The scene in Shaun of the Dead where the whole town is trashed and dead people are walking around, yet Shaun just goes on with his regular routine, oblivious to the world ending around him.
The one scene in Dr Strangelove when General Ripper finally explains how the Commies have been impurifying the Americans bodily fluids for the past twenty years.
The opening scene in Super Troopers. Every time I see this, I can never stop laughing. Probably my favorite opening scene of all the movies I've seen.
Posts: 172 | Location: My Tree | Registered: 15 December 2005
I've read through most of the posts, and I can't believe no one has brought up this scene. Probably the greatest quote from any movie ever, when Clark Gable says, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." Amazing.
One of my other personal favorites is in "The Deer Hunter", the last scence after the funeral when they all sit down for breakfast and sing amazing grace. Excellent ending.
I have many favorite scenes that come to mind at different moments. I love the beginning of "The Big Chill" when the organist moves from playing a funeral piece is some depressive minor chord to the Stone's "You Can't Always Get What You Want."
Boy, you got to carry that weight a long time!
Posts: 401 | Location: Georgia | Registered: 14 October 2005
A few people here mentioned some of my favorite movies but picked scenes other than the ones that would be my fave. "Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is a great movie. Wayne's "You taught her how to read. Now give her something to read about" is one of the best lines ever in a movie.
But my favorite James Stewart moment is in "It's a Wonderful Life" when he and Donna Reed are holding the phone, listening to their blowhard friend from New York, standing so close to each other and realizing they are hopelessly in love. Simple perfect filmmaking at its best.
Somebody mentioned Chinatown. One of my all time faves. The "my sister my daughter scene" is one of the rare times watching a movie where the movie had a physical effect on me. When she says, "she's my sister and my daughter" I remember feeling the room spin around me. And then the perfect kicker. "Get it... or is it too tough for you?"
The other time, I physically responded to a scene like that was in Sixth Sense at the end when Bruce Willis realizes... well, you know. Unlike many other more perceptive people, I had no idea and I realized it just when the character did.
And then a favorite scene that is nothing like the others just mentioned. In Big Night, at the very end, when in one camera shot, one brother makes some eggs, splits them with his brother and they eat them, wordlessly. I can't remember which brother made the eggs, and I've started a thread elsewhere to see if somebody can help me.
Oh, wait, one more... I know, I'm being greedy. In Sideways... Paul Giamatti explaining why he likes Pinot Noir.
Posts: 5 | Location: Los Angeles | Registered: 23 December 2006
I have too many so I'm going to go with the two most recent.
The scene in Brothers of the Head where everyone was talking about their first show. And one man manages to encapsulate everything I love about punk and just making original music in general in one short sentence. "It was like... Here I am, fuck you."
and the heist and pageant scenes in Little Miss Sunshine. Absolutely hysterical.
One is the scene from "Another 48 Hours", when Eddie Murphy has just been released from prison, and he is riding the bus. He is listening to his James Brown tapes on his headphones, and singing along to the music only he hears..."Baby baby baby... he makes kissing noises..." It is hard to describe but very funny!
Another funny scene is from "Fargo", when Steve Buscemi is trying to make conversation with the passenger in the tan Cieri, who is his partner in crime and doesn't say much of anything at all. Steve says to the guy, in frustration, "Well you are a real fountain of conversation...a real geyser! Whoa, Daddy, stand back. Well, two can play at that game. We'll see how you like riding along in total silence. Let's see how you like it..."
Oh yeah, here's another great movie scene: In "Silence of the Lambs", when the SWAT team hears that Dr. Lechter has escaped his glass prison, they decide to enter the building, SWAT-team style. They notice blood dripping from the ceiling of the elevator, so, at the same time the leader of the SWAT time gives the signal to someone else to open the ceiling trap door of the elevator and a body falls out, the camera pans to the ambulance, where Dr. Lechter is starting to get up (to attack the ambulance driver and medic) while pulling off the mask he made by skinning off the outer layer of the dead prison guard's face.
One is the scene from "Another 48 Hours", when Eddie Murphy has just been released from prison, and he is riding the bus. He is listening to his James Brown tapes on his headphones, and singing along to the music only he hears..."Baby baby baby... he makes kissing noises..." It is hard to describe but very funny!
I can picture perfectly the scene you're talking about! I love it, too!
Posts: 3130 | Location: FoCo | Registered: 07 January 2005
I love the train fight scene in Spiderman 2, but especially the part when Spiderman faints from exhaustion, and the passengers on the train sort of carry him all the way into the middle of the train. When they see his face, they all go 'He's just a kid!' in shock. Love it!
Sleeping is giving in...so lift those heavy eyelids!
One of my favorite movie scenes is from "La Cage Aux Follies", starring Gene Hackman and Robin Williams, with Gene Hackman playing the President of the United States...at the very end of the movie, the place they are all hiding in is surrounded with media-types, and there seems to be no escape route available for the President, until the next scene, when it shows the President dressed in drag, dancing on stage and right out of the media dragnet...
Originally posted by sethblink: A few people here mentioned some of my favorite movies but picked scenes other than the ones that would be my fave. "Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is a great movie. Wayne's "You taught her how to read. Now give her something to read about" is one of the best lines ever in a movie.
But my favorite James Stewart moment is in "It's a Wonderful Life" when he and Donna Reed are holding the phone, listening to their blowhard friend from New York, standing so close to each other and realizing they are hopelessly in love. Simple perfect filmmaking at its best.
Somebody mentioned Chinatown. One of my all time faves. The "my sister my daughter scene" is one of the rare times watching a movie where the movie had a physical effect on me. When she says, "she's my sister and my daughter" I remember feeling the room spin around me. And then the perfect kicker. "Get it... or is it too tough for you?"
The other time, I physically responded to a scene like that was in Sixth Sense at the end when Bruce Willis realizes... well, you know. Unlike many other more perceptive people, I had no idea and I realized it just when the character did. I had no idea either, until the character figured it out...
And then a favorite scene that is nothing like the others just mentioned. In Big Night, at the very end, when in one camera shot, one brother makes some eggs, splits them with his brother and they eat them, wordlessly. I can't remember which brother made the eggs, and I've started a thread elsewhere to see if somebody can help me.
Oh, wait, one more... I know, I'm being greedy. In Sideways... Paul Giamatti explaining why he likes Pinot Noir.
My favorite movie scene is the "I will sell this house today" scene from American Beauty. Everything about it is perfect. The house...from the colors to the little slippers on the ceiling fan pull chain. The car. Annette Bening's performance. How the scene was written. It establishes absolutely everything that you need to know about her character from the moment she pulls her realtor gear outta the back of her mercedes van. "You said this was lagoon-like. This is just a hole." Brilliant.
I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but I love the "last day as a gangster" sequence from Goodfellas.
It's probably the best thing Scorsese has ever directed. Watching it really makes you feel like you're on coke (not that I know what being on coke is like).
The music in that sequences is expertly chosen and implemented. The Rolling Stones, George Harrison, The Who, fucking MUDDY WATERS, etc. He's the king of the needle-drop.
And that bit where Henry stops by Jimmy's to drop off the silencers is hilarious. De Niro looks so insane as he rips into Liotta about the silencers not fitting. "Those drugs are turning your brain to mush" SLAM! That shit gets me every time.
No wonder Darabont watched that movie every night before filming The Shawshank Redemption... every frame is 'effing inspirational.
"You got no fear of the underdog... that's why you will not survive."
Posts: 64 | Location: Los Angeles, CA | Registered: 23 August 2007
The Notebook - The part when Allie & Noah fight before she leaves to NY. "I hate you, I hate you!" "Wait a minute, we're not really breaking up are we?!"
Superbad - The part when the guy who hits Seth tries to get out of the situation by bending over... sort of signifying and "entrance." LOL. Classic.
Speaking of shawshank, the scene where the old prison librarian gets out of prison and realizes he can't deal with the world was emotional.
Also, love the scene in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, near the end, in the beach house when the house starts falling apart and you know soon he won't remember Kate Winslet's character anymore. From the start of that beach house scene until the last trace of their memories together is one my favorite all-time movie watching experiences.
My favorite movie scene is from the movie Mars Attacks. The movie scene goes as follows. When we first meet the Martian Leader, we see him reading a playboy type magazine. I loved how the film makers made him interact with the audience. What I mean by this is in the movie he looks at the audience ( more towards the ladies). This scene worked really well in theaters. It also works well at home too. Well that is my favorite movie scene.
One of the bese scenes is in Raging Bull: the last fight between LaMotta and Sugar Ray Robinson. The camera and lighting work in that scene is incredible.
Getting older makes it harder to remember: we are our only saviors We're gonna build something this summer
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