Favorite Scenes

[Go Pokes 979]

Hope we haven't done this before, but I caught the last hour of The Godfather and the baptism scene got me thinking about my all time favorite scenes in movies.  So my list would look like this:

Baptism scene in The Godfather

Montage of Benjamin wasting his life in The Graduate set to The Sounds of Silence.(that ape).

They call me Mr Tibbs! in In The Heat of the Night

I couda been a contenda

 

[mulletpelini 5216]

pretty sure it has

Everything on Hoth

Vice - fake credits in the middle.

[Knoxtnhorn 6066]

Big Fish ending.

Saving Private Ryan beginning.

Pele's goal in Victory (very obscure).

 

[Guest]

"Goddammit Cookie, move your ass! I want my 12.!"

tarring the roof in Shawshank

The "Fuck you, we're friends" scene in Finding Forrester.

and my favorite:

 

[UTGrad98 2282]

Of course being a kid at the time makes a huge difference but these are the scenes where I can remember distinctly how I felt at the exact moment even decades later. 

 

The millennium falcon flying out of the Death Star as it exploded.

when Sam picked up and carried Frodo.

The entire sequence of the time out and last shot of Hoosiers.

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, UTGrad98 said:

Of course being a kid at the time makes a huge difference but these are the scenes where I can remember distinctly how I felt at the exact moment even decades later. 

 

The millennium falcon flying out of the Death Star as it exploded.

when Sam picked up and carried Frodo.

The entire sequence of the time out and last shot of Hoosiers.

For me, the best Hoosiers scene was when Coach Dale was talking with Jimmy Chitwood and Jimmy drains shot after shot after shot; only for ole Norm to tell him he doesn't need him on the team.

Clang...

Then it comes full circle at the town hall.   Fuck spoilers...the movie is over 30 years old.

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[Loco 3754]

Charlie Don't Surf

 

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[UTGrad98 2282]

1 minute ago, slorch said:

For me, the best Hoosiers scene was when Coach Dale was talking with Jimmy Chitwood and Jimmy drains shot after shot after shot; only for ole Norm to tell him he doesn't need him on the team.

Clang...

I’ve never looked it up but I wonder how many takes that took

[BayouBill 835]

“HEY STELLLLAAAAAA!!!”

When the aliens blew up the first building in Independence Day

Even though it’s overdone, I still get the feels during the Rudy chant

 

lastly....going obscure here but in the movie Dredd (the newer one) after they try and kill him with the big ass rail gun and he walks out of the dust and throws a dude off the railing in front of the baddies. Do yourselves a favor and watch that movie if you haven’t.

[Jerry Callo 8731]

Oh Captain, my Captain.

Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

You must be out of your goddamned mind, Joe Lewis is the greatest boxer ever lived . . .

Sally Fields scene in Steel Magnolias after her daughter dies.

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.

Is it possible that the two utes . . .

[deadshank 24653]

What?  What are you grinning at, you ghost?

[aggie08 21532]

The opening scene of Inglorious Basterds is endlessly rewatchable, and I am far from a Tarantino fan. I probably watch that scene a handful of times every year. 

The first time your watch it is great because, at some point, you realize, "Holy shit, Landa already knows he's hiding the family, and he knows exactly where they are...he just wants to fuck with the farmer, and hear himself talk." Then, on every rewatch, you know that he already knows, so you pick up on all the little nuances he uses to sell it just being a normal questioning.

 

[Guest Lobo]

The scene with Danny Devito and Peter Facinelli in the hotel room after Kevin Spacey has stormed out in "The Big Kahuna."  For such a funny actor, Devito is absolutely gripping as he explains to Facinelli's why his desire to tell people about his faith is actually just another version of what he and Spacey do, which is outside sales.  When he closes with how Facinelli doesn't have any character or experience yet, "No Bob...you've done plenty of things to regret.  You just don't know what they are yet."  

Even though Spacey is a shitheap in real life, it is a great movie.  I make every employee who ever goes out on the road on our behalf watch it.  

[PilotsError 2321]

When Adrian comes out of the coma.

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[TommyGufano 6021]

Not a movie, but gimme Omar in court

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[Surly Bevo 25160]

Scene gets paid off by what happens at the end

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[Surly Bevo 25160]

The OG Locker Room Speech

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[futureman 22550]

gee, the lack of humility before nature that’s being displayed here, uh, staggers me. 

[Go Pokes 979]

I could use some movie titles in some of these.  I don't what movie about 10 of those quotes are referencing.  

Vince and Jules in the car talking about Europe in Pulp Fiction

The trip down memory lane at Coney Island in Annie Hall 

Hard to pick one from Young Frankestein, but I think I'd go with "Sedagive?!!!" 

 

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[Wild Bill 324]

54 minutes ago, llanoflash said:

 

Excellent choice here.

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[Bill Lumbergh 7186]

All of the Hoosiers scenes are great calls. Lots to pick from in that one.

In the most iconic scenes of all time, I'd have to think the final reveal sequence in usual suspects is pretty high up there. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist, and like that...

[burntorangebongos 10752]

Lion in Winter has a ton of great scenes...so many badass quotes. Delivered by some of the best actors of our time. Peter O'Toole, Katherine Hepburn, and Anthony Hopkins. A few of my favorite scenes:

Prince John:
A knife! He's got a knife!

Eleanor:
Of course he has a knife, he always has a knife, we all have knives! It's 1183 and we're barbarians! How clear we make it. Oh, my piglets, we are the origins of war: not history's forces, nor the times, nor justice, nor the lack of it, nor causes, nor religions, nor ideas, nor kinds of government, nor any other thing. We are the killers. We breed wars. We carry it like syphilis inside. Dead bodies rot in field and stream because the living ones are rotten. For the love of God, can't we love one another just a little - that's how peace begins. We have so much to love each other for. We have such possibilities, my children. We could change the world.

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Prince John:
Poor John. Who says poor John? Don't everybody sob at once! My God, if I went up in flames there's not a living soul who'd pee on me to put the fire out!

Prince Richard:
Let's strike a flint and see.

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Henry II:
I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor:
At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

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Henry II:
I found out the way your mind works and the kind of man you are. I know your plans and expectations - you've burbled every bit of strategy you've got. I know exactly what you will do, and exactly what you won't, and I've told you exactly nothing. To these aged eyes, boy, that's what winning looks like!

 

[miguelito 11312]

You were on the Indianapolis?

[kingkoopa6 8377]

“I always tell the truth, even when I die”

“My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius”

 

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[futureman 22550]

1 hour ago, kingkoopa6 said:

“My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius”

while I love your pick, the one that really hits me hard is the whole “he was a soldier of rome, honor him” sequence with the musical score.  I cry every single time. 

[kingkoopa6 8377]

5 minutes ago, futureman said:

while I love your pick, the one that really hits me hard is the whole “he was a soldier of rome, honor him” sequence with the musical score.  I cry every single time. 

 

[philsjwfu 21]

The ending of Monsters Inc when Sully sees Boo again.

 

Road to Perdition when Tom Hanks ambushes the gangsters and kills Paul Newman "I'm glad it's you"

 

 

 

 

[Guest]

52 minutes ago, futureman said:

while I love your pick, the one that really hits me hard is the whole “he was a soldier of rome, honor him” sequence with the musical score.  I cry every single time. 

The frost, sometimes it makes the blade stick.

 

dude knows he's fucked immediately.

[Underdog 28775]

"You're gonna need a bigger boat".  That whole sequence leading up to that line and following with the first full reveal of the shark...  "that's a 20 footer...  25, 3 tons on him"

Father Merrin's arrival. 

"Oh my God"  The Captain when he spots the tidal wave in Poseidon Adventure. 

The basketball scene in Airplane. 

When Nick the Dick gets introduced in the kitchen, the slap sound cracks me up.  

The conclusion of the fight with Rocky/Creed and after a slight pause, everyone pours into the ring with music in background. 

 

[Parliament 14325]

1 hour ago, kingkoopa6 said:

 

Not even the best scene in the movie:

 

[futureman 22550]

you should try and pay attention you ohio ruffian

[Parliament 14325]

"Favorite" not "Best."  It withdraw my comment.

Here are a few of my faves:

 

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[futureman 22550]

two very solid entries

[GhostOfTomJoad 9352]

Heat: aborted jewel heist scene where Neil (De Niro) hears the rifle butt inside the panel truck & his eyes sear through dark/infrared to find Vincent's (Pacino). No words are spoken, but everything is known.

The Remains of the Day: when Miss Kenton (Thompson) attempts to pry the book from Stevens' (Hopkins') hands in his parlor. They were inches away from love & a life, but he clutches the book & forever dooms himself to a life of observing, not living.

No Country for Old Men: when Chigurh (Bardem) corners Wells (Harrelson) in his hotel room before killing him.

Goodfellas: how do you choose between the Copa scene and the Layla scene?

And all of Casablanca, for that matter.

[Parliament 14325]

I wanted to choose a scene from Heat, but I had no idea where to start.

[PRONG HORN 3159]

Movie magic 

 

 

[closetojumping 62878]

How in the fuck is the court room scene with Jack Nicholson from A Few Good Men not mentioned here yet?

[DalTxHornFan 3117]

 

[Augustus 3061]

The St Crispins Day speech is awesome, but that scene doesn't compare to this one.  I was ready to suit up and run through a wall for Branagh.

 

[Augustus 3061]

Although this stretches the definition of a scene, it's the best fucking delivery of Mark Antony's oration any actor has ever offered.  Damien Lewis is gifted.

 

[Mo Horn 8855]

Ball 4... Bull Durham

You can't handle the truth... A Few Good Men

Batting cage... The Natural

My name is Andrew Shepard and I AM the President of the United States... the American President

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

The three scenes I pull up and watch more than any others are (1) Indianapolis; (2) Few Good Men courtroom; and (3) you’re Sicilian, huh?

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[Jive Turkey 12644]

The championship match in Searching for Bobby Fisher. I watch this all the time. 

 

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[tantric superman 4668]

Ending chase scene up the mountain in "Last of the Mohicans".

Simple "walking the trenches" prior to the attack on the anthill in "Paths of Glory"

"Watusi scene" from "Who's that Knocking at My Door" - first great scorsese bit.