{"id":15889,"date":"2020-03-13T09:30:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T16:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=15889"},"modified":"2021-08-31T07:16:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T14:16:18","slug":"movie-moments-ill-remember-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/movie-moments-ill-remember-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Pandemic: Movie Moments from 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

T-Boy Society of Film & Music’s collection of the funniest, most heartfelt and damnedest moments in the movies of 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

Curated by Ed Boitano.<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"movie<\/p>\n

Parasite<\/a><\/strong><\/em>: Park Dong-ik<\/strong>\u00a0 (Sun-kyun Lee) noticing that very distinct smell of new driver Kim Ki-taek<\/strong> (Kang-ho Song), who had egregiously orchestrated the dismissal of his previous chauffeur.<\/p>\n

1917<\/a><\/strong><\/em>: Lance Corporal Schofield<\/strong> (George MacKay) rises from the dead and staggers to the edge of what was a house, and experiences a dreamlike apocalyptic light show of fire and smoke that makes no more sense than the war in which he serves.<\/p>\n

The Irishman<\/a><\/strong><\/em>: \u201cThey wouldn\u2019t dare! They wouldn\u2019t dare!\u201d <\/em>Al Pacino\u2019s Jimmy Hoffa<\/strong> expressing indignation to Robert Di Niro\u2019s Frank Sheeran<\/strong> upon the hint that he might be knocked off.<\/p>\n

\"Margot<\/p>\n

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood<\/em><\/a>: <\/strong>The ethereal beauty and innocence of Margot Robbie\u2019s Sharon Tate<\/strong> as she lights up the\u00a0Playboy mansion, oblivious to the fate that waits her. As it turns out, the joke is on us.<\/p>\n

Little Women<\/a><\/em>:<\/strong> Saoirse Ronan as Jo; <\/strong>the pages of her book arrayed on the floor as she moves them around by candlelight.<\/p>\n

Ad Astra<\/em><\/a>: <\/strong>The first power surge.<\/p>\n

\"Al<\/p>\n

The Irishman<\/em><\/strong>: Teamster troops part like the Red Sea as Al Pacino\u2019s Jimmy Hoffa marches through the lines in a red Cossack hat.<\/p>\n

The Loudest Voice<\/em><\/a><\/strong> (TV Mini-Series): Russell Crowe\u2019s remarkable performance as Fox News founder, Roger Ailes<\/strong>, giving this tragic character both depth and nuance.<\/p>\n

Us<\/a><\/em>: <\/strong>The arrival of the first doppelganger, which launches Lupita Nyong’o\u2019s tour-de-force performance as both Adelaide Wilson and Red<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Three Subways Scenes of a Different Kind<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Scarlett<\/p>\n

Marriage Story<\/a>:<\/em><\/strong> Scarlett Johansson\u2019s Nicole<\/strong> and Adam Driver\u2019s Charlie\u00a0<\/strong>keeping their distance\u00a0in the subway carriage, with a very distinctive pole in the middle.<\/p>\n

\"subway<\/p>\n

Joker<\/strong><\/em><\/a>: Three men in a subway carriage get their kicks by harassing a lone female passenger, while Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s Arthur Fleck<\/strong> watches uncomfortably in the front. Unable to subdue his laughter due to an anxiety disorder, the hoodlums readdress their ire on him, pounding Arthur into a bloody pulp. Suddenly, Arthur reveals a borrowed gun and kills all three men. A disturbing precursor of what is to come.<\/p>\n

\"Tom<\/p>\n

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood<\/em><\/strong><\/a>: Passengers packed into a subway carriage recognize Mister Rogers, and begin to sing in unison, It\u2019s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.<\/em> Rogers takes the compliment in stride, he\u2019s used to it, and joins in on the song. Sitting beside him is Matthews Rhys\u2019 Lloyd Vogel<\/strong>, a cynical journalist, assigned to write what he considers a \u2018fluff\u2019 piece about Rogers, and begins to realize how popular this man really is.<\/p>\n

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\"Parasite\"<\/p>\n

Parasite<\/em><\/strong>: Bong Joon Ho\u2019s<\/strong> stunning mise-en-sc\u00e8ne.<\/p>\n

Bombshell<\/strong><\/a><\/em>: <\/strong>Margot Robbie\u2019s Kayla Pospisil<\/strong> being seduced by John Lithgow\u2019s Roger <\/strong>Ailes<\/strong>; a disturbing moment of vulnerability, where she is trapped and at the mercy of someone so powerful.<\/p>\n

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Two Whispers<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Leonardo<\/p>\n

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood<\/em><\/a>: <\/strong>Rick Dalton<\/strong> (Leonardo DiCaprio) finally nails the scene, and receives reaffirming praise from cast and crew. His co-player, a wise-beyond-her-years adolescent played by Julia Butter, whispers to him, \u2018That was the best acting I\u2019ve ever seen in my whole life,<\/em>\u201d <\/em>moving Dalton to tears. \u00a0As she departs, he whispers out loud, “Rick fuckin’ Dalton.”<\/em><\/p>\n

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood<\/em>: <\/strong>Mister Rogers\u2019<\/strong> (Tom Hanks)\u00a0 whispered words into the ear of the dying Jerry Vogel<\/strong> (Chris Cooper). Unlike Lost in Translation<\/em>, later we learn what he said: \u201cI asked him to pray for me. Anyone going through what he is going through must be awfully close to God.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Irishman<\/em><\/strong>: The fish scene.\u00a0 The levity beneath the gravity of it all.<\/p>\n

\"Antonio<\/p>\n

Pain and Glory<\/a><\/b><\/em>: <\/strong>\u00a0The adult Mallo<\/strong> (Antonio Banderas) recognizing the boy in the drawing as himself.<\/p>\n

1917<\/em>:<\/strong> The hand of human kindness when Lance Corporal Schofield (George MacKay) \u00a0remembers to shake the hand of Lieutenant Joseph Blake <\/strong>(Richard Madden) after informing him that his brother had died.<\/p>\n

\"'Jojo<\/p>\n

Jojo Rabbit<\/em><\/a>: <\/strong>\u00a0Jojo<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(Roman Griffin Davis) and friend Yorki<\/strong> (Archie Yates), members of Hitler Youth,\u00a0 find protection by a building as Red Army cannons begin to obliterate Berlin. Yorki, \u201cDefinitely not a good time to be a Nazi. I am going home to my mother. I need a cuddle.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Parasite<\/strong><\/em>: The naivety of Park Yeon-kyo<\/strong> (played by Yeo-jeong Jo), mother of the upper class Park family; a ripe field to plunder by the confrontational Kim Ki-jung<\/strong> (Park So Dam), posing as the ultimate authority on art and therapy \u2013 topics she has\u00a0just learned online that that morning \u2013 as the perfect teacher for the Park\u2019s troubled son.<\/p>\n

\"Brad<\/p>\n

Once Upon a Time\u2026 in Hollywood<\/strong><\/em>: <\/strong>Brad Pitt\u2019s Cliff Booth<\/strong> becoming a responsible man with Pussycat<\/strong> (Margaret Qualley), a young Manson Family hitchhiker, looking for a little action.<\/p>\n

Cliff: \u201cYou got some I.D., you know, like, a driver’s license or something?\u201d<\/em>
\nPussycat<\/span>: [laughing<\/em>] \u201cAre you joking?<\/span>\u201d<\/em>
\nCliff: \u201cNo, I’m not. I need to see something official that verifies that you’re eighteen, which you don’t have because you’re not.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Ren\u00e9e<\/p>\n

Judy<\/b><\/em><\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>Ren\u00e9e Zellweger\u2019s Judy Garland<\/strong>, penniless at a hotel, her career down the drain; reassures kids that things will be ok.<\/p>\n

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker<\/a><\/em>: <\/strong>Rey<\/strong> (played by Daisy Ridley) passing the light saber to Adam Driver’s Finn<\/strong>, using the force.<\/p>\n

Joker<\/em><\/strong>: Arthur dancing on the car, surrounded by rioting masses.<\/p>\n

\"Matt<\/p>\n

Ford v Ferrari<\/a><\/b><\/em>:<\/strong> Carroll Shelby<\/b> (Matt Damon) takes \u2018tough-as-nails\u2019 CEO Henry Ford II<\/b> (Tracy Letts) on a little test run.<\/p>\n

Shelby: \u201cAre you ready?\u201d<\/i>
\nFord II: \u201cI was BORN ready!<\/i>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Irishman<\/strong><\/em>: Joe Persci\u2019s understated Russell Bufalino <\/strong>overhearing Frank\u2019s first phone conversation with Jimmy Hoffa: \u201cI hear you paint houses.\u201d<\/em> Frank replies, \u201cI also do my own carpentry,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 which provokes a rare chuckle from the\u00a0no nonsense Russell.\u00a0 After the call ends: Russell, \u201cHe likes to talk, don\u2019t he?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Frank, \u201cI felt like I was talking to General Patton<\/em>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Antonio<\/p>\n

Pain and Glory<\/em>: <\/strong>Cecilia Roth<\/a>, long time player in Almod\u00f3var <\/a>films, steps into the picture as Mallo\u2019s long time assistant, Zulema<\/strong>, and gets his life back together; organizing the return from his descent into the world of procrastination, self-pity and heroin addiction.<\/p>\n

Parasite<\/em>: <\/strong>The Kim family rearranging themselves to steal Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n

\"Harvey<\/p>\n

The Irishman<\/strong><\/em>: The banter in a rare sit down between mafia kingpin, Angelo Bruno <\/strong>(Harvey Keitel), and Robert De Niro\u2019s nervous Frank Sheeran about his freelance agreement with a third party to burn Cadillac Linen Service<\/em> to the ground. An obvious\u00a0nod to past confusing word-play between Keitel and De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets<\/em> and Taxi Driver<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Bruno: \u201cYou\u00a0 know who owns the Cadillac Linen Service?\u201d<\/em>
\nFrank: \u201cSome Jews in the laundry business. That’s what they told me.\u201d<\/em>
\nBruno: \u201cThey own a part of it. Somebody else got an interest in that. You know who?\u201d<\/em>
\nFrank: \u201cNo\u201d <\/em>
\nBruno: \u201cI do.<\/em>\u201c
\nFrank: Who?<\/em>
\nBruno: \u201cNo, I do! I own the other part! Not I know somebody who owns the other.<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

And finally: A reference to an earlier off screen agreement with Russell and Bruno, which would have had tragic consequences for Frank, as the stoic Russell looks on.<\/p>\n

Bruno: \u201cYou got a good friend here. You don\u2019t know how good a friend you got.<\/i>\u201d<\/em>
\nFrank: \u201cOh, I know<\/i>.\u201d<\/em>
\nBruno: \u201cNo, you don\u2019t know<\/i>.<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Judy<\/em>: <\/strong>Richard Cordery as MGM studio head Louis B Mayer<\/strong>, dressing down Judy Garland\u00a0 (Ren\u00e9e Zellweger), showing us the ugly side of real Hollywood glamour: \u201c<\/em>Your name is Frances Gumm. You’re a fat-ankled, snag-toothed rube from Grand Rapids. Your father was a faggot, and your mother only cares about what I think of you. Now do you remember who you are, Judy?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Winston<\/p>\n

Us<\/em>: <\/strong>Winston Duke\u2019s Gabe Wilson<\/strong>, no longer the macho man in charge, becomes visibly uneasy by the unknown people who stand in his driveway who refuse to leave. \u201cLet’s make some traps or something, like some ‘Home Alone’ type stuff. That way, if they come…\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>Adelaide Wilson cutting him off with, \u201cTell me you did not just reference ‘Home Alone.\u2019<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood<\/em>: <\/strong>The pitbull attacking the Manson family.<\/p>\n

Marriage Story<\/em>: <\/strong>Charlie singing “Being Alive<\/em>,”<\/em> turning the spotlight on himself for once.<\/p>\n

\"'Jojo<\/p>\n

Jojo Rabbit<\/em>: <\/strong>\u00a0Sam Rockwell\u2019s Captain Klenzendorf<\/strong>, gallantly charges into the bloody mayhem between Red Army soldiers and the Volkssturm (Germany\u2019s citizen army) on the streets of Berlin. Dressed to the max in full Nazi regalia, complete with a red silk cape ala\u00a0 Julius Caesar, moments later we see him and his tattered uniform in a garbage dump of captured men. Soon, Jojo is thrown into the mix.\u00a0 Klenzendorf \u00a0gives him a heartfelt embrace, and then quickly rips off\u00a0 Jojo\u2019s Hitler Youth garb and condemns him as a Jew for a Russian soldier’s eyes to see. It works. We follow Jojo as he is released to safety, but hear the sound of machine gun fire, sealing Klenzendorf\u2019s fate.<\/p>\n

\"Ren\u00e9e<\/p>\n

Judy<\/em>:\u00a0 Mickey Dean<\/strong> beginning to tire of ageing Judy\u2019s constant need of attention: \u201c<\/em>Sweetheart, I already said I love you nine times today.\u201d Garland: \u201cWell maybe I need ten or twelve, once an hour, like a cuckoo clock. Cuckoo! I love you!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Parasite<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0The Kim family plays a dangerous kind of hide-and-seek when the Park family returns early from a vacation.<\/p>\n

Jojo Rabbit<\/strong><\/em>: <\/strong>Jojo follows the flight of a butterfly, flying knee length from the ground. The butterfly stops by a pair of resplendent-looking\u00a0 woman\u2019s shoes, also hanging in the air. He knows those shoes as belonging to his mother (played by Scarlett Johansson). He is unable to look up, knowing his mother is hanging from the rope\u00a0for her anti-Hitler statements.<\/p>\n

\"Josh<\/p>\n

Ford v Ferrari<\/em>:<\/strong> \u00a0Ken Miles<\/strong> (Christian Bale) and son Peter<\/strong> (Noah Jupe) enter the showroom to look at the new Ford Mustang. Leo Beebe<\/strong> (Josh Lucas), a pompous Ford Executive, is annoyed that this working-class man and son are spending too much time examining the car.\u00a0 He charges over to them, taking exception to Peter running his hands on the car.<\/p>\n

Leo Beebe: Would you ask him to keep his hands off the paintwork?
\n<\/em>Ken Miles: Who are you?
\n<\/em>Leo Beebe: Leo Beebe, Senior Executive Vice President, Ford Motor Company. I’m responsible for the launch of the Mustang.
\n<\/em>Ken Miles: Ah! At least now we know who’s responsible. Don’t get me wrong, Lenny. It looks fantastic. But inside, it’s a lump of lard, dressed up to fool the public. My advice is, lose the inline-six and that idiotic three-speed, shorten the wheelbase, somehow lose half a ton, and lower the price. But even then, I’d still choose a Chevy Chevelle. And that’s a fucking terrible car.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Artists Doing What They Do Best<\/em><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ren\u00e9e<\/p>\n

Judy<\/em>:<\/strong> Judy (Ren\u00e9e Zellweger) belting out a heart-wrenching final number that touches the souls of both the club\u2019s audience and theatre attendees of today.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Christian<\/p>\n

Ford v Ferrari<\/em>:<\/strong> Race car driver Ken Miles<\/strong> (Christian Bales) tears along the course, occasionally offering words of encouragement to his Ford Shelby.<\/p>\n

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