to alarm his young daughter on his imminent assassination as he is escorted by Khmer Rouge soldiers. 

 

Just the embrace he gives his daughter as he hears that fateful knock on his door (telling them they were discovered as government officials), which perfectly emulates that sinking in your heart feeling this will be the very last time you see your family. Perfectly displayed by the actors. Definitely rips your heart out. 

 

I didn't post it, as not sure if it would violate TOS. 

 

 

3 - Lion - Reunion scene. Based on the true story of an impoverished family that is ripped apart as two adventurous boys get lost while having fun on trains as kids. 

 

This turns into an adoption by an Australian family, as the main child character Saroo, becomes part of the broken system of orphaned kids in his country. 

 

What makes the scene so intense, is the lifetime he then spends, to find his mother. 

 

Only to joyfully ask about his brother who also was lost, only to find out he was the only kid to make it (his brother was run over by a train).

 

So the perfectly depicted range of emotion from elation, to mourning the loss of his closest sibling in the span of a couple minutes. 

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Every series of This is England has at least one scene that floors me, and the movie makes me cry every time. All the trigger warnings but seriously, watch it if you can.

 

As an example, This is England '88 has one of the best fight scenes of all time imo. Not because it's a slick, well choreographed fight scene - it's two clumsy scuffles and a lot of shouting. But the realism, the incredible acting and the fact that the characters are BFFs who f*cked everything up makes it an amazing scene.

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On 3/24/2020 at 5:35 PM, Perspektiv said:

 

 

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3 - Lion - Reunion scene. Based on the true story of an impoverished family that is ripped apart as two adventurous boys get lost while having fun on trains as kids. 

 

This turns into an adoption by an Australian family, as the main child character Saroo, becomes part of the broken system of orphaned kids in his country. 

 

What makes the scene so intense, is the lifetime he then spends, to find his mother. 

 

Only to joyfully ask about his brother who also was lost, only to find out he was the only kid to make it (his brother was run over by a train).

 

So the perfectly depicted range of emotion from elation, to mourning the loss of his closest sibling in the span of a couple minutes. 

I really want to see this but cant find it anywhere. I have heard only good things about it. 

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15 minutes ago, Skittles87 said:

Every series of This is England has at least one scene that floors me, and the movie makes me cry every time. All the trigger warnings but seriously, watch it if you can.

 

As an example, This is England '88 has one of the best fight scenes of all time imo. Not because it's a slick, well choreographed fight scene - it's two clumsy scuffles and a lot of shouting. But the realism, the incredible acting and the fact that the characters are BFFs who f*cked everything up makes it an amazing scene.

I will put it on my list!

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Professor Tarknassus

I have a few:

 

The ending of Schindler's List.  After the story has been told, there's a wonderful ending:

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When the war ends, Schindler tells his workers they are now free but that he will be hunted as a war criminal and must flee at midnight. When he bids his Schindlerjuden good-bye, they give him a ring made from the gold tooth work of a factory worker, engraved with the Talmudic phrase, “Whoever saves one life saves the world entire.” Schindler breaks down, crying that he could have sacrificed more, saved more lives. He and his wife then flee.

The next morning, a single Russian soldier enters the camp and tells the Jews they are free. As they walk toward a nearby town, the scene dissolves into full color and reveals a group of real Holocaust survivors walking across a field. They line up, many accompanied by the actors who play them, and place rocks on Schindler’s grave. The last person at the grave is Liam Neeson (Oskar Schindler). He places a rose on the tombstone.

 

When I first saw this I just could not breathe, the emotion was so intense.  The entire film is gripping, and this double-whammy of an ending is just so powerful.

 

Blade Runner 2049.  K visits Dr. Ana Stelline to help determine whether one of his memories is authentic or not.

 

Also: the sea wall fight scene.  As someone who once nearly drowned, I could really resonate with Luv's struggle to breathe, to survive.  Hit's me really hard.

 

I just LOVE BR2049, as well as the original Blade Runner.

 

Finally (for now) the ending to Silent Running - just an amazing scene.

 

 

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I remember watching the German film Napola (which is about a "high school" for future Nazi soldiers set in 1940s) it showed that the idealisation(spelling?) of being with the Nazi's was far from the truth, and remember the entire film being powerful, but one scene in particular stands out in my memory 
Note I do not condone the Nazi's or their supporters
 

 

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The Best Years of Our Lives is a movie made just after the war that features the lives of three men who've just returned home and their struggles to reintegrate into society.

 

This guy never properly acted before (discovered from a training film, lost his arms in a wartime accident) and stole the show being so genuine. Bit of a spoiler, but he kept trying to turn down his high school sweetheart upon his return because he felt he'd only be a burden to her. If I remember correctly, just before this he really tried to shut her out and she wouldn't have it ... even if you're not into old films, look out for this one. All three stories have relevance today.

 

 

 

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On 3/23/2020 at 8:46 AM, Howard said:

Charlie Chaplin's end speech of the movie ''The Dictator'' is a classic.

 

I WAS LEGIT GOING TO SAY THIS!! So amazing. 💖💖💖

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DazzlingGirl16

This scene onward in the movie "Knowing" made me cry because the Whisper People were implied to be angels. The music was powerfuland that it felt like an allegory for the Rapture and what happens in The Book of Revelation.

 

 

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The ending of Padmaavat from when the King and the women's husbands are all killed, the Queen gives the speech telling the women to burn themselves to escape capture and slavery by the invaders to the women all walking into the fire (it is a real practice called Jauhar even though Rani Padmini is fiction real women have done it in the past) . And how they treated their death like going into battle like eating Paan, chanting Jai Bhavani, going out to face the sultan who wants to capture the queen and attacking him to buy time for the jauhar to happen. The little things in the scenes like the red saris meaning sacrifice, covering their faces so the invaders wouldn't see them, temple bells, the Rani Sa song and the details of handprints on the walls (which are real I forgot what fort in Rajasthan has the hand molds of women who burned themselves to evade capture). It gives me chills because self immolation is not an easy thing to do (they show you rich women, poor women, old women, a pregnant mother and her child all going into the fire) and in reality many women were brave to do it to protect themselves. 

 

 

 

 

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