The 10 Best Movie Scenes Of 2016 (So Far)

2015 was supposed to be the big one. A year of huge movies - long-awaited sequels to Star Wars, Mad Max and Jurassic Park, a second Avengers, another Bond from Craig and Mendes and not one but two Pixar flicks - the likes of which we'd never seen before. It was the year of Tom Cruise dangling out of a plane during take-off and of DiCaprio making an epic journey of revenge through the snowy wilderness.

Brogan Morris

Published: Jun 23, 2016 07:28 pm

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9) Tale Of Tales – The King Of Longtrellis Fights The Sea Monster

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There’s much to be admired about Matteo Garrone’s baroque fantasy Tale of Tales. For one, there are the inspired, blackly comic performances from a cast that includes Salma Hayek, Toby Jones and John C. Reilly. There’s also the design work and use of real locations, all of which are otherworldly and bizarre – like sets made for some movie set on an alien world.

Tale of Tales‘ single greatest sequence highlights the film’s key strengths: As Reilly’s King of Longtrellis, decked out in some Jules Verne-esque scuba gear, descends into waters containing an ancient sea monster, we see that there is still very much a place in cinema for practical effects. Most of this battle scene is FX-free, with outstanding design work and Alexandre Desplat’s eerie score doing all the heavy lifting.

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