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The whole russian roulette scene from Deer Hunter
Ellen Burstyn's acting in this is crushing to me because she talks and acts EXACTLY like my wife's now-passed grandmother and many other women her age I observe in my neighborhood who lived or live in that same situation. I can't watch it without feeling overwhelming empathy and sadness for that specific loneliness she so fucking nails here.
As far as I recall from an anecdote on the making-of, the camera panning away at one point is actually the operator having started to cry. I mean come on, that's crazy talent.
It STILL pisses me off she lost the Oscar to Julia fucking Roberts for Erin Brockovich.
Firefly - War Stories
Wash (right) is jealous of his wife sharing a rather exciting war time history with captain Mal Reynolds (left) so he decides to go on a mission in his wife's place with the cap for once. However things go south, they get taken hostage and tortured. Tied up as pictured, they argue between jolts of electrocution about the history and sexual tension between the cap and Wash's wife. Their voices become more and more worn as their body and spirit break from the torture. But when Wash grows silent, Mal barks out about how when they get back he's going to take his wife not just as a continuation of the argument, but in an effort to keep Wash's adrenaline up as he succumbs to the torture. "LISTEN TO ME!"
Fucking chills and watery eyes...
22:05 - 24:40
https://youtu.be/SCMVGB77ezw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WB-_Zq9UcE
all monologue, but one of my favorite parts from my favorite movie.
Also, people like to shit on CW actors, but they have a fucking gem in Jensen Ackles. His acting is leaps and bounds ahead of everyone on that channel. Take this scene, where he's been cursed to forget himself:
https://youtu.be/VbQl0UK_ZCg
Robert Shaw, Jaws, USS Indianapolis speech.
Chills.
Micheal Clayton has so many amazing scenes. I always love this one. The way Tom Wilkinson switches from a confused, befuddled old man with mental issues to the apex predator shark of a lawyer raises the hairs on my neck and arm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60eJoqXOBIQ
"I am not the enemy"
"Then who are you?"
Micheal Clayton has so many amazing scenes. I always love this one. The way Tom Wilkinson switches from a confused, befuddled old man with mental issues to the apex predator shark of a lawyer raises the hairs on my neck and arm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60eJoqXOBIQ
"I am not the enemy"
"Then who are you?"
Michael Clayton is one of my favorite movies ever because of all the great performances. You could actually argue that George Clooney is the 4th best actor in the film.
I love Sydney Pollack in this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RdR9zoxctw
"Let me give you a serious piece of advice..."
To me, there's no better acted or written scene in Game of Thrones than this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY5As-RP1MM
I was just about to post this. Completely agree. He is terrifying in this scene.I sometimes make the argument that Aaron Eckhart doesn't get enough credit for the Dark Knight, being overshadowed by Heath Ledger. That scene at the end between him, Oldman, and Bale on the rooftop is fucking clutch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sRjTlBRQUw
The final duel in Once Upon a Time in the West.
Ellen Burstyn's "red dress" monologue in Requiem for a Dream.
It's hard to choose just one scene, but one that stood out to me was Javier Bardem in the gas station in No Country for Old Men. I was never so tense during a scene with two characters just talking.
Interstellar video scene by mcconaughey