Darth Homer Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 To me, a well crafted crowdpleasing movie is a thing of beauty. So many movies try and get it wrong that when a crowdpleaser succeeds on every level I consider it a major artistic achievement (seriously). So what are the movies or scenes that make you want to stand up and cheer, or got an enthusiastic response from the audience you saw it with? Here's mine (WARNING - SPOILERS for people who've been living under a rock): Jaws (1975) - when the shark finally blows up it's probably the most brilliant release of tension in movie history - aside from the end of the next film . . . Star Wars (1977) - "Let's blow this thing and go home!" Nuff said Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - the cleverest thing about this movie is that Indy fails constantly throughout the story, yet you still root for him. Superman II (1980) - this made me root for Supes more than any of the other movies, mainly because of how he becomes an underdog when his powers are taken away E.T. (1982) - I think the film is slightly overrated, but those kids flying on their bicycles still gets me every time Return of the Jedi (1983) - Vader throwing the Emperor down almost equals the Death Star being blown up for being a perfect "yeah!" moment Ghostbusters (1984) - the way New Yorkers rally around the heroes at the end manages to be done in a non-cheesy way, unlike a certain webcrawler's movie . . . The Karate Kid (1984) - crane kick. Never bettered Back to the Future (1985) - just a perfect crowdpleaser. Even though the Reagan era message that being rich and successful is all that matters is a little dodgy Aliens (1986) - "Get away from her, you bitch!" The Untouchables (1987) - love when Kevin Costner throws that son of a bitch who whacked Sean Connery off a roof Robocop (1987) - the best revenge movie ever and full of quotable dialogue Die Hard (1988) - another near perfect action film, though I could do without the "Thank you, McClane, I can kill again!" ending Batman (1989) - it's dated now, but when I first saw the scene where Batman terrorizes the muggers at the beginning I thought "Finally, someone's done the character right!" Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) - the Saaf Afrikan villains are probably the most hissable bad guys in movie history Arachnophobia (1990) - a rollercoaster ride of scares and laughs. Can't believe it wasn't a big hit Terminator 2 (1991) - Cameron never topped this for crowdpleasing thrills Jurassic Park (1993) - I still remember watching this with some kids who wouldn't stop talking during the first hour of the movie. Once the T-Rex escaped from its pen they were silent for the rest of the movie. The last genuinely awe-inspiring visual effects movie True Romance (1993) - not exactly a blockbuster, but for me it's the most consistently entertaining film Tarantino has written Forrest Gump (1994) - "Run, florist!" ID4 (1996) - Bollocks, for sure, but it works and next to Michael Bay it looks like Kurosawa Titanic (1997) - Our boy Cameron does it again! FOTR (2001)- the ending of the Aragorn-Lurtz fight managed to get a cheer even in the small town where I watched the movie the first time. AOTC (2002) - I still say this is the most crowdpleasing of the prequels. When Yoda whipped out his little green shaft, the whole audience jumped out of their seats and applauded ROTK (2003) - still the most epic battle ever committed to film The Incredibles (2004) - puts most live action superhero movies to shame Star Trek (2009) - so fun it made Trekkies mad. Star Trek isn't supposed to be fun! DHII - (2011) I give JK props for this as it would be hard to not make that epic conclusion crowdpleasing The Avengers (2012) - just when you thought the old school crowdpleasing blockbuster was dead, Whedon brings it back! When I worked at a cinema I would walk in at the end every time just so I could see the audience reactions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxAEo3CWeq8 Never fails to induce belly laughs. I watch it every time I need a mood boost. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Also, from 1:06, people at the cinema jumped to standing O every time: http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNrUtOOq5uI Pretty much everything since they arrive to Isla Cruces (the three-way sword-fight, the battle, the kiss of death, the Kraken, the scene above). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vc2002 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) The last 30 minutes of Avatar, I mean, boy the level of crowdpleasing is astonishing. People cheering for Navis for defeating humans, and I mean Chinese people, who are usually considered as not easily expressing their feelings. And this is also Darth Homer's list suggesting: there's a reason why these films are extremely successful, and that's they have to be really crowpleasing. Edited March 28, 2013 by vc2002 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxAEo3CWeq8"]http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxAEo3CWeq8"]http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxAEo3CWeq8%5B/url%5D%5B/media%5D"]http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxAEo3CWeq8Never fails to induce belly laughs. I watch it every time I need a mood boost. Probably my favourite scene in Smith's entire filmography, as well as my favourite film of his. Randall is on absolutely top sarcastic form in every single scene of that movie. Edited March 28, 2013 by Schumacher FTW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 - The opening of ROTS when the camera following Anakin and Obi-Wan's starfighters plunges downwards and you see a mega-fucking epic space battle. - When Gordon reveals he isn't dead in The Dark Knight. Biggest amount of cheers in the whole movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChD Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 One moment that made me and my friends nearly started cheering was this: Starting at 1:23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) Biggest cheers for a film I have watched are. TPM: Darth Maul is Killed AOTC: Yoda goes Crazy LOTR TT: When the Tree go nuts!!! ROTS: Yoda Goes Crazy again! Transformer 1: People never saw big robots fight before, they went beserk lol TDK: Gordon is Alive TA: The Circle Shot of TA and Puny God!!! Pretty much TA, Avatar, Inception and TDK and TF1 were the most crowdpleasing blockbusters recently. Edited March 28, 2013 by Lordmandeep 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) DH2: "I've always wanted to use that spell!" and "Not my daughter, you BITCH!" Crowd went NUTS. Edited March 28, 2013 by Noctis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 One moment that made me and my friends nearly started cheering was this: Starting at 1:23 That scene was cringey as hell, possibly the worse scene in the movie, until Iron Man shows up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wadey Wilsoney Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 (edited) I can't get enough of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJYNpW3IR48 and this... Edited April 3, 2013 by Wade 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Best scene I've seen in a movie all yearhttp://youtu.be/CdD1P6sswQY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted April 4, 2013 Founder / Operator Share Posted April 4, 2013 (edited) Pretty much most of the scenes mentioned already. Avengers is definitely the most recent best example. Every time I saw it, the audience reacted the same during Hulk's "puny god" scene. I think that one may have stood out even more than the group shot for the crowds I saw it with. (Partly because the group shot was plastered all over the marketing so it lost a bit of its "zazz" when first seeing the movie.) LOTR had several throughout the films. Someone mentioned FOTR already. Legolas' stunts always had big reactions. I don't think anything ever topped Eowyn killing the Witch King, though. Crowd went nutty over that scene every freaking time (especially women). Even I got a little sick of it after awhile. And, of course, Yoda in AOTC. He got some got reactions in ROTS too, but I don't think any of them beat that midnight crowd experience of seeing Yoda wield a lightsaber for the very first time. Iconic. Edited April 4, 2013 by ShawnMR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 When I watched TA people were literally ROFL on the floor during Puny God... During the scene where the avengers assemble, when they did people starting cheering especially as the scene has a great buildup and epic music and personaly my favourite part of the film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 (edited) LOTR had several throughout the films. Someone mentioned FOTR already. Legolas' stunts always had big reactions. I don't think anything ever topped Eowyn killing the Witch King, though. Crowd went nutty over that scene every freaking time (especially women). Even I got a little sick of it after awhile. Urban legend. The character was so weak and barely there that it`s impossible for crowd to cheer for someone they have no reason to care for. Beside,s if the scene was so popular than why it isn`t iconic? Nobody spoofs it, nobody homages it, nobody talks about it unless it`s Shittobashing. It couldn`t even snag an MTV MA nomination. Epic fail in a not so long run. Edited April 4, 2013 by fishnets 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 (edited) Gandalf wrestling with the Balrog while they're falling in the opening scene of Two Towers. All 4 times I saw it, as soon as the camera suddenly starts following Gandalf down, people went nuts. Incredible and unrivaled memories at the theater that whole trilogy was. Edited April 8, 2013 by Shpongle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Tom hanks throwing the critic off the rooftop in Cloud Atlas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Movie Man Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 In Thor, After Thor dies as a human and then he gets his hammer back and turns back into a God. That scene gets me everytime. Gets me so jazzed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Movie Man Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Scene where Luke blows up the Death Star with Hans Solo coming back unexpectedly to help save Luke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Movie Man Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 (edited) For later as I am to tired to start this. Scenes from the 3 Matrix movies and the Rocky series. Talk about Movie Rushes. Edited April 8, 2013 by SUPERMAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
