Just for this Moment: Top 3 Sections of Movies

Moderate spoilers ahead.

As I was writing yesterday’s post on Inception and Toy Story 3, I was reminded of how incredible the last act of the latter was. Then I started thinking: what if there were awards for the best portions of a movie? In recent memory, there are several films that are great overall but have sections that border on genius. Here are some of my favorites.

Toy Story 3 – The Final Act

From the moment the toys enter the dump until the end of the movie, Toy Story 3 is one giant, brilliantly crafted sob fest. The entire movie revolves around coming to terms with age, abandonment and death, and the final scenes hit those notes over and over again. If you don’t find yourself welling up in the last half hour of this movie, I challenge your humanity. READ MORE