on the field. Not the boring one at the end. The one where the riders come and the elephants and everything.
This is surely the most astonishing thing anyone's ever witnessed on a cinema screen?
I mean as in scale and overall experience.
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saw it 4 times at the cinema
i'll get my jacket.
<3
Jacket + Shorts = Not A Good Look
I know. I'm wearing it.
ok fine
i'll get my hoodie?
If you want to smell of sweat.
I'll walk out the metaphorical door
not taking anything on my way out?
Only my heart.
*hawaiin shirt
oh wow
tom, you need some hawaiian shirts man
I saw all three films back-to-back
through the night at the cinema.
it was the best cinematic experience I've ever had
I lose.
Actually
that's pretty cool. I'm jealous now
It's not far off.
I'd also nominate the beginning of the star wars (for its time), the battle at the end of seven samurai (in terms of overall experience, if not scale), Apocalpyse now (THAT scene), the boat being dragged up a mountain in Fitzcarraldo, All of the mirror
I think the very first scene from Lord of the Rings 1 tops it for sheer spectacle.
Quite amazing seeing it for the first time.
..and that one by
the lumiere brothers where everyone thought the train was actually coming towards them rather than on a screen.
Apocalypse now
"shall we dance?" every time.
the Seven Samurai battle
is my favourite thing in the world.
Agh. I want to go watch the whole thing again now.
this one?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0f6vv0gjGBE
when the Rohan army ride in at the start of that ^ and trample the orcs, it's just such a "oh FUCK yeah" moment.
although, i think i prefer the one at the end of The Two Towers. soggy, muddy battles at night are a lot better and exciting that ones during the day.
the haradrim in that
are so fucking cool.
NEVR.
The Two Towers is naff in comparison.
The second most mindblowing thing I've seen is in TT though, and that was the scene where Gandalf fights the Balrog.
I saw it on the opening night, and I remember walking in going "it'd be great if they showed what happened with Gandalf and the big thing". And then they showed it and me and my friend shared one of those "OH MY GOD" nerd moments.
Nevar
the films get worse as the trilogy progresses i think. Even though the last one is still fucking incredible. Helms Deep is just too good.
I think its pretty naff.
They're all there with their little worried faces, and it keeps cutting to the children.
And then the elves all come and do this pathetic little "TEEEEEEEEEEEENHUP" thing with their spears and their heads.
And then its got the surfing bit in it, surfing down' the stairs on a shield and you can see his harness thing.
And its constantly being cut into by some boring Treebeard sequence.
God. The Two Towers is the ultimate lose in the three. How can you even say its equal to ROTK, never mind BETTER?
Yes, that YouTube pretty much is it.
I couldn't believe it at the cinema.
I completely wasn't expecting it either. Its put together so well is the film. You're sitting there thinking "everyone's gonna get their arses kicked here" when all the shitty Minas Tirith men are getting murdered.
And then THAT wow. I've just got a new superhuge TV. I'm so going to watch it on that one night.
I dunno. Independence Day was pretty astonishing.
seriously though:
the T Rex in Jurassic Park, when it first came out, was the most astonishing thing I've seen in the cinema.
jurassic park still looks decent!
i thought the cgi in the final battles of ROTK let it down slightly it was all starting to look a bit too fake
the balrog
in the first lord of the rings blew me away when i first saw that in the cinema
all i can think of now
is in Children of Men - the one-take guerilla war scene near the end.
first thing to come to mind was The Fountain
i know a lot of people didn't like it, but the bit at the end when he reaches the supernova/completes his journey/whatever had my jaw well and truly on the floor. i pretty much couldn't believe how amazing it looked. and sounded too - thanks Mogwai!