CINEMATIC HOLY MOMENTS: 1990

by Toby

[re-upload from the now defunct thewanderingimage.tumblr.com]

my personal favorite moments from films to receive a 1990 U.S. release. Not all of which made my actual “Best Films of 1990” list, but at least had incredible segments that stayed with me since first viewing. Scenes that I’m sure I’ll want to re-visit again and again.

+ = was actually featured on Toby's 1990 "Best of"

Mohawk transforms into spider. Gizmo transforms into Rambo 

- GREMLINS 2: 

           THE NEW BATCH (Dante)

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The hospital gets progressively creepier

- JACOB'S LADDER (Lyne)

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Last 45 mins. (freezer, rooftops, Yautja spacecraft, etc.)

   - PREDATOR 2 (Hopkins)

SHINING-esque maze at the doll factory.. The whole showdown with Chucky

   - CHILD'S PLAY 2 (Lafia)

Ending shootout within the church

    - THE KILLER (Woo)

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Sailor meets Glinda the Good Witch

- WILD AT HEART (Lynch)

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Cohaagen’s death on the Martian surface

- TOTAL RECALL (Verhoeven)

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Dick Miller dunks the bat gremlin in concrete.. the whole bat gremlin part is one of the funniest things Dante has done

- GREMLINS 2: 

             THE NEW BATCH (Dante)

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Gideon's dreams

- TO SLEEP WITH ANGER 

                         (Burnett)

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Robocop VS. the Cain Monster

    - ROBOCOP 2 (Kershner)

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Full body burn attack on prisoners & guards at the jail **how did no stuntmen die?**

   - MANIAC COP 2 (Lustig)

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entire "Sunday, May 11th 1980" sequence

- GOODFELLAS (Scorsese)

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Grandma tells the story of Erika trapped within the painting

   - THE WITCHES (Roeg)

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Cody, falling off a cliff, is rescued last-minute by a giant golden eagle.. First flight sequence with Marahuté -

THE RESCUER'S DOWN UNDER 

                                (Butoy/Gabriel)

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Hijacking a speeding locomotive to push the DeLorean to 88mph.. **the whole GENERAL-esque choo-choo train finale**

- BACK TO THE FUTURE

             PART III (Zemeckis)

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Kim's Ice Dance as Edward carves a block of ice

- EDWARD SCISSORHANDS 

                          (Burton)

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Little girl wearing headphones while riding a pogo stick is completely unaware of the grabboid threat beneath

   - TREMORS (Underwood)

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Jimmy's paranoia leaves bodies all over.. 

**cue the piano exit from "Layla"**

   - GOODFELLAS (Scorsese)

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There are Gremlins in the projection booth

- GREMLINS 2: 

             THE NEW BATCH (Dante)

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"The old man's still an artist with a Thompson." 

The whole attempted hit at Leo's home. 

      **cue "Oh Danny Boy"**

 - MILLER'S CROSSING 

                         (Coen bros)

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also;

the Moon Robot's dreams of skiing 

                   in A GRAND DAY OUT

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Toby’s Favorite Movie Moments

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