r/moviecritic 17h ago

One of the best scenes in movie history

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u/platweasel 17h ago

wow been a long time since I’ve seen this but so nostalgic! amazing and iconic scene

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u/Curliersloth14 14h ago

I feel like I watched the movie just for this part so many replays agreed what an amazing scene.

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u/Lowbeamshaggy 16h ago

The brushstroke on his boot has locked itself into my mind forever. I can't paint anything without thinking of it. So smooth!

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u/Dire_Hulk 16h ago

Uber Geppetto.

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u/No_Tamanegi 14h ago

He plays a mean game of chess, too.

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u/irbinator 13h ago

I love at 0:28 for a split second you can see him open a drawer filled with chess pieces

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u/KingYondu 15h ago

That's really good

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u/Other-Grapefruit-880 17h ago

this is like every warhammer enjoyers average weekend

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u/OhGoodGoogilyMoogily 3m ago

I feel attacked

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u/dumdidlydo 16h ago

As a kid growing up in the early 2000's, I vividly remember fast forwarding (or rewinding because I was a bad kid and would never rewind my VHS tapes, even from BlockBuster. Fuck I'm getting old) to this exact part of the movie.

There was just something about this scene that I was drawn to. Not sure if it was the tool box, the chair for Woody, or the attention to detail, but this scene is a core memory for me.

Fast forward to today, I love wood working and other hands on activities of the sort and am a mechanic by trade.

Some things really do stick with you for life.

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u/Callidonaut 14h ago

Have you seen Kezelos' "The Maker?"

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u/1ofThe5venoms 13h ago

Thanks for sharing this! I've never seen this and it's so beautiful and well done!!!

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u/fightingthefuckits 13h ago

There's a video I've seen of someone restoring a pair of leather boots and it has the same feel. It's methodical, purposeful and skilled and for me that's always fascinating to watch.

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u/Awingbestwing 13h ago

I love how things influence us differently. Stuff like this, Star Trek, Jurassic Park… they all made me want to tell stories and now I write for a living. It’s beautiful to think of how much something small and meaningful can shape the direction of our lives.

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u/512Buckeye 17h ago

This is what my wife does to me before our big date night at the Texas Roadhouse.

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u/KingYondu 15h ago

Worth it for those rolls

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u/skinnyminnesota 16h ago

Great Foley work is magical

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u/Callidonaut 14h ago

I saw a show by Elf Lyons a number of years ago where she did live foley work on stage to create sound effects for the process of being turned to stone by the Medusa's gaze, whilst narrating said process. It was, indeed, magical.

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u/Phenogenesis- 1h ago

Any chance of a link?

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u/Callidonaut 1h ago edited 54m ago

Alas, no, it was a relatively small production and I don't think they filmed it, sorry.

There's another production company that was doing something similar in the stage version of The Colour out of Space, at the same time, though, which I think still runs periodically, but I wasn't able to go to that one, it honestly sounded a bit too intense for me at the time (I don't cope well with imagery of animal suffering, and it's about an alien, reality-warping force blighting a farm).

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u/Accurate_Bee_9996 16h ago

Similar to the scene from flight

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u/Luckyearl13 15h ago

Anyone else see the model Ferrari rehab video today and think of this scene?

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u/1ofThe5venoms 13h ago

Get out of my feed!!!!

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u/Callidonaut 14h ago

Waitaminute... is that Geri???

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u/GhostWatcher0889 13h ago

But why?

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u/IngVegas 11h ago

I too would like to know why this scene is so important?

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u/GhostWatcher0889 10h ago

Yeah, I mean it's a well done and shot scene but one of the best in Cinema?? Like why.

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u/thadroidurlookin4 11h ago

Totally forgot Dennis Nedry was a total piece of shit outside of Jurassic Park too

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u/Phillzster 1h ago

He's also Newman in the show Seinfeld

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u/Miserable_Bike_9358 15h ago

This is a perfect example of so many things in the art of film making but one thing that gets overlooked is how much rhythm this scene has. It bounces along perfectly. Every shot is the perfect length and depth. It’s film making as music.

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u/agedmanofwar 16h ago

It's actually quite impressive that Woody isn't more scuffed up and damaged considering how rough kids can be with toys, and how he took him everywhere for a while.

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u/odin_sunn 15h ago

I only watch Toy Story 2 for this scene specifically.

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u/Micksar 15h ago

Need this remastered and showed in IMAX for 90minutes straight.

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u/VileBill 14h ago

S-Tier Competence Porn.

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u/DougieSenpai 14h ago

I watched the first 3 Toy Story’s back to back recently and they’re obviously still amazing. I’ve never watched the 4th one though but I did hear it was pretty good.

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u/aquasun666 11h ago

I watched them with my toddler recently and it was my first time watching TS3 and my god did I cry like a baby at the end. My son? Completely unphased.

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u/darrylthedudeWayne 14h ago

Couldn't agree more. The attention to detail also makes so much more better then it already is.

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u/Revolutionary-Dig331 14h ago

Fucking masterful. So necessary to appreciate craftmanshift nowadays.

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u/MJUrWAY 13h ago

But the music flows with the scene, which does in fact make it perfect

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u/slimjibberr 13h ago

Just rewatched the other day

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u/Suck_Boy_Tony 13h ago

Wow it looks so bad now lol

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u/Slaptain_Crunch 9h ago

For some reason this screencap of the scene looks awful. I just watched this with my son a week ago and the whole movie looks great, still holds up.

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u/Jambo11 11h ago

Seems kinda silly to paint over the "Andy" on the bottom of the boot when rubbing alcohol would properly remove it, since it's likely from a magic marker or a sharpie.

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u/RedJed93 11h ago

Man's treated what I assume the humans saw as just a toy like an actual being and he himself was God or something. Hehehe

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u/mstarrysky 11h ago

Fantastic!

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u/Ahnsett 9h ago

Agreed, especially when it dawns on you that he's the chess player from the park.

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u/Datjewboi 8h ago

Isn’t this the guy that played a game of chess against himself in that one short?

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u/EvenThanks8549 8h ago

I remember hearing the "nooooo" at the cinema when he erased Andy's name

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u/ianlasco 5h ago

This is where i first discovered what asmr is.

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u/Zetor44 4h ago

It kinda bugs me that he’s not wearing gloves, while he’s working.

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u/SkibidiTop 2h ago

Jewish

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u/Phillzster 1h ago

I've always loved this scene beacuse for some unkown reason it's so satisfying seeing this repair/cleaning Woody