Some Moments on Film

By J Gudy and Jeff Kamp

In no particular order, we present some of our favorite cinematic moments:

• Wolverine acting like Wolverine, X2 - When the mansion and the students are threatened, Wolverine doesn't have a moment with Iceman. He doesn't yell at the invaders demanding to know why they're doing this. He doesn't bake any cookies. He pops the claws and starts taking guys out as quickly, quietly and, um, perminantly as possible. Great job by Bryan Singer and the writers capturing the character of Wolverine.
  
• Bullet Time, The Matrix - Make no mistake: there are big problems with this movie franchise as a trilogy, but it would be difficult to deny the impact that this movie had on viewers and filmakers. From the first time we saw it during Trinity's opening sequence through every instance in the movie, it was very cool. Since then, however, it's been done (Spider-Man), parodied (Kung Pow), animated (Shrek) and over-done (the rest of The Matrix trilogy). Which brings us to the next point.
  
• Final credits rolling, Matrix: Revolutions - Because that meant that it was finally over. The Wachowski brothers ran into the problem that plagues so many that had early success: they refused to edit themselves. Both Reloaded and Revolutions over did what The Matrix did so well. Or, possibly audiences were just sick of it at that point.
• Man falling off Titanic hits railing and starts to spin like a helicopter propeller. It was the only part of Titanic that was watchable for guys on dates.
  
• "I am trainer of dolphins!", Ace Ventura: Pet Detective - There were many, many overused lines that entered the vernacular for a time after this movie was released. However, this German-accented rant is one of the few that remain funny today. All right? No, "Allllllllllllll righty, then!"
• Roy Hobbs' final homerun in the Natural. From the best sports movie ever filmed, we have the best scene. The only scene that repeatedly gives guys goosebumps. And don't tell anyone I said that.
• Donald Gennaro, lawyer, gets eaten off the toilet in Jurassic Park. The thing about this movie is that even though it was a blockbuster, groundbreaking special effects type movie, it never took itself too seriously. This is one of the most under-appreciated scenes in film history.
• The Dinks, from Spaceballs. It was too hard to pick just one scene from one of the greatest parodies of all-time, so we decided to catch you off guard and go with this. And don't tell us you don't have that song running through your head right now...Dink dink...dink dink dink DINK dink dink...Dink dink...dink dink dink DINK dink dink. You're welcome.
• French taunting scene, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Another hard one to choose because the entire film is so good, but this scene gave us so many quotable lines..."You're mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!" "You see, we've already got one!...It's verrrry nice." "I fart in your general direction!"
  
• To round out the trilogy of most excellent comedies, we're going to go with a dual scene from the Princess Bride, the rhyming sequence with Fezzik and Inigo, and the face-off with Vizzini and Wesley.
  

As a reminder, this is just some of our favorite moments. We'll probably re-visit this list from time to time, especially when we can't think of anything to post.