Another movie thread (famous/best scenes)

CharleyH said:
[ Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Hard to decide on THE most memorable scene, any one with Bette Davis' excessive, melodramatic portrayl of Jane tormenting her sister Blanche (Joan Crawford).

Sunset Boulevard A scene with the bitter, displaced and aging silent film star, Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) and the writer, Joe (William Holden)
Joe: You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big.
Norma: I am big. It's the pictures that got small.
Joe: I knew there was something wrong with them.

This Noir had some of the best lines in film history as far as I'm concerned.

I can think of hundreds more, but these are the first ones that come to mind.

oops, iwas going to say two of my favorites, love bette in that one.
 
Gosh, I saw an old re-run one night. You know like at 3a.m. or somethin. I think it had all kinds of old great stars in it. I hope I get the title right I was sleepy "They shoot horses, don't they?" Every scene in it was great. It might have been made way back when but it was just great. Anybody know where you would get an old movie like that? Probably made in the early seventies maybe. All the main stars looked real young.
 
White Heat: "Top o' the world, Ma. Top o' the world!!!"

Tombstone:
Creek Johnson; "Why are you doing this, Doc?"
Doc Holiday; "Because Wyatt's my friend."
Creek Johnson; Hell, I've got lots of friends, Doc.
Doc Holiday; I don't.

Pulp Fiction: ...The truth is you're the weak. And I, am the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin' Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd.

2010: "My God, it's full of stars!"

True Romance "Shoot him in the face. Put him down like a dog, Clarence.... Clarence, ah like you--always have, always will."--Elvis Presley
 
I am currently feeling very ill-educated, film-wise. :( I guess I need to start watching some of those classics!

But here's one from a classic: Harvey. Everyone thinks Jimmy Stewart's character is just nuts. And then he says, "Harvey and I have things to do... we sit in the bars... have a drink or two... and play the juke box. Very soon the faces of the other people turn towards me and they smile."

A wonderful scene. :)

~M:rose:
 
Good Will Hunting the bar scene when the Harvard snob gets thoroughly taken apart by Will.

Braveheart The execution of his love by the constable. Heart-rending if predictable. My heart cramps every time.

a great moment and line from Gettysburg : "Mr. Pickett, sir, you must see to your division." "General Lee, I have no division."

Shakespeare In Love Will and Kit in the pub, "Good Title". I just love the idea that it might have been possible to sit in a bar and drink/chat with Will & Kit.


What about comedy?

Animal House "I've got to work on my game." "Don't think of it as work. The whole point is to enjoy yourself."
 
CharleyH said:
Queen Christina the final scene where Garbo stands on a boat mourning her lover, with no throne, no country, staring out to sea as if a a craved figure, leading the ship into the unknown, the camera solemnly zooming to her immortalized face. It reminds me of a reflection of what would become of her life. I always associate this film with the phrase "I want to be alone," though I don't recall if it came from this film.
Charlus, did you know the director, Rouben Mamoulian, told her to think of "nothing" for the shot. Brilliant.

You didn't mention the scene where she kisses (on the mouth) her young and pretty lady-in-waiting. Made an impression on me as a teen. P. :)
 
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"They shoot horses, don't they?"

Lisa Denton said:
It might have been made way back when but it was just great.
Thanks, Lisa ;) , I saw it when it came out (early 70s). I only remember Jane Fonda in it, about marathon dancing. P.
 
Belegon said:
Good Will Hunting the bar scene when the Harvard snob gets thoroughly taken apart by Will.
"Do you like apples?"
 
I just skipped through my tv-programme and saw it !
I hope it hasn't been mentioned before, if so, 'sorry'.

'Harry & Sally' - you know which scene I mean (what could be more perfect an example for Lit than this ?)

Snoopy
 
I can't come up with many of the top of my head, but these are the ones that spring to mind.

Dead Poets Society That last scene when all the students stand up on their desk to show their support for their teacher. Yeah, it's cliche but it never fails to make an impact on me.

The Princess Bride "As you wish." and of course "My name is Diego Montoya. You killed my father, prepare to die."

Little Big Man "Today is a good day to die."

Strictly Ballroom The dance scenese. All of them. They're just great.
 
bit late - but i am a scotsman

Seminal Film moments - Oh so many!

Think I'll just go with films(ish)

Just to contradict myself - the scene where Catherine Deneuve seduces Susan Sarandon in "The Hunger"

When Tom Cruise as the vampire Lestat bites the breast of the prostitue in "Interview with the Vampire"

All of "High Noon"

The dance sequence of frustration in "Billy Elliot"

"Singin in the Rain" (still do it myself when its pissing down!)

The "Biggus dickus" scene from the "LIfe of Brian"

Anything to do with Liv Tyler in LOTR
 
In no particular order -

Woody Allen's Manhattan - the opening sequence when you see the skyline with Rhapsody in Blue playing in the background

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly - where the soldiers are exhorted to sing louder to drown out the sounds of the sadistic beating

Blood Simple - practically every shot, but especially the sequence going through the house at the same height as the Alsatian dog, and the doormat-eye-view of the newspaper hitting the door

Aliens - "Get away from her, you bitch!"

The Shining - any of the sequences when Danny is cycling through the house (the anticipation, the change of noise as he crosses from carpet to wooden floor.....)

Sweet Smell of Success - Burt Lancaster holding court with the Senator, with Tony Curtis sleazing around behind him - "Match me, Sidney" "Not right now, JJ"
 
Ooh, silly me, forgot -

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - "The fall will probably kill you"

The shooting at the end of Bonny and Clyde

The butterfly at the end of All Quiet on the Western Front

The first fifteen minutes of Saving Private Ryan
 
Caddyshack of course, almost any of the Carl Spackler scenes......

"So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock.... So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking. So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me. Which is nice. "

"Oh Mrs. Crane, you're a little monkey woman. Yeah, you're lean, mean, and I bet you're not too far in between are ya. How'd you like to wrap your spikes around my... "

"This crowd has gone deadly silent, a Cinderella story outta nowhere. Former greenskeeper and now about to become ... The Masters champion."

The best one is the scene between Ty Webb and Carl Spackler (Chevy Chase and Bill Murray) in the groundskeeper's shack. The scene was actually filmed after production had wrapped, when the producers realized there wasn't a single scene in the movie with the two of them together. The whole thing was improvised and (according to some accounts) both actors were more than a little drunk whle shooting it.

"This is a hybrid. This is a cross, ah, of Bluegrass, Kentucky Bluegrass, Featherbed Bent, and Northern California Sensemilia. The amazing stuff about this is, that you can play 36 holes on it in the afternoon, take it home and just get stoned to the bejeezus-belt that night on this stuff."
 
I have probably seen hundreds of movies over the years ... most of them more than once ... but the only scene I can come up with on the top of my head is

The Last of the Mohicans - with Daniel Day Lewis, when Madeline Stowes Characters' sister jumps to death down that mountain.

Oh now they are flowing in ...

Star Trek VII - Generations - when the Enterprise finally destroyed that Klingon Bird of Prey ... all looked kind of sad, only Data pumps his fist ... "Yeah".

A few good men - well, actually the whole movie, but especially Jack Nicholson "You can't handle the truth".

Lost in translation - The opening scene. 'nuff said.

Star Trek VI - The scene when Spock tells Kirk that the Klingons will die ... "Then let them die!"

Saving Private Ryan - Landing on Omaha Beach.

Leon - with Jean Reno. Just about the whole movie ... Gary Oldman was brilliant.

The Matrix Revolutions - the scene when the machines invade Zion and this commander says "If we have to give our lives, we give 'em hell before we do". Gives me chills everytime I see it. Oh and of course Hugo Weavings mad laughing.

Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers - when Theoden wants to ride one more time ... "The Horn of Helm Hammerhand will sound in the deep, one last time!" and then Gimli blows the horn. Gives me chills everytime I see it. Although the words sound way more epic in the German version.

Love Actually - also nearly the whole movie, but especially the opening sequence and when Liam Neeson talks to his son.

"Well, you know - I thought it might be something worse."
"Worse than the total agony of being in love?"

Looney Toons back in action - Jenna Elfmans car is just flooded, when you see Bugs Bunny sitting in a boat, with a fishing rod and says "A what do you know, I found Nemo"

Matchstick Men - when Nicholas Cage realizes he has been punk'd and stands there butt naked ... this is where the movie should have ended.

Troy - when Brad Pitt tells his people "Immortality - take it - its yours" and the scene between Eric Bana and Brian Cox.

"No son of Troy will ever submit to a foreign ruler"
"Than every son of Troy shall die"

Star Wars - Episode II - The Attack of the Clones - Yodas fight with Christopher Lee.

Spiderman 2 - The elevator scene.

Shrek 2 - when Puss in boots falls of that horse and curses in spanish.

About Schmidt - whenever there comes Jack Nicholsons voice from off scene with "Dear Ndugu"

Heat - when Al Pacino and Robert de Niro sit in that cafe and just talk.

A Knights tale - when they enter London ... "The boys are back in town"

The Truman Show - when Jim Carrey leaves the show in the end.

Well ... I better stop now :D. But I am sure there will be more.

CA
 
CrazyyAngel said:
Heat - when Al Pacino and Robert de Niro sit in that cafe and just talk.
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One of my favorite scenes, also .....

Vincent Hanna: You know, we are sitting here, you and I, like a couple of regular fellas. You do what you do, and I do what I gotta do. And now that we've been face to face, if I'm there and I gotta put you away, I won't like it. But I tell you, if it's between you and some poor bastard whose wife you're gonna turn into a widow, brother, you are going down.

Neil McCauley: There is a flip side to that coin. What if you do got me boxed in and I gotta put you down? Cause no matter what, you will not get in my way. We've been face to face, yeah. But I will not hesitate. Not for a second.
 
CrazyyAngel said:

Lost in translation - The opening scene. 'nuff said.

The Matrix Revolutions - the scene when the machines invade Zion and this commander says "If we have to give our lives, we give 'em hell before we do". Gives me chills everytime I see it. Oh and of course Hugo Weavings mad laughing.

Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers - when Theoden wants to ride one more time ... "The Horn of Helm Hammerhand will sound in the deep, one last time!" and then Gimli blows the horn. Gives me chills everytime I see it. Although the words sound way more epic in the German version.

Love Actually - also nearly the whole movie, but especially the opening sequence and when Liam Neeson talks to his son.

"Well, you know - I thought it might be something worse."
"Worse than the total agony of being in love?"

Troy - when Brad Pitt tells his people "Immortality - take it - its yours" and the scene between Eric Bana and Brian Cox.

"No son of Troy will ever submit to a foreign ruler"
"Than every son of Troy shall die"

CA

Can someone please explain me why they had to show her naked butt in the beginning of Lost In Translation (LIT, get it ?, ;) )
I didn'T make any sense to me. (I also thought the movie was waaaaay over-hyped)

And other than that I can only say that since you like Matrix Revolutions I can't judge you mentally sane. Sorry, :rolleyes:

Then again you like Love Actually and Troy which makes up for it. (Since you are the second person on the planet that also liked Troy)

Snoopy
 
steve w said:
In no particular order -

Woody Allen's Manhattan - the opening sequence when you see the skyline with "tunes of cole porter and gershwin" in Blue playing in the background

The first time I ever went to New York City, I was in a van (high school performing arts club). As we were approaching the Lincoln tunnel, about to enter Manhattan, I started playing ""tunes of cole porter and gershwin" In Blue." I was over come by an orgiastic, nearly orgasmic, ineffably epiphanic enrapturement--and I realized that New York was my town, and it always would be. Actually I didn't remember why I wanted to hear RIB as I entered New York City for the first time. It wasn't until I saw "Mahattan" years later that I realized that I must have seen the opening sequence somewhere.
 
Chasing Amy: "Fuck Lando Calrissian! Uncle-Tom n*gger..." - Hooper

Mi Familia: "Don Alejandro Vasquez 'El Californio', died 1934. When I was born here, this was Mexico, and where I lie, this is still Mexico. " - El Californio's epitaph

The Cotton Club: "...The white man ain't left me nothing out here but the underworld, and that is where I dance. Let me ask you something, Sandman: where do you dance?" - Bumpy Johnson (Laurence Fishburne)

Full Metal Jacket:
Colonel: Now answer my question, or you'll be standing tall before The Man.
Joker: I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man sir.
Colonel: The what?
Joker: The duality of man, the Jungian thing, sir.
Colonel: Who's side are you on, son?

http://161.58.5.90/fmj/duality.wav
 
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perdita said:
Charlus, did you know the director, Rouben Mamoulian, told her to think of "nothing" for the shot. Brilliant.

You didn't mention the scene where she kisses (on the mouth) her young and pretty lady-in-waiting. Made an impression on me as a teen. P. :)

Funny, I was thinking of the lesbian implications of that film. Also interesting to think that there were far more undertones of lesbianism in old hollywood films than there seems to have been with the collapse of the Hollywood system.

I didn't know that P., thanks. This particular scene, at least when I close my eyes and recall it, seems indicitive of Garbo's mystery, and a reflection of her own self-exile.

Claire just reminded me of my fave scene in a more recent film: Kill Bill, Vol. 2. The cool, calmness of Darryl Hannah's character, Elle Driver, sitting and taking out her notebook to read details she taken from the internet, about how Budd, who is laying on the floor after being bitten, is going to die:

Elle Driver: The venom of a black mamba can kill a human in four hours, if, say, bitten on the ankle or the thumb. However, a bite to the face or torso can bring death from paralysis within 20 minutes. Now, you should listen to this, 'cause this concerns you. . . .

The whole scene was great, but that particular line was perfect.
 
SnoopDog said:
Can someone please explain me why they had to show her naked butt in the beginning of Lost In Translation (LIT, get it ?, ;) )
I didn'T make any sense to me. (I also thought the movie was waaaaay over-hyped)

It doesnt have to make sense, does it? It was a beautiful scene ...

SnoopDog said:
And other than that I can only say that since you like Matrix Revolutions I can't judge you mentally sane. Sorry, :rolleyes:

Ahm ... who said I liked it? They shouldnt have done the two sequels. The first was great ... the others were a little too overhyped and overdone actually. But those two scenes were great.

CA
 
It Happened One Night...When Claudette Colbert lifts her skirt when they are hitchhiking.

Citizen Kane..."Rosebud"

Blazing Saddles...The fart scene around the campfire.

Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid..."Use enough dynamite there Butch?"

The Misfits...Clark Gable's scene with the wild horses.

Airplane..."And don't call me Shirley."
 
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CrazyyAngel said:
It doesnt have to make sense, does it? It was a beautiful scene ...



Ahm ... who said I liked it? They shouldnt have done the two sequels. The first was great ... the others were a little too overhyped and overdone actually. But those two scenes were great.

CA

Alright, now you're on my cool-people-list again. :D

Snoopy
 
CharleyH said:
Also interesting to think that there were far more undertones of lesbianism in old hollywood films than there seems to have been with the collapse of the Hollywood system.
Surely you've seen The Celluloid Closet, Charlus. The oldies are full of gay undertones for both genders. Think of Edward Everett Horton's roles (the "sissy"), Olivier and Curtis in "Spartacus", Dietrich in a tux, many of Jimmy Stewart's femme-y characters (vs. Gable's or Bogart's), Sal Mineo in "Rebel w/o a Cause", Claude Rains' fey "Invisible Man" (he says to his 'girlfriend', "The whole world's my hiding place. I can stand out there amongst them in the day or night and laugh at them."), Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train". Then there's a history of gender-play in vampire movies.

Perdita ;)
 
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