AMV Moments

[(NERD Studios) Arturo]

So I was watching Moulin Rouge a while ago and during the part where they sing "The Show Must Go On" I get this feeling that I can only describe as an AMV moment. There was just this overwhelming sense that everything fit together (the music, the scene, the acting, everything) and perfectly conveyed this pure emotion in a way that up until that point only the best AMVs had even come close to doing.

Have any of you ever had an "amv moment" in a situation completely non-related to AMVs like this? Or am I just strange?

[EarthCurrent]

One time, at band camp....

[Ashton]

This one time at Boy Scout camp... (no, I'm serious)
That summer I was dating this girl that I really liked. And we had talked alot before I left for camp, but I didn't get many chances to see her that summer. So anyway, I was at camp, and I found myself with a couple of hours of free time. So I walked into the forrest for a little bit, and found this serene little patch where there was this perfect light grass growing to about 2 inches below my knees. I live in California, in The Redwood Empire which means that I live in one of the few places on Easrth redwood grows naturally. They are our oldest living things, actually, the oldest living thing is a redwood tree that grows in my town. So anyway, I'm surrounded by these <b>massive</b> trees and this beautiful slightly tickling grass, and the weather is about 75 degrees and there is NO ONE anywhere near me. So I layed back in the middle of this shaddy little patch.
And that's when I had my momment. I was thinking about my girlfriend, and I really wished she was there at the time. I just sat and stared up through the towering trees, pondering the miracle of life. The only sounds I could here were the slight rustling of the trees in the wind and occasionally the sound of birds. It was one of the happiest momments of my life.

[TaranT]

So I was watching Moulin Rouge a while ago and during the part where they sing "The Show Must Go On" I get this feeling that I can only describe as an AMV moment. There was just this overwhelming sense that everything fit together (the music, the scene, the acting, everything) and perfectly conveyed this pure emotion in a way that up until that point only the best AMVs had even come close to doing.

Have any of you ever had an "amv moment" in a situation completely non-related to AMVs like this? Or am I just strange?

I would turn that around in that AMVs are aiming for what movies have been doing for long time.

The only movie "moment" that occurs to me right now is a carnival scene in an obscure film called "A Prayer For the Dying".

A good anime "moment" is the Tenchi Muyo scene where the very young Sasami discovers the hall of trees during Ryoko's attack on the Jurai palace (OAV #9).

[EarthCurrent]

They are our oldest living things, actually, the oldest living thing is a redwood tree that grows in my town.

That is incorrect.
Totally off subject, but correction needs to be made.
While Redwoods do live a long time, and do get big, they aren't the longest lived tree species. That honor goes to the bristlecone pine with the oldest known tree dated at over 4,600 years. The oldest dated red wood is slightly less than half that at 2,200.

[EarthCurrent]

They are our oldest living things, actually, the oldest living thing is a redwood tree that grows in my town.

That is incorrect.
The oldest dated red wood is slightly less than half that at 2,200.

Misdating things reading in the dark...that should say 3,200.

[Lone Wolf]

Well, that was still very interesting Ashton. I wish I could have the chance to do something like that.

[Simpson]

This one time at Boy Scout camp... (no, I'm serious)
That summer I was dating this girl that I really liked. And we had talked alot before I left for camp, but I didn't get many chances to see her that summer. So anyway, I was at camp, and I found myself with a couple of hours of free time. So I walked into the forrest for a little bit, and found this serene little patch where there was this perfect light grass growing to about 2 inches below my knees. I live in California, in The Redwood Empire which means that I live in one of the few places on Easrth redwood grows naturally. They are our oldest living things, actually, the oldest living thing is a redwood tree that grows in my town. So anyway, I'm surrounded by these <b>massive</b> trees and this beautiful slightly tickling grass, and the weather is about 75 degrees and there is NO ONE anywhere near me. So I layed back in the middle of this shaddy little patch.
And that's when I had my momment. I was thinking about my girlfriend, and I really wished she was there at the time. I just sat and stared up through the towering trees, pondering the miracle of life. The only sounds I could here were the slight rustling of the trees in the wind and occasionally the sound of birds. It was one of the happiest momments of my life.

LOL, HILARIOUS !!!!!

I dunno if this was intended to be funny but right now I just cant stop ROFL'ing !!!!!

I think its just me but when I read that post I just felt so ... eccentric (its hard to describe)

[Jebadia]

somehow I thought he was gonna end it with a twist..like he would start wacking or something...

...anywho...yeah nature has it's moments...

[Ashton]

They are our oldest living things, actually, the oldest living thing is a redwood tree that grows in my town.

That is incorrect.
Totally off subject, but correction needs to be made.
While Redwoods do live a long time, and do get big, they aren't the longest lived tree species. That honor goes to the bristlecone pine with the oldest known tree dated at over 4,600 years. The oldest dated red wood is slightly less than half that at 3,200.

Ah, for crying out loud! I remember what it was, it's the <i>tallest</i> living thing. Jeeze, are you studying forestry or something? That's amazing! ^_^