Topic Posted by: Eve
Date Posted: Wed Jan 25 10:41:13 2012
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This topic is about great movie, actor moments usually not noticed by the Academy. Just the way the plot twisted that nobody saw coming, the actor who tore your heartstrings. I have a few:
Chris Penn in At Close Range -- when his dad's gang leads him into the woods to be killed, he doesn't realize it until the last moment. His facial expression with only the word 'Dad?'
Emma Thompson in Love Actually -- when she realizes the necklace her husband bought isn't for her as they are exchanging gifts. She goes into the bedroom to have a silent meltdown so her kids won't hear her.
Brad Pitt in Burn Notice -- hiding in the closet of the house he broke into and George Clooney finds him. That split second reaction.
The ending of The Sixth Sense -- I thought about it for days!
Posted by: Summer Date posted: Fri Jan 27 23:12:27 2012
Message: I am so glad you mentioned Emma Thompson in Love Actually.. That was one of the best acted heartbreaking scenes i've ever seen! So true--real--i dont even have words.
Posted by: Suds Date posted: Thu Jan 26 19:24:07 2012
Message: Here's one from the recent movie ''War Horse''. Twas when the British officer wanted to untangled layers of barb wire from the horse. He was there alone until a German officer came up from his bunker, to investigate. Here we have two foes caring about the horse, yet needed more wire cutters. The German officer yelled back to his troops in the bunker saying ''We need more wire cutters'' in a split second about 9 wire cutters were thrown from the sheltered men in the bunker. Very profound, yet inspiring, when men forget their differences and focus on the helpless.
Posted by: Eve Date posted: Thu Jan 26 12:50:50 2012
Message: The Deer Hunter -- so many moments but when Robt Deniro is shy at the wedding reception while asking Meryl Streep if she wants a drink. The vulnerability of both actors stands out.
Posted by: Patem111 Date posted: Thu Jan 26 12:04:58 2012
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I read this topic yesterday and I had to give it some thought. Then I remembered a scene that really stuck out for me.
In the movie Road to Perdition with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, there is a scene where Tom Hanks son hid in the back seat of the car while his father, Hanks, who unbeknownst to him was a hit man for the mob, went on a ''job.'' After Hanks and another man exit the car and go into a building, the boy follows and overhears the men yelling. He then hears gunshots and runs back to the car and hides in the back seat. Tom Hanks comes back to the car and gets in the driver's seat. He turns around to back out and has his hand on the back of the seat while he is looking over his shoulder. His son looks up at his father's hand from the floor of the back seat, and on his father's hand is a drop of blood. The look on that boys face as he comes to realize that his father just killed a man, has always stayed with me. Powerful beyond words.
Posted by: Hillary Date posted: Wed Jan 25 19:44:09 2012
Message: Okay, given the title of this topic, I am just going to throw this one out there. I recently recorded Tangled for my kids and have watched it several times. A brilliant moment in that movie that probably goes unnoticed is when the princess finally meets her parents. She and her mother approach one another cautiously and eye contact is never lost. The similarities between them, their physical features, and the way they each give a short shy smile, their connection transcends the 16 years they'd been apart. Yes, I know this is animated, but perhaps that makes it that much more genius.
Posted by: Holly Date posted: Wed Jan 25 18:47:21 2012
Message: I figured out the ending for the Sixth Sense because the commercial for the movie gave it away.
I see Dead People. How obvious can you be? Duh. I was angry about it. They showed a commercial for the movie which gave away the ending.
Posted by: vh Date posted: Wed Jan 25 16:27:36 2012
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Say Anything (a movie that, overall, I wasn't crazy about)-after the father played by John Mahoney (known for playing Martin Crane on Frasier) is caught stealing money from Medicare, they show a scene of him sitting in the (empty) bathtub, fully dressed in a suit. He says not a word, but his expression, body language, the camera work-the fact that he is in the bathtub-speak more eloquently than any words ever could. Incredibly poignant scene. I've only seen it once, but it will always stay with me.
Posted by: W.E. Date posted: Wed Jan 25 12:19:48 2012
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Oh my you and I share a great moment from the same film. Love yours but mine is the end of At Close Range when Sean Penn is on the stand testifying. They ask him to point out the defendant. I swear from the time the question is asked and he chokes up and tries to point and then does point and says my father - I died!!
Glad to have this opportunity - fab topic. Yesterday Barbra Walters complained that three actors nominated do not speak in their roles. The male and female lead from The Artist (a silent film!) and Max Von Sydow plays mute in his role. WELL BARBRA acting is reacting (if I may quote Lord Laurence Olivier) and not what is said. I took a whole acting semester on just what to do and how to do it WELL when not speaking. Some of the greatest moments on screen are those without dialogue.
Don't know if you watched All My Children but the day after Bianca was raped by Michael Cambias I was glad I taped. I rewound and then posted 58 seconds of brilliance.That was the first thing we saw (as the rape was the last). The camera just slowly went around the room, in shambles, as she sat motionless. Then it began to close in on her and as it got right up close and personal a tear the size of a cannonball fell from her eye. Brilliant and she said not one syllable.
Posted by: Miss Harold Date posted: Wed Jan 25 11:34:12 2012
Message: I'll never forget the first time I saw The Sixth Sense. The ending took me totally by surprise. Great movie.
Posted by: Mitch Date posted: Wed Jan 25 10:57:22 2012
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For me, one of the great moments of pathos in the movies is in John Ford's THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940). Jane Darwell (as Ma Joad) is going through her few precious possessions as she prepares to be evicted from her farm.
She holds a pair of earrings to her ears and looks into a dark, dirty mirror. The reflected look on her face says it all. She's no longer young and faces an uncertain future in her old age.
