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mind officially
blown welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we're counting down our picks for the
top 10 movie scenes that must have been
nearly impossible to
shoot we're taking a look at some of
Cinema most impressive sequences made
possible through astonishing effects
editing and
cinematography these scenes additionally
need to have a certain degree of
difficulty or originality to them
leaving the audience wondering how the
hell did they do that we've excluded
continuous uninterrupted shots because
we already have a list dedicated to
those number 10 the smell of Napal in
the morning Apocalypse
Now CGI isn't a simple process but it
has made achieving The Impossible much
easier Francis Ford Copa didn't have
this luxury back in 1979 making
apocalypse now his own personal
apocalypse although every shot of the
movie is an incredible feat this Napal
strike might be the most remarkable
capturing real F5 tigers and a real
extended explosion on film film Copa
settles for nothing less than perfection
in recreating the Vietnam
War as impressive as the scene is on a
technical level Robert Duval's iconic
monologue truly steals the show you
smell
that he pun son nothing else in the
world smells like that come on move move
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I love the smell of night palom in the
morning number nine bridge collapse The
Bridge on the River
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Quai yet another classic from the prec
CGI era The Bridge on the River qu works
up to a crucial scene in which the
bridge itself comes tumbling down
officer sir British officer here to blow
up the bridge blow up the bridge yes sir
yes British command the a blow up the
bridge rather than using models the
filmmakers decided to demolish a full
scale Bridge as a train comes plunging
into the river below only getting one
chance at shooting this pivotal not to
mention expensive moment the whole
picture would have basically been ruined
if anything went wrong fortunately the
Flawless final product turned out to be
nothing short of movie Magic
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number eight the Crazy 88 fight Kill
Bill Volume
One Quenton Tarantino throws everything
he has at his Leading Lady and audience
in this Kick-Ass scene you didn't think
it was going to be that easy did you you
know for a second
there yeah I kind of did confronted by
an army of massed men the bride engages
in a gloriously choreographed battle
full of severed body parts and blood
spewing
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everywhere as excessive as it may appear
brilliantly shot and gushing with
creative Sword Play Tarantino just keeps
topping himself
the sequence is so overwhelming that you
really need to stop and catch your
breath once it's over good thing Kill
Bill was split into two
movies number seven deserted London 28
Days
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Later filming a deserted City might not
sound especially complex when you
consider the time and Manpower needed to
make a huge Capital City look abandoned
though it's a pretty daunting
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task nevertheless Danny Bo pulled it off
in 28 Days Later placing Killian Murphy
in the eerily empty Streets of London
with the police closing the roads at
4:00 a.m. and reopening them around Rush
Hour boil only had a brief window of
time each day sometimes only a couple of
dozen minutes to shoot this stunning
sequence but it was worth it the results
certainly created a disturbing end of
days
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Vibe number six the Burge Khalifa
Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol okay
Ethan the hotel server is 11 stories up
and seven units over Okay C check yeah
copy suspending Tom Cruz outside the
tallest building in the world there are
so many ways this sequence from Mission
Impossible Ghost Protocol Could Have
Cheated rather than relying on a green
screen or hiring a stunt double what the
audience sees is virtually what they got
no [ __ ] the sequence is only made more
thrilling when considering that's really
Tom Cruz running and crawling outside
the bur Khalifa even if cables are
supporting him
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it'll have you hanging at the edge of
your seat just as Cruz hangs 123 stories
above
Dubai number five D-Day Saving Private
Ryan filmed over the course of a month
the Omaha Beach Landing sequence from
Saving Private Ryan places the audience
at the center of the action through
handheld
cameras although the film hasn't
introduced us to any characters yet we
immediately share all the anguish and
panic these soldiers
endure while the scene is indeed a
visual Marvel what's truly miraculous is
how Steven Spielberg bluntly immerses
the audience in
combat with haunting imagery that will
forever remain etched in our minds never
has a depiction of War felt more
hellish number four Joker Chase The Dark
Knight
through his Dark Knight trilogy
Christopher Nolan aspired to create a
Gotham City that could exist in the real
world these things are built for that
right his grittier approach to the
franchise especially shines in this
freeway Chase chiefly relying on
practical
effects filmed on the streets of Chicago
the explosive confrontation works up to
an applaud worthy climax as Batman
utilizes his fully functional bat pod to
flip the Joker's
rig and yes the filmmakers overturned an
actual truck with a driver inside how
will Nolan ever top this amazing set
piece stay tuned to find out come on I
want you to do it I want you to do it
come
on number three car chase Mad Max 2 The
Road Warrior
given a bigger budget for the initial
sequel to Mad Max George Miller was able
to go as big and over the top as he
wanted he put the money to Great use
particularly in the film's wildly
inventive
climax driving a tanker our death
defying here hero is bombarded by a gang
on Wheels determined to spill his blood
for
oil with vehicles crashing Vehicles
catching on fire and characters jumping
between Vehicles it's exhausting just
thinking about how Miller got this
extraordinary scene on film however he
did it we are 100%
grateful number two the Titanic sinking
Titanic iceberg right ahead thank
you Titanic is full of a inspiring
moments that authentically recreate the
supposedly Unsinkable ships rise and
demise utilizing a diverse blend of sets
models green screen effects and CGI to
Fashion the most convincing illusion
possible James Cameron leaves the
audience gasping for air up until the
Titanic's final moments before it
submerged below the sea
this is it with countless extras
crowding around the bow and holding on
for dear life as the ship breaks in half
the audience is thrilled shocked
heartbroken and left feeling totally
insignificant compared to the film's
Majestic
size before our top pick blows us away
here are some honorable
mentions where are
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you number one crashing this plane The
Dark Knight Rises if I pull that off
will you die it would be extremely
painful you're a big guy for you trapped
in an Airborne CIA plane there appears
to be no Escape for Bane was getting
caught part of your plan of course when
a C130 shows up though the criminal
mastermind puts his Unthinkable getaway
plan into action now what's the next
step of your master
plan crashing this plan causing the
government aircraft to take a nose dive
and ultimately crash to the ground this
scene is truly a revolution of stunts
cinematography and
staging it goes to show that Christopher
Nolan will never stop pushing the
envelope in terms of ambitious action
sequences from the corridor fight in
Inception
to this unbelievable opening to The Dark
Knight Rises calm down doctor now is not
the time for
fear that comes
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