Movie scenes I love: "I had you" scene from Sentimental Value (2025)

I saw this movie with Elna in Newtown. One of the best movies I have seen this year and the most moving.  It had the most beautiful interaction between two siblings I have ever seen. The movie stars the incredible Renate Reinsve and is directed by Joachim Trier, the director of another of my favourite movies; "The Worst Person in the World" which also starred Renate.

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Movie scenes I love: Final scene of Arrival (2016)

The final scene of Arrival reveals its quiet, devastating beauty in a single act of acceptance: Louise steps fully into a life she knows will end in loss. Armed with foreknowledge, she does not attempt to avoid pain but chooses love anyway, embracing joy and grief as inseparable threads of the same tapestry. The moment reframes time not as something to control or escape, but as something to inhabit completely—suggesting that a finite love, precisely because it ends, is not diminished but made immeasurably precious.

Movie scenes I love: The Notebook "Lake scene"

The lake scene is the destruction of the "polite lie." It begins in a silent, breathtaking fantasy among the swans and ends in a loud, wet, messy reality on the dock. It captures the terrifying and exhilarating moment when two people stop pretending they have moved on and surrender to the fact that, as Noah says, "It still isn't over."

Movie scene I love: Blade Runner "Tears in the rain"

The “Time to die” scene in Blade Runner captures the aching beauty of a being who, at the very moment of death, recognises the miracle of having lived at all. Roy Batty’s words transform violence into grace as he mourns not himself, but the loss of unrepeatable experiences—moments of wonder that existed only because he was conscious to witness them. In sparing his pursuer and accepting his end, he reveals a profound truth: mortality is not what robs life of meaning, but what gives every moment its incandescent value.

Movie Scenes I love: American Beauty "Plastic bag"

The plastic bag scene serves as the philosophical heart of American Beauty, challenging the viewer to find the profound within the mundane. As Ricky Fitts shows Jane a grainy video of an ordinary white trash bag dancing in the wind with dead leaves, the scene reframes a piece of literal garbage into a mesmerizing symbol of hidden life and energy. It illustrates Ricky’s belief that an invisible, benevolent force exists behind the surface of things, creating a moment of spiritual connection that sharply contrasts with the film’s otherwise cynical view of suburban materialism. Ultimately, the scene argues that there is "so much beauty in the world" that it can be overwhelming, but only if one stops to look at what is usually ignored.

Movie scenes I love: Schindlers List

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Ending: Stones on the grave