The visitors watched raptly, scribbling in white binders and drinking from bottles of Sparkletts water.

NEWYORKER: Happy Feet

But I gazed long and raptly at the wonderful textures of spongy grass, dully reflective flagstones, and dreaming concrete.

NEWYORKER: Flashes of Light

Much of the first part of the movie is given over to raptly silent passages of physical effort men lifting, hauling, pounding, working silently in the muck and viscous slime.

NEWYORKER: There Will Be Blood