***SPOILER WARNING*** - This award contains spoilers. Read at your own risk.
Movies are perhaps best defined by their moments. Those special instances that draw us in even closer and that will forever remain etched in our minds. They are what truly engage us in a film, whether through laughter, terror, excitement, or even by pulling out the rug from under us. These kind of moments are what make the movie, and here are my top 5 choices for the year.
Favorite Movie Moment Nominees:
Sicario takes some wild turns down the stretch, and it all leads to this intense and pivotal moment of revenge for Benicio Del Toro's Alejandro. He's calm, cold-blooded, and precise in this brilliantly staged scene, where he fully emerges as the film's lead character while demonstrating he's not someone to mess with. |
I don't think it's possible to properly describe the marvel of this scene and do it justice. It is a moment that simply must be seen, and the bigger and louder the better. Seeing Tom Cruise literally hang from this monster of a plane is unmistakably one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life. Good God, Tom Cruise, you are one bad dude, and your insane stunt paid off big time! |
This climactic finale was everything I could have ever dreamed. I found myself giddy with glee as the film set up this moment. It was as if it evoked my ultimate childhood fantasy right before my eyes. Watching the T-Rex team up with raptors to face off against the genetically superior Indominus Rex was unbelievably epic and amazing. |
Returning to the Millennium Falcon was like reuniting with a childhood friend. It was everything I hoped it would be, with even a few great new twists. It has so many great moments wrapped up into one, such as Rey and Finn piloting the Falcon through a fallen Star Destroyer, the hilariously perfect BB-8 thumbs up, and the long-awaited return of Chewie and Han. |
Fury Road has so many outstanding action sequences that any one of them would have been worthy of a nomination here, but George Miller saved the best for last. With pole-vaulting acrobats, a flamethrower guitar, and radical stunts, I guarantee you that you've never seen anything quite like it. It's as outrageous as it is impressive. |