Most beautiful cinematic moment

[Tom]

Ok I just watched the Godfather trio for the umpteenth time, and found myself in tears at the agony of Michael Corleone right at the end of Part 3. Thus, this moment tops my list of hair-raising lump-in-throat inducing celluloid experiences. The beautiful cinematography, the heart-rending music, and one of the finest on-screen performances of any film, by Al Pacino. Not forgetting of course the direction of Coppola.

Others I would include are:

Tom Hanks drinking from a canteen and looking over the Channel in Saving Private Ryan (that's quite a view - yes it is)

Mel Gibson raising his sword and screaming in triumph after his first victory over the English in Braveheart

Philedelphia - The funeral wake at the end, playing the old film of his Tom Hank's childhood

The Shawshank Redemption - Red reading the letter from Andy

Heat - Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro holding hands at the end


I really do love cinema.

 

[Sir Frizz]

Forrest Gump - When Bubba dies in Vietnam

The Shawshank Redemption - When Andy escapes into the river (beautiful music btw)

Gladiator - When Maximus dies

All of American Beauty

 

[dysfunction]

All of Life is Beautiful

 

[mank!]

Chief as he's running away at the end of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Mathilda planting Léon's plant at the end of Léon

 

[Clowneh!]

When Mufasa falls into the gorge full of stampeding antelope

 

[SoWat]

Brassed Off - The speech at the Albert Hall.

As Good as it Gets - Jack Nicholson telling Helen Hunt she makes him want to be a better person - completely unexpected!

Godfather 2 - Vito Corleone's mother trying to save him from the local Don.

Forrest Gump - Bubba's death

Shawshank Redemption - Red on the bus.

 

[nath]

Pretty much all of The Thin Red Line.

 

[~Mobius~]

The beginning of Ace Ventura 2 when that monkey thing falls down the cliff and Jim Carrey cant save him in time.

 

[pcg79]

Originally posted by Clowneh!
When Mufasa falls into the gorge full of stampeding antelope

ditto

 

[doh_boy]

The end of Amelie (the kiss).

The moment when a soldier has to shoot a woman in Black Hawk down ('...don't do it, don't do it...fuck <que soldier throwing up).

Moon River in Breakfast at Tiffanys.

The begining/end voice over/wedding speech in Nicholas Nickleby.

Can't remember any more (there are more though).

 

[Xtro]

The third scene in Titwanks 4 with the two brunettes and the mop always does it for me tbh.

 

[Slug]

WTF

Al Pacino in godfather, just before he is about to shoot those 2 people in the resturant.

 

[Slug]

Tom hanks In road to perdition when he meets jude law, and say 'ill drink to that'

 

[Slug]

gandlaf the white, as he ruturnas to arigorn, legolas and gimley's amazement.

 

[Xtro]

Edit function is your friend.

 

[SilverHood]

Last of the Mohicans (spg?) when they're running aloing at the end of the film amd the generals daughter choses death over maugua (spg?) and the ensuing fight

 

[Meatballs]

armageddon ending

 

[Happy Go Lucky]

the emperor's return to rome in gladiator

 

[old.tRoG]

Originally posted by Clowneh!
When Mufasa falls into the gorge full of stampeding antelope

That's the only film I've ever cried at

*sniffles*

 

[nath]

What film is it?

Wait... not the lion king..?

 

[pcg79]

yeah the lion king

 

[Clowneh!]

Kion Ling

 

[dysfunction]

My Sassy girl (Its a korean/chinese film Ono lent me)

Where they are supposed to meet at a tree...


****

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - when he gets shot with a dart.

 

[Xtro]

dys do me a favour mate.

Tell Ono that Zhang Zhang's lovejuice tastes like champagne and she goes like the clappers.

I'm sure he'll understand

 

[ReActor]

The end of American History X. I won't spoil it.

Boromir's death in LOTR really got me too.

 

[leggy]

I wouldn't describe the ending of American History X beautiful. Very moving but not beautiful.

The sex scene in the film Heaven with Cate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi. But then that film was packed with what you would call "beautiful cinematic moments". That or something equally pretentious.

 

[Summo]

Post pics if possible, people!

This beautiful tracking shot from Once Upon a Time in America:

The bit in Saving Private Ryan when Hanks begins to cry, checks over his shoulder to make sure his squad isn't nearby, then hunkers down to continue crying.

 

[Meatballs]

Keanu's perfect buttcheeks in The Matrix Reloaded.

 

[[PS]Mung]

The bit in the Hulk when......it ended.

 

[Testin da Cable]

Disney's The Fox and the Hound when the fox gets shot. I cried buckets, but then I was only 6.
Starman when the alien finally makes it to the crater and says goodbye to Jenny.
Many scenes already mentioned.