16 Perfect Film Scenes That Give Us Chills
1.
“This scene in The Martian when pathfinder connects Earth to Mars and Watney cheers.”
2.
“Dr. Grant, my dear Dr. Sadler. Welcome to Jurassic Park.”
3.
“Vader in the hallway.”
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“Lord of the Rings. The ride of the Rohirrim at Pellenor is fucking awesome.”
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“Pippin singing while the Gondorian soldiers make their doomed charge and Denethor gorges himself in Return of the King. Flawless.”
7.
“When Jodie Foster hears the signal for the first time in Contact.”
8.
“When Mike Durant asks Randy Shughart where the rescue squad is, and Shughart says, simply, ‘We’re it.’ Black Hawk Down.”
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“‘Hello, Houston. This is Odyssey. It’s good to see you again.’ Jim Lovell, Apollo 13. It’s the first transmission after they’ve re-entered the atmosphere and it’s not clear if everything over the passed several days was for nothing.”
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“The ‘No!’ scene in Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I saw that in the theatre and it completely blew my mind. The whole room was dead silent. It completely changes the tone of the film and sets the stage for what comes after. Andy Serkis is a legend.”
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“Maximus being made to remove his helmet in the Colosseum by Commodus, Gladiator.”
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“’In the end… they shot him. So it all went to me.’ – Zero, The Grand Budapest Hotel . I’m a huge action, thriller, and sci-fi junkie. Grand Budapest was quite outside my normal movie range. But man… it’s one of my favourites. Love the story and it’s told so well. Seems like a lovely ending is wrapping up and then… Damn.”
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“’Dan, I’m not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I’d explain my master stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it 35 minutes ago.’ Ozymandias, Watchmen.”
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“Andy emerging from the sewer in The Shawshank Redemption.”
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“Gordon’s speech as Batman escapes at the end of The Dark Knight.”
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“Interstellar: ‘I knew you were coming back’ ‘How?’ ‘Because my dad promised.’ Breaks me pretty much every time.”
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