Movies or moments that got applause?

[Rypro 525]

Lets see (i can think of quite a few)
end of dark knight (midnight showing)
the big hero moments during the Lord of the Rings trilogy showing at the Senator (and each actor's name got an applause too at the during the credits of 'rotk'
Vera Famiga killing the 2 child mollestersRunning Scared
the reveal of everyone in kiss makeup before the big battle Role Models
the end of 'la vie en rose'

[SuckaMC]

My first moment like that was at Tremors: when Michael Gross and Reba Mcintyre killed the graboid in their basement. I remember that moment fondly.

[BullGooseLoony]

-Gordon's not dead - The Dark Knight
-Batman's response and action after Joker asks him if he ever told him about the scars - TDK
-The bad guy gets knocked out at the end of Moulin Rouge

Just a few off the top of my head.

[PopcornTreeCt]

-- When the truck flipped over in The Dark Knight
-- "Bond, James Bond" in Casino Royale

[Sonic]

The first Batman with Michael Keaton when Batman holds up the hoodlum and he says "who are you?" I'm Batman *applause* tell each and every one of your friends about me.

X-Men...when Wolverine first stuck out his claws to that dude in the bar. Everyone applauded and wowed :D

[LickTheABCs]

The last I remember was the Pencil Trick. Oh, and when RDJ reveals he's Iron Man at the end of said movie.

[FinkPish]

I remember the end of the Moscow car chase in Bourne Supremacy got some applause. Whether you hate the shaky-cam stuff or not, that was an incredible sequence; I literally heard people exhaling at the end of it, probably having held their breath through the whole thing.

[E. Honda]

People clapped when at the end of Frequency Dennis Quaid came in. And when I saw Disaster Movie, no one was clapping, because out of the half-full theater that saw it with me, they had all walked out within the first 15 minutes. I was the only one who saw the end credits.

[dugan]

T2. Arnold stepping onto the liquid nitrogen truck and firing into the windshield.

South Park. Bill Gates being executed.

[Frenzy]

From The Dark Knight:
- Gordon's return
- Batman welcomes the Joker in the negotiation room
- the truck flip

Iron man:
- the auto detection of the several villains in the village
- the appearance of Samuel L. Jackson (only some black guys and me were still there after the credits :D )

The applause was quite surprising for me because in Germany the movies crowd never applaudes (festivals excluded).

[The Bus]

During Twilight:
<ul><li> When the production company logo first came up.
<li> When the titles started
<li> Approximately every ten minutes thereafter.
<li> When it ended
</ul>

That's the most recent.

[RobCA]

Most recent: Dreamgirls, after Jennifer Hudson sang "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going".

Rob

[rw2516]

Do drive-ins count? Everybody honks their horns. Ones I remember

Guy getting his dick cut off in I Spit On Your Grave. Humanoid baby busting out of girls stomach in Humanoids From The Deep. Splinter in the eye in Zombie.

[doubledown44]

Superman Returns - during the airplane sequence.

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[John Slider]

Well, I would like to thank the very few people in this thread who actually used spoiler tags.

[dom56]

The Return of the Jedi.

When Vader finally turned good and killed the Emperor got people applausing big time when I first saw it at the theater.

[Goat3001]

Superman Returns - during the airplane sequence.


I remember seeing that and starting to clap and maybe 3 or 4 people followed suit in a crowded theatre. :lol:

[doubledown44]

I remember seeing that and starting to clap and maybe 3 or 4 people followed suit in a crowded theatre. :lol:

A lot of people clapped in the theater when I saw it.

[MinLShaw]

Can anyone pinpoint when audiences stopped applauding at the end of movies? Growing up, I remember always doing that. I did it as a teen, and in my early 20s. Sometime in the last decade, though, gradually, fewer people clapped with me. I was the only one in the entire theater who clapped at the end of Quantum of Solace, and despite the inevitable "That's because that movie sucked" comments, the buzz was pretty strong amongst everyone coming out of that screening.

And, to add to the list of moments, when the only sound was Yoda's cane and you knew what was coming near the end of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.

[doubledown44]

Can anyone pinpoint when audiences stopped applauding at the end of movies? Growing up, I remember always doing that. I did it as a teen, and in my early 20s. Sometime in the last decade, though, gradually, fewer people clapped with me. I was the only one in the entire theater who clapped at the end of Quantum of Solace, and despite the inevitable "That's because that movie sucked" comments, the buzz was pretty strong amongst everyone coming out of that screening.

And, to add to the list of moments, when the only sound was Yoda's cane and you knew what was coming near the end of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.

It just happened gradually. People have literally become more jaded as time has gone on.

[Zen Peckinpah]

The Dark Knight, a.k.a. the most crowded movie I ever went to see.

The magic trick got a few laughs/cheers, not huge though.

Gordon's return got a BIG reaction.

The reveal of the Batpod had the whole audience pumped (a friend of mine was quite jealous when I told him).

Red Dragon

Tooth Fairy getting finished off

The Simpsons Movie

SEVERAL moments, mainly in the first and gloriously plotless 45 minutes of the movie.

Snakes on a Plane

There was some sort of reaction every 5 minutes, but when Samuel L. Jackson said the line everyone wanted him to it was so loud you couldn't even hear the whole line.

X-Men: The Last Stand

"I'm the Juggernaut bitch!", unfortunately, and the very end, which I then booed at and was shot down by some idiot who thought it was the best movie ever. I disagreed.

[scott1598]

"Sin City"
title card shot with music
when Hartigan rips Yellow Bastard's nuts off

[Alex-W]

The last one I can remember is during grindhouse
when the girls kick the shit out of stuntman mike

there was also a big reaction in that movie when
the guys head in planet terror gets shot in half

[Dean Kousoulas]

I remember at the end of Passion Of The Christ, the entire theatre (who were holding back tears or crying for the past hour) all clapped hands loudly.

[Rypro 525]

also i think one of the most recent was the shit shot in Zack and Miri Make a Porno In fact, i dont think i heard a line for at least 30 or 40 seconds after that.

[LickTheABCs]

I remember at the end of Passion Of The Christ, the entire theatre (who were holding back tears or crying for the past hour) all clapped hands loudly.

because it was over?

[matome]

Very rarely hear clapping for anything anymore. Two I remember were in Black Hawk Down when the choppers mowed down the Somalians on the roofs at the end and Morgan Freeman knocking out that a-hole boxer in Million Dollar Baby.

[EdTheRipper]

also i think one of the most recent was the shit shot in Zack and Miri Make a Porno In fact, i dont think i heard a line for at least 30 or 40 seconds after that.

That was a great fucking moment but spawned no applause at my theater.

Honestly, the last time I recall any applause in a theater was when I went to see Forrest Gump back in the day.

[DangerousG]

The most reaction i ever saw for a movie was for The Dark Knight. It was the IMAX showing on the first day and it was crazy. A couple people dressed up as the Joker for it.

Heres some that I remember

Everyone laughed at the pencil trick.

Lots of Ohhhhs for the truck flipping. And afterwards when the Batpod went up the wall and came back down there were a lot of cheers.

Cheers for Gordons return

Cheers for Batman appearing at the interrogation and more cheers when he started to beat the shit out of him.

BIG cheers and applause at the end. And a bunch of applause whenever Heath's name came up at the credits.

Most recent one that I remember was that there was a smattering of applause after Gran Torino ended. And strangely I'll always remember the applause after Episode I.

[Matthew Chmiel]

Speaking of Grindhouse ...
... everyone went ape shit during the Thanksgiving trailer where the girl on the trampoline gets the knife in the vagina.

[DthRdrX]

Hostel


Paxton runs over the two girls with the car got a big reaction after the audience found out what they were really up to. The bathroom scene as well.

[Geddlo]

Back to the Future Part 2 I think was the first time I remember hearing applauses from the crowd.

And although I didn't see it in the theater, me and a couple friends went nuts at the end of the Departed. Very good and just ending to that movie.

[Zen Peckinpah]

also i think one of the most recent was the shit shot in Zack and Miri Make a Porno In fact, i dont think i heard a line for at least 30 or 40 seconds after that.

Forgot this one. The WHOLE audience made some sort of noise for about a full minute or two afterward too.

That easily made the donkey scene in Clerks II look like nothing.

[jeffkjoe]

When I saw JAWS waaaaay back in 1975,
there was clapping when Brody blew up the shark.

And when I saw ROCKY II in 1979, the audience reacted like they were watching a real fight - They cheered when the ring announcer introduced Rocky Balboa and they booed when he announced Apollo Creed.

--

[Double_Oh_7]

The crowd was going nuts all through Independence Day during a preview screening I was at.

[RichC2]

The one I remember most is with Grindhouse/Death Proof when the girls beat the shit out of Mike

Dark Knight got good applause as well.

[DVD Josh]

Several scenes in Armageddon got applause as I recall.

[taa455]

I remember this one guy clapping at the end of Indiana Jones: Crystal Skull. Yeah, just one guy. :lol:

[CertifiedTHX]

The Matrix Reloaded.

The trucks collide on the highway...

Morpheus and the Keymaker are cast airborne...

motion slows to bullet time...

the trailers ripple with the accordion effect...

the trucks burst into flame...

Neo swoops in, grabs Morpheus and the Keymaker, and pulls them out of the destruction.

The packed theater erupted in applause.

--THX

[Rockmjd23]

I remember this one guy clapping at the end of Indiana Jones: Crystal Skull. Yeah, just one guy. :lol:
Was it Butters?

[Meglos]

South Park. Bill Gates being executed.

Same here.

[SoSpacey]

I would spoiler it if it was recent but...

Rocky 4

Rocky beats Drago. Loudest applause I had ever heard from a theater. Especially since anyone 35+ probably remembers we were still in some heated times with our good friends just west of Palin country.

[Rypro 525]

Same here.

In Team America, Michael Moore blowing up got applause as well as the sex scene

[Hokeyboy]

Lost In Translation...The opening which featured a gloriously composed shot framing Scarlett Johannsen's near-perfect ass in see-through panties received a rousing 10 minute standing ovation...in me trousers!!!

[Hulkabrgr]

Episode I ( I didn't think that it needs to be spoliered)

When Darth Maul is killed

[celmendo]

Jurassic Park. Saw it at a sneak. Was not surprised it became the highest grossing film at the time.

[RayChuang]

Three scenes from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King got a rousing applause:

When Gandalf whacked Denethor with his staff.

When Eowyn hacked off the head of the Fell Beast that the Lord of the Nazgul was riding.

The end of the movie.

[Doughboy]

X-Men - The first time we see Wolverine's claws pop out got a HUGE applause.

Back to the Future Part II - When Marty does his hoverboard trick to get the almanac off of Biff's windshield near the end. The "To Be Concluded" ending did get a few groans though.

Face/Off - When John Travolta visits Nick Cage in the prison after they've swapped faces and says "Whoo-wee, you good-lookin'!" That got a lot of laughs and cheers.

Star Wars Episode II - Several moments got applause, but by far the loudest was when Yoda's shadow approaches Dooku near the end.

The Phantom Menace - Again several moments got applause, but the loudest was the very beginning with the Fox logo, "A long time ago", and opening crawl. The ending got a lot less applause not surprisingly. ;)

The Dark Knight - Several moments got cheers, but the highlights were the Batpod wall trick, Gordon's return(didn't everyone know he was still alive thanks to all the damn trailers?), and Heath Ledger's name in the end credits.

The Matrix - Trinity whooping the cops' asses in the beginning. I saw this opening day and I knew after the first 5 minutes that it would be a massive hit.

As Good As It Gets - When Helen Hunt goes off on her HMO.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Legolas' single-handedly killing that giant animal and the very end.

Armagodawful - Bruce Willis saying "Houston, you have a problem!" and the rest of his rant in that scene.

[McHawkson]

People still do that? Interesting...

Last time I saw anyone cheering/applause was at Karate Kid. I guess I didn't go to theatre very much...

[awmurray]

The crowd was going nuts all through Independence Day during a preview screening I was at.

The only applause I remember from that move (saw it packed on opening day) was when:

the White House was blown up

(a LOT of it in fact).

Also everyone applauded at the end of Revenge of the Sith (also sold out).

[jjcool]

Loudest pop I have ever heard in a movie theater was during the first screening of the Special Edition of Star Wars. When the " A long time ago..." came on the screen, the entire packed theater went nuts.

THe other big pop was during Titanic.
When the ship is sinking, and the dude falls off the stern, and hits one of the propellers on the way down. I was real amazed by the sheer number of people that were bawling their eyes out, that it caught me, and alot of other people by surprise. And a huge round of laughter broke out.

[CardiffGiant]

The only times I've really witnessed it were in at the end of films and only twice that I can remember: Independence Day and Fahrenheit 9/11. Both theaters were packed to the brim when I saw them, so I think that contributes quite a bit.

[Groucho]

This thread could be retitled "Fanboy overreactions during early screenings" and have almost the same content.

[asianxcore]

Other than various Midnight Movie screenings I've been to the last movie I can remember that got a big response from the audience was Grindhouse.

The audience I was in went completely nuts and were having a great time throughout the entire film. It was nice to see a theater packed for this film and seeing the audience react to many scenes in both films.

[toddly6666]

Applause at the end of these movies:

Amelie
Slumdog Millionaire
300
Matrix
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
all stupid Star Wars prequels
Return of the King
Gladiator
Casino Royale
Role Models
40 Year Old Virgin
Pulp Fiction
Iron Man
Training Day
V for Vendetta
Wall-E
Happy Feet

[DarbyD53]

In Transformers when Bumblebee goes from old Camaro to new one.

Gordon's return in Dark Knight

my town doesnt get into movies that much it seems

[Giantrobo]

300 when the Queen grabbed the sword and killed that Sleazy Senator.

I don't think anyone was expecting that and it was one of those "OHSHITDIDYOUSEEWHATSHEDIDOMFGSHE'SBADASS!!!!" moments.

I also seemed the women in the crowd did the loudest cheering/clapping

[Nick Danger]

South Park. Bill Gates being executed.

This was the only time I heard a whole theater burst into applause.

[KillerCannibal]

I was searching for something and came upon this thread, so I thought I'd chime in...

Rambo (2008)

When the prisoners were being ordered to run across a minefield and the mercenary group wouldn't help them for fear of giving away their position. Then Rambo appeared with a bow & arrow and killed everyone.

That was bad ass.

[The Bus]

The Matrix - Trinity whooping the cops' asses in the beginning. I saw this opening day and I knew after the first 5 minutes that it would be a massive hit.

I saw this opening night as well. It opened to a relatively small $5MM (compared to huge hits at least) so the theater wasn't crowded. But I still remember the guy next to me jumping out of his seat and yelling, "That's my bitch!" when Trinity's first scene is over.

[Mondo Kane]

The one that I still can't forget is for Showgirls. In a theater of about 9 people (Myself included) the oldest-looking lady in the crowd had the time of her life with the revenge-beatdown near the end.

[lordwow]

I think in spidey 3 Mary Jane bitch-slapped Harry after their kiss. I don't really recall, I haven't seen that movie since I saw it in theater.

And the audience may have been laughing, they were at most of it.

[sundog]

"Nice shooting, son. What's your name?"

"Murphy."

[nateman]

Opening day of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith...

The crowd slowly started to get loud and applause when...

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the 20th Century FOX logo came on the screen.

It got a little louder when...

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the Lucasfilm Ltd. logo came on the screen.

It got really loud when...

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the "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." came on the screen.

Then the crowd became really loud...

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[Hokeyboy]

*sighs* Star Wars nerds... -ohbfrank-

The biggest "slow clap that grew into a excessively raucous cheering brigade" I ever heard was when I was 13 and saw "Red Dawn" in theaters, when Patrick Swayze executes his first Russian soldier (the young kid in the jeep). You never saw the gunshot, you just heard it in the distance while watching the stone-faced looks on the other kids faces. This was 1984, right in the heart of Reagan's "Evil Empire" era, and the sold-out redneck crowd I was with absolutely lost their freakin' minds.

[Ash Ketchum]

Two great scenes I recall that had the audience applauding and roaring their approval:

PLANET OF THE APES (1968) - The gorilla guards chase the mute escapee Taylor (Charlton Heston), who'd been wounded in the throat, around their village and finally catch him in a net. When they start to manhandle him, he shouts out at them, "Get your stinkin' paws off me, you damned dirty ape!" which freaks them out because they've never heard a human talk.

THE WILD BUNCH (1969) - During the big shootout at the end, outlaw Pike Bishop (William Holden) is shot in the back by one of the Mexican officers' voluptuous whores. He turns around, aims his pump shotgun at her, utters, "Bitch!" and blows her away. Every time I saw this in the pre-Feminist era, the crowd cheered and applauded. Needless to say, when it was given a 25th anniversary release in a new, restored edition, the crowd was much more restrained. "What's wrong with these guys?" I wondered, but then I remembered it was 1995, not 1969.

[Hokeyboy]

THE WILD BUNCH (1969) - During the big shootout at the end, outlaw Pike Bishop (William Holden) is shot in the back by one of the Mexican officers' voluptuous whores. He turns around, aims his pump shotgun at her, utters, "Bitch!" and blows her away. Every time I saw this in the pre-Feminist era, the crowd cheered and applauded. Needless to say, when it was given a 25th anniversary release in a new, restored edition, the crowd was much more restrained. "What's wrong with these guys?" I wondered, but then I remembered it was 1995, not 1969.
I don't think it's really because of politcal correctness; the more muted resposne is because that scene, which played as SHOCKING in 1969, is pretty commonplace nowadays.

[Big Boy Laroux]

For some reason, the "cheering and applause" moment I remember most is during BLADE. yes, Blade.

There was some decent applause after the first fight scene, but the most applause and cheering came when:

Blade gets his sunglasses back, and the music starts in the last fight scene. 2:27 of the below video.

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[Ash Ketchum]

I don't think it's really because of politcal correctness; the more muted resposne is because that scene, which played as SHOCKING in 1969, is pretty commonplace nowadays.

Really? If it's that commonplace, name some examples.

[Hokeyboy]

Really? If it's that commonplace, name some examples.
Commonplace in terms of sensibilities and acceptance. Calling an evil, murderous female a "bitch" before blowing her away is not exactly brow-raising, guttural, or shocking anymore. Crap, Sigourney Weaver did the same thing to the Queen Mother in ALIENS and that was 1986. The "Evil Bitch Getting Her Violent Comeuppance" moment is a big thematic cliche -- Fatal Attraction, From Dusk Till Dawn, Total Recall ("Consider this ah DEE-VORRRSSE!"), for example.

Plus there's the word itself. You would NEVER have heard it uttered on network television in 1969 unless Carson was interviewing a dog breeder or something. Today, it's practically required terminology on any given CW drama or VH1 Celebutard show. Pretty soon you'll be hearing it on Saturday morning Disney Channel fare...

[AnonomusBob15]

also i think one of the most recent was the shit shot in Zack and Miri Make a Porno In fact, i dont think i heard a line for at least 30 or 40 seconds after that.

Everyone laughed. But I didn't hear any clapping. That scene was the best part of that movie.

The only applause I remember is

The start of The Phantom Menace
The end of The Dark Knight
All throughout the middle of King Kong (2005).


My friends and I will start clapping at the start of Star Trek tonight/tomorrow.

[Ash Ketchum]

Commonplace in terms of sensibilities and acceptance. Calling an evil, murderous female a "bitch" before blowing her away is not exactly brow-raising, guttural, or shocking anymore. Crap, Sigourney Weaver did the same thing to the Queen Mother in ALIENS and that was 1986. The "Evil Bitch Getting Her Violent Comeuppance" moment is a big thematic cliche -- Fatal Attraction, From Dusk Till Dawn, Total Recall ("Consider this ah DEE-VORRRSSE!"), for example.


Okay, fair enough.

[Rypro 525]

seeing They Live at a midnight showing a few weeks ago.

[NoirFan]

My friends and I will start clapping at the start of Star Trek tonight/tomorrow.

Pre-planned clapping is ridiculous, it should be a completely spontaneous action.

[Zen Peckinpah]

seeing They Live at a midnight showing a few weeks ago.

Man, I wish I was at that.

Some applause when Nimoy appeared in Star Trek tonight.

[Rypro 525]

Man, I wish I was at that.


hell granted it was a midnight showing (and prob a few of us had a few drinks :lol: (it was a pretty packed crowd) but even the shot that reveals that the big fight scene between Piper and David is about to start soon, got a big applause, and some of the cheesy lines too.

[nickdawgy]

Oh god, I am not looking forward to people clapping and cheering during Star Trek on Saturday.

[KillerCannibal]

I saw the first IMAX showing of Trek last night... there were many Trekkers and, thus, lots of applause. All of it was appropriately timed, though. Biggest response was the appearance of Nimoy.

[Groucho]

And thus, a full year of avoiding all spoilers for Star Trek have been killed by clicking this thread. :sad:

[KillerCannibal]

And thus, a full year of avoiding all spoilers for Star Trek have been killed by clicking this thread. :sad:

You spent a whole year trying to avoid information about a film you obviously want to see and you weren't there last night for the early screenings?

Fail.

[Hokeyboy]

You spent a whole year trying to avoid information about a film you obviously want to see and you weren't there last night for the early screenings?

Fail.
Come on, spoiler warnings for a movie that just opened 18 hours ago are BEYOND mandatory. -ohbfrank-

[Ash Ketchum]

And thus, a full year of avoiding all spoilers for Star Trek have been killed by clicking this thread. :sad:

People have been talking about Nimoy's appearance pretty incessantly, esp. in all the reviews and pre-film hype, so I don't see how long you could have avoided it. I understand that you wanted to be "surprised" by Nimoy's appearance, but I think you're asking too much. Get over it and go see the film.

[Hokeyboy]

Oh wait, THAT was the spoiler? I take that back... he's been in the trailers, hasn't he? It's not like someone mentioned the appearance of Q or something akin to that.

[Groucho]

What? Dang...I can't believe I keep reading this thread!

[scott1598]

"Star Trek" (2009), heard a couple and i did a delayed one myself (which i never do).

[MartinBlank]

During Twilight:
<ul><li> When the production company logo first came up.
<li> When the titles started
<li> Approximately every ten minutes thereafter.
<li> When it ended
</ul>

That's the most recent.

:lol:

The end of Death Proof

[cranberries fan]

"Star Trek" (2009)

[jwerner]

Ditto . . .

Last night at the end of Star Trek and at Spock's appearance.

By the way, if anyone hasn't said it . . .

WHAT A MOVIE!!