most emotionally devasting moment in film

[Chump Change]

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when jennifer connelly give the black guy a bj for crack in requiem for a dream was pretty brutal. he was like 'les let it breathe'. i almost collapsed.

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Crack? Did you even watch the movie?

[samsdmf]

American History X- Its an obvious choice I guess, but the amount of character progression for both the father and son in the film was so amazingly uplifting- Just to be crushed in the last scene. The film takes you emotionally full circle, relighting belief in humanity one moment and crushing it the next.

[bwana devil]

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jesus [censored] christ. how do you people manage to spoil season 4 wire moments in a "most emotionally devastating movie moment" thread? i have held off even reading forum threads and essays about the earlier seasons specifically to avoid this sort of thing, and you can't hold off even in a movie thread? unbelievable. and in this sort of thread which is very much a "skimread looking for names that might jolt a sentiment within you" typing SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!! and then putting it just below the exclamation marks in plain text which through presentation stands out does not exactly help.

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this thread is BS. there are spoilers for season 5 of the wire in it. wtf.

[John Cole]

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including everything.

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Including everything in the film and including everything in cinema history.

BTW, the scene where the Tramp first meets the blind girl "required" over three hundred takes.

[andyfox]

Yes, I've heard that; was it that Chaplin couldn't figure out how to make her aware of the "fact" that he was rich?

[andyfox]

BTW, the smile Uma Thurman gives Bryan Greenberg at the end of Prime reminded me very much of Chaplin's last shot in City Lights.

[John Cole]

I think he had the concept from the beginning, but the scene just didn't work right. He was a bit of a fanatic. He fought so much with the Virginia Cherril (sp.?) that he fired her with a week of shooting to go but then rehired her when he decided refilming with another actor would take too long.

[andyfox]

Older and younger brother.

I'm wondering if, years from now, we look upon Norton, rather than Dicaprio or Depp, as the finest actor of his generation.

[John Cole]

I just checked; my two nominations are definitely not spoilers. Besides, how many of you are going to run out and see Au Hassard Balthazar (even though you should)?

[DrewDevil]

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American History X- Its an obvious choice I guess, but the amount of character progression for both the father and son in the film was so amazingly uplifting- Just to be crushed in the last scene. The film takes you emotionally full circle, relighting belief in humanity one moment and crushing it the next.

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This is the film I would choose, but the most devastating moment for me is the "curb stomp" scene. I have a younger brother, and I will never forget the look of horror on the younger brother's face as he watches his older brother/hero commit that terrible crime. I really can't watch this scene again.