Four of Them: I'm back from Florida

I'm back from Florida

Sunday, August 8, 2010 11:03 PM By Simon

In honor of such, I'm making a list of the best movie victories. Except I can't think of none. So suggestions, my dears. I demand it.

8 comments:

Darren said...: Rocky's victory of the spirit, if not a literal victory.

Bill Pullman's delivery of "Today... is our Independence Day!" as the true moment the alien invasion was defeated.

Andy emerging from the sewage pipe, arms stretched out, scoring a victory for hope as he escapes Shawshank.; August 9, 2010 at 5:25 AM
SugaryCynic said...: The Mighty Ducks winning their hockey game,

Indiana Jones getting past all the grail tests,

Ghostbusters vs. Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

(ps. for awhile there we were probably less than half an hour away from each other-spooooooky!); August 9, 2010 at 8:05 AM
Colin Biggs said...: -Cobb's coming home in Inception
-Any Mel Gibson film where he takes on the English
-The Navi's victory in Avatar; August 9, 2010 at 11:23 AM
D Swizzle said...: any sports movie ever.; August 9, 2010 at 11:33 AM
Andreas said...: Two examples from 1982, two from international classics:

The camera flying toward Paul Newman as he wins the trial in The Verdict.

Zelda Rubinstein in Poltergeist: "This house is CLEAN!"

Antonius Block duping death to win back his friends' lives, even if he loses for himself, in The Seventh Seal.

And even if the seven samurai themselves "lose" according to Kambei, the farmers still won valiantly! So count that as a victory for self-reliance.; August 9, 2010 at 1:58 PM
Neil Fulwood said...: Pyrrhic victories:

Robin Williams inspiring a bunch of floppy-haired students to stand on their desks and quote Walt Whitman even though he's just lost his job in 'Dead Poets Society'.

The mute native American indian busting out of the mental institute having put Jack Nicholson out of his misery in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'.

The phone ringing unanswered in an isolated booth in a small Scottish town in 'Local Hero'.

Lightning McQueen doing the right thing even though it costs him the race in 'Cars'.

'The Wild Bunch' - "Let's go!" "Why not?"; August 9, 2010 at 2:34 PM
AK said...: B. Kiddo over Elle Driver. That is all.; August 9, 2010 at 9:09 PM
Simon said...: All: Excellent...; August 10, 2010 at 12:59 PM

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