1. Rohan arrives at Minas Tirith, in Return of the King. I still get chills when I hear those horns.
2. I actually have 2 different ones here. First, in the first Transformers film, when that blue and red semi truck pulls up, the grill splits, and in a matter of moments, Optimus Prime stands up.
Second, in Godzilla (2014), the main character has succeeded in destroying the Muto’s nest, but the female spots him and prepares to mete out revenge. Suddenly there’s an eerie bluish-white glow shining through the gloom, traveling upwards along what turns out to be the King’s tail, up his spines, and finally out his mouth as what might have been the coolest Atomic Breath attack I’ve seen.
3. The guy pinging off the propeller in Titanic. Never cared much for the “French Girl” scene, though I was raised fairly sheltered.
4. Better Off Dead, honestly the whole movie is criminally underrated, but the scene where he’s skiing with Monique, she says that they have language lessons, and initially he thinks they’re going over French. She responds, “The international language,” making him realize that she loves him.
5. Christopher Lee’s role as Saruman, specifically him trying to waylay the Fellowship at Caradhras in the first film. The guy was the best villain.
6. Terminator 2, the motorcycle and truck chase scene. Iconic. I’m going to have to go watch it again sometime.
