It's been far too long since we've had one of these lists!
http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/10-benedict-cumberbatch-scenes-will-make-fan/
Do we agree with this? Which scenes would you show to turn someone onto a BC fan? I think I might add something from Parade's End.
And Frankenstein! And Cabin Pressure!
Definitely something from PE, particularly in Part 4 where Sylvia and Chrissie have their intimate and heartbreaking confrontation in the hotel room. I even memorized her monologue to him for my college drama class, I loved it so much!
His speech about the bombs and their splitting and cracking was a sublime monologue. His voice and the use of language was really very beautiful. And then the tears amidst the distractions of needing to go to work and being utterly exhausted. Stunning!
shareMy favourite scene from PE is when Valentine is invited in by CT to meet his warp pals. As he prepares by bathing and dressing, she greets each one at the door (I love all those eccentric characters from the trenches). And them dancing at the end is so beautiful. Chrissy T finally finding someone that loves him as much as he loves her. Sigh! And I love that this is all juxtaposed against the "parade's end" for the troops. Really great scene and BC is gorgeous in that uniform. I could watch it a thousand times - and probably have!!!
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"You're going into the water... short-arse!"
- Sherlock
Well I don't know which one I would remove to get it in but I definitely would have to have the scene from Richard III (The Hollow Crown) on my list.
It could be the scene where Richard is in the boat going to kill Henry VI who is being kept in the Tower of London - right from the time that he starts talking in the boat, as it set sail, to when he finally comes into Henry's cell in the Tower.
My favourite part is when he says -
"O miserable thought! and more unlikely
Than to accomplish twenty golden crowns!
Why, love forswore me in my mother's womb:
She did corrupt frail nature with some bribe,
To shrink mine arm up like a wither'd shrub;
To make an envious mountain on my back,
Where sits deformity to mock my body;
To shape my legs of an unequal size;
To disproportion me in every part,
Like to a chaos"
He just spits the words out and you can see the self-loathing he has, and how he had been told how out of place he was from the rest of society, and unnatural he was and evil he was from a very young age. Powerful, powerful stuff! And BC delivers it with such emotion.
Or I would include the great scene where Margaret is brought from the battlefield after the defeat at the Battle of Tewksbury and Richard flys into a rage that she is still alive after dispatching Ned with such glee. The way BC delivers the line "Why should she live, to fill the world with words?" is so forceful, so filled with painful rage and hate, it gives me shivers just thinking about that scene!
But it is difficult to choose just a couple scenes from this drama. There are so many moments that are just bursting with BC's amazing range, emotion and power as an actor. It truly is him at his finest for me!
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"You're going into the water... short-arse!"
- Sherlock
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Anyways, good list! I don't like the "I am Khan!" scene though, probably my least favorite Benedict scene from STID.
Do you even know what honor is?
- A horse.
That gif is one my favourites, too. But really any shot of him in ASIB is stunning! That's probably the best episode to pause while watching and just admire the view!
shareI like the "I am Khan" scene, but probably my favourite scenes from STiD are the ones where the one tear runs down his face, the one where he goes out to meet the young dying girl's father in the hospital and the one where Khan drives off all of the Klingons and then surrenders to the Enterprise's crew.
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"You're going into the water... short-arse!"
- Sherlock
I'm with you on the "khan" line Sister.
I'd pick the other parts of his interactions with Kirk, even the wordless scene when he intimidates Kirk before the space jump.
But yeah, that clip from Sherlock with the scarf goes in. That is the 3 second answer to anyone who whines that he looks like an alien or is too (insert lame insult) to be sexy or a leading man.
And bless them for including the "Bang!" scene from Hawking. That is one of my all time favorite BC scenes. It's such a wonderful depiction of the pure joy of scientific discovery and wonder.
Have a lovely day - John Finnemore