Most exciting moment you've ever seen in a movie?

Kevin Roegele

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Or, which scenes excited you most?

I can remember being literally on the edge of my seat during the Obi-Wan/Qui Gon/Darth Maul battle in The Phantom Menace. I can remember thinking, "I can't believe how dramatic this is!" I really felt as if someone was going to die at any second.

Also, the climax to Return of the King with Frodo, Sam and Gollum fighting over the ring outside and inside Mount Doom. I can't see how any piece of fiction in any medium, through out history, could ever be more dramatic and thrilling than that.
 
- Definitely the climax of Return Of The King. :up:
- The chase scene in Casino Royale.
 
The last 20 or so minutes of Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, from the tank sequence to the search for The Holy Grail to save Indy's father, is still awesome to this day. My favorite climax ever.

Other favorites:

-The hotel room fight between Clarence & Alabama in True Romance
-The final showdown between Ellen Ripley & The Queen in Aliens
-Bond's final fight with Oddjob in Goldfinger
-The opening sequnce of Raiders Of The Lost Ark
-The chase through the marketplace in India from Octopussy
-The car chase in Bullit
-The mine cart ride in Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
-Luke rescuing Han from The Sarlack in Return Of The Jedi
-The fight on Mount Rushmore at the end of North By Northwest
-Phoebe Cates stripping in Fast Times At Ridgemont High :cwink:
-The rooftop sequence in Die Hard
-The sewer showdown in Batman Returns
-The final fight in the cathedral in Batman
-The fight on The San Francisco Bridge in A View To A Kill
-Vader and his men invade Cloud City in The Empire Strike Back
-The Ghostbusters verse The Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man in Ghostbusters
-The schoolbus chase in Dirty Harry
-The car chase in The French Connection
-Dwight and Gail versus Manute and his men in Sin City
-"You Can't Handle The Truth!" from A Few Good Men
-The Parting Of The Red Sea in The Ten Commandments
-The chariot race in Ben-Hur
-Stansfield and his men invade Mathilda's apartment building in Leon The Professional
 
The Trex appearing in Jurrassic Park truely scary at the time they actually did an experiment in some cinemas where the heart rate of the audiane during the movie to prove it was a scary moment movies today dont have this dramatic effect.
 
The final kraken scene from Potc 2.
The Battle of Minas Tirith, and the climax of ROTK.
The battle between Obi and Ani in episode 3.
Harry vs. Voldemort in GOF
Yoda vs. Count Dooku. (as well as sidious in 3)
The opening scene of episode 3 (ani and obi flying over a star destroyer then they see the huge space battle below it)
maybe neo vs. smith in revolutions MAYBE.

I can remember being in the theaters opening day for Spider-man 2 and when the columbia logo came on and the old farmiliar opening music began, followed by the marvel logo and with the forboding beat...amazing. (and the movie hadnt even begun yet :D)
 
Kong vs. the dinosaurs and the velociraptor chase scene, King Kong.
 
The final kraken scene from Potc 2.
The Battle of Minas Tirith, and the climax of ROTK.
The battle between Obi and Ani in episode 3.
Harry vs. Voldemort in GOF
Yoda vs. Count Dooku. (as well as sidious in 3)
The opening scene of episode 3 (ani and obi flying over a star destroyer then they see the huge space battle below it)
maybe neo vs. smith in revolutions MAYBE.
These would have to be in my list too.
Saving the Plane in Superman Returns and the Car chases in The Bourne Identity and Supremacy, especially in those last final moments when It's just Bourne and Kirill.
 
war of the worlds - the first tripod attack
jaws - when he's throwing the fish into the water, the shark appears mere metres away from him
most stuff from the bourne movies
spider-man 2 - fight scene with doc ock and spidey
 
-The chase scene in Casino Royale
-Spider-Man and Dock Ock fighting on the train in SM2
-Superman saving the plane in Superman Returns
-The ending to Scarface

And a bunch more. I can't remember, but when I do, I'll post them. :up:
 
Batman Begins-Batman descending down the stairwell through the hordes of bats and landing in the most badass fashion.
Return of the King- Sam carrying Frodo on Mount Doom.
Revenge of the Sith- When Anakin and Obi-Wan engage in their epic duel.
Return of the Jedi- When Luke loses control and almost kills his father.
Jurassic Park- When the T-Rex first appears and of course the Raptors. :up:
Terminator 1- When the T-800 endoskeleton rises from the burning debri.
Spider-Man 1- The final Green Goblin/Spider-Man fight.
Forrest Gump- Forrest beating the holy hell out of Wesley during the Black Panther gathering.
War of the Worlds- The first attack of the Tripods.
X-Men 2- Nightcrawler's infiltration into the White House and his attacks on the Secret Service.
Philadelphia- Andrew winning the case in the end.
Godfather- Don Vito Corleone's introduction and his speech.
Starman- The Alien(Jeff Bridges) returns to the ship in order to go back to his home planet. A very beautiful scene that still chokes me up.
Edward Scissorhands- Edward finally killing Jim.
POTC 2- The Kraken scene alone is the living definition of creepy and badassery.
Saw 3- Detective Matthew still managing to put up a good fight despite having a broken foot.
Rocky Balboa- Rocky's training session and him remembering the times that he and Adrian had.
The Pursuit of Happyness- Chris getting the job, plus the real Chris Gardners(spelling?) cameo in the end.
King Kong- Kong vs. the T-Rex's.
Superman Returns- Superman saving the plane, Luthor and his henchmen beating up Superman, Superman lifting the New Krypton from the sea, and his flying to the sun to gather his strength again.
Casino Royale- The fight scene in the beginning, the gun barrell, the chase sequence, the fight in the stairwell, and the end where he confronts Mr. White.
Purple Rain- The Kid playing the title track.
V For Vendetta- V's final stand.
Matrix Reloaded- Neo vs. Smith's and the chase sequence.
Saw 2- Returning to the bathroom to see the corpses of Adam, Zepp, and the severed foot of Dr. Gordon.
One Hour Photo- Sy teaching the father who was cheating on his wife and his family in general a lesson.
Powder- Jeremy aka Powder bringing the guy who bullied him the most back to life.
The Green Mile- Percy finally getting what he deserved.
Full Metal Jacket- The intro of the film alone is classic.
The Shining- Jack's slow descent into insanity.
Miami Vice- the Docks shootout sequence.
The Crow- Eric rising form the grave, shoot out at Top Dollars, and the scene where the image of the Crow is created with fire.
The Punisher- The fight with the Russian and his full on assault on anything or anyone that moves during the climax.

Sorry for the long list, but there's so many moments that are amazing in the films I love.

There's more obviously, but this is just to name a few.
 
-The final showdown between Ellen Ripley & The Queen in Aliens

How could I have forgotten that?

Every single time I see the climax of Aliens, I am on the edge of my seat. The tension is almost unbearable. Incredibly dramatic. Even though I know exactly what happens, I'm still doubting Ripley will escape.
 
Yes, there's more from yours truly. Sorry. :cwink: :cmad: :ninja:

Boys in the Hood- Doughboy avenging the death of his brother.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind- The aliens communicating with humanity and coming out of the mothership.
Mission Impossible 3- The bridge/convoy attack.
Rambo: First Blood II- Rambo hiding in the mud behind one of the enemies.
Predator- When he removes his mask
Aliens- One line made it even greater "GET AWAY FROM HER YOU *****!"
Taxi Driver- Travis saving Iris from Sport.
The Hills Have Eyes(Remake)- Doug becoming a badass and fighting for his very life while trying to save his baby.
Click- Michael getting a second chance in the end.
Se7en- John Doe's final surprise.
The Usual Suspects- Verbal turning out to be you know who. :cwink:
 
Many have bee mentioned in the mega list but 3 for me are

The Bike chase in MI-2 is just perfect to me,it exhilarates and excites every time

The whole sequence in BTTF when Marty first travels back when the terrorists attack

The first T Rex attack in Jurassic Park
 
All of 'Children Of Men'
The Nightcrawler scene in X2
Colossus's brief scene in X2 (I liked it better than his whole role in Last Stand)
 
- The chase scene in Casino Royale.

The last 20 or so minutes of Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, from the tank sequence to the search for The Holy Grail to save Indy's father, is still awesome to this day. My favorite climax ever.




-The final showdown between Ellen Ripley & The Queen in Aliens

-The opening sequnce of Raiders Of The Lost Ark

-The mine cart ride in Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
-Luke rescuing Han from The Sarlack in Return Of The Jedi



-"You Can't Handle The Truth!" from A Few Good Men

war of the worlds - the first tripod attack

Mission Impossible 3- The bridge/convoy attack.

:up::up:
 
I can't believe i forgot to put the battle of Helms Deep,without question the most spine tingling,hairs on the back of your neck standing up experience Ive ever had watching a movie:up:
 
Yes, there's more from yours truly. Sorry. :cwink: :cmad: :ninja:

Boys in the Hood- Doughboy avenging the death of his brother.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind- The aliens communicating with humanity and coming out of the mothership.
Mission Impossible 3- The bridge/convoy attack.
Rambo: First Blood II- Rambo hiding in the mud behind one of the enemies.
Predator- When he removes his mask
Aliens- One line made it even greater "GET AWAY FROM HER YOU *****!"
Taxi Driver- Travis saving Iris from Sport.
The Hills Have Eyes(Remake)- Doug becoming a badass and fighting for his very life while trying to save his baby.
Click- Michael getting a second chance in the end.
Se7en- John Doe's final surprise.
The Usual Suspects- Verbal turning out to be you know who. :cwink:

No prob with that man. I've seen most of those movies you listed and the scenes that I thought were great, I couldn't remember half of them. :dry:
 
Don't remember them all but I remember the latest:
United 93, when the passengers takes the plane down.
 
when Russell Crowe went after Guy Pearce in LA Confidential. Great scene.
 
The baby carriage shootout in The Untouchables.
 

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