Your favorite scene
Skins17a
ever? Like, when you watch it on video, you rewind it and replay it over and
over again? For me, it's in the first Superman movie, when Lois is about to
fall from the helicopter and Superman makes his first appearance. I get chills
every time I see it.
David G.
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>Is there one scene in any movie that you think is the best or coolest scene
>ever? Like, when you watch it on video, you rewind it and replay it over
and
>over again? For me, it's in the first Superman movie, when Lois is about to
>fall from the helicopter and Superman makes his first appearance. I get
chills
>every time I see it.
There are three scenes from movies that get to me everytime, they are not so
much cool or the best, but they are part of the reason I enjoy going to the
movies. 1) The scene in Terms of Endearment when Shirley McClaine comes out
of her dying daughter's room insisting "Someone give my daughter the goddamn
shot" for pain. 2) The balcony scene in Evita when she speaks to her people
and sings Don't Cry for Me Argentina and flashbacks are shown as to
everything she went through to get where she is. 3) The scene in Titanic
when Rose and Jack are first separated and you think she is leaving in the
life boat, and as she is looking at him, maybe for the last time, over his
head the flares appear in the background almost like fireworks.
Marie Lonovich
Skins17a wrote:
> Is there one scene in any movie that you think is the best or coolest scene
> ever? Like, when you watch it on video, you rewind it and replay it over and
> over again? For me, it's in the first Superman movie, when Lois is about to
> fall from the helicopter and Superman makes his first appearance. I get chills
> every time I see it.
In The Mailman where Kevin Costner finally has sex with the chest of drawers.
Love,
Marie
Ziffel
>ever? Like, when you watch it on video, you rewind it and replay it over
and
>over again? For me, it's in the first Superman movie, when Lois is about to
>fall from the helicopter and Superman makes his first appearance. I get
chills
>every time I see it.
(in no particular order)
* When Schwarznegger brings the Harrier jet up to the 21st floor in 'True
Lies'.
* The Tom Cruise "you complete me" scene from 'Jerry Maguire'
* The gunfight in the street just after the bank robbery in 'Heat'. Awesome.
* Kurt Russell slapping Billy Bob Thornton in 'Tombstone' and saying "c'mon
boy! skin that smokewagon, let's see what you've got!"
* The confrontation scene in 'Unforgiven' when Clint Eastwood walks into the
saloon at the end.
* The dinner table scene in 'The Nutty Professor'
* Frances McDormand questioning William H. Macy in 'Fargo'
* Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern trying to get into the house in 'Home Alone'
* the whole gimp in the basement scene from 'Pulp Fiction'
* the "I would like to order breakfast" scene from 'Falling Down'
I've got a bunch more, but that'll do for now :)
Jeff
Alex Crouvier
square." And Keitel did that 'square' with his fingers. The lovable
morons of society.
The scene in VERTIGO where Kim Novak 'becomes' Stewart's fantasy, they
kiss, and the world swirls around them.
Any scene, or shot for that matter, from SEVEN SAMURAI
The warehouse raid in HARD BOILED, romanticized violence, inspired
lunacy, love it
The auction scene in NORTH BY NORTHWEST (or in fact any scene in it)
The scene where Cuba Gooding tears up: "I am fucking sick of it! Sick!
Sick!" in BOYZ N THE HOOD
De Palma's riff on the Odessa steps in THE UNTOUCHABLES
The final gush in SANJURO
Any naughty ones in THE BIG SLEEP
...there are more...
Richard
How about...
The scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" where Indy encounters
a guy with a huge sword. After a fancy display of swordsmanship,
Indy simply takes out his gun and shoots him.
The scene in "Planet of the Apes" where Taylor is recaptured
after a brief escape. Having finally recovered from his throat
injury, Taylor says to one of his captors "take your stinking
paws off me, you damn dirty ape!".
Alec Baldwin's electrifying cameo in "Glen Gary Glen Ross" -
"first prize is a new car, second prize is the steak knives,
third prize is you're fired".
Gordon Gecko's "greed is good" speech in "Wall Street".
The "what the fuck" speech from "Risky Business".
Richard
Susan Umpleby
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>Is there one scene in any movie that you think is the best or coolest
scene
>ever? Like, when you watch it on video, you rewind it and replay it
over and
>over again? For me, it's in the first Superman movie, when Lois is
about to
>fall from the helicopter and Superman makes his first appearance. I
get chills
>every time I see it.
-----The restaurant scene in "Hoffman" where Peter Sellers tricks
Sinead Cusack into eating a snail.
The father's entrance into the Beast's castle in Cocteau's "Beauty &
the Beast" where the torches light themselves as he passes into the
dining room, where the fireplace has scuptures in it that watch him as
he eats with smoke curling from their nostrils.
The closet scene in "Broken Blossoms" where Gish is hysterical with
fear of her father.
The phone scene in "The American President" where Annette Behning
doesn't believe it is actually the President calling her.
The 'Creature from the Id' scene in "Forbidden Planet".
There are so many...
Uboyle
>Is there one scene in any movie that you think is the best or coolest scene
>ever?
The scene in REMAINS OF THE DAY when Emma Thompson is prying the book out of
Hopkins' hand and he just can't take his eyes off of her. IMO, it's riveting,
and its acting at its best.
Ursula
Mary Ker
: >
: >Is there one scene in any movie that you think is the best or coolest scene
: >ever?
The fabulous sword fight in The Princess Bride
The shaving scene in The Color Purple
Mullen
a sobbing, weeping, begging John Tuturro into the forrest. Tuturro is bawling
his heart out "look into your heart" and stumbling while Gabrial Byrne is slowly
following him deeper into the forest and you can see him looking sideways as he
contemplates how he is going to get out of this one.
Mullen
Alex Crouvier
>
> In The Mailman where Kevin Costner finally has sex with the chest of drawers.
>
> Love,
> Marie
In WATERWORLD, a dying tribe asks for his 'seeds', he refuses
In THE POSTMAN, an infertiel couple asks for hsi seeds, he plays cute.
Tell me, is there a bigger ego than Costner?
timothy evans
1) The last scene from "The Third Man", Holly Martin left alone with his
cigarette.
2) The final scene from "The Godfather II"
Michael remembers...
3) The opening scene from "Scream"
4) Trapped in the back of a police car in "Scream 2"
5) Titanic, "for the former world has passed away"...
6) Conrad Breen talks his way out of a tight spot with the C.I.A. in
"Wag the Dog"
7) Mary Warren testifies in "The Crucible"
8) Check the clearence, Clarence, what's our vector, Victor etc. in
"Airplane"
9) 5 way shootout in "Face/off"
10) Family hides in bomb shelter in "Hope and Glory"
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> Is there one scene in any movie that you think is the best or coolest scene
> over again? For me, it's in the first Superman movie, when Lois is about to
> fall from the helicopter and Superman makes his first appearance. I get chills
> every time I see it.
I liked the Diva dance scene in The Fifth Element where the blue opera
singer spilled her vocals and Leeloo was beating the oreos outta the
friggin' aliens. So she's no Jackie Chan..but it's really kewl! I also
love the scene where Luke Skywalker nuked the Deathstar in the first
Star Wars. It was like a moment of sheer victory!!!
The part in Good Will Hunting when Robin William's character finally got
through Matt Damon's after which he broke down in huge sobs was
heart-wrenching. But it was like a soul-searching, hit-the-soft-spot
kinda thing which really got to me. And of course I will always cry
during Marvin's Room and no, it's not the part they threw Leonardo
DiCaprio into the juvenille instituition(PUH-LEAZE!!!), but the part
Meryl Streep walked into her bed-ridden father's room at the end to join
him and her sister. It was like she totally decided to put her life,
that she so painstakingly put back together, away to look after her
family. To finally sacrifice for her loved ones. Man! That was one
hekuva tear jerker!
Diana...
Teo Ee Ming
ending in a movie after this one. The ultimate revenge fantasy scene.
In Barry Lyndon, Redmond, after being robbed by highwaymen walks penniless
to Dublin. The single frame of him walking towards the camera amidst a
beautiful countryside in the background still stays on my mind.
And more recently, in Jackie Brown, Ordell persuades Beaumont into the
"goddamn dirty-ass" trunk. That scene still had me howling away with
laughter.
Teo Ee Ming
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- The end of "It's a Wonderful Life", especially when Harry shows up
and gives the toast.
- The white soldier yelling "Give 'em hell, 54th!" in Glory
- The airduct scene with Dallas in Alien
- The waltz in Beauty & the Beast
- The teahouse shoot-out in Hard Boiled
- Vito's lecture to the undertaker at the beginning of Godfather
- "The list is life" from Schinder's List
- Ilsa asking Sam to play "As Time Goes By" and the entire
ending of Casablanca
Jeez, and that's only off the top of my head.
jlp
Randal Morris
ORANGE.
I don't know why, but I love it when the camera smoothly follows the
little boy on the big wheel through the hotel in THE SHINING.
The "Tears in rain" sequence from BLADE RUNNER.
The final scene in THE DUELLISTS.
The scenes in the derelict ship from ALIEN.
.
This is sick, but the blood testing sequence in Carpenter's THE THING.
THe robbery scene in HEAT.
Karl Childers' interview in SLING BLADE.
John Goodman screaming down the hallway in BARTON FINK.
Crow
- The idiot customers from Clerks
- "I don't appreciate your ruse sir" scene from Clerks
- Frank Poole Death scene (2001)
- Gutterballs from Big Lebowski
- "Positive Black role models in the realm of sci-fi fantasy" from
Chasing Amy
- Kong (Slim Pickens) riding the bomb
Brodersen Karl
The Foot-massage discussion in Pulp Fiction
Indiana Jones shooting the agitated guy with a sword...
Shawn50273
The abrupt ending to "Monty Python & the Holy Grail"
Martin Scorsese's "44 Magnum" scene in "Taxi Driver"
Muddy Waters performing "Mannish Boy" in "The Last Waltz"
A fleeing Linda Hamilton opens the elevator and runs smack into Arnold in
"Terminator 2"
The opening shot of "Bladerunner"
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Shawn
Daniel R. Baker
Mary Ker wrote:
> Uboyle (ubo...@aol.com) wrote:
> : >
> : >Is there one scene in any movie that you think is the best or coolest scene
> : >ever?
>
> The fabulous sword fight in The Princess Bride
>
> The shaving scene in The Color Purple
What? I agreed with Mary Ker?
Yes, those are both fantastic scenes.
My absolute favorite, though, is in GLORY where
Trip is being flogged for desertion. I still remember
the chills I had when the Union soldier ripped Denzel
Washington's shirt open, and there were all the scars.
Then Trip spits on the ground, leans his arm against the
wheel, and impales Shaw with that iron stare. You
can't look away from that face, it's just impossible.
(How on earth could anyone watch that movie and
think it was chiefly about Shaw? It just boggles my
mind.)
Respectfully,
Daniel R. Baker.
(Disclaimers ad nauseam).
chris
> This is sick, but the blood testing sequence in
Carpenter's THE THING.
When it's over, and the head/Thing scuttles towards the
door, the "You gotta be f*cking kiddin'" line busts me up.
Still does with every viewing. There's such a deadpan
resignation to the line.
Chris
Rob Kliewer
and
>over again? For me, it's in the first Superman movie, when Lois is about to
>fall from the helicopter and Superman makes his first appearance. I get
chills
>every time I see it.
The funeral procession at the end of Backdraft.
The shot of Mel Gibson's hand dropping the cloth at the end of Braveheart.
The cum scene of There's Something About Mary.
The airplane bathroom scene in Tommy Boy.
Everything from A Clockwork Orange (especially when Alex is in the bathtub
singing Singing in the Rain, and the old guy starts to go nuts...and the
meal that follows).
Leo totally frozen to death and sinking to the bottom of the Atlantic in
Titanic (heh heh).
Jacob Huebert
The scene with Kirk, Spock, and Gillian in the truck in Star Trek IV
is certainly my favorite humorous scene from any movie.
"No, maam, no dips***."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
Simple dialogue made hilarious through the characters and situation.
--
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Skins17a wrote:
> Is there one scene in any movie that you think is the best or coolest scene
> ever? Like, when you watch it on video, you rewind it and replay it over and
> over again?
Well, here are a few off the top of my head:
- In _The Abyss_, the entire action sequence during the storm, when the crane
gets torn off and plummets towards the rig. (If you haven't seen the long
version of this flick -- almost three hours -- I recommend it).
- Same movie, the dogfight between the mini-subs.
- _Something Wicked This Way Comes_, the confrontation in the library between
Jason Robards and Jonathan Pryce.
- _Sister Act_, the first musical number with the nuns ("Hail Holy Queen").
- _Field Of Dreams_, from when Kevin Costner's daughter starts choking till
the end credits.
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wearing a bustle. How lewd."
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the scene where Roger is pleading with Eddie
and says,
"Puh-leeeease Eddie". And when Yosemite Sam comes over the fence (or
was it a wall) with his butt on fire and screams, "My Biscuits is ah
burnin'".
Singing in the Rain, the scene where Gene Kelly sings "Singing in the
Rain".
Cat People, when Irena meets Paul for the first time and the pent up
passion just about explodes between them. Does she know this is her
brother at this point? I think so, but then she's later repulsed.
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> Is there one scene in any movie that you think is the best or coolest scene
> ever? Like, when you watch it on video, you rewind it and replay it over and
Jane Szabaga
starting to not work, and he's shaking uncontrollably because he can't
control his muscles anymore. He and his girlfriend are talking about it
(saying goodbye) and they begin dancing in the cafeteria. while they are
dancing together, DeNiro's shakes start to subside until he's completely
calm and they are dancing beautifully together.
WONDERFUL scene.
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Skins17a wrote:
>
> Is there one scene in any movie that you think is the best or coolest
scene
> ever? Like, when you watch it on video, you rewind it and replay it over
and
> over again? For me, it's in the first Superman movie, when Lois is about
to
> fall from the helicopter and Superman makes his first appearance. I get
chills
> every time I see it.
Jane Szabaga
My absolute favorite, though, is in GLORY where
Trip is being flogged for desertion. I still remember
the chills I had when the Union soldier ripped Denzel
Washington's shirt open, and there were all the scars.
Then Trip spits on the ground, leans his arm against the
wheel, and impales Shaw with that iron stare. You
can't look away from that face, it's just impossible.
You ain't kidding! That's an amazing scene too, and it's the main reason I
even WATCH Glory - because you know that's the scene that won Denzel the
Oscar!!!
Jane Szabaga
Carrey and Matthew Broderick are at Medieval Times and Carrey starts
imitating the Star Trek scene (song and everything). That whole Medieval
Times scene makes me laugh no matter how many times I see it.
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So
walks out on the balcony and signals to Val Kilmer that the cops are there.
Vamoose (sp)
"Nothing in Common," when Tom Hanks and Bess Armstrong are sitting on the
bench her class has just presented to her.
Farmer Ted and Jake in the kitchen after the party in "Sixteen Candles."
After the big game in "Jerry Maguire," Rod finds Jerry through the sea of
reporters.
In "Get Shorty," when Chili throws Bear down the stairs of the restaurant,
tells Bo to get lost. Love the part where Bo passes Karen on the stairs,
something about the look Karen gives him.
"Everyone Says I Love You": The many Groucho Marxs singing "Hurray for
Captain Spaulding" in French.
"In the Line of Fire," with Eastwood and Russo on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial, when he says something like, "If she turns around, it means she's
interested."
Richard Miller
: Uboyle (ubo...@aol.com) wrote:
: : >
: : >Is there one scene in any movie that you think is the best or coolest scene
: : >ever?
In "The Runner Stumbles" Dick Van Dyke deliberately slashing his hand
with scissors then smearing the blood across Kathleen Quinlans face.
(heck of a way for a priest and nun to treat each other)
Also, the trucks going over the rope suspension bridge in "The
Sorcerer"(Roy Scheider)
rich miller
Steve
woman's grandson...
Mr. Wonderful
>"Nothing in Common," when Tom Hanks and Bess Armstrong are sitting on the
>bench her class has just presented to her.
I never would have thought someone would mention this movie in this
thread...I was delighted. I also love the scene where everyone "act
like they are ameobas!!!"
John Pestka
> The scene with Kirk, Spock, and Gillian in the truck in Star Trek IV
> is certainly my favorite humorous scene from any movie.
>
> "No, maam, no dips***."
>
> "Yes."
> "No."
> "Yes."
> "No."
> "Yes."
>
> Simple dialogue made hilarious through the characters and situation.
Star Trek IV did have some damn funny scenes. Let's not forget...
The whole "nuclear wessel" speech by Checkov.
Scotty working with the 20th Century computer.
jlp
Kris
Yeah I think the King of the World James Cameron has a bigger ego.
Kris
Justin Siegel
- The toystore piano scene in BIG -- Watching this on the big screen is
my earliest memory. One of the most giddy scenes in movie history.
- "You complete me" in JERRY MAGUIRE -- Quite possibly the most romantic
moment in the most romantic movie of this half of the century.
- Kevin "Magic Bullet" speech in JFK -- "Back... and to the left" is
maybe one of the decade's most repeated (and parodied, natch) lines.
- Fredo's final scene in GODFATHER II -- The pathos Cazale makes us feel
is incredible. Any romanticism the film may have had is killed.
- The Story So Far, CHASING AMY -- Jay, hilarious as ever, and Silent
Bob, speaking more than like five words at a time for once. Funny shit.
- Wendy finds Jack's "writings" in THE SHINING -- This is where we, the
audience, realize that, okay, this guy is *really* fucking insane.
Is that enough?
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Kris
> The ending of A Clockwork Orange. I've never seen a more ironic or twisted
> ending in a movie after this one. The ultimate revenge fantasy scene.
>
> In Barry Lyndon, Redmond, after being robbed by highwaymen walks penniless
> to Dublin. The single frame of him walking towards the camera amidst a
> beautiful countryside in the background still stays on my mind.
Those are my two favorite scenes. I also enjoyed:
* "The Blue Danube" scene in 2001
* {spoiler} The scene where Gomer Pyle shoots the Drill Instructor in "Full
Metal Jacket"
* The steadicam shots of Danny riding his tricycle through the Overlook Hotel in
"The Shining"
* The "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room" scene in "Dr.
Strangelove". Also the scene with Slim Pickens riding the bomb.
* The beginning scene in "Apocalypse Now" with the Doors "The End" playing in
the background.
* The scene of Joe Pesci's rise and fall in "Casino" accompanied by all 7
minutes of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" by the Stones.
*Robert DeNiro taking Cybill Shepard to an adult film in "Taxi Driver".
Kris
Dave Ford
Richard wrote in message ...
>
> How about...
>
> The scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" where Indy encounters
>a guy with a huge sword. After a fancy display of swordsmanship,
>Indy simply takes out his gun and shoots him.
Which apparently occurred because Ford was suffering from diarreor and
refused to do the scripted fight scene.
Dave
Dave Ford
>ever?
I don't know why, I really don't. But half way through 'Close
Encounters', the UN team are in India, where thousands of pilgrims have
heard a strange 'dah-de-dah-dur-dum' noise.
The head of the team climbs to a small hill and asks the local priest to
ask the pilgrims where the noise came from.
The next shot is from a low camera, and has hundreds of hands suddenly
pointing straight up into the sky.
Otherwise I find the film quite boring - but that scene *always* spooks
me out.
Other great scenes...
The pan across the newspapers at the end of 'The Day the Earth Caught
Fire'
The last line in 'Some Like it Hot'
The end of 'Threads' - which still gives me the occasional nightmare.
Weird that last one - in terms of visceral horror, it's nothing on, say,
Event Horizon.
But the emotional impact of that last scene in the cattle shed, is just
so, so awful, it really did (and still does) terrify me.
<recal> - It's a year or so after a nuclear war - and a girl who can
throw the war is now about to give birth in a cattle shed. You hear her
pants and the camera pans away from the shed, and the last thing you hear is
the screams of her baby. Followed by her screams at whatever she's given
birth too. That really does sum up the horror of nuclear war.
Dave
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skin...@aol.com (Skins17a) wrote:
> Is there one scene in any movie that you think is the best or coolest scene
> over again? For me, it's in the first Superman movie, when Lois is about to
> fall from the helicopter and Superman makes his first appearance. I get chills
> every time I see it.
>
Many scenes like this for me, but they're all XXX movies.
Nic
Dumber.
Mariane Desautels
But only just.
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The whole attack on the fort at the end of GLORY, particularly the shot of the
regiment charging across the beach.
Lindsay saying goodbye to Bud via computer in THE ABYSS. Beats Titanic's sappy
farewell all to hell.
The trial in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.
The Copacabana tracking shot in GOODFELLAS.
The opening titles tracking shot in THE PLAYER.
I only saw this movie once, but I still remember the goose bumps I got when the
grown-up boy saw the reel of movie kisses that the old projectionist had left
for him at the end of CINEMA PARADISO. Magical.
Eric Bogosian's final on-air tirade in TALK RADIO.
The championship game in HOOSIERS.
Jame Earl Jones' speech about baseball at the end of FIELD OF DREAMS.
The Las Vegas sequence in SWINGERS, and all the scenes leading up to it. They
got it 100% right, even shouting "VEGAS!!!!!" on the way down the highway.
That's my life, in a nutshell.
The emperor-turned-gardener climbing onto his old throne and finding the
cricket at the end of THE LAST EMPEROR.
The scene at the bridge in APOCALYPSE NOW. Better than any of that Brando crap
that came after. "The horror, the horror....."
In THE WILD BUNCH, when Pike and his crew silently load up their guns and march
towards the showdown with the Mexican general. See this scene in letterboxed
version, or don't see it at all.
The first 15-20 minutes of THE RIGHT STUFF: The opening narration, the
funeral, Yeager eyeballing the X-1, the bar scene, the horse chase scene, and
finally Yeager's flight. The rest of the movie is great too, but these opening
scenes just captured me forever. They still do.
--Dan The Man.
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pick Richard Dreyfuss and bring him into the Mothership.
-The scene where Frances McDormad questions William H. Macy in "Fargo."
-The scene in the Coen Bros' "Blood Simple" where John Getz is desperately
trying to get rid of Dan Hedaya's body.
- The scene where Harrison Ford dances with Kelly McGillis in the barn in
"Witness."
-Rutger Hauer's death scene in "Blade Runner: The Director's Cut."
-The scene in Scorsese's "Mean Streets" when Harvey Keitel finally punches De
Niro.
-The helicopter strike in "Apocalypse Now."
-The shootout with Danny Lee and Chow Yun Fat in the church in "The Killer."
-Marlon Brando's first scene in "A Streetcar Named Desire."
-The scene in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Delicatessen" when the girl Julie is
trying to serve Dominique Pinon some tea but she can't see without her
glasses.
-The scene where Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio are in freezing
water and must decide who will drown and who will swim back to the rig in "The
Abyss: Special Edition."
-The train crash in "The Fugitive."
-The discovery of the next evolution of Man in "2001: A Space Odyssey."
-The shootout with Russel Crowe and Guy Pierce in "L.A. Confidential."
-The final scene in Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" where we learn it was all for
naught.
-The dance sequence where Tony and Maria meet in "West Side Story."
-The entire scene where Charlie Chaplan is working at a factory after being
released from jail in Chaplin's "Modern Times."
-The scene in "Dazed and Confused" where the soon-to-be freshman girls are
laid out on the ground as trash is being dumped on them and told to propose to
the upperclassmen. This scene was so humorously exact, Linklater is as real as
they come.
-The Diva's song intercut with Milla Jovovich in "The Fifth Element."
-Spock's death scene in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn." Doesn't matter how
you feel about Star Trek, this scene is damn effective.
FreakSyndrome
-the whole first killing (of Drew---sigh--) in SCREAM
-the singing sequence in TANK GIRL
-the scence where Jackie Chan answers the bad guys phone in RUMBLE IN THE
BRONX
...more when my brains over the chicken pox..
FreakSyndrome
Grant Lund
in Silence of the lambs and she is shaking like made from fear - it
seems so authentic and it feels like you are there with her.
Grant
Christian Vandsř Andersen
wrote:
>The scene when Jodi Foster is hunting in the dark for the serial killer
>in Silence of the lambs and she is shaking like made from fear - it
>seems so authentic and it feels like you are there with her.
I remember when I saw that scene in the theatre, someone asked out
loud "but... if it's dark, howcome she's casting shadows?" and yes
indeed, the scene is clearly made in full lightning with some kind of
filter, because you can see the shadows clearly. Kindda ruined the
authenticity.
/Christian
trickster
talking about) and the bad guys have him cornered several times and he
gets out of it. Especially the scene when he takes out the nunchuks
(when I saw it the first time, the audience went crazy).
Crow
>
> Off the top of my head::
>
> - The idiot customers from Clerks
> - "I don't appreciate your ruse sir" scene from Clerks
> - Frank Poole Death scene (2001)
> - Gutterballs from Big Lebowski
> - "Positive Black role models in the realm of sci-fi fantasy" from
> Chasing Amy
> - Kong (Slim Pickens) riding the bomb
Failed attempts to rescue Brian from Crusifiction
Fight in the pit in AoD
Ending of Evil Dead 2
Woody Allen's character happy after finding out he's not giong to die
in Hannah... and then stopping abruptly near a pole as he realizes
what's the point
Crow
berlin.snafu.de
scene
>>ever? Like, when you watch it on video, you rewind it and replay it over
>and
My greatest scene ever is:
The Duke shoot out the eyes of the dead indian in "The Searchers" to make
sure that that warrior can't "walk between the winds".
Other ones are:
The cut from the bone to the space ship in "2001".
Obi Wans last look at Luke in "Star Wars".
The disapearing of the school girls in and at "Hanging Rock".
Hauers last speach in "Blade Runner".
Vera Miles discovering "mothers" secret ("Psycho") has given me a heart
hattack.
Sutherland and Christie make love in "Don't look now".
"Talking to me?" with Bob de Niro in "Taxi Driver".
The death of Butch and Sundance, the frozen frame with the sound of the
shooting.
The first real appearence of the shark in "Jaws".
"Rosebud" ends in the fire.
The apokalyptic last shot of "Terminator".
Reverend Mitchum prayers about love and hate in "The night of the hunter".
The opening sequence of "Once upon a time in the West".
Freeman discovers the last gift of John Doe in "Seven".
The race in "Ben Hur".
The opening sequence of "Halloween".
Greetings
Juergen
Martin Tilk
OK, I have a few....
1. Jimmy Stewart in 'Mr Smith Goes To Washington', the final scene
in the senate after seeing all those letters on the desk and with
his voice trembling as he sez "Some will listen to me.. someone..."
and then collapses...
2. The train station scene in 'The Untouchables', with the baby carriage
bumping down the stairs when the shooting begins in slow motion.
3. The scene in 'Annie Hall', when Woody Allen with broom in hand sez
to Diane Keaton "There's a cockroach the size of a Buick in there..."
M.
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about Ed Exley. His confusion and pain are brilliantly done. Truly an Oscar
caliber performance.
--when Kevin Spacey un-gimps at the end of the Usual Suspects. Chilling.
--Lousia's slo-mo fall off of the steps in Persuasion. The first time I saw
that I burst out laughing in the theater.
--the acid trip boat ride and Gene Wilder's weird-o monologue in Willy Wonka.
--the opening airport sequence in High Anxiety
--Bruce Willis nearly laughing at his ridiculous would-be robber at the
beginning of The Fifth Element.
--Barbara Stanwyck hiding behind the door of Fred MacMurray's apartment as he
talks to Edward G. Robinson in Double Indemnity.
Just a few off the top of my head.
Leah
Joanne
When the character that delivers Costner to the outpost (plays the painter in
Murphy Brown) is being tortured by the indians and says, "Don't hurt my mules"
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In a previous article, mt...@bnr.ca (Martin Tilk) says:
>2. The train station scene in 'The Untouchables', with the baby carriage
> bumping down the stairs when the shooting begins in slow motion.
I prefer the scene in 'Naked Gun 33 1/3' with about 10 baby carriages
going down the stairs, OJ catching babies flying through the air in
the background, etc. :)
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the truck:
Kirk(to Gillian): I have a hunch that we'd all be a lot happier discussing this over
dinner. What do you say?
Gillian: You guys like Italian?
Spock: No.
Kirk: Yes.
Spock: No
Kirk: Yes.
Spock: No.
Kirk: Yes. I love Italian....and so do you.
Spock: Yes.
Daniel R. Baker
carle...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> --the scene in LA Confidential where Russell Crowe confronts Kim Basinger
> about Ed Exley. His confusion and pain are brilliantly done. Truly an Oscar
> caliber performance.
Spot on. One thing that added to Crowe's brilliance
is that, for most of the movie, he doesn't act with his
voice. His lines are mostly monotone, and get their
force just from his face and body; the abrupt, almost
convulsive nods, the compression of the lips, the
narrowing of the eyes show his tension or passions.
Then THIS scene comes, and he finally does let his
feelings show in his voice, and it doubles the impact!
You can really tell how torn up he is by the contrast
with the previous scenes.
Respectfully,
Daniel R. Baker.
(Disclaimers ad nauseam).
Mary Ker
: Marie Lonovich wrote:
: >
: > In The Mailman where Kevin Costner finally has sex with the chest of drawers.
: >
: > Love,
: > Marie
: In WATERWORLD, a dying tribe asks for his 'seeds', he refuses
: In THE POSTMAN, an infertiel couple asks for hsi seeds, he plays cute.
: Tell me, is there a bigger ego than Costner?
Something tells me you don't know the difference between the actor and the role...
Richard
I've seen widelife and military documentaries with footage shot through
a nightvision scope. You do see shadows, presumably because the minimal
light that is present is amplified by the high tech equipment. I thought the
goggles the killer wore had a weak light source.
Richard
Joanne
camera and then finally past Redford and Streep. Magnificent, strong and elegant.
Also the unknown aspect of what the weapon-carrying group's intent was.
Jason Zaugg
"4 Jacks!".
Close seconds:
-SLJ's monologue in Pulp Fiction
-The warehouse shootout in Hard-Boiled. Especially the scene where Tony Leung
dives through the car as Chow shoots it up.
-The POW Russian Roulette scene in The Deer Hunter
-T2, where Linda Hamilton flees from the doctors only to come face to face with
Ahnuld exiting the elevator.
Adam.
Dan Day
>The Copacabana tracking shot in GOODFELLAS.
...practically *everything* in "Goodfellas". It's amazing
how top-notch and memorable just about every scene in that movie is.
Dan Day
The "breaking through the wall" scene in "Dark City".
Frisco Del Rosario
> Is there one scene in any movie that you think is the best or coolest scene
> ever? Like, when you watch it on video, you rewind it and replay it over and
> over again?
Jennifer Connelly interrupting her father's business meeting in "Career
Opportunities".
Jim Carrey riding the storm out in "The Truman Show".
The opening sequence in "Saving Private Ryan" might certainly be the best
scene ever, but there's no way I'd rewind and replay it. :)
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thought of some more...
"Goodfellas"--fast-paced sequence depicting Henry Hill's coke-hazed, paranoid
downward spiral near the end;
"Something Wild"--Melanie Griffith persuades straight-arrow Jeff Daniels to run
out on a resturant bill;
"Midnight Express"--the first 10 minutes of the film, leading up to Brad Davis
getting busted just as he's about to board the plane; also when Davis freaks
out and beats the hell out of the prison stoolie (gives a whole new meaning to
the term, "bite your toungue");
"Raging Bull"--LaMotta vs. Robinson II sequence, where LaMotta suffers a savage
beating, but won't go down--great editing.
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Paul Richardson
> 2. The train station scene in 'The Untouchables', with the baby carriage
> bumping down the stairs when the shooting begins in slow motion.
You write this as if this scene is in any way original. I suggest you rent
Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin", which was made in 1925 (60 years before
"The Untouchables").
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: >
: >Is there one scene in any movie that you think is the best or coolest scene
: >ever? >>>
the scene where Chazz Palmetari figures it out in The Usual Suspects
the opening scene in The Player
and even though it doesn't appear too many people are going towards comedy,
I've got to go with 2 of my favorites:
the Stonehenge concert scene in "This Is Spinal Tap" where Stonehenge was in
danger of being crushed by a dwarf
and in The Producers..."Springtime For Hitler"
"No more boy meets girl boy loses girl
More like man tries to figure out what the hell went wrong"
- from "I'm An Adult Now", by The Pursit of Happines, written by Moe Berg
Adri...@webtv.net
a few more, older scenes that always make me chuckle:
King Kong - The restored scene where Kong plays with his new doll by
peeling off her clothes and tickling her breasts. It's naughty and
innocent, and I can't believe it was done in '33. (Now if only someone
could find the giant spider sequence.)
Destry Rides Again - The scene that begins with the Marlene Dietrich/Una
Merkel catfight and ends with Dietrich horrified by her wet, messy
reflection in the saloon mirror.
Female Trouble - Divine becoming enraged because he didn't receive a
pair of cha-cha heels for X-mas and then shoving his mother into the
Christmas tree.
Mommie Dearest - The notorious wire hanger scene in which Joan Crawford
is presented as a Kabuki demon on a rampage, culminating in that surreal
image worthy of Salvador Dali or Mad magazine: Faye Dunaway expressing
inner turmoil by crossing her eyes.
~A~
Goro
IKIRU: Watanabe is in the bar and is literally and figuratively in
HELL. It is dark and gets darker and darker. Eventually, once the
decision w/the devil, a passing car's headlights brighten the scene
for a moment.
IKIRU: The end scene. The park all complete and filled with children
at about dinnertime. The song playing gently. The silhouette of a
man looking out over the park. Though the man is someone else, you
KNOW it's Watanabe.
IKIRU: Watanabe singing his sad song while slowly dying on the swing
in the snow.
SEVEN SAMURAI: The end of the battle. The 3 survivors stand as they
realize that there are no more bandits to kill. Katsushiro sees his
idol killed. And runs around futilely. A total emotional catharthis.
RED BEARD: An old man is dying on his death bed. He reaches out with
his arms to his already dead wife. The shadows of his arms extend
almost to the ceiling. It's very stark.
There are more...
-Goro-
Jane Szabaga
and even though it doesn't appear too many people are going towards comedy,
I've got to go with 2 of my favorites:
the Stonehenge concert scene in "This Is Spinal Tap" where Stonehenge was
in
danger of being crushed by a dwarf
and in The Producers..."Springtime For Hitler"
--------
I totally agree! I don't particularly care for The Producers, but I
certain love humming Springtime for Hitler! And the Stonehenge scene in
spinal tap is classic. Actually, the WHOLE movie is a classic. =)
JAne S.
Privacy First
truly a master.
For me -
Jaws: The drinking scene with Dreyfus, Scheider and Shaw on the boat.
Priceless!
(POSSIBLE SPOILER) The Elephant Man: John Hurt as John Merrick (The
Elephant Man) The end of the movie where he finally lay his head upon
a pillow knowing that with this act he will die. I was in utter
despair with this moment.
Dr. Strangelove: George C. Scott and the War Room. All of it!
Patton: George C. Scott "Rommel! You magnificent Son of a Bitch! I
read your book!". More of course
Citizen Kane: Too many to name.
Oh oh, a couple more. But they are from TV!
Lonesome Dove: Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones. When Gus dies. Just
kicked me in the stomach.
'As Time Goes By' starring Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer (BBC): The
story is about two people (Jean and Lionel) that fell in love during
the Korean war. He was in the military and she was a nurse. He gets
shipped off, they exchange a few letters and as their love begins to
blossom he is transferred to another station. In this transition his
return mail is misplaced, as is hers, and they become lost to one
another.
Years pass; she marries then is widowed, he marries and is divorced.
They meet again, still in love after all these years, and finally
marry, as it should have always been.
What was so special about this episode is how it ends. Lionel married
a woman (Margaret), of which he never speaks fondly about to Jean,
that he never really loved. Margaret is in town, sends him a note
which is forwarded to his new address where he now lives with Jean,
asking to meet him, something that he never expected. Off they go
(Jean and Lionel) to meet with her.
When they meet, well, she is stunning; not the simple, unattractive
girl that he married many years before. She is also now very wealthy
(via a rich but dead husband). Trotting in after her is her twenty
something model, actor, lover. Drinks flow, they talk, and so on.
During the evening Jean relays to the Margaret that Lionel has written
a love story which is about to become a miniseries for American TV.
Margaret quips "Lionel, write a love story!".
The next evening Margaret shows up at Jean and Lionel's flat. She
apologizes for arranging the meeting with Lionel. All she really
wanted to do was to show Lionel that she had come so far and was no
longer the girl he once knew. They smile and the two ladies share an
understanding moment between themselves. Lionel is left wondering.
As Margaret is leaving, she turns to Jean and asks "This love story
you spoke of last night, your the girl in it, aren't you.". Before
Jean can answer, Lionel, staring lovingly at Jean, pipes up "She still
is.". Knowingly, sadly, Margaret softly says to Lionel while still
looking to Jean...
"...She always was".
Ross Mandell
beautiful woman with a strange foreign accent. (This was not a cliche
at the time).
"I admire your form" he says
"And I admire your luck, Mr.....?"
"Bond, James Bond"
IrishRose
>
> In "Out of Africa", a long shot of beautiful Masai hunters running
> toward the camera and then finally past Redford and Streep.
> Magnificent, strong and elegant. Also the unknown aspect of what the
> weapon-carrying group's intent was.
Erm...was Redford in that particular scene? I don't remember him
traveling with Streep when Karen was taking the supplies to her husband.
Wasn't that the trip where we saw the Masai?
Linda
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and turns the corner, then they cut back to Verbal in the interrogation room
saying "And just like that.." the screen goes black at the "poof" and you hear
him whisper, "he was gone...."
DJ Fatboy
Irena Pogarcic
'Night Of The Hunter', the underwater scene
'Big Night', omlette making scene at the end - I dare anyone to watch it
and not get hungry!
'Big Wednsday', 'Matt Johnson on my board' scene - this has sentimental
value
and for the least favourite, every time an American President talks to
his nation and the whole world in style of 'We will not go into that
dark night' (or whatever the poem goes) - actually happens an awful lot
in movies.
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