What's Your Favorite Movie Scene?

tweezak thought this was worth mentioning said Thu, Jul 29th 2021 at 2:07pm ET

What’s your favorite movie scene? Not favorite movie…just scene.

Maybe the basement in the pawn shop in Pulp Fiction
Maybe the “Stuck in the Middle With You” scene from Reservoir Dogs
Maybe the closet scene in Burn After Reading
Maybe the apes in 2001: A Space Odyssey
Maybe the “fuzzy britches” scene from Shawshank Redemption

Try not to give out “spoilers.” Some of us have not seen very many movies.

I hope nobody’s already done this topic. If it’s already been done, just ignore this unless your choice has changed.

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GrandmaLyn said Thu, Jul 29th 2021 at 2:40pm ET:

Oh my goodness! Too many to name them all, but these come to mind…
Gene Kelly dancing and singing in the rain,
The helicopter fly-over in Vietnam in Apocalypse Now (I think, correct me if I’m wrong on the title),
Homer Simpson and the “Spider Pig” song,
Princess Leia’s first appearance as a hologram to Luke and Obi-wan,
Darth Vader absolutely destroying a bunch of rebel soldiers in a hallway,
The replicant’s soliloquy near the end of the original Blade Runner (Rutger Hauer),
The human-to-cat transformation in Harry Potter,
Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Bowie making eyes at each other in ‘Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence’ and last, but not least…
The Thanos Snap

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- @GrandmaLyn This is where I will be in a couple weeks. I dislike most musicals but I have seen this about 10 times at Tampa Theatre.
  https://tampatheatre.org/movie/singin-in-the-rain
  
  yakkoTDI said Fri, Jul 30th 2021 at 12:55am ET
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- I instinctively also pick Rutger Hauer’s final scene in Blade Runner: “Time… to die…”
  
  haydesigner said Sat, Jul 31st 2021 at 7:29am ET
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medz said Thu, Jul 29th 2021 at 8:38pm ET:

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werehatrack said Thu, Jul 29th 2021 at 10:14pm ET:

I will just say “grignak” and leave it at that. You know what I mean, or you don’t.

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- @werehatrack You’re just going to have to figure out what it wants. What is its motivation?
  
  ybmuG said Thu, Jul 29th 2021 at 10:43pm ET
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- @werehatrack @ybmuG
  Too many to choose just one.
  
  You’re quite complicated, Sir. (deleted scene)
  
  That was a hell of a thing.
  
  mike808 said Sat, Jul 31st 2021 at 12:37pm ET
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- @werehatrack I didn’t, but Google did. I guess you’ve seen that flick more than a few times if you can remember the name of the rock monster
  /giphy GalaxyQuest
  
  GrandmaLyn said Sun, Aug 1st 2021 at 11:50am ET
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tinamarie1974 said Thu, Jul 29th 2021 at 10:19pm ET:
So many. The two off the top of my head
1. Rocky I, after the big fight yelling for Adrian. I can remember being Itty bitty at the drive in laying back on the hood/windshield of my parents car watching in awe
2. Top Gun volleyball scene. I was a teenager when it came out… Nuff said
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- @tinamarie1974 Tina I am soooo with you on the volleyball scene. Love it.
  Mother Goose, you pussy!!!
  
  moonhat said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 1:54pm ET
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zachdecker said Thu, Jul 29th 2021 at 10:54pm ET:

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- @zachdecker really underrated opera singer imo.
  
  jrwofuga said Fri, Jul 30th 2021 at 10:37am ET
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medz said Thu, Jul 29th 2021 at 11:59pm ET:

/youtube he split Robin’s arrow in tween

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heartny said Fri, Jul 30th 2021 at 1:32am ET:

Blazing Saddles Campfire Scene. A classic. So many great scenes in this movie.

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Tadlem43 said Fri, Jul 30th 2021 at 4:55am ET:

“When Harry Met Sally” restaurant scene.
(not really, but I couldn’t just let that lie there and not post it).

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- @Tadlem43 There’s gotta be a gif of that, let’s see…
  /giphy When Harry Met Sally
  
  GrandmaLyn said Fri, Jul 30th 2021 at 8:53am ET
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- @GrandmaLyn @Tadlem43
  /giphy when Harry met sally orgasm
  
  haydesigner said Sat, Jul 31st 2021 at 7:31am ET
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GrandmaLyn said Fri, Jul 30th 2021 at 8:57am ET:

@tweezak
/giphy Brad Pitt

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macromeh said Fri, Jul 30th 2021 at 10:19am ET:

Ripley in the cargo loader battling the queen alien.

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jrwofuga said Fri, Jul 30th 2021 at 10:43am ET:

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- enjoy, frendos.
  
  jrwofuga said Fri, Jul 30th 2021 at 10:43am ET
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- @jrwofuga OMG, YES! This movie was like the epitaph for the Western genre.
  
  GrandmaLyn said Sun, Aug 1st 2021 at 11:19am ET
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OnionSoup said Fri, Jul 30th 2021 at 10:44am ET:

I can think of a couple of parts in lifeforce.

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chienfou said Fri, Jul 30th 2021 at 2:10pm ET:

so many things about this movie that I love, but this is still mine and SWMBO’s fav:

Or if you want to cut to the chase:

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f00l said Sat, Jul 31st 2021 at 1:30am ET:

There are so many. Many many excellent ones have already been mentioned.
Many fav scenes are now memes, or involve highly quotable lines, or moments of iconic emotion.

I have seen a bunch of less famous films, but those scenes are popping into my head at this moment.

And so many films and film series are practically a series of one fav scene after another, such as:

*Star Wars (just the good films please)
Many musicals, esp
My Fair Lady
Singing in the Rain
The Sound of Music
The LOTR series
Casablanca
Blazing Saddles

Here are a few ultra familiar ones:

/youtube Casablanca Marseillaise

/youtube The Two Towers “there is always hope”

(Ok, anything with Cyd Charisse, Fred Astaire, or Gene Kelly dancing)

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tweezak said Sat, Jul 31st 2021 at 1:43am ET:

None shall pass.

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- @tweezak Tis but a scratch
  
  ELJAY said Sun, Aug 1st 2021 at 12:42am ET
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- @ELJAY That vid omits one of the best parts. The fight that Arthur and Patsy witness is awesome.
  
  tweezak said Tue, Aug 3rd 2021 at 1:35am ET
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- PANS! GLANDS! CRAYONS! AWESOME!
  
  mediocrebot said Tue, Aug 3rd 2021 at 1:35am ET
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unksol said Sat, Jul 31st 2021 at 2:26am ET:

/youtube you shall not pass

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unksol said Sat, Jul 31st 2021 at 2:29am ET:

/youtube Monty python rabbit

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- @unksol
  /youtube we want a shubbery
  
  mike808 said Sat, Jul 31st 2021 at 12:41pm ET
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- @mike808
  /youtube airspeed of a swallow
  
  unksol said Sat, Jul 31st 2021 at 12:51pm ET
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- @mike808 @unksol
  
  tweezak said Sun, Aug 1st 2021 at 1:42am ET
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- @mike808 @unksol So if she weighs the same as a duck…
  
  tweezak said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 1:02am ET
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- @tweezak @unksol
  You can’t expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
  
  mike808 said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 8:57am ET
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- @mike808 @unksol BE QUIET! I ORDER YOU TO BE QUIET!!!
  
  tweezak said Tue, Aug 3rd 2021 at 1:27am ET
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unksol said Sat, Jul 31st 2021 at 8:51am ET:

/youtube have fun storming the castle

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- @unksol
  
  mike808 said Sat, Jul 31st 2021 at 12:59pm ET
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- @mike808
  /youtube you killed my father
  
  unksol said Sat, Jul 31st 2021 at 1:11pm ET
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- @mike808 @unksol Prepare to die
  
  tweezak said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 12:59am ET
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- @unksol LIAR!!
  
  tweezak said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 1:00am ET
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mike808 said Sat, Jul 31st 2021 at 12:48pm ET:

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tweezak said Sun, Aug 1st 2021 at 3:58pm ET:

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tweezak said Sun, Aug 1st 2021 at 4:03pm ET:

And since I said “no spoilers”, I’ll just mention the closing scenes of Last of the Mohicans.

Epic.

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mossygreen said Sun, Aug 1st 2021 at 11:06pm ET:

Quite possibly this scene from What’s Up, Doc?:

This is only the beginning, the tripping followed by helping up goes all the way to her hotel room, which is what makes it so funny.

And while this scene from the beginning of Can’t Stop the Music is definitely and unambiguously one of the worst things ever filmed, Steve Guttenberg shouting “My time is NOW!” and triumphantly rollerskating out of his job remains very dear to my heart.

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mike808 said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 12:04am ET:

Young Frankenstein
“Wow, what knockers!”

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- @mike808 Why thank you herr doktor
  
  tweezak said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 12:58am ET
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tweezak said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 12:56am ET:

Oh dang, I forgot all the Pink Panther movies with Peter Sellers. Like when his Chinese assistant attacked him in their apartment. Countless hilarious scenes.

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- @tweezak Yeah, no way to choose just one. But apparently you don’t have to, because here are all of them?
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 2:08am ET
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- @tweezak “Not now Cato you fool!”
  
  ELJAY said Tue, Aug 10th 2021 at 1:34am ET
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moonhat said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 1:56pm ET:

In Con Air where John Cusack is kind of introducing the prisoners…
“Cyrus the Virus. This ones done it all….”
/giphy con air

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- @moonhat wow. What is that
  
  moonhat said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 1:57pm ET
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- @moonhat
  
  moonhat said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 1:58pm ET
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- @moonhat
  This too
  
  moonhat said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 2:02pm ET
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PocketBrain said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 3:17pm ET:

“I’ll see you in hell, William Munny!”
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“yeah.”
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Also, I like how he sights down the barrel of the shotgun at the end of that scene, as if he could miss at that range.

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- @PocketBrain rifle, sorry…
  
  PocketBrain said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 5:18pm ET
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Targaryen said Mon, Aug 2nd 2021 at 5:00pm ET:

I like this scene a lot. I like the sound use in this scene.

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mike808 said Tue, Aug 3rd 2021 at 12:12am ET:

The opening credits theme song scene from any Bond movie.

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brainmist said Tue, Aug 3rd 2021 at 12:28am ET:

The nearly continuous shot as Julia enters her haunted house for the first time, in Full Circle/ The Haunting of Julia.

(skip to 8:17, or watch the whole thing)

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tweezak said Tue, Aug 3rd 2021 at 1:40am ET:

/image Psycho shower

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duodec said Tue, Aug 3rd 2021 at 6:57pm ET:

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bblood said Mon, Aug 9th 2021 at 10:31pm ET:

I am not a fan of romance in any type of movie… its almost always hokey/over-sexed bs thrown into a good movie for antiquated reasons. .
But, even though it’s animated, this scene from How To Train Your Dragon 2 almost brought me to tears and remains (in my mind) one of the most truly heartfelt expression of love that has ever been captured in a movie. Link to video clip

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dyounghbic said Tue, Aug 10th 2021 at 8:28am ET:

The guy with the fancy knife twirling skills facing down Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. After he executes a dozen slice and dice maneuvers designed to throw fear into Indy and takes his fight stance, Ford pulls his sidearm and shoots him dead. The scene was intended to be a big fight but Ford was sick that day so he just shot him. It worked so the director left it in therefore proving the axiom, “Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight”.

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lisaviolet said Tue, Aug 10th 2021 at 2:15pm ET:

This. I hate waiting.

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mike808 said Wed, Aug 11th 2021 at 12:30am ET:

Hair gel or zipper scene in There’s something about Mary.

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