best scene ever

[surf]

what is your favourite scene? what is the best secene that was ever made? (even the film is a crap)

[Barry_Green]

I gotta go with "The Chase" when they're barreling down the freeway and the morgue truck in front of them pops open and starts spewing corpses all over the freeway and they have to swerve to dodge 'em...

Oh, plus when Kristy Swanson barfs out the car window and it sprays all over the cops' windshield, and the cop guy says "That... is a lot of puke."

:shocked: :cheesy: :engel017:

[EP2005]

to be honest, i think every scene in forrest gump is the best scene ever. That movie is ALMOST flawless.

[Nerdninja]

My favorite fight scene of all time is the scene in "Serenity" in which River freaks out in the bar and busts the place up. But then I admit to being a total "Firefly" fanboy anyway, not that my sig gives that fact away. :grin:

[vidled]

Without a doubt: the "business card scene" in American Psycho.

[klausvelka]

i really like the suicide scene in The Royal Tenenbaums... elliott smith's music is extremely good and needless to say it was really good for that scene. i think that's what made that scene stick to my head.

[Brandon Rice]

One of my fave. scenes I can think of is the chase on the freeway in The Island. WOW!

[Blaine]

I like the final scene in "The Wind and the Lion" where the Raisuli (Sean Connery) and Sherif of Wazan are on horseback in the setting sun.

Sherif of Wazan: "Great Raisuli, we have lost everything. All is drifting on the wind as you said. We have lost everything. "

Raisuli: "Sherif, is there not one thing in your life that is worth losing everything for?"

Great Stuff!! :thumbsup:

[Luis Caffesse]

The 'french toast' scene of "Ordinary People" has always been one of my favorites.

[Brandon Rice]

I am changing my scene to the last cross examination scene in "A Few Good Men" when Jack Nicholson is cross-examined. That was an amazing scene!

[Blaine]

I am changing my scene to the last cross examination scene in "A Few Good Men" when Jack Nicholson is cross-examined. That was an amazing scene!
Much better than a scene from a Michael Bay movie. :thumbsup:

[Bigmagic]

I like the kidnapping scene in "Man on Fire". I really like the way the montage of shots moves the story and takes the audience with it. You know whats about to happen.

[EP2005]

if i had to narrow it down, most recently, there's two scenes in Eternal Sunshine that constantly blow my mind as to how deep they are...

the scene where it starts to rain in joel's apartment and he hides under a table, and theres flashbacks of childhood...

and then the scene where he's being bullied to hit the bird with a hammer...

that whole movie blows out my brains, but those two scenes in general continue to give me goosebumps...

[kimko]

one of my favorite;jack nicholson in Five Easy Pieces telling the waitress how he wants the order.tuna on toast anybody old enough to remember that or too old to remember

[Blaine]

one of my favorite;jack nicholson in Five Easy Pieces telling the waitress how he wants the order.tuna on toast anybody old enough to remember that or too old to remember
Yeah, it was a "chicken sal sand". I bought that DVD JUST for that scene. The rest of the movie bores the hell out of me. :thumbsup:

[kimko]

oops my mind is slippin

[Blaine]

I wouldn't have remembered the sandwich if I hadn't watched the scene again last week. :beer:

[kimko]

:beer:

[skinnyboy]

The scene in "Remains of the Day" where Anthony Hopkins is reading a book and Emma Thompson comes in and asks him what he's reading. One of the best-acted scenes ever, and the lighting and subtle camera work just add to the underlying tension.

[SkiUtah]

The Lobby scene in the Matrix.

[Rich Lee]

i cant narrow mine down just yet...

but, i was in best buy today and they had jurrasic park playing on a big HD plasma, and it was the scene in the rain when power is out and we see the t-rex for the first time attacking the cars...

it had a crowd, that kept growing, it was pretty cool to see people just stop and watch. they couldnt help it.

[Jared Meyer]

The scene at the near-end of "Gattaca" where Ethan Hawke's character challenges his older brother to see for the last time who can swim farther out to sea...and then ends up hauling him back to shore. Awesome, awesome climax.

Also...the scene in "The Mission" where the Indians, led by Jeremy Irons' priest character, are gunned down by the Spanish.

And skinnyboy...that scene is one of my favorites too. Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson are freaking awesome. :)

[stephenlnoe]

I love the scene where they hook Charlie Chaplin up to the feeding machine in "Modern Times".

I also like the scene where "Ratso" is making dinner for "Joe Buck" in Ratso's abandoned building home. Midnight Cowboy.

Any scene where the "Italian Stallion" is in his apartment, whether it be with "Adrian" or "Micky" or especially by himself. Rocky 1

"Big Daddy" talking some sense into his son "Brick" in the rain storm. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

I've got a ton of scenes I really like and most of them evoke some type of emotion in me.

[CallaghanFilms]

Simply The Best Scene Ever...

http://www.stickypod.com/stickypod_upload/uploads/casa1.jpg
Rick: Last night, we said a great many things. You said I was to do the thinking for both of us. Well, I've done a lot of it since then and it all adds up to one thing. You're getting on that plane with Victor where you belong.
Ilsa: But Richard, no, I've...
Rick: Now, you've got to listen to me. Do you have any idea what you've have to look forward to if you stayed here? Nine chances out of ten we'd both wind up in a concentration camp. Isn't that true, Louis?
Renault: I'm afraid Major Strauss would insist.
Ilsa: You're saying this only to make me go.
Rick: I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him going.
http://www.stickypod.com/stickypod_upload/uploads/casa2.jpg
Rick: If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it.
Ilsa: No.
Rick: Maybe not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life.
Ilsa: What about us?
Rick: We'll always have Paris. We didn't have - we'd - we'd lost it until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night.
Ilsa: When I said I would never leave you...
Rick: And you never will. I've got a job to do too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that.
http://www.stickypod.com/stickypod_upload/uploads/casa3.jpg
Rick: Now, now. Here's looking at you, kid.

[Switch]

one of my favourites has to be the Donnie Darko introduction of the main characters in the school hall. the camera is panning and spinning while all the characters are going about their morning before class. it's beautifully shot and better appreciated watching it the second time around after you have seen the movie to the end.

[jamestmather]

The scene in Lawrence of Arabia when they play dodgeball.

[jamestmather]

or the clog fighting scene in Dr. Zhivago - I can't make upmy mind. Its a tie breaker.

[Ralph Oshiro]

Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon making love in Tony Scott's 1983 version of The Hunger. Plus, Susan Sarandon's comment about her sapphic love scene on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, "Who wouldn't want to go to bed with Catherine Deneuve?"

http://imdb.com/title/tt0085701/

[mmm]

Omaha Beach in Saving Private Ryan

The final scene of "As Good as it Gets" (My favourite film ending)

T-rex attack in Jurassic Park

Night Club fight scene in Collateral

Running up the mountain and final fight in "The Last of the Mohicans"

Encounting the Aliens for the first time in Aliens

Titanic Sinking

"That one" in Basic Instinct :happy:

Playing Alfredo's Reel at the end of Cinema Paradiso

Ronin Car chases

Bullet time in the FIRST Matrix (when they actually used real actors!)

School bus vs Nazi Germany and Dinning table double cross - Where Eagles Dare

Always look on the bright side of life - Life of Brian

Killer Rabbit - Holy Grail

and my number 1 - Arnie kits up in Commando... and the scenes that follow:thumbsup:

[natdizzle]

Surprised No one Has Mentioned 'CRASH' By far my favorite movie of the past year(Props to the Canadian Director) Every Scene in that Movie is amazing, Acting, cinematorgraphy, Soundtrack....Love it, the way he sets up for the scenes in the 3rd act.
THE scene where the cop has to rescue the lady from the car accident, and the Store owner shooting the little girl...those 2 are amazing scenes, CAN YOU SAY POWERFUL....
..as you can see i enjoy this movie....

[surf]

I like the very first scene of Something's Gotta Give, as Harry sees the world

[Ralph Oshiro]

Or the other Crash, directed by David Cronenberg in 1996, where half-naked stars, Holly Hunter, Rosanna Arquette crash cars and have sex in them.

[MsManhattan]

Dang, how do you pick just one?

Almost any scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but the opening is great for how it immediately establishes those two characters as individuals and their relationship to each other. Also, the scene where Etta Place comes home from the schoolhouse to find Sundance in her living room...

In Psycho, the scene where the state trooper wakes Janet Leigh up in her car. Basically, any scene in that movie, but that shot of the cop in his sunglasses as she sees him through the window -- classic.

In a more recent film... the final scene in Lost in Translation. Everytime I see it, I change my mind about what Bill Murray says to Scarlett Johanssen -- it seems you project you own ending on it depending on your state of mind when you see it, and that's just genius.

[JTyner]

Just cause I re-watched it recently and it stuck...

Reservoir Dogs:

Opening diner scene and the "Stuck in the middle with you" scene!

AWESOME!

[surf]

In a more recent film... the final scene in Lost in Translation. Everytime I see it, I change my mind about what Bill Murray says to Scarlett Johanssen -- it seems you project you own ending on it depending on your state of mind when you see it, and that's just genius.

just the same... I love it

[darst]

My favorite is probably Ikiru when the old man is swinging in the Swing Set at the end....

I really like the Dancing Midget in the Red Room in Twin Peaks as well... But that's television...

[david jerome]

Braveheart, when Mel Gibson screams and lifts his sword after the battle. Also, when he is betrayed after a battle by Robert the Bruce.

[ZFarms Productions]

Just cause I re-watched it recently and it stuck...

Reservoir Dogs:

Opening diner scene and the "Stuck in the middle with you" scene!

AWESOME!

i was going to put that too... i like all of Tarantino's stuff.... I like the scene in Pulp Fiction where they're talking about the quarter pounder with cheese in france. plus the dance scene with uma and travolta... tarantino is the man (after spielberg of course).

[Chris Messineo]

The first scene that came to my mind was, the opening scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

Chris

[ZFarms Productions]

The first scene that came to my mind was, the opening scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

Chris

yeah i was just about to add some scenes from the Indy trilogy. there are so many that i can't put them all down.

[Draccan]

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[surf]

Darth Vaders boarding of Leia's ship in the beginning of Star Wars !!

in which SW?

[xl70e3]

in which SW?

is that some sort of joke? :huh:

[CallaghanFilms]

Seriously.

This Episode IV: A New Hope poo poo doesn't
fly for me either. Star Wars is, and always
shall be simply that...Star Wars.

[Blaine]

Seriously.

This Episode IV: A New Hope poo poo doesn't
fly for me either. Star Wars is, and always
shall be simply that...Star Wars.
Well put. http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

[surf]

that is why I am not a SW fan

[Michael Summers]

the rape scene at the end of piano teacher... maybe not the best, but the most powerful one that comes to mind.
theres always "I AM NOT AN ANIMAL! I AM A HUMAN BEING! I am... a man!"

[Chris Messineo]

Here are a few more scenes that came to mind:

Planet of the Apes: Taylor getting chase through the village, caught, and uttering the classic "Take your stinking paws off me you damn dirty apes!"

Jaws: The story of the Indianoplis

The Thing: Testing the blood and the spider head

Karate Kid: In the backyard at night "Show me, sand the floor."

Witness: The dance in the barn.

Chris

[ZFarms Productions]

what about in the first matrix when neo dodges those bullets and they show it in "bullet time" i think that's a pretty cool scene...

[oneinfiniteloop]

The last scene in Munich. Numerous scenes in City of God. The Like a Virgin Scene in Resevoir Dogs. Royale with Cheese in Pulp Fiction. The bar shootout in Desparado...

[jpeck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcvjoWOwnn4

[Billy Pilgrim]

When the Lady in the Radiator sings "In Heaven" in Eraserhead

[J.R. Hudson]

Something truly magical about certain scenes. A magical scene is not neccsarrily a thrill for me, but a scene that just brings me into the world. These scenes come to mind. In no particular order ...

Aliens

She picks up Vasquez' scanner and aims it the same
direction as Hudson's.

HUDSON
Twelve meters. Man, this is a big
poo pooing signal. Ten meters.

RIPLEY
They're right on us. Vasquez,
how you doing?

Vasquez is heedlessly showering herself with molten metal
as she welds the door shut. Working like a demon.

HUDSON
Nine meters. Eight.

RIPLEY
Can't be. That's inside the room!

HUDSON
It's readin' right. Look!

Ripley fiddles with her tracker, adjusting the tuning.

HICKS
Well you're not reading it right!

HUDSON
Six meters. Five. What the fu --

He looks at Ripley. It dawns on both of them at the same
time. She feels a cold premonitory dread as she angles
her tracker upward to the ceiling, almost overhead. The
tone gets louder.

Hicks climbs onto a file cabinet and raises a panel of
acoustic drop-ceiling. He shines his light inside.

HICKS' P.O.V. 151

A soul-wrenching nightmare image. Moving in the beam of
light are aliens. Lots of aliens. They are crawling
like bats, upside down, clinging to the pipes and beams
of the structural ceiling, not touching the flimsy
acoustic panels. They glisten hideously as they claw
their way forward in silence. They cover the ceiling
of the operations room. The inner sanctum is utterly
violated.

Titanic


FLEET

Cor... look at that, would ya.

LEE

They're a bloody sight warmer than we are.

FLEET

Well if that's what it takes for us two to get warm, I'd rather not, if
it's all the same.

They both have a good laugh at that one. It is Fleet whose expression falls
first. Glancing forward again, he does a double take. The color drains out
of his face.

FLEET'S POV: a massive iceberg right in their path, 500 yards out.

FLEET

Bugger me!!

Fleet reaches past Lee and rings the lookout bell three times, then grabs
the telephone, calling the bridge. He waits precious seconds for it to be
picket up, never taking his eyes off the black mass ahead.

FLEET

Pick up, ya bastard.

CUT TO:

131 INT. / EXT. BRIDGE

Inside the enclosed wheelhous, SIXTH OFFICER MOODY walks unhurriedly to the
telephone, picking it up.

FLEET (V.O.)

Is someone there?

MOODY

Yes. What do you see?

FLEET

Iceberg right ahead!


Goodfellas


HENRY
Funny. You're really funny.

TOMMY
What do you mean?

HENRY
It's funny, you know.
It's a good story.
You're a funny guy.

TOMMY
You mean the way I talk? What?


HENRY
It's just, you know. You're just funny.

HENRY
You know, the way you tell the story.

TOMMY
Funny how? What's funny about it?

VINNIE
You got it all wrong.

TOMMY
He's a big boy. He knows
what he said. Funny, how?

HENRY
Just, you know. You're funny.

TOMMY
Let me understand this.
Maybe I'm a little poo pooed up.
But I'm funny how? Funny
like a clown? I amuse you?
I'm here to poo pooing amuse you?
What do you mean, funny?
How am I funny?

HENRY
You know, how you tell a story.

TOMMY
I don't know. You said it.
You said I'm funny.
How am I funny? What the
poo poo is so funny about me?
Tell me what's funny.

HENRY
Get the poo poo out of here, Tommy!

TOMMY

Motherpoo pooer! I almost had him!


Schindler's List


Again the rabbi works feverishly -- cutting, crimping,
sanding, hearing the seconds ticking in his head -- and
finishing in thirty-five. Goeth nods, impressed.

GOETH
That's very good. What I don't
understand, though, is -- you've
been working since what, about six
this morning? Yet such a small pile
of hinges?

He understands perfectly. So does Levartov; he has just
crafted his own death in exactly 75 seconds. Goeth stands
him against the workshop wall and adjusts his shoulders. He
pulls out his pistol, puts it to the rabbi's head and pulls
the trigger... click.

GOETH
(mumble)
Christ --

Annoyed, Goeth extracts the bullet-magazine, slaps it back
in and puts the barrel back to the man's head. He pulls the
trigger again... and again there's a click.

GOETH
God damn it --

He slams the weapon across Levartov's face and the rabbi
slumps dazed to the floor. Looking up into Goeth's face, he
knows it's not over. As Goeth walks away --

The SHining


M.C.S. Sheets of paper filling box. WENDY's hand enters
cam.L.f.g. She flicks through sheets of paper and sees they
are all filled with repetition of line: "ALL WORK AND NO
PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY."


The Untouchables


The Train Station stairwell sequence.


Pulp Fiction


The hyperdermic needle and the shot of adrenalin !

[J.R. Hudson]

The Godfather


MED. CLOSE VIEW

Michael and Fredo in an embrace; they kiss one another.

MICHAEL
I've arranged for a plane; we're
going to Miami in an hour. Try not
to make a big thing of it.

He kisses his brother once again.

MICHAEL
(Sicilian)
I know it was you, Fredo. You've
broken my heart.

Slowly, understanding, Fredo backs away from his brother,
taking the kiss another way.



JAWS


BRODY
You're going to need a bigger boat.


Tombstone


CURLY BILL
Wyatt Earp, huh? I heard of you.

IKE
Listen, Mr. Kansas Law-dog. Law
Don't go around her. Savvy?

WYATT
I'm retired.

CURLY BILL
Good. That's real good.

IKE
Yeah, that's good, Mr. Law-dog,
'cause law don't go around here.

WYATT
I heard you the first time.

CURLY BILL
Shut up, Ike.

RINGO
(steps up to Doc)
And you must be Doc Holliday.

DOC
That's the rumor.

RINGO
You retired, too?

DOC
Not me. I'm in my prime.

RINGO
Yeah, you look it.

DOC
And you must be Ringo. Look,
Darling, Johnny Ringo. The
Deadliest pistoleer since Wild
Bill, they say. What do you
Think, darling? Should I hate him?

KATE
You don't even know him.

DOC
Yes, but there's just something
About him. Something around
The eyes, I don't know, reminds me
Of... me. No. I'm sure of it, I
Hate him.

WYATT
(to Ringo)
He's drunk.

DOC
In vino veritas.

RINGO
Age quod agis.

DOC
Credat Judaeus Apella.

RINGO
(pats gun)
Ecentus stultorum magister.

DOC
(Cheshire cat smile)
In pace requiescat.

WHITE
(enters, appeasing)
Come on now. We don't want any
Trouble in here. Not in any language.

DOC
Evidently Mr. Ringo's an educated
Man. Now I really hate him.

Ringo looks at Doc, holding his gaze while suddenly whipping
out his .45. Everyone but Doc flinches. Ringo does a
dazzling series of twirls and tricks, his nickel-plated pistol
flashing like a blaze of silver fire, finally slapping it back
into his holster with a flourish. Cheers and hoots. Doc
rolls his eyes, hooks a finger through the handle of his
silver cup, then launches into an exact duplication of Ringo's
routine using a cup instead of a gun. The room bursts into
laughter.



The Thing


THE MEN

weapons in hand, huddle at the main doorway. They unbolt it.
Sleet and hail send Nauls rolling in from the outside. The
men force the door back and lock it.

The weary Nauls kneels on the floor and gasps for air.

The others surround him.

PALMER
Where's MacReady?

Nauls weighs each of them ominously, while digging down
underneath his heavy jacket.

NAULS
Cut him loose of the line up by his
shack.

CHILDS
Cut him loose?

NAULS
When we were up poking around his
place... I found this...

He pulls out a thick bundle of heavy clothing. It is mutilated
and partially burned. He holds out the jacket to show the
inside collar.

Close on name tag -- it reads: R.J. MACREADY The men, as
they examine in a hush.

NAULS
...It was stashed in his old coal
furnace... wind must have dislodged
it... I don't think he saw me find
it.

The men continue to examine in various states of disbelief.

NAULS
...Made sure I got ahead of him on
the towline on the way back... cut
him loose.

SANCHEZ
(incredulous)
MacReady...?

NAULS
He's one of them.

SANCHEZ
(scared)
When do you think it got to him?

PALMER
Could have been anytime. Anywhere.

CHILDS
(to Nauls, suspicious)
If it did get to him.

NAULS
Look, man...

PALMER
When the lights went out...

NORRIS
Would have been a perfect time...

PALMER
Right. Garry was missing...
(pointedly)
...And Sanchez...

SANCHEZ
(goes for him)
poo poo you, Palmer.

Childs and Norris separate them.

NORRIS
This is just what it wants... to pit
us against each other.

A pounding at the door sends the men jerking backward.

Nauls scampers to his feet. They tense.


PALMER
Let's open it.

CHILDS
Hell no.

More pounding.

SANCHEZ
(shaking)
You think he's changed into one of
those Things?

NORRIS
He hasn't had enough time.

CHILDS
...Nothing human could have made it
back here in this weather without a
guideline...

PALMER
Let's open it. Now...

CHILDS
(edgy, hostile)
Why you so damn anxious to let him
in here...

PALMER
(slightly trembling)
He's so close. Maybe our best chance
to blow him away.

CHILDS
No. Just let him freeze out there.

SANCHEZ
(voice cracking)
What if we're wrong about him?

CHILDS
Then we're wrong.



The Road Warrior


When MAX spills the tanker truck and we see sand pouring out of it.

[Mark Harris]

Wow, JH, if you put all of those together, and then top it off with this:

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1194809209.jpg

You really would have the best scene ever! :)

[J.R. Hudson]

Oooohhh Yes

Of course !

[William_Robinette]

Jaws: The story of the Indianoplis



I second this one.

[J.R. Hudson]

I third it; damn it.

[tmnt]

Without a doubt: the "business card scene" in American Psycho.

Yeah one of my favs too.

[HorseFilms]

Hudson,

That scene from The Thing is epic. There are a few more in that flick that could be up there, too.

[mjjason]

Luke Skywalker staring out at the setting suns in Star Wars. Perfection.

[mjjason]

Braveheart, when Mel Gibson screams and lifts his sword after the battle. Also, when he is betrayed after a battle by Robert the Bruce.
That movie has plenty of great scenes.

When they kill his wife, When he's riding on the horse to get his revenge, The final scene with the sword in the ground, the scene he yells freedom, and a bunch of others. A great movie.

[akajack]

The opening scene in The Player, which doesn't cut for something like six minutes is pure genius from a camerawork standpoint, in my opinion. If you haven't seen this you almost don't notice there are no cuts, it's done so well.

[mjjason]

Children of Men - the final steadi-cam sequence. Fantastic. Also, the part where he steal the car is also great.

[thartley]

This is a great one from Harold and Maude, one of my favorite movies ever.

Harold's Personality Interview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mGVQ4vF5g)


Another is in The Matrix, when Neo gets shot in the hallway by Agent Smith, then gets up, coming into his power, stops the bullets, tilts his head and obliterates Smith.


The opening/title sequence for Casino.

[DeSica]

The scene in Ladri Di Biciclette where a desperate Antonio tries to steal a bike and gets caught...what follows is pure cinematic gold and tugs at your heart from five different directions.

The scene in Umberto D. where he tries to get rid of the dog, the only real friend he has...

The scene at the opera house in Johnny Stecchino where he is confronted by the town folk over what he thinks is a misunderstanding over a stolen banana...and when he tells off the old guy who calls him "Assassino!"

[TheMacB]

Diana Christensen and Max Schumacher in his office. The scene that ends with:

MAX: Do you have any favorite restaurant?
DIANA: I eat anything.
MAX: Son of a bitch, I get the feeling I'm being made.
DIANA: You sure are.
MAX: I better warn you I don't do anything on the first date.
DIANA: We'll see.

I think the scene plays mostly in one shot.

[capitalP]

The scene in Se7en, Pitt, Freeman and Spacey square off in the desert. Classic.

[Brian Parker]

1. The cowardly fight scene in Rashamon.
2. The first meeting on the train in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. The Hallway fight scene in Oldboy
4. "The Greatest Love of All" scene in Coming to America

[dj_hype]

The scene in Stay when Ewan McGregor comes back to the apartment after being in the hospital for the dog bite. The way the scene repeats over and over is great. I really need to buy that movie and watch it again. By far one of the better movies I've seen in the recent years.

That and the freeway chase in the second Matrix movie. Great stuff.

[Drew Ott]

The disco scene from City of God.

The final scene in Leon.

more to come...

[Brandon Rice]

The car chase scene in CHILDREN OF MEN

Final space battle in STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE

Hedge maze chase in THE SHINING

Opening chase in CASINO ROYALE

[Blaine]

The car chase scene in CHILDREN OF MENYou want to see a car chase, take a look at The French Connection or Bullitt.

[dust'n the callipygous]

The basketball scene in 3 Ninjas. It always adds credibility to a movie when a 10 year old dunks from the free throw line--and when it says "Jon Turteltaub" under the title.

But seriously, the closing scene in The Wicker Man. That's pretty messed up. It always stuck with me.

Also, the end of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels when everything starts coming together and none of the characters know what's happening. (that may be more of a sequence than a scene)

[Kirk Gillock]

The last scene in Fight Club. When he and his girlfriend are watching the buildings crash down and he says, "You met me at a very strange time in my life." And then the song "Where is my mind" really kicks in. Absolute perfection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZizOAR6a-c


And here's one of the greatest comedy scenes of all time. From "This is Spinal Tap".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhVWJgIzftE

[HorseFilms]

And here's one of the greatest comedy scenes of all time. From "This is Spinal Tap".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhVWJgIzftE
Absolutely!

[Gohanto]

The 1st chase and time travel in Back to the Future.
Ending of Seven.
Ending of Vertigo.
Every scene in Holy Grail.
Toy Story 2 Opening sequence.

[J.R. Hudson]

OPEN RANGE - The gunfight

"You the one who killed our friend ?'
"That's right, and I enjoyed it too."
(Bam!)

--

SCARFACE

The chainsaw sequence

--

TIN CUP

When Costner melts down and shoots a 12 on the last hole

--

TOMBSTONE

The Doc and Ringo scene in the Saloon.

--

THE ABYSS

When Michael Biehn's Navy Seal character free falls in the mini-sub and then implodes.

[Luis Caffesse]

Raising Arizona chase scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOrDN21yoGk)
I don't think I would change one frame of that sequence if I could.
:)

[Kirk Gillock]

Nice choice. Pretty much any scene in Raising Arizona is perfect.

"What, are you kidding, we got us a family here!"

[cinealma]

Oh, this is tough in that I can name a bazillion...

But here's a few that quickly come to mind:

1. CINEMA PARADISO - The closing scene where Toto takes the reel that Alfredo left for him and puts it up on the projector and all those cut out scenes play... I cry everytime I watch it. Magic!

2. RAGING BULL - The fight scenes, particularly the one fight where Sugar Ray Robinson beats LaMotta to a pulp that includes that shot where LaMotta is splayed open against the rope like Christ, hot wind whistling.. wow! Also the fight where LaMotta kicks ass and he just knocked the kid on his ass and he circles around the ring, like stalking his prey, and Scorsese slowly overcranks the camera to go slo-mo and then quickly cranks it back to normal as he walks toward the camera as the other boxer, ready to do more damage. Brilliant! I LOVE THIS FILM!!!!

3. BLUE VELVET - The whole Ben's place scene, especially when Dean Stockwell as Ben lip-syncs Orbison's "In Dreams" for Frank (Dennis Hopper).

[J.R. Hudson]

LOL

Yes, that Blue Velvet scene is good !

[Batutta]

Heiniken! F_ck that sh_t! Pabst Blue Ribbon!

[Luis Caffesse]

"I"m gonna write you a love letter...."
:)

[cinealma]

"Yes, that's a human ear all right..."

So when I watch Blue Velvet, I laugh a lot. Some people look at me like I'm crazy. Anybody else find this film funny in a lot of parts?

[J.R. Hudson]

Barry, Dave and I live in the town they shot it

I oughta go get some DVX footy of the places they shot

[cinealma]

Barry, Dave and I live in the town they shot it

I oughta go get some DVX footy of the places they shot

That's way cool. Hey, you don't go down by Lincoln, do you? :undecided

[Batutta]

"Yes, that's a human ear all right..."

So when I watch Blue Velvet, I laugh a lot. Some people look at me like I'm crazy. Anybody else find this film funny in a lot of parts?

Come on, it's hysterical, in a very dark Lynchian way. I also find parts of Lost Highway hilarious, like the scene where Robert Loggia pushes a tailgater off the road and proceeds to punch him senseless while reciting highway safety statistics.

[Drew Ott]

"Yes, that's a human ear all right..."

So when I watch Blue Velvet, I laugh a lot. Some people look at me like I'm crazy. Anybody else find this film funny in a lot of parts?

I watched Blue Velvet a few years ago and I liked parts. Other parts just weirded me out.

[Shadow]

Oh, this is tough in that I can name a bazillion...

But here's a few that quickly come to mind:

1. CINEMA PARADISO - The closing scene where Toto takes the reel that Alfredo left for him and puts it up on the projector and all those cut out scenes play... I cry everytime I watch it. Magic!

That one was a very beautiful and intense scene, no doubt.

[deedive]

end of blade runner when rudger hauer dies.

[J.R. Hudson]

Nice one !

-

Last night I was watching Casualties of War

When Michael J Fox slams homeboy in the face with a shovel in the tent.

Also when Fox first confronts Sean Penn by the hooch saying he won't rape the girl.

[deedive]

wow, i haven't seen that one in ages. that one goes on my rent list.

another best scene, baldwin in glengarry glen ross, actually any scene in that movie

[msbryan]

Glengarry Glen Ross - Alec Baldwin

Blake: You see this watch? You see this watch?
Dave Moss: Yeah.
Blake: That watch costs more than your car. I made $970,000 last year. How much you make? You see pal, that's who I am, and you're nothing. Nice guy? I don't give a sh*t. Good father? F*ck you! Go home and play with your kids. You wanna work here - close! You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you c*cksucker? You can't take this, how can you take the abuse you get on a sit? You don't like it, leave.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Blake: You got leads. Mitch & Murray paid good money. Get their names to sell them. You can't close the leads you're given, you can't close sh*t, *you are* sh*t, hit the bricks pal, and beat it, 'cause you are going *out*.
Shelley Levene: The leads are weak.
Blake: "The leads are weak." The f*cking leads are weak? You're weak. I've been in this business fifteen years...
Dave Moss: What's your name?
Blake: F*ck you. That's my name.
[Moss laughs]
Blake: You know why, mister? 'Cause you drove a Hyundai to get here tonight, I drove an eighty thousand dollar BMW. *That's* my name.

[merc]

i bet alot of u havent even seen this movie but, the best movie ever made is RUMBLE FISH. and the scene is when the motorcycle boy rides up and says, "whats this, another glorious battle for the kingdom?"

if u havent seen it watch it now.

btw, my avatar is a still from that scene.

[Phil Maker]

#1 The scene in The Abyss when They decide to let her (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) die so they can swim to the other submarine and (Ed Harris) slaps the shit out of her trying to bring her back to life.

#2 In Boogie Nights when they go to sell the bag of coke (baking soda) to the whacked out crackhead in his undies and robe while "Motorin'" is playing in the background and some Asian boy is setting off fire crackers.

[deedive]

[quote=msbryan;1104809]Glengarry Glen Ross - Alec Baldwin
amazing scene, i guess thats when everything comes together. writing, actors directing

[J.R. Hudson]

The opening scene to DAWN OF THE DEAD 2004

Awesome

[cinealma]

Opening scene of Gangs of New York when the Dead Rabbits march from the bowels of New York led by Vallon, preparing for a gang war with the natives, culminating in Monk kicking open the doors to a snowy Five Points.

That's one of those films I can always watch when it comes on tv (alluding to another thread).

[J.R. Hudson]

Even better

The entire sequence starting with Cameron Diaz taking knife throws in GANGS OF NEW YORK, culminating withLeo trying to take out The Butcher.

"Oopsie Daisy !"

[deedive]

The opening scene to 28 weeks later up to the credits.

[rawfa]

- The opening scene from "The Clockwork Orange"
- The scene where Alex is being treated, from "The Clockwork Orange"
- The scene where Birdy is playing the piano and Ed walks in, from "The Man who wasn't there"
- The scene where agent Dale Cooper is in the black lodge, from Twin Peaks
- De Niro's final monologue in front of the mirror, frin "Raging bull"
- De Niro's "are you talking to me", from "Taxi Driver"
...hum...there's so many...

[DeSica]

i bet alot of u havent even seen this movie but, the best movie ever made is RUMBLE FISH. and the scene is when the motorcycle boy rides up and says, "whats this, another glorious battle for the kingdom?"

if u havent seen it watch it now.

btw, my avatar is a still from that scene.

Dude, I have been hyping Rumble Fish on here all kinds...it just isn't for the masses.

This is my desktop image
http://blogimg0.ifrance.com/00/04/6b/289790.jpg
...it was too big for my signature.

[merc]

Well DeSica, its nice to meet another person who loves rumble fish, i havent met many. most just dont get it. its a peice of art work unrivaled by anything else.

the motorcycle boy is the most unique character ive ever seen. im suprised mickey rourke was able to pull that part off. the guy in the movie said it best when he said. " thats a deep mother fu**er, like a prince in exile."

[J.R. Hudson]

This hasn't been my experience with the film. Although it wasn't critically or financially succesful, film junkies (particulary filmmakers) that I have talked to always seem to really enjoy it.

I watched this for the first time in years recently and was surprised at how sophisticated it is. It seemed to have much more thought and care than The Outsiders ever did and visually, it is some of Coppola's best work; just short of the GF's and AN.

It reminded me how cool Mickey Rourke was and could have been. Visually, it is a rare masterpiece.

Middle America not being familiar with it doesn't say much in these circles.

[collele]

The end scene of The Vanishing.
Pretty much the entirety of "Showdown at the House of Blue Leaves" segment of Kill Bill.
The end scene of Half Nelson
The Grey Havens scene of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

But these are not the best scenes ever, that's simply subjective, this has become a list of our favorite scenes.

[Eastside Parkway]

In Shawshank, when Tim Robbins plays the opera music over the prison PA system, and everyone stops to listen. Love it.

[J.R. Hudson]

An American Werewolf in London

"Beware the moon, stick to the road!"

Love it !

[Postmaster]

All time favourite: Angel Heart
The scene where Louis Cypher eats the egg.


Opening scene in American Graffity where Terry bumps wit his scooter into a trash can (and that was not in the script)

The Carmen Miranda "Karaoke" scene in Radio Days

Domino effect in The Mumy where Rachel Welsh trips over the book shelfes

Every "flashback" scene in the JFK movie.
In my opinion this film is the holy grail of editing

Frank

[J.R. Hudson]

The entire first reel here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gyNy2pAb3E&feature=related

If you havent seen it, sit through it

[Billy Pilgrim]

An American Werewolf in London

"Beware the moon, stick to the road!"

Love it !

And of course, the transformation scene. But I suppose that goes without saying, which is why I just said it.

[steadicamsteel]

The "China man peed on my rug scene" from the Big Lebowski. or the introduction of "Jesus" scene from the same movie.

[dust'n the callipygous]

"It's a sweater!"

When Jefe and the guys get El Guapo a birthday present in Three Amigos, which he then ties around his neck like at a country club. Definitely my favorite comedy scene.

[Kyle Stebbins]

The final scene with Anjelica Huston in The Darjeeling Limited where she is having a conversation with her sons "without words". Beautiful.

Or even from the same movie, the Indian boy's funeral. What imagery!!

[chstick]

GOODFELLAS. The Stedi-cam scene, where Ray Liotta & L.Bracco go into the nightclub through the kitchen.

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Opening scene.

FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH. Phoebe Cates getting out of the pool scene.

GODFATHER 2. When DeNiro takes out the mob boss during the celebration.

ANY scene from 'most' COEN Bros films

ANY scene from MONTY PYTHON'S HOLY GRAIL or LIFE OF BRIAN

[karapetkov]

The scene in Apocalypse Now where Mr. Clean (Lawrence Fishburne's character) is shot dead while listening to the tape from his mother.

"... do the right thing. Stay out of the way of the bullets.
And bring your honey home all in one piece. Because
we love you. Love, Mama."

But this child is already dead...

The voice of Mama, combined with the expression of The Chief, messes me up pretty good. Every time.

And every time I watch this movie, I need a 1 day recovery period. From the horror.

BTW, the Redux version sux, big time. :) [except for the added Brando footage, maybe].

[ESTEBEVERDE]

that is why I am not a SW fan


Neither is Lucas.

[KyleProhaska]

I'll have to think for a while for more of them but the Freeway Sequence from Matrix Reloaded comes to mind.

[stan harrington]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance...the scene where Lee Marvin Trips up Jimmy Stewart...only thing is, he was carrying John Wayne's steak and now it is all over the floor...
The ensuing scene is a great tense standoff between Marvin and Wayne and it is done so simply and totally devoid of any music or mood to enhance it...unlike every movie today (even mine)...

I don't know if it's my favorite, but it sticks in my mind...also the father son scene in Guess who's Coming TYo Dinner with Poitier in the den and every scene in It's a Wonderful Life...I'll quit now...they're all coming back to me...

Cheers,
Stan The Man
www.xristosproductions.com (http://www.xristosproductions.com)
www.igfdb.com (http://www.igfdb.com)

[Wannabebruce]

Micheal Keton and Michelle Pfeiffer dancing under the misletoe in Batman Returns. Music, mood... the whole scene made the movie for me.



Bruce Wayne
A kiss under the mistletoe. Did
you know mistletoe is poisonous,
if you eat it?
Selina Kyle
But a kiss is deadlier, if you
mean it...Does this mean we have to start fighting?




Or something like that

[Killawa]

The hospital shootout in Hard Boiled.

[YaBoyTopher]

The dinner scene from Talladega Nights aka the "baby Jesus" scene.

The entire Rooftop pursuit scene from the Bourne Ultimatum, The fight at the end of that scene is my favorite fight scene of all time.

And one from a movie i just saw Cloverfield, Where the camera is laying in the grass and is auto focusing between blades of grass and Huds face... Just a really cool scene.

Pulp Fiction has so many great scenes but the closing scene in the diner where where Jules talks to Pumpkin is one of my favorite scenes of all time, a really amazing scene.

[A Messenger]

A great couple scenes from the movie Gone With the Wind:

1. The married Rhett and Scarlett have an argument which culminates in Scarlett being carried up stairs presumably for forced sex with her husband.

2. The next morning Scarlett is found to be singing cheerfully and extremely happy to see Rhett.

The implications of this are fascinating and Vivien Leigh is spectacularly beautiful here.

[Josh W]

I really like the last scene in The Truman Show where, right after the big climax, one of the security guards asks "What else is on?" and it just cuts to black. Love it.

[GND]

There's a ton I love but here's a few that come to mind, I don't think were mentioned yet...

-the start of the bandit attack in Seven Samurai, just after Mifune's character (I would have spelt it wrong...sorry) finished putting the Samurai's banner on top of the house in honour of the woodcutter's death. ...well, basically the whole funeral "stop crying!" sequence leading to the attack then the panic of the people on the hill.

-in Amadeus: where Mozart rearranges Salieri's "march of welcome" ..."that doesn't really work, does it?" etc...
Also the requiem scene with Mozart in bed.

-City of God: Bene is shot at his going away party.

-I know it's new, but from There Will be Blood: I'd say the (soon to be classic) ending+ "milkshake" line etc...
But my fav from it (I saw it 3 times so far) is when Plainview tells off his now-grown-up son. bastard from a basket!


-one more I love is when William Munny returns to the bar for revenge at the end of Unforgiven.

[HerzogisGod]

too many to name, but here's a couple:

Goodfellas: Jimmy Conway starring down Morty the Wig salesman in slow motion, with Sunshine of Your Love playing on the soundtrack

John Turturro's bowling intro in The Big Lebowski to the Gypsy King's remake of Hotel California

The photo booth scene in Buffalo 66

There's just too many

[Gohanto]

Eurotrip - main characters are talking about something or another, but this 5 year old German kid draws a Hitler mustache on himself and starts goose-stepping in the background. Had to re-watch the scene twice just to stop laughing long enough to even hear what was being sad (nothing important naturally)

Not cinematic or thought provoking or groundbreaking... just one really hilarious scene.

[Brendan Stewart]

Without a doubt: the "business card scene" in American Psycho.

Definitely one of my fav scenes, but then again that film is also one of my favs :)

Another scene that appealed to me was the scene from The Hills Have Eyes (2006 remake) where Doug returns from slaughtering the mutilated freaks. He's all f*cked up carrying his baby daughter and the families dog. Such a great scene.

[alpi69]

- the adrenalin injection in "Pulp Fiction" was intense
or
- the chicken in the Intro of "City of God"

[ZFarms Productions]

The parking garage chase in Death Sentence. That was really freakin well done

[Charlie Anderson]

As much as I hate this series because it's obvious they ran out of money for the budget and was just horribly shot/directed/acted, the fight at the end of the mini-series "DUNE" is by far one of my favorite scenes.

That and also the end of "Brigham City" is just powerful after you've experienced everything that just went on in that film in how the town was just decimated and totally lost it's innocence. If you haven't seen that film yet you should try to find it (it's an amazing film http://imdb.com/title/tt0268200/)

[Room39]

This is the first that comes to mind....
Fred meets the mystery man at Andy's party in Lost Highway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZLQW2qr5Hs

Great film.

[dalethompson]

I'm leaning towards most of the movies in which Daniel Day-Lewis stars in (I'm a huge fan of course).


Some notable ones are:
- Any of the fight / running scenes from the Last of the Mohicans.
- Milkshake speech scene from There Will be Blood.
- Scenes between Bill "the Butcher" Cutting and Leonardo DiCaprio's character.

Trying to narrow down certain scenes for me is actually impossible. Everything Day-Lewis does is gold really, so I'm going to say any scene he's in gets my vote.

If I had to choose one scene though (besides the ones mentioned above), it has to be the final scene in which Kevin Costner and his Dad end up playing catch in Field of Dreams. I can't watch that scene without getting teary-eyed, even in public.

[GND]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GDJXDGhae8
specifically around the 4:20 mark.

And I agree mostly with the post above me...and would like to add : "I've abandoed my child!!"

[Steve Strickland]

Mine's gotta be the wonderfully ridiculous fight scene between Roddy Piper and Keith David in John Carpenter's "They Live"

"Put the glasses on!" ha ha

[Billy Pilgrim]

Mine's gotta be the wonderfully ridiculous fight scene between Roddy Piper and Keith David in John Carpenter's "They Live"

"Put the glasses on!" ha ha

A few years ago, my friend and I made a short film with a fight scene spoofing the one from They Live. If it weren't an embarrassingly terrible movie, I'd show it.

In keeping with the topic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR6E_tMvyTs

I don't know if that's the best scene ever, but I love Faces, and I love that scene. This one is also great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt7x0hhDGB0

I <3 Werner Herzog.

[Richard J. Johnson]

The Thing-where the Head Grew legs
Hard Boiled-Warehouse Shoot out scene
Matrix-Lobby Shoot out
Forrest Gump-Where he see's his son for the first time
Predator-When Bill Duke sees the predator and flattens the jungle
Dead Alive-"I kick ass for the Lord!" if you have seen it you know.
Good Will Hunting-"it's not your fault.." scene with robin williams
Tango and cash-pretty much all of it

[Capt Quirk]

I'm Gonna Get You Sucka! All the Veteran Blaxploitation Heroes and the New Blood are gearing up for the final battle with Mr. Big. Isaac Hayes is stuffing pistols into every available place on his body, and tops it all off with an M-60 and ammo belt ala Rambo. As they are walking out of the Warehouse, he slips on a shell casing, his feet fly up and he comes down hard, causing every weapon on his body to go off... for several moments! Man I laughed so hard, I couldn't breathe or see!

[Richard J. Johnson]

I'm Gonna Get You Sucka! All the Veteran Blaxploitation Heroes and the New Blood are gearing up for the final battle with Mr. Big. Isaac Hayes is stuffing pistols into every available place on his body, and tops it all off with an M-60 and ammo belt ala Rambo. As they are walking out of the Warehouse, he slips on a shell casing, his feet fly up and he comes down hard, causing every weapon on his body to go off... for several moments! Man I laughed so hard, I couldn't breathe or see!

LMAO. That IS a good one. That scene still kills me.

[mjjason]

I'm Gonna Get You Sucka! All the Veteran Blaxploitation Heroes and the New Blood are gearing up for the final battle with Mr. Big. Isaac Hayes is stuffing pistols into every available place on his body, and tops it all off with an M-60 and ammo belt ala Rambo. As they are walking out of the Warehouse, he slips on a shell casing, his feet fly up and he comes down hard, causing every weapon on his body to go off... for several moments! Man I laughed so hard, I couldn't breathe or see!
One of the best comedies out there. Chris Rock's rib scene is one of the funniest scenes ever. It's also the best thing Chris Rock has ever done.

[mjjason]

The scene in Waking the Dead where Billy Cudrup's character has a nervous breakdown at the restaurant. The whole monologue is superb.

[RandomHero]

I love the courtroom scene in Boondock Saints. When the three are announcing their arrival to the citizens while the gangster is on his knees three guns at his head...ARGGHHH!!! LOVE IT!!

[SparkyZa]

I love the courtroom scene in Boondock Saints. When the three are announcing their arrival to the citizens while the gangster is on his knees three guns at his head...ARGGHHH!!! LOVE IT!!

Me too!:beer:

[TheMacB]

The scene in Waking the Dead where Billy Cudrup's character has a nervous breakdown at the restaurant. The whole monologue is superb.

not a lot of people know this movie but its some of the best acting i've ever seen.

[DarkElastic]

Some great scenes already mentioned. Here's my 2p worth:

Jogging scene in 2001. Round and round.
The Baseball Fury's kitting up on the way out scene in The Warriors.
The Pale Man scene in Pan's Labyrinth, where he is awoken by the blood and puts the eyes in his palms.
Many a scene in The Prestige.
The end battle in Transformers.

I could go on but I won't.

[J.R. Hudson]

Scenes I love:

Nick Cage and Cher in Moonstruck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhifn6Q6DQo

Romero's Day of the Dead

(skip ahead to 00:06:04 into the scene ...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CNZVKanaM4&feature=related

and watch the next part here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSE3Q5FFKqk&feature=related

Die Hard Scene when McClaine dumps the C4 down the elevtor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGDQ19kRGkw&feature=related

Return Of The Living Dead (Opening Scene)

From the first scene, I was hooked. Pay attention to the sound design)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Oazefkku8c

[TheMacB]

Scenes I love:

Nick Cage and Cher in Moonstruck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhifn6Q6DQo


Nice! I didn't realize there was a widescreen DVD of this. I've been boycotting the pan & scan for years.