Movies with Goosebump factor

[baleanoptera]

It really started with something nutmeg3 said, about movies you've seen countless times - and that still manage to get to you and give you goosebumps. Possibly they contain that undefinable "it" factor; impossible to pinpoint, highly reliant on personal preference and generally goosebumps inducing

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[baleanoptera]

Oo..I love that part. The realization on their faces and the way Boromir pauses just a fragment of a second before he turns around to fight some more. It's absolutely breathtaking.
I remember when I saw it at the first time- and even if I knew he was going to die and had expected it for the entire movie I still sobbed like crazy when it happened. I find both Two Towers and Return to be excellent, even spectacular movies, but it's Fellowship I find most beautiful - largely because of moments like this.

And then there is the whole "My brother, my captain, my king" quote which also breaks my heart. *sob*

And Oooo! A talk with Howard Shore! That sounds so great. He makes absolutely amazing movie music. I'm currently pondering buying the complete LOTR recordings as a Christmas gift to my self. We wants it, yes precious...

[nutmeg3]

I have three LotR moments: Arwen's ride in , which hits me so viscerally every time (in part because I love horses and riding and miss them), and her vision of an older Aragorn with their son in Return, as well as Elrond's description of her fate if she stays, accompanied by the beautiful visual of Aragorn on his bier slowly morphing into gray stone.

And another is "I crossed time for you, Sarah" in the first Terminator. I just saw it again this afternoon and reacted with all-over goosebumps, as always.

[baleanoptera]

Arwen at the bier is absolutely breathtaking. The black veil flowing around her and the way everything turns darker as death approaches. It gives me chills really.

But I must admit I'm a little ambiguous towards her vision. The image in it self is beautiful, and the kid is fittingly lovely and creepy at the same time - it just irks me a little that she stays because of a child.
For in the book she stays because she believes and she has hope. But I think queenofthorns said to me that the child could be taken as a symbol of hope, and I guess that is true. ;D

And I love your icon. All this talk of LOTR made me realize that I have no LOTR icons. For shame.

And yay for the first Terminator. It is such a good movie. The ending with her in the car holding the picture? I love that.

[aquamarcia]

The scene depicted in the icon attached to this comment is the part of Boromir's death that always gets me. I often think it is only at that moment, when he speaks his last words to Aragorn, that Boromir fully realizes his nobility.

The movie that's been getting to me lately is Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. I recently read the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian and as a consequence now see in the film many more subtleties, especially with regard to character interaction. There are so many poignant moments when social strictures prevent a man like Captain Aubrey from speaking his heart to one of his midshipman, or even his close friend Dr. Maturin. There is a great deal of pain in all that is left unsaid and the film puts a fine point on every instance.

[baleanoptera]

when he speaks his last words to Aragorn, that Boromir fully realizes his nobility.Oh, I agree. And I love how they managed to translate that from the book to the film. After all adapting from one medium to another is never easy. When the author is so steeped in language conventions and saga traditions as Tolkien I suspect it's even harder