SATURDAY: List of Epic Film Moments

Here is a list of assorted moments in movies that are particularly awesome. (I was originally going to title this 'Epic Movie Moments' but seeing the words 'Epic Movie' made me feel bad.) Due to the fact that most of these moments of awesomeness tend to happen at the end of a movie, you'll have to highlight the spoilerific ones to read them.

Underlined entries are mine and italicised are Louie's.

Lord of the Rings

Despite all the shiver-inducing battle charges and insane monster fights, Gandalf riding out to blast away the Nazguls is my personal favourite epic scene from Lord of the Rings. It probably has something to do with the sudden change of music, the massive long shot and how they made Gandalf's staff super shiny without looking tacky.

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

The Mexican stand-off at the end of this movie is seriously the best movie climax I have ever seen. Just for this scene alone, I would recommend anyone to watch the entire (3 hour) movie. You can watch this scene by itself on Youtube but it's not as powerful outside of context.

The Shawshank Redemption

(After 25 years of wrongful incarceration, Andy Dufresne escapes from prison. Everything works here; Morgan Freeman's calm narration, the musical score. The director of this movie, Frank Darabont, seems to have a thing for Stephen King and his other movie, The Green Mile, is very much worth watching.)


The Dark Knight

The scene where Batman flips the truck over using a wire has been played so many times in trailers that it could have been ruined. But it wasn't. And it's made even more impressive by the fact that a real truck was flipped and the 70 year old guy you see driving the truck before the Joker did the actual stunt of driving the truck and being flipped. Also the hospital scene and the scene where Joker says "Hit me!". You know what? Just the entire movie.

500 Days of Summer

(Ok, I know a lot of you right now are going what the hell why is there a romantic comedy here but the scene where Tom finally gets over his former girlfriend Summer after 500 days (hence the name) and then meets a girl called Autumn just feels so well-earned and admittedly I felt a little bit warm and fuzzy. Also how the day counter changes from 500 to 1)



The Matrix

My favourite moment of this movie is when Neo takes the red pill and wakes up from the Matrix for the first time. Those image of hundreds and thousands of little pods stuck to these massive towers was quite haunting. Or as people like to say now, I got mindfucked.

The shootout in the hotel was pretty cool. Louie's epic moment is when Neo dodges the bullets.

There Will Be Blood

"I drink your milkshake"


Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Originally a full-on swordfight was planned but Harrison Ford, who was sick with dysentry said "Let's just shoot the sucker." And so instead they shot this instead. Ford seems to have a knack for bad-ass improv, also responsible for the line "I know" as Han Solo gets carbon frozen in Star Wars Episode V.

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