CINEMATIC HOLY MOMENTS: 2010

by Toby 

[re-upload from the now defunct wanderingimage tumblr January 2011] 

my personal favorite moments from films to receive a 2010 U.S. release. Not all of which made my actual “Best Films of 2010” 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 2010 "Best of"

Car crash w/the fixed camera rig! Hot damn. 

- LET ME IN [remake] (Reeves)

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The desert pursuit of 'The Weird’ at climax

- THE GOOD, THE BAD, 

   THE WEIRD (Kim jee-woon)

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Talbot, bound in the lecture hall, suddenly begins to transform. + slaughter that follows

- THE WOLFMAN: UNRATED CUT 

          [remake] (Johnston)

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Yip Kai Man VS. many karate Black Belts 

    - IP MAN (Wilson Yip)

Soren’s slow-motion fire dive! “Fly inside”

    **cue the Dead Can Dance**

I hadn't loved anything I'd seen by Zack Snyder until this. Was like an eye-popping mash-up of SECRET OF NIMH (1982) with He-Man: Masters of the Universe

 - LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: 

    THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE 

                    [IMAX 3D] (Snyder)

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The Ghost’s off-camera fate. *final image 

- THE GHOST WRITER 

                       (Polanski)

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Light-cycle duel 2.0 

- TRON: LEGACY [IMAX 3D] 

                        (Kosinski)

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Chuckles the Clown tells the story of Lotso 

  - TOY STORY 3 (Unkrich)

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The Jackal's OPEC siege. Vienna 1975 

    - CARLOS

    [Roadshow Version] (Assayas)

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Matthew Patel fight / Evil Ex #1 fight 

 - SCOTT PILGRIM 

             VS. THE WORLD 

                               (Edgar Wright)

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Last 10mins of the film: 

Neon city + "Love Hotel" + Rebirth 

   - ENTER THE VOID (Noe)

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80's dancing for parents at the dinner table 

 - DOGTOOTH (Lanthimos)

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Hiccup & Astrid riding Toothless. Pure ecstasy movie escapism -

HOW TO 

  TRAIN YOUR DRAGON [3D] 

                                    (DeBlois)

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A sheep suddenly becomes aware of the camera and stares transfixed..                  **He's one cute little zen guy**

- SWEETGRASS 

             (Castaing-Taylor)

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Kim Hye-ja's dance on the bus that closes film 

     - MOTHER (Bong joon-ho)

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The whole "Ash Nightmare" memory.. 

cue “On the Nature of Daylight.” 

  - SHUTTER ISLAND (Scorsese)

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also this;

MacGruber's deep thoughts on "holes"

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Toby’s Favorite Movie Moments

2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980