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Hey, you, my name is Thomas 'TomSka' Ridgewell.
And welcome back to TomSka's Top 10.
The only show on the internet where a bearded white man
talks about movies and isn't complaining about them.
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Today, I wanted to share with you my top 10 movie moments.
Parts of films that have truly embedded themself
into my memory.
Things that have stuck with me for a variety of reasons,
maybe because they changed the way I look at the world
or feel about things.
Maybe because they scarred me,
or maybe just because they were cool as hell.
Please beware of spoilers ahead though,
for the following films.
At number 10, we have the house shootout/assassin off
sequence from the movie "Grosse Pointe Blank."
And the reason this scene stuck with me
is because it's kind of lame.
- Of course.
- And I know I'm not really selling the movie with that,
but it's not cool.
It's not full of cool badass dudes throwing out
quippy one liners, and doing crazy shit,
but it is still people firing guns and killing each other.
But while they're doing it, they're candid and chatty,
and informal, and flawed.
It's kind of hard to explain but it wasn't something
I'd really seen in movies before.
And it really just awakened this realization in me
that action could be more than just badass dudes
shooting each other and saying cool shit.
- Workers of the world unite.
- And it's something that I then tried to apply
to my own student short film "Hit it"
and did not do as good of a job.
At number nine we have the Holdo maneuver
from "The Last Jedi."
Now say what you want about "The Last Jedi."
Actually don't say what you want about the "The Last Jedi"
because this is a one way conversation.
I'm talking to you.
You have the comments though, so...
I can ignore 'em. (laughs)
The reason why I adore this scene is because
I'm a Star Wars fan, not as diehard as some people,
but I genuinely felt like at this point in my life,
Star Wars had shown me everything
it was going to show me.
The movies had reached this point
where everything was just either the thing from before
but bigger or more of them.
So to get a beat that was genuinely so unexpected
and impactful.
I mean, I saw it at the premier in a massive theater
and the room was dead silent
and it was just, ah, that was good shit.
At number eight, we have what I'm only going to refer to
as the big reveal from the documentary "Dear Zachary."
I genuinely don't want to tell you too much about this
because I kinda just want you to watch it.
If you got a strong disposition,
I'd recommend checking it out,
because genuinely just as a piece of storytelling,
it floored me, it messed me up.
It's...
Ah.
For number seven, it's gotta be the Quicksilver scene
from the movie "X-Men: Apocalypse."
Maybe you thought I was gonna say "Days of Future Past"
but I was not.
No, we're talking about "X-Men: Apocalypse" today
because that is legally a movie.
The sequence in which Quicksilver rescues
all of the students from the X mansion
while it's exploding, is just the perfect blend of cool,
and fun and action,
and VFX.
That moment actually feels like
you're watching a superpower.
It truly feels otherworldly in a way
that a lot of other movies haven't really
successfully captured.
I find it hard to explain,
but every time it pops up on my feed,
I watch it because it is dope as hell.
MCU take notes, TBH.
- Wow.
- At number six, it's essentially the entire ending
of the movie "Whiplash."
This movie is a slow burn,
I don't wanna say tantric, but it's a long buildup
to this payoff that is so worth it.
You know why they call it the climax of the movie?
'Cause it's the big cum.
Oh, those are words that just came out of my mouth.
Genuinely, it's all so worth it.
It's so amazing, and the movie doesn't then
follow the regular pattern of climax and then descent
and return to an equilibrium.
No, it just ends at the best bit.
And I thank it for that.
And it's just, it's cool shit.
I can't, mm.
- Get the fuck out of my sight before I demolish you.
(drums beating)
- I studied the drums for two years
and I spent the entire time talking about Star Wars
with my drumming teacher.
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I'll admit it, I'm a bit of a simp
for the Marvel Cinematic Universe,
So, you know it was gonna come up
on this list at some point.
And that's why at number five,
we have one of my favorite moments
from the whole big universe.
Hulk smash from "Avengers Assemble" or "The Avengers"
if you're not in the UK.
Do you have any idea how impressive it is
for a character to throw one punch and immediately go
from having the worst movie at that time in the franchise
to being everyone's favorite character?
I've got nothing more to add to that,
it was just cool as hell.
I'm not even American and even I wanted to hoot and holler
at the cinema screen for that one.
Phew, lordy, that was a good punch.
At number four we have a sequence that defined a generation,
and by a generation, I mean mostly just people like me.
The lobby scene from "The Matrix."
Now, I know this movie has depth and complexity.
You know, is it an allegory for the trans experience?
It's deep and philosophical.
I don't care because they shoot the guns in slow mo,
it goes pew, pew, bang, bang,
and they jump around while doing it.
What!
I went hard for this movie, got me in the big jacket,
in the sunglasses, all my earliest animations,
which luckily no longer exist, were Matrix-y.
Just redefined my brain.
It's just really cool,
I can't even give it a nuanced review, just...
Ah.
Now for this next bit,
I wanna just take everything I've said about guns
and shooting them being super cool.
Just package it up nice and tight and just throw it away.
Because at number three, we have the movie "Elephant"
and I guess the scene or part of the movie
that's really stuck with me
is basically when the shooting starts.
This movie is a dramatization
that is based on the Columbine High School shooting.
It's intense, because the whole movie is told
in these really slow boring one shots
that build up so much tension
and you don't necessarily know what's gonna happen
unless you know what happened, but my God is it so tense.
And when it finally happens.
I saw this movie once 13 years ago when I was 17.
And I still think about it every couple days.
So anyway, I watched that movie when I was 17,
17, you say?
That's right, "17 Again" because at number two,
obviously, we've got "17 Again."
And I couldn't really pick one particular scene,
more just an umbrella of scenes,
which is really anything that happens in the high school.
The premise of the movie is a 37 year old man
gets transported back into the body of his 17 year old self
and goes back to high school.
This is a scenario that I think about constantly,
just the opportunity to relive my awkward teen moments
and do it right and stand up to the bullies.
And so seeing that acted out in the movie.
- Don't hurt yourself, big boy.
- Is just the ultimate catharsis.
It is just a literal dream come true.
I wanna do that, I love watching it.
It just, it feels good.
It's just a, aw, I wish that were me moment.
And it's just great,
even though it's in no way relatable to me,
because I didn't look like that, couldn't do any sports.
I did have a floppy haircut though,
so I almost, I'm basically Zac Efron.
Now, before I move on to my number one,
we got to go through my honorable mentions
because unsurprisingly,
I like scenes from more than 10 movies
but they couldn't all go in this list.
Those are.
The big old slice scene
from the beginning of "Ghost Ship" because...
(tense music)
(wire whooshes)
It's funny, they died.
There's Georgie's portrait winking in the original "IT."
I walked into this when I was a very weak willed
and young child, and I was terrified of portraits
and just photos of people for years.
We have the leaf on the wing scene
from the movie "Serenity."
I won't spoil it, but...
Joss, why you gotta do that every time, man?
Why you got to do that to me?
And my titties.
There's the straight up death acceptance from "Toy Story 3"
because that is a kids movie and they made us embrace death.
We got the hallway Hit Girl scene from the movie "Kick-Ass"
because that sequence plays out
like video games make you feel,
is the only way I can describe it.
It's great.
There's the guitar battle from "Scott Pilgrim."
Honestly, I really struggled to pick a scene from this movie
which is why I didn't make it into my top 10 list,
but I'm gonna go with that one
because I straight up ripped it off for my own video.
The chosen one climactic fight sequence
from "Kung Fu Hustle."
No much to add, just good fun.
And finally the return home in "Homeward Bound" because...
The doggy and the little, they, (squeals)
So now we get to number one.
My top movie moment of all time.
And I know what you're thinking,
Tom, you've already covered "17 Again"
how can you go up any higher?
Well, my friends clearly you've forgotten about
"School of Rock" and its climactic sequence
with Zach's Song.
I don't really know where to begin
with the impact this scene had on me.
I mean, first of all, it made me learn an instrument,
it had that much of a lasting effect,
I picked up the bass guitar.
Why not the electric guitar?
Because my friend already played that,
So, bass it was.
I will literally pop this scene on
whenever I need to get pumped up.
I was feeling a little tired before filming this video,
guess what I watched?
Zach's Song from the "School of Rock."
Not only is it just a great, powerful, fun, feel good scene,
it's also just a good song.
It's an absolute frigging bop.
Why'd I say frigging?
It's a fucking jam, my dudes.
The only way I figure that scene
could be any better was to see it in person.
So I did, I went to see School of Rock the Musical
and you know what?
It wasn't as good actually.
Somehow the pace was different.
Didn't, didn't hit right.
Just didn't hit right.
But either way, I love that scene, I love that song.
I love that movie moment.
Brought it back to the title of the video.
Good storytelling, Tom.
So yeah, let me know about your favorite movie moments
in the comments or just get angry at me
for mentioning "The Last Jedi", the MCU,
the straight white man with a beard thing,
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Thank you very much for watching,
and I won't see you next time
because this is probably the last
TomSka's Top 10 I'm gonna do.
I've run out of things I like.
But there's a playlist somewhere
with all the other things I like, so.
TomSka out.