The goose bump moment

Rating: 9/10 (2 July 2004)

One reason I love movies is the `goose bump moment' the really good ones give me. Like when it's revealed who Keyser Söze is, or when Rick tells Ilsa to get on the plane with her husband, or when the helicopters glide above breaking waves with "The Ride of the Valkyries" blaring. The moment can be heart-warming, exhilarating, or a revelation that causes you to make a mental "ah-HA!" Regardless of the type, these are the moments I crave for and are rarely rewarded with these days in movie theaters.
I did not expect it in a big SFX-laden summer blockbuster, but was pleasantly surprised to be rewarded with such a moment in `Spider-man 2'. I won't go into what that scene was, but I will say that the entire movie seem to be built on reaching this point. The payoff was chilling (thus the goose bumps) and heart-warming at the same time. And as a result, this movie (Unlike `Shrek 2') actually lived up to the expectations the glowing reviews impressed upon me.