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They need to do a dark crystal sequel first
Most of the dated FX are in the outlining of the composites in the final flying scenes and the stop motion but, yes, I think they're just fine. The animatronic/puppet FX in the cave are still fantastic.
The closing sequence of "2001." I've never had much interest in the novel's "explanation" for what's happening here. To me this is the point where the movie cuts free from direct representation of *anything* happening at the level of plot. It's about the aging and senescence of all of human civilization, eons of…
It is my honest opinion that Dragonslayer is the greatest movie ever made.
The encounter with the monolith on the moon in "2001." The combination of the desolation of the landscape, the starkness of the lighting in the excavation site, the lack of dialogue as the astronauts silently approach the monolith, the mute opaqueness of the monolith itself — all coupled with the shrieking, howling…
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The Moment: Binary Sunset on Tatooine
I am not sure this is the exact moment, but the ending scene of Pan's Labyrinth and the followup text was both heartbreaking and heartwarming. A deeply moving film.
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Moment: Battle of Pellenor Fields - Charge of the Rohhirrm
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The Moment: Single shot car sequence where (spoiler) one of the presumed main characters is killed without fanfare or meaning.
The Moment: The Reveal
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The Moment: The Ride of the Rohirrim at the Battle of Pallenor Fields
The Moment: Seeing The Glaive for the first time
Wow, now I know what magazine I shouldn't read...I mean I'm a big Doctor Who fan, but in the nearly hundred years we've had of amazing on camera science fiction...just no...
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The moment: When Angier sees the cat in the hats.
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The Moment: The Cease-Fire
The initial sighting of the alien derelict in the original "Alien." In most SF films, alien vessels look like a human production designer's *idea* of an alien vessel. This one *actually looked like an alien vessel.* It looked like it had been created by beings who inhabited a completely different perceptual…
The Moment: An exhausted Dream of the Endless has to face the hordes of Hell to leave with his helmet and leaves them silenced with a single thought.