Moment in a film that made you gasp
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Wash in Serenity is a big one. I didn't actually gasp at the rest of them getting hurt for the rest of the movie because it was basically open-mouthed shock at the thought that Whedon was going to kill the Whole Damn Lot of Them.
I've long had a thing for Nightcrawler's mid-air rescue of Rogue in X2.
And I always gasp during the ending of Kiki's Delivery Service, but mainly because I've been holding my breath for several minutes by that point.
And another, though it was probably closer to squealing like a goosed schoolgirl than a gasp: the Adama Maneuver in nuBSG's Exodus Pt 2.
I've long had a thing for Nightcrawler's mid-air rescue of Rogue in X2.
And I always gasp during the ending of Kiki's Delivery Service, but mainly because I've been holding my breath for several minutes by that point.
And another, though it was probably closer to squealing like a goosed schoolgirl than a gasp: the Adama Maneuver in nuBSG's Exodus Pt 2.
when Cyclops was 'killed' in X-3. i say 'killed' because i refuse to believe he's actually dead since we never saw his body.
when 007 bungees off the dam at the start of Goldeneye.
when 007 bungees off the dam at the start of Goldeneye.
- Q Who? when the Borg drone puts up a shield to protect itself from phaser fire.
- Seeing Picard for the first time as Locutus in The Best of Both Worlds.
- When Luke turned on his light saber in The Return of the Jedi, there was a cheer from the audience.
- When the Detective looks at his bulletin board and realizes that he had been fooled by Kaiser Soze.
- Seeing the Alien Queen.
- During the heyday of As The World Turns, James Stenbeck had been terrorizing Barbara, and one time he did it he just came out of the shadows while she was getting ready for bed. Scared me as much as it did Barbara.
- Seeing Russell Franklin (Samuel L. Jackson) getting eaten by a shark in Deep Blue Sea.
- Seeing the Brachiosaurus in Jurassic Park.
- Seeing Rose in the horribly contorted state in The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
Oh yes.
Also, the first clear view of Minas Tirith in LotR: RotK, as Gandalf arrives with Pippin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM2vZaJJlwI
Goosebumps and gasping simultaneously (around 01:00)
I'll go along with those who said Wash's death in Serenity. My gasp was followed by a "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Still pissed about it to this day.
I'll also agree with The Sixth Sense ending. I've always been really good at figuring out movies early on and I never saw it coming, even though all the signs were there.
Now, it's not gasping per se, but in Reservoir Dogs when Michael Madsen starts dancing and singing to Stuck in the Middle before he starts torturing the guy always made me feel wrong about giggling about it. I've never been able to help how funny it was to me that he was so crazy.
I'll also agree with The Sixth Sense ending. I've always been really good at figuring out movies early on and I never saw it coming, even though all the signs were there.
Now, it's not gasping per se, but in Reservoir Dogs when Michael Madsen starts dancing and singing to Stuck in the Middle before he starts torturing the guy always made me feel wrong about giggling about it. I've never been able to help how funny it was to me that he was so crazy.
Me (and the whole theatre) gasped when Martin Sheen flew off the side of the building in "The Departed". Those are the moments that make going to the movies most fun.
The same scene in the original, Infernal Affairs. In the Scorsese version, there's that shot of Sheen dropping through the air before he falls to the ground near DiCaprio (it's even in the trailer). In the Hong Kong original, Anthony Wong just hits the car behind Tony Leung. That made my jaw drop open when I was in the theatre.
An easy third. That legitimately shocked the hell out of me.
The Brad Pitt/George Cloney scene in Burn After Reading. You know which one.
That's a good one--though, perversely, I think that was a bigger laugh in the theatre I saw it in than a gasp. It's a brilliant moment, though, and entirely unexpected.
Most of the ones I would have said have already been mentioned, so I'll try to add some new ones.
In 'Silence of the Lambs,' when Buffalo Bill turns out the lights, puts his night vision goggles on, and then reaches up to touch Starling's hair.
In 'Master & Commander,' when the Sailing Master, Mr. Allen, is suddenly shot in the head when the French sailors come out of hiding to try and repel the boarding party.
In 'NCIS,' when Kate is killed by Ari.
Everything after Jess Bridges opens his trunk in 'Arlington Road.'
When Edward Norton tells Richard Gere to apologize to Ms. Veneble for him in 'Primal Fear,' thus revealing his lie.
When the Terminator - skin melted off - rises from the flames and debris of the exploded truck in the first 'Terminator.'
When the hapless unnamed soldier gets shot with a glancing blow to the helmet, takes it off to examine it, gets told what a lucky bastard he is, and then gets shot right in the forehead in 'Saving Private Ryan.'
The elevator scene in 'The Departed.'
In 'Silence of the Lambs,' when Buffalo Bill turns out the lights, puts his night vision goggles on, and then reaches up to touch Starling's hair.
In 'Master & Commander,' when the Sailing Master, Mr. Allen, is suddenly shot in the head when the French sailors come out of hiding to try and repel the boarding party.
In 'NCIS,' when Kate is killed by Ari.
Everything after Jess Bridges opens his trunk in 'Arlington Road.'
When Edward Norton tells Richard Gere to apologize to Ms. Veneble for him in 'Primal Fear,' thus revealing his lie.
When the Terminator - skin melted off - rises from the flames and debris of the exploded truck in the first 'Terminator.'
When the hapless unnamed soldier gets shot with a glancing blow to the helmet, takes it off to examine it, gets told what a lucky bastard he is, and then gets shot right in the forehead in 'Saving Private Ryan.'
The elevator scene in 'The Departed.'
Yep. Isn't it great being old enough to have seen that in first run, long before there were such a thing as spoilers (sixth grade classes excepted)?
In Jurassic Park, where the girl falls through the floor and gets hauled back up just in time not to be a velociraptor snack.
You know, I've never seen that movie. I better go put it in the ole Netflix queue before someone blurts out a spoiler!
Again, like so many others, I gasped too. I was so shocked I didn't even cry. But I did when I got to the car though. I sat in the parking lot for thirty minutes because I couldn't see to drive home.
But to be honest, I am not shocked very often in movies. I think the only other shocking moments I can recall is the ending of "The Usual Suspects" and the moment I realized what was really going on in Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope".
I wouldn't say that moment with Julianne Moore's character in Children of Men made me gasp in any sort of way, but my jaw was definitely agape. Did not see that coming at all.
The hallway scene in Inception. You know the one. My jaw was on the floor after that sequence ended.
When The Joker performed his "magic trick" in The Dark Knight.
Data's death in Star Trek: Nemesis. (Just kidding).
The hallway scene in Inception. You know the one. My jaw was on the floor after that sequence ended.
When The Joker performed his "magic trick" in The Dark Knight.
Data's death in Star Trek: Nemesis. (Just kidding).
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