CINEMATIC HOLY MOMENTS: 2009

by Toby

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

my personal favorite moments from films to receive a 2009 U.S. release. Not all of which made my actual “Best Films of 2009” 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 2009 "Best of"

The entire Paris chase **w/ Snake Eyes, Eiffel Tower collapse, sonic cannon, accelerator suits, etc.**

- G.I. JOE: RISE OF COBRA 

                          (Sommers)

Dragons vs. G.I. Joes.. That dynamic final 32 min battle. It's like Cameron was trying to one up all of the iconic action sequences from his previous work

- AVATAR [IMAX 3D] (Cameron)

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Fox calls out to a lone stoic omega wolf 

- FANTASTIC MR. FOX 

                  (Wes Anderson)

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Old Spock mind melds with young Kirk. Shows him the alternate universe he & Nero come from. **Nimoy’s voice makes any voiceover more cinematic** 

    - STAR TREK (J.J. Abrams)

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Sea side struggle with Vampire Tae-ju while waiting for the sunrise 

- THIRST (Park chan wook)

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Michelle’s broken undressing at the fire escape window. **Whilst on the phone with Lenny**

    - TWO LOVERS (Gray)

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3rd story’s “Life support self-mutilation”performance. This is personally the most unsettling body-horror thing I’ve seen in a fictional feature film

    - TAXIDERMIA (Pálfi)

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The assassination of John Dillinger. The entire sequence, beginning in the moviehouse 

- PUBLIC ENEMIES 

                 (Michael Mann)

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Defusing the car bomb 

- THE HURT LOCKER (Bigelow)

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a horrifying parking garage ambush.. How was this not shot for 3D?

- DRAG ME TO HELL (Raimi)

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Malik’s first murder assignment. **razor blade**

   - A PROPHET (Audiard)

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Ponyo running atop waves next to Sosuke's car 

   - PONYO (Miyazaki)

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Coraline first crawls into the alternate world through a little door.. The way that tunnel expands in 3D 

- CORALINE [3D] (Selick)

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Rabbi tells story of the “Goy’s Teeth” 

- A SERIOUS MAN (Coen bros)

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Carl & Ellie’s entire “Married Life” montage. The nostalgia & the heartbreak 

    - UP [3D] (Docter)

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Sully’s first Mountain Banshee taming & the following ride with Neytiri. Especially awe-inspiring in IMAX 3D

- AVATAR [IMAX 3D] 

                      (Cameron)

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“Revenge of the Giant Face.” 

The climactic CARRIE-esque theatre massacre

- INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS 

                       (Tarantino)

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also this;

Goofing on the auto-tuned Cher song

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Toby’s Favorite Movie Moments

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