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SinA

12-06-2006, 06:13 PM

So I was watching TV today and flipped onto a movie at a really great scene, and started trying to think about what makes a scene good or bad.  I gave up on that quick, because I think it's not something you can put your finger on, it just works out sometimes or it doesn't.  Also, I don't think it matters too much if the movie itself is any good, sometimes a scene stands up on its own.So what are the very best movie scenes?

suggums

12-06-2006, 06:21 PM

hmmm the scene from goodfellas where the gang is introduced in the long steadicam shot at the local italian haunt.  the long intro is great, and the first of two really long intricate moves scorsese makes in this movie.  all the dialogue between the narator and the on-screen folks  is great, and it ends with the  'am i here to amuse you' part, classic

torker

12-06-2006, 06:23 PM

DarkHippie

12-06-2006, 06:23 PM

The sister/daughter scene from "Chinatown"    Or the ending of "Chinatown.  Really any part of "Chinatown"

tele7

12-06-2006, 06:25 PM

I can't put my finger on why I like this scene so much.  It really plays no integral part in the movie.  Maybe that's why I like it?  It's the first one that popped in my head.The scene from Fargo with Mike Yanagita..<img src="http://www.artificialindustries.com/images/blog/steve_park.jpg" border="0" width="300" height="202" />

Judge Smails

12-06-2006, 06:28 PM

<img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004RQET.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" width="199" height="268" />Great scene starts right after the opening credits and runs to just before the closing credits start rolling.

Bossanova

12-06-2006, 06:37 PM

I love every scene that the vicious circle is together at there round table discussions in Mrs Parker and the viciouc circle<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/6303422136/ref=dp_image_0/102-7491160-2563348?ie=UTF8&n=404272&s=video" target="AmazonHelp" onclick="return amz_js_PopWin('http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/6303422136/ref=dp_image_0/102-7491160-2563348?ie=UTF8&n=404272&s=video','AmazonHelp','width=700,height=600,resiza ble=1,scrollbars=1,toolbar=0,status=1');"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6303422136.01._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" border="0" alt="Mrs Parker & Vicious Circle" width="280" height="280" /></a>

FezPaul

12-06-2006, 06:38 PM

This scene while "Green Bag" is playing:<img src="http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/lg/1/9/Photo-Poster-Reservoir-Dogs-19104.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="280" />

FUNKMAN

12-06-2006, 06:40 PM

SLeeperswhen they show Billy Crudup and Ron Eldard all grown up and walking towards the bar/restaurant where they killed kevin bacon. the walk was kind of in slow motionThey just looked like a couple of bad motherfuckers...

jetdog

12-06-2006, 06:41 PM

The scene from Patton where he takes on Rommel's division for the first time at Al Quatar (spelling?), as the German's star to retreat Patton looks over the battlefield and says, "Rommel you magnificient bastard, I read your book!"

tele7

12-06-2006, 06:47 PM

Almost FamousAnother Billy Crudup mention.  The obvious, but great scene on the tourbus singing Tiny dancer.

FezPaul

12-06-2006, 06:50 PM

Judge Smails

12-06-2006, 06:51 PM

<a href="http://www.kaktuz.com/mxa/Borat_Sex_Tape.html">Borat and Azamat in the hotel (NSFW)</a>

jetdog

12-06-2006, 06:52 PM

FezPaul wrote: <img src="http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/4/46/462/462565/SpinalTap_Edith_503.jpg" border="0" width="503" height="283" /><img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/lol.gif" border="0" />

jetdog

12-06-2006, 06:53 PM

ew I got  a good one...the voluntary hospital escape scene from "Bottle Rocket"

tele7

12-06-2006, 06:54 PM

Ian Faith:  We're cancelled here.Nigel:  At the hotel?<img src="http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/4/46/462/462565/SpinalTap_Edith_503.jpg" border="0" width="304" height="169" />

FUNKMAN

12-06-2006, 07:14 PM

the American Pies when stiffler takes a gulp of scum beer and when the asian guy is pissing on his face and he's licking itthe scenes and the expressions on his face were hilarious...

FezPaul

12-06-2006, 07:17 PM

telecaster7 wrote: Ian Faith:  We're cancelled here.Nigel:  At the hotel?<img src="http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/4/46/462/462565/SpinalTap_Edith_503.jpg" border="0" width="304" height="169" />Boston's not a big college town.

JazzyJames

12-06-2006, 07:17 PM

<img src="http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/XsFilms/SnelPlaatjes/ActKubrickStrangelove.jpg" border="0" width="704" height="487" /> Mein Fuhrer I can walk!

Mike Teacher

12-06-2006, 07:44 PM

jetdog

12-06-2006, 07:45 PM

jetdog

12-06-2006, 07:53 PM

<img src="http://cinemasansfrontieres.free.fr/spip/IMG/cache-113x150/amarcord-113x150.jpg" border="0" width="113" height="150" />There is a scene where a drunk distressed man won't come down out of this tree. His family sends for help from the church. A car pulls up and out gets a midget nun. She walks straight to the tree climbs it and brings him down while the family looks on slackjawed. Fucking brilliant. 

This message was edited by jetdog on 12-7-06 @ 12:01 AM

FUNKMAN

12-06-2006, 07:58 PM

Weird Sciencewhen gary and wyatt stand up to the mutant bikerswhen gary and wyatt are in the shower thinking the two hot chicks are there and they're talking real fast back and forth, then they look over the shower door

Drunky McBetidont

12-06-2006, 08:09 PM

great topic for a thread. my top five (in desending order):crazy 88 -vs- the bride (kill bill v1)"you want some of this?" scareface "i love the smell of napalm in the morning" (apocolypse now)"I've seen things you people would'nt believe." (blade runner)alien pops out of John Hurt's chest (alien) "get the gimp" (pulp fiction)

torker

12-06-2006, 08:13 PM

Marc with a c

12-06-2006, 08:14 PM

SinA

12-06-2006, 09:00 PM

scarface? goodfellas? billy crudup? y'all are a bunch of real cinematiques, i was talking about the "banana boat song" scene from beetlejuice.and since i'm thinking about it a little more, there's something about the scene in saving private ryan where they first find matt damon.  i'll watch the whole first 120 minutes of that movie just to see that part.   since it all really builds from d-day, a secret mission, vin deisel dieing to that being so low-key, it's great.same goes for the dagobah scene in empire when luke meets yoda.

burrben

12-06-2006, 09:12 PM

my favorite scene is the chase at the end of "the third man" a close second in the dinner scene from "freaks"my favorite shots in a film are the long fluid master shot to open "touch of evil" and the shot at the end of "a christmas story" when the mom and dad are sitting staring out the window, it's snowing and the tree is lit right next to them

Andomray

12-06-2006, 09:44 PM

jetdog wrote: <img src="http://cinemasansfrontieres.free.fr/spip/IMG/cache-113x150/amarcord-113x150.jpg" border="0" width="113" height="150" />There is a scene where a drunk distressed man won't come down out of this tree. His family sends for help from the church. A car pulls up and out gets a midget nun. She walks straight to the tree climbs it and brings him down while the family looks on slackjawed. Fucking brilliant. This message was edited by jetdog on 12-7-06 @ 12:01 AM I own this movie, but have never seen it.ÿ Now I have to.ÿ Fellini is by far one of the greatest filmmakers ever born.ÿ I have to say my FAVORITE SCENE EVER (!!) is the opening to 8 1/2.ÿ I can watch it twenty times in a row and still giggle with excitement.

Andomray

12-06-2006, 09:50 PM

Maybe I should actually explain the scene (duh):ÿ It begins with a traffic jam inside a tunnel.ÿ There is a man (the main character, Guido) in one of the cars, which begins to fill with smoke.ÿ He tries to open the doors and windows, but to no avail.ÿ He finally gets out, floats above the cars back out into the light.ÿ We then see him floating high in the air, with a rope attached to his leg, a man holding the other end of the rope standing on the beach below (as if he is flying a kite).ÿ The man pulls the rope, and Guido falls into the ocean.ÿ He then wakes up.ÿ It's beautiful.

keithy_19

12-06-2006, 10:19 PM

The scene in the Godfather part 1 where Michael shoots the Turk in the Italian restaurant.The scene in Patton when Patton visits visits the hospital and hits the one soldier who is crying over a petty injury and puts the medal on the one soldier who's been ripped apart.The scene in Pulp Fiction where they clean the car of the blood and corpse.The scene in Garden State where Braff runs to Portman and she's crying in the phone booth.Lost In Translation-the whole thing. Especially the opening scene. Ya know. The one with the steady shot of her ass. Caddy Shack when Bill Murray says that the heavy stuff won't come down for hours.

El Mudo

12-06-2006, 11:45 PM

-The ending of "A Bridge Too Far" when the Germans come to accept the surrender of whats left of 1 Para at the Ter Horst house -The end of "Saving Private Ryan" -The scene in "Glory" before the charge on Fort Wagner, when Col. Shaw asks who will pick up the flag if the colorbearer falls -The Marine Colonel scene outside of Hue in "Full Metal Jacket" -the opening credits of "The Big Lebowski" -The "I'm your huckleberry" scene from "Tombstone"   

This message was edited by El Mudo on 12-7-06 @ 3:46 AM

Poochie

12-06-2006, 11:54 PM

<img src="http://www.filmfestivals.com/berlin_2000/images/img_ampsycho.jpg" border="0" width="150" height="203" />

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A.J.

12-07-2006, 03:11 AM

Don Stugots

12-07-2006, 03:17 AM

El Mudo wrote: -The "I'm your huckleberry" scene from "Tombstone"   This message was edited by El Mudo on 12-7-06 @ 3:46 AM to be fair Tombstone had a lot of great scenes.  2 of my favs in the movie:the train station scene when Wyatt cuts the guys face open with his spurthe scene where they are pinned down in the corss fire and Wyatt just runs out onto the lake and takes them all done.  after that "where's Wyatt?" "down by the stream, walkin on water."

EliSnow

12-07-2006, 05:16 AM

telecaster7 wrote: Almost FamousAnother Billy Crudup mention.  The obvious, but great scene on the tourbus singing Tiny dancer.I prefer the scene in the barbeque joint when Penny's watching Russell, and Russell's wife asks who she is.  Dick goes to talk to her and get her to leave, and Penny's upset, and looks pleadingly at Russell.  Both Russell and William get up because they are upset, and they look at her, knowing that both love her, but only William goes to try to help.  Meanwhile, Elton John's "Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters" is starting up in the background.  Best moment in the movie for me because it's a decision moment for Russell, one that he fails and as a result, he loses Penny.  Also, William sees that Russell's not as great of guy as he once thought, and foreshadows Russell's betrayal of William by not confirming William's article.I'll go with a perfect scene for maybe the perfect movie - Casablanca.Almost every scene is a classic and has been imitated or stolen at some point in history.  I'll go with the "battle of national athems" scene where the Nazis are singing "Das Vaterland" and the rest of the club, along with the house band (after Rick gives okay) are singing "Le Marseilles."  Leads into the closing of the club and the best exchange of the movie by Rick asking Captain Louie Renault why the club is being closed:Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! [a croupier hands Renault a pile of money] Croupier: Your winnings, sir. Croupier: Oh, thank you very much. Croupier: Everybody out at once!  Again, a turning point in the movie, because it ramps up the tension in Casablanca between the Free French led by Lazlo, and the German occupiers, with Rick caught in the middle and forced to take action.  Which he does by giving the band the okay to play "Le Marseilles."

feralBoy

12-07-2006, 05:53 AM

The Shining - "I'm not gonna hurt you, i'm gonna bash your brains in"Platoon, when Elias is running through the woods, as the helicoptor is flying away.The good, the bad, and the ugly, The mexican standoff scene.The Matrix, the opening scene is awesomeJaws, the drinking sceneOld boy, the hallway hammer fighting sceneCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, THe invincible sword princess scene

grlNIN

12-07-2006, 06:17 AM

A.J. wrote: <img src="http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2000/01/31/deerhunter.gif" border="0" width="128" height="128" /> First one that entered my mind, also the shoot out scene at O'Bannon's house in Miller's Crossing.

nate1000

12-07-2006, 06:18 AM

A.J. wrote: <img src="http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2000/01/31/deerhunter.gif" border="0" width="128" height="128" /> MAO! MAO!

reillyluck

12-07-2006, 06:23 AM

this scene from Fight CLubhttp://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n63/marcosrfarias/Fight20Club20-20Punching20Yourself.gif and of course my favorite from American Psychohttp://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n63/marcosrfarias/American20Psycho20-20Pat20Bateman20.gif

FUNKMAN

12-07-2006, 06:41 AM

randy quaid taking a dump in the urinal - Kingpin

nate1000

12-07-2006, 06:59 AM

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio's death and resurrection scene in The Abyss. "Goddamn it, you bitch, you never backed away from anything in your life! Now fight!"- gets me every time. She's Having a Baby- the Kate Bush "This Woman's Work" scene- Kevin Bacon was forced to stay in the waiting room when his wife has complications during delivery. Tear rolls down Kevin Bacon's face and lands as blood on the operating room floor. Cape Fear- the DeNiro, Juliette lewis scene. Miller's crossing- John Turturro begging for his life in the forest. The Wedding scene in The Princess Bride St. Crispians Day speech in Henry V  edit: Oh, and the reveal scene in The Usual Suspects and "What's in the box?"

This message was edited by nate1000 on 12-7-06 @ 11:01 AM

jetdog

12-07-2006, 07:58 AM

grlNIN wrote:  also the shoot out scene at O'Bannon's house in Miller's Crossing. Best shoot out scene ever.

Furtherman

12-07-2006, 09:55 AM

mendyweiss

12-07-2006, 10:03 AM

"One flew over the cuckoos' nest"Nicholson hands a piece of gum to the Indian, and he says " thanks" !!!You fooled em Chief ! you fooled em !!

jetdog

12-07-2006, 10:37 AM

Furtherman wrote: <img src="http://www.walkenworks.com/true10a.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="216" /> I was wondering how long it would take somebody to post that. Fucking brilliant scene.

BoondockSaint

12-07-2006, 11:03 AM

Alice S. Fuzzybutt

12-07-2006, 11:09 AM

the dinner scene from "freaks"Definitely.Pee Wee's Big Adventure when he runs out of the pet store with the snakes.

FUNKMAN

12-07-2006, 11:15 AM

BoondockSaint wrote: <img src="http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/6561/scent3.jpg" border="0" width="228" height="387" /> agreed! and throw in<img src="http://i.timeinc.net/ew/img/review/971031/devils.jpg" border="0" width="200" height="175" />Why not? I'm here on the ground with my nose in it since the whole thing began. I've nurtured every sensation man's been inspired to have. I cared about what he wanted and I never judged him. Why? Because I never rejected him. In spite of all his imperfections, I'm a fan of man! I'm a humanist. Maybe the last humanist

ralphbxny

12-07-2006, 11:35 AM

Any of the Barbershop scenes in coming to america!Eddie Murphy in Jail in Trading Places!Drug deal gone bad in scarface!

johnniewalker

12-07-2006, 01:51 PM

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k230/homer3889/shield.jpgAny shield fans out there.  Here's one to give you that queezy feeling again.

Furtherman

12-08-2006, 07:40 AM

johnniewalker wrote: <img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k230/homer3889/shield.jpg" border="0" width="452" height="331" />Any shield fans out there.  Here's one to give you that queezy feeling again. Holy shite......   I thought I had erased that from my memory.  Goes into the MOST DISTURBING SCENES thread.    *shudder*

Don Stugots

12-08-2006, 07:43 AM

FUNKMAN wrote: BoondockSaint wrote: <img src="http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/6561/scent3.jpg" border="0" width="228" height="387" /> agreed! and throw in<img src="http://i.timeinc.net/ew/img/review/971031/devils.jpg" border="0" width="200" height="175" />Why not? I'm here on the ground with my nose in it since the whole thing began. I've nurtured every sensation man's been inspired to have. I cared about what he wanted and I never judged him. Why? Because I never rejected him. In spite of all his imperfections, I'm a fan of man! I'm a humanist. Maybe the last humanist he does get these great monolouges in his movies.  i thought the scent of a women one was the best ever until i seen Devil's addovate

WhistlePig

12-08-2006, 11:34 AM

johnniewalker wrote: http://
i89.photobucket.com/albums/k230/homer3889/shield.jpgAny shield fans out there.ÿ Here's one to give you that queezy feeling
again.ÿ

Yeah that one and the face on the stove scene. Yikes!

K.C.

12-08-2006, 12:08 PM

don't know when the movie comes out, but it will undoubtedly be <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51432" title="This">http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51432</a>.......wow, I feel I crossed a line.........no I don't.<a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51432>this</a>........wow, I feel I crossed a line.........no I don't.</a>

This message was edited by K.C. on 12-8-06 @ 4:13 PM