TV/Movie Scenes That Stick With You

[gorfias]

Most recently, in "House of Cards" they

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kill of Zoe Barnes. She, for me, was the "root". The person you root for and wonder, how we she handle all of this? How will she navigate the ethical challenges that await her? Their answer is apparently that they're not gonna bother having her figure all this out. They just kill her. That to me is a cop out. They couldn't think of intriguing ways to handle her in this. They turned Frank from a fascinating manipulator into a poor (as in fairly lousy) serial killer and that is dull. I'm not sure the series was even really worth watching this season. I mostly did because I couldn't just leave it hanging there, I wanted to see where it went. In the end, I found it hard to care.

 

[jhoroz]

A recent example from television would definitely be the final six minutes of ep.4 of True Detective:


Alfonso Cuaron has some competition to contend with.

 

[McElroy]

Yinsen telling Tony about his family in Iron Man. So easily missed on first viewing, but oh does it remind you about itself later.

Plan C through a hillside favela in Bad Boys II. One thing Michael Bay doesn't do is forgettable movies, no matter how little sense the stuff in them makes.

The last fight in Lethal Weapon IV. Certainly one of the best semi-realistic monkey-rage fights in movies.

 

[RedDeadFred]

A recent example from television would definitely be the final six minutes of ep.4 of True Detective
Alfonso Cuaron has some competition to contend with.

Ya that single shot was one of the best things I've seen on TV.

OT: Game of Thrones Season 3

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The Red Wedding -I didn't think it would hit me very hard given the fact that I'd already read the books but damn.... Wasn't prepared for pregnant wife stabbing.

Return of the King -The "You bow to no one" scene. I could probably pick a couple dozen from these movies but I'll limit myself to just my favourite.

Breaking Bad Season 5b

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Hank's death. I knew it was going to happen but I was silently begging Jack not to kill him along with Walt, even though I knew that there was no way that Hank was making it out alive. Hank's final words to Walt were soul crushing.

Shawshank Redemption -The ending. Yes there's the one extremely sad scene in the move but ultimately, what stuck with me most was the ending. Never has a movie made me so happy.

The Departed -When the elevator doors open. It seemed like a much more "real" death than you normally see in movies. Without any fanfare and incredibly sudden.

There Will Be Blood -"I drink your milkshake!"

 

[Double A]

I still vividly remember the part of Season 6 of Buffy when Willow

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says "bored now" and flays Warren with her dark magic.

Fuck me, that was just... I still don't know what to think of it.

 

[dyre]

Some people already mentioned this, but the scene from Children of Men really hit me emotionally in a way that films rarely do.

To a slightly lesser extent, the evacuation of Dunkirk in Atonement (a continuous tracking shot no less...extremely technically impressive!) was tragic, surreal, and beautiful.

For totally different reasons, the conversation between the SS major and the British captain in the bar in Inglorious Basterds.

 

[jhoroz]

Here are also some of my favourite endings of all time:

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Being There-One of the weirdest and funniest films I have ever seen. The ending scene perfectly sums up the banal nature of the film:


The Wrestler-Couldn't find any clips of it, but it was of one the best examples I could think of a pitch-perfect ending.

Apocalypse Now-The final scene where Kurtz is executed is a good example of a multitude of haunting and moments from that film.

Katanagatrai-The final episode is just one continuous shot of pure adrenaline. Literally one of the most gut-punching and satisfying endings to an anime I've seen lately.

A more recent, memorable ending would definitely be the ending to Monogatari S2. The ending is a touchstone on how it not only made me like what is arguably the most despicable character in the series, but turned him easily into one of my favourite characters in the show as a whole:


Here are some other clips that cements Kaiki as a god-like anime villain:


(Sorry for the no subs in the video below)


And yes, as you can tell from my avatar, I am a total Kaiki fanboy. His theme, and their two different variations perfectly encapsulate both the quirkiness, as well as the menacing and dangerous aspects of his personality.

Other spoiler worthy, memorable moments from film/television/anime include:

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Monster-The death of Wolfgang Grimmer. This show had a lot of tragic deaths, but none hit me as hard as his. I liked him as a character so much, that I easily consider him the deuteragonist of the show (after Tenma being the protagonist of course). The fact that even Runge, who was the resident Spock of the series, looked extremely sad when visiting his grave says it all honestly:


Raxephon-Ep. 19 is another good example of a well done tragic death. Maybe a bit melodramatic, but the build up to it helps emphasize the irony and cruelty to what Ayato had just done:


End of Evangelion-The entire thing, honestly, but Third Impact would definitely be the biggest one:

 

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

TV: The 2nd half of Code of Hero in Transformers: Beast Wars. While the show was already great, for me this was the ep that really hooked me for the rest of season 2 and all of season 3. I hadn't seen such an effective use of a 'gauntlet' of enemies outside of Knightfall. And speaking of Batman...

Movie: Bat vs. Bane round 1. Like most I had my quibbles with the finale of the Dark Knight Trilogy, mainly in the second half, but their first encounter was brilliantly realized. Dunno, maybe I just have a thing for seeing our hero get the tar beaten out of them by a numerically or physically superior enemy, struggling with all their might to prevail because it's the right thing to do (not a big fan of the Trope 'Beauty is Never Tarnished'). As also seen in...

Movie 2: 'If you will not be turned... you will be DESTROYED!' in Return of the Jedi. Arguably a moment made even more powerful now that we know better just how good a master schemer Darth Sidious normally is. For once, not everything went according to plan, because he can no longer grasp why someone wouldn't want to rule the galaxy. So he pretty much grabs the chess board and throws it across the room. Electrocution time. Yet even in death, even believing all his friends and allies doomed to die with him, Luke will not be turned. And Sidious just made mistake number 2- underestimating a father's love for his son.

 

[Scars Unseen]

A crowning moment of awesome in Battlestar Galactica(the reboot)

 

[KOMega]

Hellsing Ultimate

Spoiler: The Major's Speech

You can feel his insanity, his joy and love of war.

 

[Erttheking]

One line near the end of Amazing Grace really stuck with me. "When people speak of great men, they think of men like Napoleon - men of violence. Rarely do they think of peaceful men. But contrast the reception they will receive when they return home from their battles. Napoleon will arrive in pomp and in power, a man who's achieved the very summit of earthly ambition. And yet his dreams will be haunted by the oppressions of war. William Wilberforce, however, will return to his family, lay his head on his pillow and remember: the slave trade is no more." It just...it just makes you think. I have no idea if this movie his historically accurate or not, it probably isn't, but I love that god damn line.