CINEMATIC HOLY MOMENTS: 2004

by Toby

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

my personal favorite moments from films to receive a 2004 U.S. release. Not all of which made my actual “Best Films of 2004” 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 2004 "Best of"

Frankie confessing his ethical quandary

- MILLION DOLLAR BABY 

                        (Eastwood)

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The elusive Jaguar Shark. **cue the Sigur Rós** 

- THE LIFE AQUATIC 

WITH STEVE ZISSOU (Wes Anderson)

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Jin rescues Mei with four very precise arrows 

- HOUSE OF 

         FLYING DAGGERS 

                               (Zhang Yimou)

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The deteriorating beach house memory. 

     "I wish I had stayed"

- ETERNAL SUNSHINE 

   OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Gondry)

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Jesse puts on Nina Simone’s “Just in Time” at Celine’s home.. A very hopeful ambiguous final scene

- BEFORE SUNSET (Linklater)

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Mi-do’s hallucination of a giant ant riding the commuter train 

  - OLDBOY (Park chan-wook)

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Team U.S.A. wins Olympic gold! 

**climax of the final game against Team U.S.S.R.**

  - MIRACLE (O’Connor)

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Spiderman VS. Dr. Octopus atop NY’s speeding L

- SPIDER-MAN 2 (Raimi)

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Alice's first fight with Nemesis

- RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE (Witt)

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One with hammer VS many. 

    **Hallway fight sequence**

 - OLDBOY (Park chan-wook)

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Shaun walks to & from the corner store completely oblivious of the living dead. **long steadicam**

- SHAUN OF THE DEAD 

                  (Edgar Wright)

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Silver H1-Racer speed trials + beet field crash landing 

- THE AVIATOR (Scorsese)

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Post film festival, the BUCKAROO BANZAI-esque march that closes the movie.. **cue Bowie**

- THE LIFE AQUATIC 

  WITH STEVE ZISSOU (Wes Anderson)

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"Row Row Row Your Boat" 

submerging into childhood memories sequence 

- ETERNAL SUNSHINE 

  OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Gondry)

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Mr. Incredible endures an island gauntlet of traps and robots 

- THE INCREDIBLES (Bird)

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Beatrix's coffin escape. <3 

Some of the most liberating imagery ever committed to film. **Also the best reappropriation of Ennio Morricone music** 

- KILL BILL VOL. 2 

                    (Tarantino)

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Also; 

Channel 4 News Team's random a capella "Afternoon Delight"

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Toby’s Favorite Movie Moments

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