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Your favorite scene(s)

Discussion in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' started by Fussel2107, Dec 17, 2015.

  1. Fussel2107

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    Have had my second watch today and I found a few scenes that were simply steeling the show.

    Here comes my list. Please add yours.


    This list is by no means complete. There are some scenes I totally love to pieces, but that are not that absolute perfection to be added to this list.
    Poe's flying at Maz' castle comes to mind. Wonderful scene and way to showcast his insane ability. But cinematographically it was not as over the moon exceptional as these other scenes.

    Hux' speech to the first order

    Man, Domhnall Gleeson was channeling Hitler hard in that moment and the only person in the world who could get away with adding THAT was a Jewish director, because Maclunkey HELL!

    Sitting in a German theatre a an hour past midnight with dozens of other nerds who are over the moon excited... and suddenly all of them fall silent.
    Like death's breath every sound died as people were transfixed on the screen and a certain pervasive feeling of KNOWING spread.

    It was just something very intimate, something very familiar that's probably only something that would touch a German that way, but Domhnall Gleeson touched speech, expression and gesture to a point of perfection and it was absolutely chilling.
    I'm pretty sure he watched a few hours of Hitler's speeches to achieve that amount of... I don't even know what to call it.

    The red glow overlaying everything seconds later only added to it and gave a chilling empression of atomic bomb tests and it deserve it very own point on that list.


    X-Wing cockpit shot

    That five second shot during the attack on Starkiller base when you are taking the spot of the pilot and seeing everything through their eyes is PURE UNADULTERATED MAGIC!

    I thought it wouldn't live up to my impression on second viewing and I was SO WRONG!

    Han confronting Kylo

    Oh Gods, that scene....

    The scene itselt with the chasm beneath them. The acting. THE ACTING. How the light slowly died. The tears in Kylo's eyes. The hope in Han's. That silent fight for the lightsaber.
    The moment when everything went wrong.
    "Thank you"
    Han cupping his son's face. Kylo's expression. Han's expression.
    Everything about that scene was absolute heartbreaking perfection and I'm suffering only thinking about it.
    And you saw how much Kylo suffered and you felt that all of it could have just as well ended the other way round.
    But it didn't.


    The last shot

    Luke standing there, staring at Rey.
    Rey holding out the lightsaber.
    They're alone on this island. High above and removed from everything.
    And around them the world is slowly spinning.
    Or maybe revolving?
    Spinning out of control?
    Who knows?
     
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    For
    Me, every time hux and Kylo are together .
     
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    There's so many. :) But the three that particularly stick in my mind:

    Rey & Leia embracing while the rest of the Resistance celebrates their victory. No words are spoken, but there's no need. The shot is beautifully framed at the end, with the celebrations taking place on the left of screen, while Rey & Leia stand alone next to the Falcon.

    The 'Force back' sequence with Rey.

    And the final scene. Very powerful.
     
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    The last shot was an absolute stand out moment, a thing of beauty from a cinematic perspective. That glimpse of Luke too was amazing because in his face was dozens of questions about his role in the next film.

    I thought of Joruus C'baoth when I saw him, not that I think he'll be evil, but possibly mad and Rey may need to bring him back to himself.

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    I loved when Poe was captured on Jakku and he's kneeling before Kylo and he's like "I don't know how this works, do I speak first? Do you?"

    When Rey puts the smack down on Finn after BB8 tells her he stole Poe's jacket.

    First flight in the Falcon.

    Kylo going mental and thrashing the room when things didn't go his way.

    Hux's speech

    The vision

    Han and Kylo's face off

    Rey and Kylo's lightsabre fight, my favourite duel of the whole saga

    Oh one small addition, the TIE's flying in over the setting sun, very Apocalypse Now
     
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    The X-Wing scenes
    In the OT I hated the air fights, I thought they were boring. But in TFA I actually looked forward to them as they were so amazing in the trailers and together with the SFX it was mind-blowing. I really got caught into the action.

    The friendships
    May it be Rey and Finn maneuvering the Falcon together and cheering and complimenting each other afterwards or when Finn and Poe meet again in the base. It was really cool to see them to be so happy to meet again.

    Kylo Ren
    His first appearance, wow, what an entrance! My only thought: 'that's really a Star Wars movie, this is actually happening'.He immediately showed power and a menace to anybody trying to stand against the FO.

    Rey vs Kylo
    Everything from the moment Rey force grabs the saber out of Kylo's hand, their duel, Kylo trying to get her as apprentice, the Force awakening in Rey and her strength in the Force.Hands down my favorite scene of the whole movie. I liked Rey's fighting choreography, although Finn and Rey have never fought with a light saber, Rey just had more determination without looking like a pro at it. My only thought was 'please no severed hands' haha. And of course the breaking ground separating them. Maybe a symbol that Kylo is beyond redemption? We'll find out.

    Rey meets Luke Skywalker
    Even if he only had a few seconds but these seconds could make or break the movie. For me they absolutely made the film. I looked at my friend next to me, he looked at me and we both let out an 'oh yeah' when Luke finally removed his hood and revealed his face. Goosebumps over my whole body!

    I absolutely can't wait to watch the movie a second time or a third time and enjoy these scenes even more.
     
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    There's way too many.

    But the final shots absolutely killed me. Just so fantastic, and is a perfect end to act one for me.
     
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    When the lightsaber flies through air and lands in Rey's hand.
     
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    I think that was mine too
     
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    That might be my second favourite after the final shot.

    I love that whole fight scene, it was so much grittier and real compared to the bombastic flamboyance of the prequel fights.
     
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    Boom, this here for sure..
    --- Double Post Merged, Dec 17, 2015, Original Post Date: Dec 17, 2015 ---
    i have to agree with you here, not over done with flips and tricks and drawn out in time.. i was thinking to my self, When Ren was out done by Rey with the force at any point did he wonder if the light side was more powerful?
     
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    When Rey gets the lightsabre, the music gives me the shivers (seen it twice, now).

    It's the same piece as when Luke stares at the charred bodies of his Aunt and Uncle. The moment he accepts his fate.
     
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    The credits.
     
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    Me too. ;)
     
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    All drivers scenes and most of rays :) esp. when she force pulls that saber, and learns the Jedi mind trick
     
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    I loved the Maz Cantina scenes, the flashback, the vulture hammering on the metalplate.... I love the whole movie, there is no favorite scene it was sooo amazing!
     
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    • "Do I talk first or do you talk first?"
    • "That one. No, that one. No, that one. The one I'm pointing at. Right there."
    • Finn's thumbs up and BB-8's 'lighter up'.
    • When Rey fixes the Falcon and Han's just like "huh"
    • Kylo going nuts on the console
    • Hux's speech
    • 3PO interrupting the Han/Leia reunion and reintroducing himself.
    • the shot of Leia and Han backed by sunlight as they talk about her hair and his jacket.
    • all the Snoke stuff, when you first think he is actually a giant and then it's just a hologram.. (ps...still think he's a muun...)
    • BB-8 taking the cover off of R2 and bumping into him to try and wake him up.
    • "Oh you're cold?"
    • "Is there a trash compactor?" "Yeah there is."
    • "Why are you doing that? What's this? I'm here trying to come up with a plan and you're--"
    • "Ben!"
    • the whole Han/Kylo scene...cried like a baby...
    • Kylo punching his wound...that dude is off his gourd...
    • Kylo making use of the exhaust on his saber to burn Finn
    • Luke's saber flying past Kylo to Rey
    • Rey owning Kylo and leaving her mark on him.
    • Luke.
     
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    • Finn telling Rey he's part of the resistance
    • BB-8 giving Finn the thumbs up
    • 'Chewie, we're home'
    • Finn and Poe meeting again at the Resistance base
    • Luke's long hair and beard
     
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    oh I forgot one of the funniest moments, when Kylo is going nuts after Rey escapes and it just cuts to outside with crap flying out the door and the two stormtroopers stop, look at it and walk away. They're like "oh..Kylo's in one of his moods again."
     
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    I am not saying that is my favorite scene but I can say that the first time that I saw Snoke its the scene that impressed me more. At the time I tought: "the rumors were right. This guy is huge! How audacious are JJ and Kasdan creating a villain so tall and gigantic". But I was glad when I realized that was just an holocron....hehehehe
     
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    Agreed, that scene did it for me :D
     
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