Greatest movie scenes

Post by **HereComesPete** » February 13th, 2010, 0:10

Right, you can all read the title. FJ prompted me into making this.

Think of a handful of film moments that really stick out in your mind, stuff you can watch and want to watch over and over.

In no particular order, stuff that I love to watch -

The fire extinguisher to the head in Irréversible. It's so fucking brutal that it gets me wincing every time.

The mental hospital scenes in twelve monkeys.

The kerb stomp in american history x, particularly the smirk on his face.

Beach scene of saving private ryan.

Batty's speech in blade runner.

The tasty burger scene, the diner scene and the shop scene in pulp fiction.

Post by **Dog Pants** » February 13th, 2010, 0:33

HereComesPete wrote:The fire extinguisher to the head in Irréversible. It's so fucking brutal that it gets me wincing every time.

I've seen this in clips. Horrible. Really, disturbingly gruesome.

HereComesPete wrote:The mental hospital scenes in twelve monkeys.

Brad Pitt shows his acting calibre here.

HereComesPete wrote:The kerb stomp in american history x, particularly the smirk on his face.

I've never watched the film because of the amount of people who've described this to me.

HereComesPete wrote:Beach scene of saving private ryan.

Terribly disturbing, but compelling.

For me:

The hotel scene in Ghostbusters. Or the library scene at the beginning.

The air cav scene from Apocalypse Now.

The assault on Hoth from Empire Strikes Back

The attack on the Death Star in Return of the Jedi

The chase scene from Ong Bak

The gang battle in Predator 2

The lobby scene from The Matrix

The autopsy from The Thing

The punching a woman in a bear suit scene from The Wicker man

Post by **HereComesPete** » February 13th, 2010, 0:51

Dog Pants wrote:The punching a woman in a bear suit scene from The Wicker man

Pure unadulterated genius.

Post by **FatherJack** » February 13th, 2010, 1:26

From Bladerunner, has to be the shooting and falling through glass of Zhora.

Chase scene would be District 13. Most of it.

The noise of the speeders in the race in Star Wars Ep1 - I know it's got Jar Jar in it and therefore sucks as a film, but that noise seems to pop up in everything - Terminator, District 9, Transformers, Mass Effect...

The moment Alex realises whose house he's in in A Clockwork Orange.

Pacino on the stairs in Scarface.

"Do you feel lucky?"

The almost straight-into-games scenes of D-Day and Stalingrad of The Longest Day (they did it before Saving Private Ryan) and Enemy at the Gates.

The turrets in Aliens - even though it was an afterthought.

The reveal to Ichi (the killer, as to why he's the killer) is so painful, yet so awesome.

Leon - when she...so wrong.

I mentioned a certain ice-cream van already.

My favourite all time scene is the one in the kitchen in Battle Royale, where it goes from friendly banter to utter carnage in seconds.

Post by **deject** » February 13th, 2010, 2:35

FatherJack wrote:Pacino on the stairs in Scarface.

The only good part of an otherwise shitty movie.

For me, not including previously mentioned ones:

The Bank Shootout in Heat
Rodeo Riding the Bomb in Dr. Strangelove
"Shut the fuck up Donny!"
Jim waking up to a deserted London in 28 Days Later
The Car Chase in Ronin
Angela Lansbury revealing her plan to gain the White House in The Manchurian Candidate
The Hospital Shootout in Hard Boiled
The finale of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Shutting off HAL in 2001
"What have the Romans ever done for us?" from Life of Brian
The opening of Star Trek
Outside of The Room in Stalker (yes that movie by Andrei Tarkovsky)
The William J. Lepetomane Throughway from Blazing Saddles
The baby crying in the middle of the firefight in Children of Men

bomberesque · Post by **bomberesque** » February 13th, 2010, 6:51

Toolshed

Post by **Dog Pants** » February 13th, 2010, 8:49

deject wrote:The William J. Lepetomane Throughway from Blazing Saddles

And the whole scene when the Sheriff arrives

Also;

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeOwHhbFPZI[/media]

Post by **Roman Totale** » February 13th, 2010, 9:21

The crushingly depressing final 15 minute montage of Requiem for a Dream

The waking dream scenes from David Lynch's Dune

Blue Velvet, where they sing Roy Orbison's 'In Dreams'

Opening scenes of The Wild Bunch where they rob a bank

Evil Dead 2, Ash cutting his own hand off - "Who's laughing now?!"

The Godfather - police chief getting shot in the head in the restaurant

and just for Sheriff...

"Where'd you get the coconuts from?"

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » February 13th, 2010, 9:24

I always forget these things, and think about them later at a completely random time, like when I'm going to the toilet or sit on a bus.

Here's the ones I do remember though:

-Blood testing scene in the Thing.
-Assault on the death star.
-Fight club's finale.
-Dawn of the dead's kid zombies!
-Mad max's ending, I was very young when I first watched it and it was a real eye opener for me.
-Mad max 2's chase sequence, and the scene where they shoot his dog.

-When Ripley encounters the alien queen in Aliens.
-Die hard's glass scene.
-The scene in class of 1984 where Roddy McDowall goes mental and tries to teach his class something by pointing a gun at them.
-Terminator 2's ending, still brings a tear to my eye even to this day.
-When you first see the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.
-Back to the future, when George punches Biff.
-Robocop, loads of memorable scenes but I'll never forget 'you have 20 seconds to comply'
-Predator, when the predator first takes off his mask and Arnie calls him a melon farmer.
-Many of the above, with a special mention of The Good, the Bad and The Ugly, as it was a film that inspired countless others but still remains better than all of them.

Post by **Dog Pants** » February 13th, 2010, 9:53

How about a Peter Jackson special;

The lawnmower scene in Braindead
Boromir's last stand in The Fellowship of the Ring
The spectral army arriving in The Return of the King

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » February 13th, 2010, 10:05

Let's not forget

"I'm born again!"

Sheriff Fatman · Post by **Sheriff Fatman** » February 13th, 2010, 10:40

Roman Totale wrote:"Where'd you get the coconuts from?"

That would be my Top 10 right there.

I am rubbish at lists, but off the top of my head (and trying not to repeat other above).

Kelly's Heroes - Making the deal with German tank commander in front of the bank.

Ferris Bueller - Last scene (almost) were Rooney, utterly defeated, has to use the school bus to get home. Ohhh Yeah.

Marathon Man - "Is it safe?".

"No Mr. Bond! I expect you to die!"

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » February 13th, 2010, 11:34

deject wrote:"Shut the fuck up Donny!"

That scene through a Shakespeare felcher:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRNLrCoPzbs[/media]
He's done a very good and more literal re-enactment of a Beetlejuice scene as well.

Imperatore · Post by **Imperatore** » February 13th, 2010, 14:34

Not a great film but hte opening scene will always remain one of my favourties.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9fbIFMAIrQ[/media]

The Shutting Downs

The end gunfight in 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'

The revealing of the Joker in Tim Burtons 'Batman'

'Would you mind awfuly F*cking off?' - Plunkett and Macleane

The Marines decimation - Aliens

I also agree with a lot of the above...

Anhamgrimmar · Post by **Anhamgrimmar** » February 14th, 2010, 17:27

Sgt Elias getting gunned down in Platoon.

The getaway from the bankheist in Heat.

The quiet knife fight in Saving Private Ryan.

V's last stand in V for Vendetta ("Beneath this mask there is more than flesh...Beneath this mask, there is an idea, Mr. Creedy...and ideas. Are. Bulletproof.")

Also: The scene i always have too watch more than once (usually because i'm drunk:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV3awMCjC6Y[/media]
Armour of god II: Operation Condor

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