Great Movie Scenes - An appreciation

[whufc]

Man On Fire- at the very end after the swap between dakota fanning and denzel Washington has been made and his walking along. AWESOME STUFF

[Dogwatcher]

Almost Famous - the scene in the bus with them all singing Tiny Dancer, great scene

from the Committments, when they are all on the train and they break into singing Destination Anywhere, they finally clicked

Two more of my favourite movies and seminal scenes to boot.

[JK]

Almost Famous - the scene in the bus with them all singing Tiny Dancer, great scene

from the Committments, when they are all on the train and they break into singing Destination Anywhere, they finally clicked

Two more of my favourite movies and seminal scenes to boot.

Yeah same ... The light plane flight in AF, and Russell tripping on Acid were pretty good too.

[Pseudo]

Dirty Harry. The scene where Harry has shot the killer in the middle of the football field and proceeds to torture him to find out where he has hidden the girl. The camera backs away to disturbing music....

Dogs In Space. The "trip" scene had by Saskia Post's character as she dies of a heroin overdose, set to Iggy Pop's "The Endless Sea".

The Last Temptation Of Christ. The scene where Jesus' "guardian angel" appears, takes him down from the cross and leads him to the life he desired, the life of a normal man. This one reduces me to tears every time - no kidding.

Excalibur. The scene where Arthur, having learned the secret of the Grail (The king is the land), rallies his men and rides into battle against Mordred's forces. As they ride to the battle the land is reborn around them, barren plants spontaneously bursting into flower. All while that fanfare from Orff's 'Carmina Burana' plays.

The Life Of Brian. "What's so funny about Biggus Dickus? I have a gweat fwiend in Wome called Biggus Dickus"

Caddyshack. DOODY! DOODY!

Bad Boy Bubby. Plenty of great scenes here... but I'll nominate the one where Bubby finally emerges from his home, removes the gas mask, chuckles as he realises that he can breathe the air after all, and wanders off into the world.

Could think of plenty more, but that'll do for now.

[Dirko]

Some of my favs (already done but I'll still do 'em)

"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse" - The Godfather

"Go ahead, make my day" - Sudden Impact

"May the force be with you" - Star Wars

"E.T. Phone Home" - ET The Extra-Terrestrial

"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chainti" - Silence of the Lambs

"Show me the money" - Jerry Maguire

"You can't handle the truth" - A Few Good Men

"Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get" - Forrest Gump

"They're here" - Poltergeist

"Hasta la vista, Baby" - Terminator 2

"Yo, Adrien" - Rocky

[JK]

Far out, you could have a thread like this on Life Of Brian alone

[JAS]

What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 'People called Romanes they go the house'?


Regards
JAS

[Dirko]

The scary thing is I use most of those bloody quotes during my normal conversation

[Magpiespower]

Battleship Potemkin - The Odessa Steps.

Apocalypse Now - opening scene with the chopper napalming the jungle. The Doors.

Casablanca- final scene at the airport. Big farewell. 'We'll always have Paris'.

The Godfather- baptism/murder montage. Michael Corleone joins the family business!

On the Waterfront - I coulda been a contendor!

From Here to Eternity - Burt and Deb get busy on the beach.

Last Tango in Paris - Marlon Brando finds a new use for butter.

[godoubleblues]

Almost Famous - the scene in the bus with them all singing Tiny Dancer, great scene

from the Committments, when they are all on the train and they break into singing Destination Anywhere, they finally clicked

Two more of my favourite movies and seminal scenes to boot.

Yeah same ... The light plane flight in AF, and Russell tripping on Acid were pretty good too.

the plane flight scene, yes good, the drummer comes out from memory

[Snaggletooth Tiger]

Apocalypse Now: Chopper attack to Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkyrie'
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Final standoff at the Sad Hill Cemetery
A Clockwork Orange: Opening scene in the Karova Milk Bar

Give credit where it's due, the film's score adds to the atmosphere 100%!

[smac]

Gofather 2 where Vito takes revenge on the killer of his family.

The final scene in Scarface.

[am Bays]

Gallipoli: What are you legs? steel springs. What are they going to do? Hurl me down the track. How fast can you run run? Fast as a leopard...

Life of Brian, "So apart from sanitation, law and order, health and the aquaducts, what have the Romans done for us..."

Caddyshack (so many to mention) "Nice boy, nice boy know I know why Tigers eat their young," "Hey judge double or nothing? "here is the cinderalla story at Augusta, hes got a two iron..." "So Llama how about something for the trouble? "When you die you shall receive total consciousness so I've got that going for me...." So Danny you've ever done drugs"

Chariots of Fire, the scene in Keynes College where all the names of the alumni that haven't come back from "The Great War"... "I run to win!" "Overstriding the death of the sprinter"

Bull Durham, ".....and I believe in long slow deep wet kisses that last for three days....Goodnight" "Oh My, wait Crash...."

[JK]

The final scene in Gallipoli haunted me badly as a youngster, it still does when I think about it.

The catch cry from "Good Morning Vietnam" became quite renowned as did the "I would not hesitate" speech between De Niro and Pacino in "Heat".

"Here's Johnny" is probably another classic catchphrase (even though I still haven't seen the movie)

[Q.]

One of my fave moofies, Drugstore Cowboy and the scene in the car where Bob is booting up after they've just ripped off the chemist. "Everything was grand then, your worst enemy wasn't so bad, the ants in the grass were just doing their thing, everything took on the rosy hue of unlimited success. You could do no wrong and as long as it lasted, life was beautiful", after which he snaps out of his thirty seconds of satisfaction.

Also the scene where they find Nadine dead from a massive overdose, and the reality of their lives suddenly hits them.

[Johnny Bowla]

Holy Grail: Bring out your dead
The Black knight scene
coconuts

Life of Brian: Stuttering scene
I'm Brian of Lazerus

Happy Gilmore: start where he is explaining the jobs he has had.

Braveheart: They can take our lives...etc

Scarface: Say hello to my little friend

(for basketball fans)
Michael Jordan Air Time: Start
Knicks series

[Dogwatcher]

Trainspotting: When Renton steals the money at the end and walks out of the hotel room, revealing that for all of their grand claims of friendship and loyalty and for all of the situations they have experienced together there really is no loyalty among criminals (or junkies).

[JK]

Frankly My Dear, I dont give a damn

[JAS]

Jamie Lee's mum Janet Leigh in that shower scene in Psycho.

...and

MANDY:
Well, Brian,... your father isn't Mr. Cohen.
BRIAN:
I never thought he was.
MANDY:
Now, none of your cheek! He was a Roman, Brian. He was a centurion in the Roman army.
BRIAN:
You mean... you were raped?
MANDY:
Well, at first, yes.
BRIAN:
Who was it?
MANDY:
Heh. Nortius Maximus his name was. Hmm. Promised me the known world he did. I was to be taken to Rome, House by the Forum. Slaves. Asses' milk. As much gold as I could eat.
Then, he, having his way with me had... voom! Like a rat out of an aqueduct.


Regards
JAS

[rogernumber10]

As a kid, remember most of those movies for particular reasons

Space - Star Wars. Opening shot of the spaceship being pursued by the star cruiser. Just stunning when you were 11 years old and never seen a film like it.

Action - Jaws. the first time you heard the music in the cinema.Scared silly and didn't go in the water past knee height for years

Horror - Alien. When John Hurt's stomach exploded

Comedy - Blues Brothers. 'This is a really great mall' and the car chase into Chicago

War - Great Escape. Steve McQueen on the motorbike, and the repeat scene of him chucking his baseball against the cooler wall.

Teenage - Ferris Bueller's day off. Where to start? but love, 'Rooney, you're an a..hole'