What is your favorite movie scene?

Bodhidharma

There are so many utterly brilliant and memorable scenes in movie history, so much that you could probably list ten off your head right now. But what is your absolute favorite, and why?

My favorite scene is in Goodfellas. De Niro is at the bar smoking, and he's deciding whether he should pay Morrie the money he owes. The scene is very simple, its basicaly de Niro at the bar smoking in slow motion set to Creem's "Sunshine of your love". This is de Niro at his absolute best, he doesn't do anything but you can almost hear the gears in his mind turn. Its a brilliant piece of movie making, Scorsese as usual puts a perfect song over the scene. Classic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmF_Phk6eIE&feature=related

fryup

not the greatest of movies, but this scene from Sleepers is a classic imo

Its when the two abused kids > now young men confront the sadistic borstal gaurd Noakes played by Kevin Bacon.

The whole build up and atmosphere is excellent with haunting music in the background.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjcJd0s3hTQ

Latchy

I cant think of one because their are so many but off top of my head the scene in 'A Few Good Men ' were Jack Nicholson ,showing contempt for the judge and court process , get's up to leave the courtroom and in doing so gives Tom Cruise a contemptuous look ,only for the judge to tell him to get back and sit down .

The look on Nicholsons face is classic

podgeandrodge

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Steve Martin and Michael Caine:

Steve Martin: "Can I go to the bathroom first"

Michael Caine: "yes of course"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqMc9B7uDV8

deadhead13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymoGJsaSS6c

Handsome Bob

These two spring to mind (spoilers in second one so beware);

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuoiAt_k-CE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YTjzl5JmbU

Vampireskiss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElxGBKi7jMo


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YInN9mc9vXA

Best movie ever

irish_bob

your all clear kid , now lets blow thing thing and go home

gameonade_com

My favourite scene is at the end of movie: My Best Friends Girl on the wedding, when Dane Cook as the bride's mother to suck his ... . This wedding is the best part of this movie.

tread_softly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wha0brbb_44

i've posted this on this forum before, has to be the corridor scene from Oldboy.

mainly because it was shot in one take and reminds me of old school side scrollers

music is cool too and you gotta love a guy that takes on that many fellas with a claw hammer

nacho libre

The ending of The Third Man and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest are my favourites.

gameonade_com

gameonade_com wrote: »

My favourite scene is at the end of movie: My Best Friends Girl on the wedding, when Dane Cook as the bride's mother to suck his ... . This wedding is the best part of this movie.

Oh man I remember watching that and thinking that it was easily one of the worst films ever made. It had no redeeming value what so ever.

Dane Cook's continued career has puzzled the worlds greatest minds and to date their only explanation is that people are inherently stupid. How else can you explain how a known thief manages to not only get away with ripping off other comics each and every tour and manages to have box office hits on top of that. These two unfortunate continued incidents perpetrate the myth that Cook is funny.

If it really is your favorite scene of all time then may I recommend that you watch more films. There are thousands, no hundreds of thousands of better scenes out there.

MikeHoncho

Off the top of my head I would go for the very last scene in The Truman Show. Brilliantly done and the music that goes along with it is fantastic.

purple_hatstand

Bodhidharma wrote: »

There are so many utterly brilliant and memorable scenes in movie history, so much that you could probably list ten off your head right now. But what is your absolute favorite, and why?

Might I direct your attention here:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055626435

this thread is currently active and on the front page of 'Films'.

Joeyjoejo

Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glenross....."Put that coffee down!.....Coffee's for closers only!"...Genius!

Joeyjoejo

Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glenross....."Put that coffee down!.....Coffee's for closers only!"...Genius!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3C2l7o-6qg

kavoweb

the scene in Once Were Warriors where Jake reads his dead daughters diary and realises why she took her own life is a classic moment....hairs on the back of your neck stand sky high as he goes and does what every single viewer wishes him to do..... class.