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Alien. I really liked the landing scene. It was the most, to this day, believebl and convincing one I've evet seen. It really Is the only scene in a sf movie involving landing a big spaceship on a planet I've seen that made me believe I was watching a crew of real people really landing a big ship on a planet. Sure it cheats by having It land on a dark and stormy night but that made the landing mishap more believable. I can't say I've ever seen a landing scene as good since.
On a related note the bucket drop scene in battlestar galactica was pretty amazing too but not as good.
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"I learned the hard way that if you take a stand on any issue, no matter how insignificant, people will line up around the block to kick your ass over it." Jesse "the mind" Ventura.
Casino royale. The scene where the bomb maker threw his empty pistol at bond, who caught it then threw it back at the bomb maker and bounded it right off his head.
That "throwing an empty gun" at someone goes back to the superman series. In one ep a guy shoots at superman who stands there almost counting the bullets until hecs dry, then says "Now what are you going to do with the empty gun? " so the guys throws it at him and superman nods.
The scene in casino royale was the best "throw an empty gun" scene icd ever seen. The only way it could get better is if the good guy dropped his guh, the bad guy throws his empty at him, he catches it, ejects the empty clip, pulls out a clip, slides it up into the butt and says "Thanks! "
(Now you want to see that scene too.)
"I learned the hard way that if you take a stand on any issue, no matter how insignificant, people will line up around the block to kick your ass over it." Jesse "the mind" Ventura.
In Mel Brook's Silent Movie, the entire film is done as a silent movie using caption cards to indicate dialogue around the plot which involves Mel trying to produce a silent movie.
In one scene, Mel rings up the famous French mime Marcel Marceau to try to persuade him to appear in the film.
After a mime sequence, Mel asks Marcel (by caption card) to appear in his silent film, and Marcel replies "non".
It is the only spoken word of dialogue in the whole film.
Kilkrazy wrote: In Mel Brook's Silent Movie, the entire film is done as a silent movie using caption cards to indicate dialogue around the plot which involves Mel trying to produce a silent movie.
In one scene, Mel rings up the famous French mime Marcel Marceau to try to persuade him to appear in the film.
After a mime sequence, Mel asks Marcel (by caption card) to appear in his silent film, and Marcel replies "non".
It is the only spoken word of dialogue in the whole film.
The mime is the only one with a spoken line? That's pretty funny.
The Phantom Menace only had one good scene, but it was one of the best in the whole series. When Darth Maul stands before Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon... and ignites the second blade on his lightsaber. Perfect.
Darth Vader's first appearance on screen is probably my favorite scene in A New Hope.
In the first Avengers movie: "Hulk.... smash!"
For The Princess Bride, nothing tops the fight sequence between Inigo Montoya and the Dread Pirate Roberts. Although watching Inigo go through four guards in less time than it takes to read this sentence comes close.
V for Vendetta: "No, what you have is bullets, and the hope that once you run out I will no longer be standing, because if I am you will not survive to reload."
Vulcan wrote: V for Vendetta: "No, what you have is bullets, and the hope that once you run out I will no longer be standing, because if I am you will not survive to reload."
This movie has so many memorable moments.
The introduction of V to Eve at the start I think is one of the best character introductions I've ever read/seen.
Last of the Mohicans (spoiler...if you haven't seen this film, what the hell is wrong with you?)
Spoiler:
In this stunning movie, we get a beautiful (and much better) rendition of Cooper's hard-to-read story, with just the right amount of Hollywood added. We have gorgeous film work, jaw-dropping scenery, a stunning cast, gorgeous props and costumes and a phenomenal sound track. This is arguably one of the few "perfect" movies in my opinion. It's just amazing across the board, and it's topped off with a classic bit of Daniel Day Lewis acting. Fast forward to the end of the film. Magua, the evil looking outcast Huron is departing his tribe, with a kidnapped British officer's daughter in tow. Daniel Day Lewis' character, Hawkeye is making an effort to catch them.
Throughout the film, the main "good guy" has been, to this point, Hawkeye. The main "baddie" has obviously been Magua. Both exceptional warriors, etc. The music is swelling, the film's been going on for around two hours, so we're set for the final showdown.
Having fallen for the British officer's younger daughter, Hawkeye's brother, Uncas has given chase as well, far ahead of Hawkeye and his father, Chingachgook. Uncas catches Magua's war party and immediately dives into a fight with Magua, hoping to save his newfound fair-haired beauty. Magua, a strong and skilled warrior dispatches Uncas - as Hawkeye and his father watch from the distance. Uncas' body is tossed from a cliff and, witnessing this, the daughter of the British officer leaps to her death...a sad moment.
Now we have Magua (super villain extraordinaire) and Hawkeye (lead actor, fueled by vengeance, brother's just been killed). Okay, bam. We're set for a super typical Hollywood showdown. Good guy vs. Bad guy. In fact, even as a kid of 11, when I first saw this film, I could tell you what was going to happen. Hawkeye was going to fight Magua. He was going to get cut badly, beat up, and then magically at the last moment find the willpower to win - he'd kill Magua and the movie would end. Because that's how movies end. It's a fact.
So, as the film continues Hawkeye and Chingachgook catch up with the tail end of Magua's war party, shooting several of the rear-guard warriors. They catch Magua on a large stone outcropping, and he squares off with them, ready to begin the Hollywood climax to the film!
Hawkeye stands aside, covering several warriors with his musket as Chingachgook runs up. Wait...what? Chingachgook then rolls under Magua's swing, and strikes him in the back with his warclub...he defends another swing, shattering Magua's arm. He strikes Magua several more times with his warclub. He then buries his warclub's spike in Magua's gut...and kicks him off, leaving him dead in an instant.
What the feth? In the book...Hawkeye shoots Magua and we get a fairly normal ending. Out of nowhere, this big budget film delivers a shockingly refreshing surprise. The quiet and reserved father, bereft of his younger son just absolutely murders the main antagonist, a violent and scary warrior...just...kills him dead without any fanfare. No classic (tired) fight to the finish between the main headlining actor and the antagonist. Nope. Dad gets his revenge and it's glorious. Even as an eleven year old kid, I was absolutely stunned by the beautiful choice they made for the film. It was so incredibly nice to see something...different?
That scene has stuck with me as one of my all-time "whaaaaaaat!?" moments in film. Absolutely loved it.
The final fight between the Samurai in Sanjuro (IIRC).
They both eye each other standing practically chest to chest for about two minutes, then it is over in about a second. I had to re-watch it about 10 times before I could really understand what exactly happened.
Plus, the subtext of that showdown was pretty interesting too.
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The Darth Vader reveal scene in Rogue One where he massacres the Rebels always gives me the chills.
The scene in RoTS where ol Palpy is about to be arrested by Windu and Friends, where he goes "It's treason then". Say what you want about the prequels but Ian McDiarmid did a fantastic job.
Animated movies that come to mind is Under the Red Hood, at the very end of the movie when Bruce sees the flashback scene to when Jason Todd is about to go on one of his first patrols. It's so melancholic and tragic to have his youthful exuberance be contrasted to what he ends up becoming and Bruce's own regret in not being able to protect him. When Batman first dons his cowl in Mask of the Phantasm is another iconic moment, especially with the music.
The end of John Carpenter’s The Thing. It’s perfect. Two guys just sitting there waiting to die and/or see if each other is a Thing. The viewer doesn’t know, it could be either or neither. And that music, damn, it’s amazing. Roll credits. What was the truth? No way to tell. It’s up to you. 10/10.
One of my favorite scenes in Quentin Tarantino's films is the bar scene in Inglourious Bastards. The conversation just feels so genuine, and the suspense of the whole thing as you ponder where it's going is wonderful stuff. You can see the Kraut officer is suspicious but you don't know how far he'll go and then everything gradually escalates until there are guns everywhere. Absolutely love it.
creeping-deth87 wrote: One of my favorite scenes in Quentin Tarantino's films is the bar scene in Inglourious Bastards. The conversation just feels so genuine, and the suspense of the whole thing as you ponder where it's going is wonderful stuff. You can see the Kraut officer is suspicious but you don't know how far he'll go and then everything gradually escalates until there are guns everywhere. Absolutely love it.
I second this. I think it's probably the best 10-15 minutes in the history of movies.
I also adore that part in The Good, The Bad and the Ugly when Tuco searches for the unmarked grave with The Ecstasy of Gold playing on.
The end scene in Some Like It Hot.
As they are making their getaway from the gangsters in the millionaires speedboat, Jack Lemmon's character gives a list of reasons why he can't marry the rich guy. Rich guy has a counter for each one. The look on Jack's face just sells it.
The last exchange is:
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
Nostromodamus wrote: The end of John Carpenter’s The Thing. It’s perfect. Two guys just sitting there waiting to die and/or see if each other is a Thing. The viewer doesn’t know, it could be either or neither. And that music, damn, it’s amazing. Roll credits. What was the truth? No way to tell. It’s up to you. 10/10.
There are two answers to the "was childs a thing?" issue.
One was he was, and the proof was his eyes were not in direct light. All other characters that were things has their eyes slightly in shadow. All human characters has at least a tiny light reflecting in their eyes. At the end childs has no direct eye light.
Also, according to some theories you can see Macready's breath but not childs in the cold.
On the other hand with Macready doomed the thing may not have gone after him but simply froze and waited to be rescued and taken back to civilization. Also, in the awful 2011 version, a pierced ear gives it away, chlds still has his at the end.
"I learned the hard way that if you take a stand on any issue, no matter how insignificant, people will line up around the block to kick your ass over it." Jesse "the mind" Ventura.
They Live! That punch up scene. Just, fantastic stuff. It's crunchy, it's real, it's satisfying. Like a really, really good sausage roll, but made from fisticuffs and celluloid.
Equilibrium. That duel. Just dashed near perfect.
Braindead. That cemetery scene. With the Priest. Just magnificently silly.
Return of the King. Charge of the Rohirrim. Man, that really gets across why Cavalry was so deadly in it's day.
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Nostromodamus wrote: The end of John Carpenter’s The Thing. It’s perfect. Two guys just sitting there waiting to die and/or see if each other is a Thing. The viewer doesn’t know, it could be either or neither. And that music, damn, it’s amazing. Roll credits. What was the truth? No way to tell. It’s up to you. 10/10.
There are two answers to the "was childs a thing?" issue.
One was he was, and the proof was his eyes were not in direct light. All other characters that were things has their eyes slightly in shadow. All human characters has at least a tiny light reflecting in their eyes. At the end childs has no direct eye light.
Also, according to some theories you can see Macready's breath but not childs in the cold.
On the other hand with Macready doomed the thing may not have gone after him but simply froze and waited to be rescued and taken back to civilization. Also, in the awful 2011 version, a pierced ear gives it away, chlds still has his at the end.
This is why the scene is so good, because it sparks exactly this type of speculation.
Seeing that Jay and Silent Bob is up for a remake - that scene in the 2001 movie with Jay ranting on camera, ending with: "I am the cl*t commander!" - was pretty epic, I'm still instantly giggling 17 years later
For a Few Dollars More: Both the final gunfight, and that scene in the saloon where Col. Mortimer lights the match off the Hunchback's hump.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. I challenge you to find a BAD scene in that movie. My personal favorites, though? The final gunfight, the scene where Tuco is being "interrogated", and the scene where Tuco is out on the street to face down Angel Eyes' gang single handed, turns with a start to see Blondie peering through a fence who then says "What, you're gonna die alone?".
From The Punisher: The scene where Frank Castle confronts the Chief of Police about their lack of effort on his family's case. I so love that scene, and is my instant argument in favor of Thomas Jane playing Batman.
From Transformers: The Movie: "Megatron must be stopped, no matter the cost."
Low key? The scenes from Krull where Ergo transforms himself into a puppy to cheer up a grieving Tich.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. I challenge you to find a BAD scene in that movie. My personal favorites, though? The final gunfight, the scene where Tuco is being "interrogated", and the scene where Tuco is out on the street to face down Angel Eyes' gang single handed, turns with a start to see Blondie peering through a fence who then says "What, you're gonna die alone?".
The scene with Tuco taking a bath and the dude comes in and monologues about shooting Tuco. Tuco shoots him from the tub, gets up, shoots him again and says, "If you're gonna shoot, shoot. Don't talk."
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
Grimskul wrote: The scene in RoTS where ol Palpy is about to be arrested by Windu and Friends, where he goes "It's treason then". Say what you want about the prequels but Ian McDiarmid did a fantastic job.
A fantastic job acting, there's no doubt and no argument. And the scene is great...
Right up to the moment the fight actually starts. At that point it becomes clear he couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag even with a lightsaber. Kudos to the editor and fight choreographer for making it look as good as it did, but it's easily one of the poorest fight scenes in the prequels.
(But not the worst. The worst will probably forever be the Obi-Wan/Darth Anakin duel on Mustafar. So disappointing.)
(But worst scenes in otherwise good/decent/watchable movies is probably a subject best left for another thread...)
Grimskul wrote: The scene in RoTS where ol Palpy is about to be arrested by Windu and Friends, where he goes "It's treason then". Say what you want about the prequels but Ian McDiarmid did a fantastic job.
A fantastic job acting, there's no doubt and no argument. And the scene is great...
Right up to the moment the fight actually starts. At that point it becomes clear he couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag even with a lightsaber. Kudos to the editor and fight choreographer for making it look as good as it did, but it's easily one of the poorest fight scenes in the prequels.
(But not the worst. The worst will probably forever be the Obi-Wan/Darth Anakin duel on Mustafar. So disappointing.)
(But worst scenes in otherwise good/decent/watchable movies is probably a subject best left for another thread...)
Yeah, I didn't mean the fight scene, that was arguably one of the weakest lightsaber duels in the prequel trilogy, simply because of how there seemed to be no weight behind his attacks. The politicking and machinations of Sidious are done great is what I meant. I wouldn't say Anakin and Obi-Wan's duel was as bad, I know people rag on their spinning sabers thing but I figured part of that was how they've fought side by side for so long that they know each other's fighting styles intimately, meaning that they're trying to throw off the other by not telegraphing their attacks.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Return of the King. Charge of the Rohirrim. Man, that really gets across why Cavalry was so deadly in it's day.
Oh yeah, that one too! Théoden is my fav character in the whole trilogy, and after that speech I would've followed him into battle.
Vulcan wrote: A fantastic job acting, there's no doubt and no argument. And the scene is great...
Right up to the moment the fight actually starts. At that point it becomes clear he couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag even with a lightsaber. Kudos to the editor and fight choreographer for making it look as good as it did, but it's easily one of the poorest fight scenes in the prequels.
Have to agree.
That scene seemed to be what was going to be potentially the greatest lightsabre fight ever put to film. Palpatine vs 4 Jedi Masters. And then within seconds three of them are dead, and the remaining duel is awful. Worse, it's the scene where McDiarmid's acting goes out the window, with the "No! No!" and "Unlimited power!" nonsense. I'm one of those SW fans who likes a lot of the Prequel Trilogy... but I cannot get behind ROTS. It promised too much and delivered too little.
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Dredd. "For her to shoot you." A scene that seemed funnier than it actually was due to being one of the few comical moments in an otherwise dark, heavy movie.
"I learned the hard way that if you take a stand on any issue, no matter how insignificant, people will line up around the block to kick your ass over it." Jesse "the mind" Ventura.
