Best movie scenes

[Sir Speedy]

I'll start off with one that normally goes by overlooked. (This one is a tad violent.)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=O-hUkO13Fy8 - from American Psycho. Christian Bale was great in that scene; he totally emphasised the odd sense of humour in the script ("Hey Paul!"). Well done, Mr. Bale! :bravo:

Another scene that gets overlooked, especially since it's from The Shining.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iyh4oC_HZtM - This was a more memorable scene for me than the infamous "Here's Johnny!" one, the script and, I honestly cannot stress enough, the fantastic acting by Jack Nicholson here made the movie an instant classic and possibly the best movie in the horror genre. Shame I can't say about Shelly Duvall's acting, though. Stanley Kubrick is a genius.

 

[Ripper]

The opening scene of Pulp Fiction where John Travolta and Samuel L Jackson pay a visit to Brett's house.

There's about a decade's films worth of memorable lines in that 10 minutes alone.

Jules: [Jules shoots the man on the couch] I'm sorry, did I break your concentration? I didn't mean to do that. Please, continue, you were saying something about best intentions. What's the matter? Oh, you were finished. Well then, allow me to retort. What does Marsellus Wallace look like?
Brett: What?
Jules: What country are you from?
Brett: What?
Jules: What ain't no country I ever heard of. They speak English in What?
Brett: What?
Jules: English, motherf***er, do you speak it?
Brett: Yes.
Jules: Then you know what I'm sayin'!
Brett: Yes.
Jules: Describe what Marsellus Wallace looks like!
Brett: What?
Jules: [pointing his gun] Say what again. SAY WHAT AGAIN. I dare you, I double dare you, motherf***er. Say what one more goddamn time.
Brett: He's b-b-black...
Jules: Go on.
Brett: He's bald...
Jules: Does he look like a *****?
Brett: What?
[Jules shoots Brett in shoulder]
Jules: DOES HE LOOK LIKE A *****?
Brett: No!
Jules: Then why you try to f*** him like a *****, Brett?
Brett: I didn't.
Jules: Yes you did. Yes you did, Brett. You tried to f*** him. And Marcellus Wallace don't like to be f***ed by anybody, except Mrs. Wallace. [/b]

 

[sambãd5]

ooh great scenes - jack is a legend.

how about,

YOU WANT THE TRUTH? YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH!!![/b]

another one is the horse head scene in the godfather
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=kTbLx19GpDk

 

[Sir Speedy]

"English mother****er, do you speak it?" is up there with the best delivered lines of all time.

 

[nam97]

Quite long, but this scene from Goodfellas is awesome;

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=2oP1NMB_I0s&...feature=related

 

[Sir Speedy]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sdoA3AJ6zGE&...feature=related

All the better scenes from the opening chapter of 2001: A Space Odyssey, "The Dawn of Man". Including the monolith scene, the bones part and the infamous time-jump at the end of it.

 

[RC]

Lol. One of the biggest (if not THE biggest) time jump ever used in a film.
Genius film.

Full Metal Jacket - Pyle finally loses the plot in the toilets.
This is one of my favourite scenes in any film: -

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There's the famous quote, "What is your major malfunction?!" but more than that it's the look on Pyle's face when confronted, it's the way he chants the "this is my rifle" mantra...it's everything about his acting in that scene.
I was really young when i watched this film and the fact that they didn't cut away when he put the gun to his mouth and the fact that it was so graphic just burned into my mind.
Awesome.

 

[Sir Speedy]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=U2UFXQuT0PU - another great moment from 2001. It's defining scene.

 

[Sir Speedy]

Barring some superb moments from 2001, this clip from the "Final Fight" of Kill Bill vol. 1 has perhaps the best use of music in a movie.
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=W9E-iK-IvIs
The scene is all about the music. Absolutely superb, I never get tired of watching it.

 

[nam97]

That Full Metal Jacket scene RC posted is one of the most haunting scenes I can remember from any movie. A true classic.

Sticking with Kubrick, this one from A Clockwork Orange is probably my #1 favourite movie scene of all time;

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol7xORYP9-I

Just beautifully shot that scene, love it.

 

[Maccaweeny]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE9_oEfkV_E

Battle of The Mounds from Conan the Barbarian, it doesn't have arnie's line about the lamentation of women, but it does have his prayer to krum + lots of old-school violence (don't know why they use CGI now)

 

[Sir Speedy]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CfrHehFzVtk
From The Silence of the Lambs. Anthony Hopkins portrayed Lector perfectly as a "psychotic genius" whereas Jodie Foster did an equally great job portraying a weak woman trying to avoid her past. Great scene.

 

[Gay-Guy]

Edward Woodward in "American History X" bringing up some deep social, racial and philosophical issues. Woodward was truly brilliant in this movie acting out a very intimidating tough guy who was also very intelligent. I was thoroughly convinced about him as an actor after this movie and put him on the same scale (almost) as Daniel DayLewis .

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8hEtN0-vF90

Barring some superb moments from 2001, this clip from the "Final Fight" of Kill Bill vol. 1 has perhaps the best use of music in a movie.
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=W9E-iK-IvIs
The scene is all about the music. Absolutely superb, I never get tired of watching it. [/b]

Hey the video didn't show the whole fight?????

Interesting that the Asian lady had a Katana that did not have that guard part above the handle. The sword of a real assasin that does need to parry a lot to kill as well as being easier to carry and conceal.

 

[Sir Speedy]

<div class='quotemain'> Barring some superb moments from 2001, this clip from the "Final Fight" of Kill Bill vol. 1 has perhaps the best use of music in a movie.
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=W9E-iK-IvIs
The scene is all about the music. Absolutely superb, I never get tired of watching it. [/b]

Hey the video didn't show the whole fight?????

Interesting that the Asian lady had a Katana that did not have that guard part above the handle. The sword of a real assasin that does need to parry a lot to kill as well as being easier to carry and conceal.
[/b][/quote]
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4AH-8YuVil0
Geez, ask for the World why don't you?
I thought the scene that a selected with my first video was the best part of the fight. As I said, the music really helped that scene.

On the scene of Tarantino movies, his latest work "Deathproof" has one of the tensest scenes I've scene in ages.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GnaSx1rdVMc

...and the chase that followed:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar4aWgpMpaU

From perhaps Tarantino's least preferred movie, the best scenes.

 

[Sir Speedy]

I love how the music kicks in at the perfect time in the second clip. The timing and choice of music couldn't have been more perfect.

 

[nam97]

The final showdown between Mortimer and El Indio, from For A Few Dollars More...

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=b2l4IKz3m7c

Simply epic.

Sorry, Mortimer vs El Indio that is.

May aswell throw in the final duel from another epic western. The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly...

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=awskKWzjlhk&...feature=related

 

[RC]

Ok, am I gonna be on my own if i declare how much i hate the Kill Bill movies?
I mean, I love my kung-fu films, between me and my flatmate there are probably 50 or so scattered around the flat from Hong Kong to Hollywood, both old and modern.
But Kill Bill was an attrocity. Honestly, Quentin actually went down my list of great filmmakers becuase of those attempts.

 

[Sir Speedy]

Why do you consider it "an attrocity"? That's a pretty strong opinion to have without a reason, as I love both.

 

[RC]

It was boring. I mean as far as dialogue goes (which quentin is a master at) it was terrible. The fight scenes were just boring and it felt like to make up for this fact they would make it as chaotic and as destructive as possible. Dozens of guys dying and a restaurant being f***ed up doesn't make a good fight - generally poor choreography.
Then he tries to get pretentious and turn the whole thing into a mini cartoon!
As you might be aware, i've only seen the first one - it drove me away from ever wanting to see the 2nd one.

 

[Sir Speedy]

I honestly didn't notice any bad dialogue, I thought sometimes that it was actually quite good. This quote, taken from IMDB for example:

[first lines]
Bill: Do you find me sadistic? You know, I bet I could fry an egg on your head right now, if I wanted to. You know, Kiddo, I'd like to believe that you're aware enough even now to know that there's nothing sadistic in my actions. Well, maybe towards those other... jokers, but not you. No Kiddo, at this moment, this is me at my most...
[cocks pistol]
Bill: masochistic.
The Bride: Bill... it's your baby...
[BLAM!]

Perhaps it was the acting in the movie that made me overlook the dialogue. (For those who want to see it http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ew5EYd5_i6M but it is quite violent) Some of the lines were very well delivered (Thurman's facial expressions were awesome in that opening), like in the quote above and Tarantino's directing in that scene was also great; the fact the camera never moved off the Bride's face made it horrifying.

Although, from some of the comments I've seen on IMDB, it's a movie that you'll either love or hate; as the movie gets some negative comments there aswell.