Movie Moments That Made You Punch The Air

[Rodrigo90]

Titanic...when I heard Rose say Billy Zane's character put a pistol in his mouth!

 

[cherokeesam]

In Sling Blade when Dwight Yoakam is about to hit the little kid but Carl steps in.

Nice one.

I'll add:

"P-51....Cadillac of the Skies!" from Empire of the Sun

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"HORSEPOWER!!!!"

 

[Mace Dolex]

In Transformers when Optimus Prime first transforms in front of Sam and Mikaela, it was such an awesome moment for me as a fan waiting 23 years for a fully realized live action TF movie *sniff*.

 

[Soapy]

Also, this:

"We got you, you son of a *****." - Jim Gordon

 

[TheWiseGuy487]

I would say, for MCU fans, the majority of The Avengers is one big "Punch The Air" moment. t:

 

[Dave McFly]

Cameron Diaz' first nightclub scene in The Mask

for me it was Jameson's "I WANT SPIDER MAN!" line from Spidey 2

 

[PSYLENTGuardian]

Terminator 2 - "Hasta la vista, baby."
TDKR - Bane breaking Batman's back.
Batman Begins - "I'm Batman."
Amazing Spider-Man - "I'm Spider-Man."
(500) Days of Summer - When Tom met Autumn.
The Breakfast Club - When Bender punched the air.

 

[DCW]

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I know it's been said before but this one gets me every time.

 

[PyroChamber]

TMNT 1990 - Seeing the logo from the cartoon pop up right before the Turtles actually appear.
Mortal Kombat - The first appearence of Sub-Zero and Scorpion.
TDKR - When the Bat swoops in and takes out the two Tumblers right before the cops charge at Bane's army.
Serenity - River vs. the entire bar.
Spider-Man 2 - "Go get 'em, Tiger!"
X-Men: The Last Stand - Beast fighting.
The Incredible Hulk - "HULK...SMASH!"

 

[TheGuy]

The Two Towers - Rohirrim's charge.
Return of the King - Denethor burning alive.
Batman Begins - "I won't kill you, but I don't have to save you."

 

[Quasimod0]

LOTR is full of them. Love when aragorn showed up with the army of the dead. And their "for frodo" charge on the black gate. And theodens speech to the men of rohan before they charged on pellenor.

 

[The Navigator]

RoboCop's last line.

Luke gets his lightsaber in ROTJ and takes out Jabba's entire crowd almost single-handedly.

Indy coming back from being dragged under the truck and just beating the crap out of the nazi driver.

 

[cherokeesam]

For me: the appearance of Thanos at the end of Avengers.

 

[Hawkingbird]

The Avengers 360 scene (actually, most of the film has me in joyous tears)
Seeing Bucky in CATFA
Final big fight scene in XMFC.
Family fight scene in The Incredibles t:

 

[Victarion]

Iron Man: When Tony when back to the Middle East in full armor and took out those terrorists threatening that little town.

Jurassic Park: T-Rex crashing into the main compound at the end.

The Dark Knight: Batman taking down Two-Face.

The Dark Knight Rises: The scene where Foley steps up to lead the GPD, right before the Bat deflects the shot from the Tumbler.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I: Harry throwing Umbridge's "I must not tell lies" back at her, then Stupefying her.

 

[Vapor]

Toy Story 3, when the crane saves them at the end.

 

[QBComics]

The only scene that ever literately made me punch the air was in Jaws.

"Smile you sonofa-"

So epic.

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

toy story 3, when the crane saves them at the end.

the claw!!!

 

[Lex Luthor]

The only scene that ever literately made me punch the air was in Jaws.

"Smile you sonofa-"

So epic.

This.

Such a great build up with the shark charging at Brody, and one hell of a great pay off.

 

[Drizzle]

This too:

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

Leo Nova: [reveals bulletproof vest after being shot by Rita Rizzoli in the chest] Kevlar, *****!
Rita Rizzoli: [shoots him again in the throat, sending him crashing into a car windshield] Smith & Wesson, *******!

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

1) Basically every Van Damme Spin Kick to the face near the end of his action movies. (Bloodsport, Lionheart, Kickboxer, Cyborg, Expendables 2, Death Warrant, Universal Soldier, etc)

2) Rocky 3,4, and 5 end fights

3) V for Vendetta, every assassination plus finale

4) Cloud Atlas (When He kills the Barbarian)

5) Braveheart when William Wallace kills the guy with a mace

6) Every bad ass car scene in Death Race, plus the assassination of the warden

7) The ending of Shawshank Redemption

8) Terminator 2: Hasta La Vista Baby!

9) Basically all of Commando

10) Predator when Arnold screams in the woods

11) Watchmen, when Dr. Manhattan tries to grab Ozymandias in his Antarctic lair and says the quote, " The world's smartest man poses no more threat to me than does its smartest termite."

12) Iron Man and Thor's fight in Avengers

13) Thor vs Hulk

14) John Carpenter's Vampires (finale)

15) Demon Knight (Demon gets a face full of holy blood)

16) Conan the Barbarian when he chops off Thulsa Doom's head

17) Conan the Destroyer when he pulls out the Horn off the Monster

18) Lord of the Rings trilogy (pretty much every big siege and victory)

19) Street Kings (When Reeve's character gets the dude with the shovel)

20) Transformers 3 when Optimus Prime swoops down and takes out a bunch of decepticons and Shockwave

21) Kick Ass when Frank D'Amico gets hit with the rocket launcher

22) Bad Boys 2 when Johnny Tapia falls on a landmine

23) Rambo 1 (rampage through the town), Rambo 2 (when he goes ballistic in the control room with the machine gun), Rambo 3 when the rebel cavalry arrives, and Rambo blows up the Mi 24 Russian gunship with a tank, Rambo 4 when the rebels arrive and change the course of battle, allowing John to go crazy with a 50 cal and eventually gut the commander.

24) Johnny Cage vs Scorpion in Mortal Kombat

25) Ip Man vs 10 Japanese Karate students

26) Jet Li vs Karate students in Fists of Legend

27) Raze, the Lycan's transformation and bad-assery in Underworld one

28) The entire last fight in HK movie Flashpoint between Donnie Yen and Collin Chou

29) Tai Chi Master's final fight between Jet Li and Chin Bo

30) The Protector , when Tony Jaa defeats the henchmen in the human and animal trafficking building

31) John Carter fighting the hordes of Green Martians in the Desert.

32) Prometheus when the Engineer rips the head off of the Android

33) 30 Days of Night ending when Brolin's character kills the head vampire.

34) Matrix, when Neo stops the bullets and kills Smith

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There's more ofcourse..but, whatever

 

[Ajendo]

When the 2 brothers finally kill mad dog in tge Raid.

Craig's Bond, James Bond at the end of CR.

 

[kedrell]

The only scene that ever literately made me punch the air was in Jaws.

"Smile you sonofa-"

So epic.

Favorite ending to my favorite movie.

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[TheForgotten]

Iron Man wrecking the terrorists in Iron Man!