Significant Scenes

Some scenes are significant in ways that go beyond their place in the story. Some have consequences that reverberate in sequels and have special symbolism that is lost on most people. That is why we are going to cover these significant scenes in detail:

May 9, 2023 – Why Data Is the Best Star Trek: The Next Generation Character

April 11, 2023 – Clever Foreshadowing in The Dark Knight

April 4, 2023 – We All Need a Pat on the Back Sometimes

March 21, 2023 – And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad

March 14, 2023 – My Hands Look Like an Old Movie Right Now

February 21, 2023 – The Man Upstairs

February 14, 2023 – I’ve Been Living Like Lightning McQueen for Too Long

December 25, 2022 – In God We Trust

November 15, 2022 – George McFly Makes a Good Point

September 6, 2022 – My Favorite Scene in Alien

August 2, 2022 – The Hasty Rewrite of My Last Article

July 26, 2022 – A Wonderful Detail I Never Noticed Before in The Parent Trap (1998)

July 19, 2022 – This Film Scene Sums Up Elon Musk and Twitter Right Now

May 10, 2022 – Flight of the Navigator Predicted Modern Discourse in a Few Lines

February 1, 2022 – Do We Have to Lose Things to Truly Appreciate Them?

January 18, 2021 – How the Kobayashi Maru Test Demonstrates Character

December 14, 2021 – Back to the Future Predicted the Cellphone

August 31, 2021 – Doc’s Advice to Marty at the Start of Back to the Future Part II Was Prescient

August 24, 2021 – 10 Spectacular Action Sequences That Have Little or No Music

August 10, 2021 – I Struggle to Sit Through Frustrating Film Scenes Like These

June 22, 2021 – A Young Frankenstein Gag Becomes a Reality

March 2, 2021 – My Favorite Moment in Speed Isn’t What You’d Expect

February 23, 2021 – Social Distancing in The Silence of the Lambs

February 16, 2021 – This Is What I Aspire to Do with Movies

January 5, 2021 – Social Distancing in Young Frankenstein

December 29, 2020 – Asking a Simple Question: Does It Make Any Sense

December 15, 2020 – 3 Superb Indiana Jones Standoffs

December 8, 2020 – 10 Great Standoffs in Movies

November 17, 2020 – What Makes Superman Super

November 3, 2020 – Movies That Force Heroes to Make an Impossible Choice

October 27, 2020 – I’ve Never Found Cruelty Funny

August 18, 2020 – Jim Carrey at His Finest

August 11, 2020 – Get Smart’s Cone of Silence Is a Metaphor for Modern Communication

June 16, 2020 – Swallowing My Pride

May 5, 2020 – What Happens When We Fail to Heed Sir Thomas More’s Warning

April 21, 2020 – Our Bray-ve New World

April 14, 2020 – The Deep Message Buried in TMNT 2: The Secret of the Ooze

April 7, 2020 – It’s All Right When Everything Goes Wrong

March 31, 2020 – General Beringer Shows How to Trade Insults Like a Boss

March 24, 2020 – Wreck-It Ralph Sums Up My Feelings on Modern TV Shows

March 3, 2020 – It Took Me 33 Years to Get This Subtle Spaceballs Joke

February 18, 2020 – The Strict Morality of James Cameron’s Action Sequences

January 7, 2020 – How to End a Lightsaber Duel

December 17, 2019 – What Makes Rock Biter Such a Memorable Character?

December 3, 2019 – The Loneliness at the Top

October 15, 2019 – My Marlin Moment

October 8, 2019 – The Mechanic‘s Ending Blows Away the Rest of the Film

October 1, 2019 – How My Mom Taught Me Not to Fear Scary Movies

September 10, 2019 – 10 Creative Uses of Pens in Movies

August 20, 2019 – Sgt. Bilko Is an Underrated Comedy

August 6, 2019 – Overcoming the Fear of Name-Calling

July 9, 2019 – Is ‘Hasta La Vista, Baby’ a Bait-and-Switch?

July 2, 2019 – How to Earn People’s Respect

June 11, 2019 – Mr. Baseball and the Fear of Failure

May 7, 2019 – The End of The Ten Commandments (1956) Is the End of the World

March 26, 2019 – The Beast Died of a Broken Heart

February 26, 2019 – The Best Cycling Scene of All Time

January 22, 2019 – Ultimate Suffering in Film

December 18, 2018 – A Big Lesson in Money Management

November 13, 2018 – 10 Great Storyteller Scenes

May 1, 2018 – My Prediction for the Opening Scene of the Next Avengers Film

March 27, 2018 – What Makes the RoboCop vs. ED-209 Fight So Memorable?

March 20, 2018 – This Is My 2nd Favorite Robot Fight in a Film

February 27, 2018 – The Subtle Meaning of the Scene Where Two-Face Meets the Riddler

February 20, 2018 – A Joke from Top Secret! (1984) Becomes Reality

February 6, 2018 – This Scene in Groundhog Day Is What Most Sequels Feel Like

November 28, 2017 – My Favorite Scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

November 29, 2016 – The ‘Leaving Spacedock’ Scene Is a Microcosm of Most Star Trek Films

November 15, 2016 – Why This Is My Favorite Scene in Any Superman Film