Brilliant scenes in otherwise pants movies...

Sleepy · 03-05-2012 10:56AM #1

We all know them, those movies that on the whole are awful but have one or two fantastic scenes in them.

My suggestion: Desmond Llewellyn's Q says farewell to Bond in The World is Not Enough. One of the worst Bond movies made yet the hints at Q's paternal influence on the younger Bond always made me think there's a great origins story waiting to be made where the orphaned Bond is groomed for his future role as a double-O.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoISS9vLR4g

blue note · 03-05-2012 11:32AM

Domino - a mediocre movie at best. But the scene on the talk show where the woman explains her names for various ethnic groups is hilarious. "Girl, you a ChiNegro." Brilliant.

Actually, there were a couple of scenes with Keira that I also enjoyed.

foxyboxer · 03-05-2012 12:07PM

Duel of the Fates in the Phantom Menace.

TheIrishGrover · 03-05-2012 12:28PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhv_Q_Rx6ag

Basq · 03-05-2012 03:06PM

The beginning Of The Way Of The Gun springs to mind...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xsaMcw69D8

NSFW!

WatchWolf · 03-05-2012 03:36PM

The opening credits of Watchmen.

Sleepy · 03-05-2012 03:52PM

WatchWolf wrote: »

The opening credits of Watchmen.

You really thought Watchmen was *that* bad? I mean, I'm a fan of the graphic novel too and the movie certainly had a few mis-steps but by-and-large I thought it was as good an adaptation as was possible tbh.

madrab · 03-05-2012 04:10PM

I loved the "I Am Godzilla, You are Japan!" scene form things to do in denver - utterly useless movie!

Cork boy 55 · 03-05-2012 04:50PM

Basq wrote: »

The beginning Of The Way Of The Gun springs to mind...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xsaMcw69D8

NSFW!

Great opening !!
"Shut that ****'s mouth or I'll come over there and ****-start her head!"
I recall seeing that and thinking this is going to be brillant
Disappointing 5/10 rest of movie

The shoot out at the end is great as well thou
This is only half of it!!

fruvai · 03-05-2012 05:16PM

Faith+1 · 03-05-2012 06:03PM

Backwards man scene in Freddie Got Fingered. Never laughed so much in my life.... God I'm a loser :rolleyes:

reallyrose · 03-05-2012 06:06PM

In Chronicles of Riddick, where Riddick corrects some men saying "Tea cup. I'll kill you with my teacup."

And then he does!

thebostoncrab · 03-05-2012 06:22PM

I'll be hung for saying it, but the chariot race is the only good scene in Ben Hur

El Horseboxo · 03-05-2012 06:27PM

The Samuel L Jackson scene in Deep blue sea. Those that have seen it now what I'm talking about.

Also the Tim Robbins helmet scene in Mission to Mars.

krudler · 03-05-2012 06:47PM

True Romance is not a crap movie :mad:

castletownman · 03-05-2012 07:29PM

The very end credits of any Twilight movie

Fenian Army · 03-05-2012 07:31PM

thebostoncrab wrote: »

I'll be hung for saying it, but the chariot race is the only good scene in Ben Hur

I think that film is fantastic all the way through tbh

krudler · 03-05-2012 07:57PM

the wingsuit scene in Transformers 3.

Sleepy · 03-05-2012 08:37PM

The only reason to watch Jackie Brown...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z2ucmARq-k

Blackjack · 03-05-2012 08:44PM

Bob Coyle meets God in "the granton star cause" - short film written by Irvine Welsh as part of the Acid House series.

bnt · 03-05-2012 09:22PM

L.A. Story has a couple:

Sheep ordering coffee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-CrML0BzOA

Steve Martin, the Art Critic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh23gVksliQ

comeback_kid · 03-05-2012 09:25PM

Sleepy wrote: »

You really thought Watchmen was *that* bad? I mean, I'm a fan of the graphic novel too and the movie certainly had a few mis-steps but by-and-large I thought it was as good an adaptation as was possible tbh.

was incredibly overblown and intelectually pretentious yet for some reason got very strong reviews from critics

comeback_kid · 03-05-2012 09:27PM

fruvai wrote: »

true romance is a near classic , i cant think of a movie from the nineties which was so effortlessly cool

uncleoswald · 03-05-2012 11:09PM

comeback_kid wrote: »

was incredibly overblown and intelectually pretentious yet for some reason got very strong reviews from critics

Watchmen was intellectually non-existent and got mediocre reviews from the critics. The Dr. Manhattan flashback scene scored to Philip Glass is pretty good though.

I always loved this "Guards! Knights! Squires! Prepare for Battle!" scene from John Boorman's Excalibur. Incredibly dull film otherwise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1MuvvS_xSw

tvercetti · 03-05-2012 11:15PM

castletownman wrote: »

The very end credits of any Twilight movie

I should not say this out loud but I liked this scene
Skip the first 10 seconds.

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

Tipsy McSwagger · 04-05-2012 06:10AM

Sleepy wrote: »

The only reason to watch Jackie Brown...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z2ucmARq-k

The only reason to watch Jackie Brown is because it's a brilliant film and way more rewatchable than Pulp Fiction.

Sleepy · 04-05-2012 07:07AM

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

The only reason to watch Jackie Brown is because it's a brilliant film and way more rewatchable than Pulp Fiction.

We're going to have to agree to disagree. Tarantino fanboys can never realise that whilst he arguably makes the best use of soundtracks in the business, his fims are stupidly over-rated.

ziedth · 04-05-2012 07:07AM

Duel of the fates in the phantom menace is a good shout.

The first person scene in the otherwise awful Doom was also pretty good.

gandalf · 04-05-2012 07:33AM

Can't believe no one has mentioned Swordfish. The opening scene is absolutely brilliant! Unfortunately it is followed by sub b movie crud.

D-FENS · 04-05-2012 09:39AM

I must admit even though the movie is technically pants, it’s always been one of my guilty pleasures, but this speech deserves to be in a much better film, possibly my favourite from the master of monologues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCGOO9Zr4Zw

bullvine · 04-05-2012 12:12PM

Sleepy wrote: »

We're going to have to agree to disagree. Tarantino fanboys can never realise that whilst he arguably makes the best use of soundtracks in the business, his fims are stupidly over-rated.

Awful movie, the only film I have ever left early.

OldeCinemaSoz · 04-05-2012 09:37PM

Sleepy wrote: »

Tarantino fanboys can never realise that whilst he arguably makes the best use of soundtracks in the business, his fims are stupidly over-rated.

I'm no tarantino fanboy or any other for that matter

but true romance is sho' one cool movie.

:cool:

It...delivers...the goods...everytime.

tvercetti · 04-05-2012 09:45PM

I did not hit her. I did Naaaht...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ4KzClb1C4

krudler · 05-05-2012 05:20PM

the opening scene of At World's End, and the bit when they flip the boat over to get out of Davy Jones' locker, the Pirates sequels have some cool setpieces but overall they're pretty crap.

Amirani · 05-05-2012 09:52PM

While it's not the worst film ever, this scene (and the preceding bit) from Inglorious Basterds was very impressive.

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

paddy kerins · 05-05-2012 10:05PM

*Cough, cough*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxi0RWEx94Y

Bowlardo · 05-05-2012 10:27PM

It's not an awful film but was received that way considering it was judged against it predecessors.

Some speech though
http://youtu.be/LTBbuQmeWvM

Tigger · 05-05-2012 10:35PM

gandalf wrote: »

Can't believe no one has mentioned Swordfish. The opening scene is absolutely brilliant! Unfortunately it is followed by sub b movie crud.

there's a couple of good bits in it later

grohlisagod · 05-05-2012 11:13PM

tvercetti wrote: »

I did not hit her. I did Naaaht...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ4KzClb1C4

Almost any scene in "The Room" could be nominated in this thread. It is such a terrible film that almost every scene in hilarious.

jpm4 · 05-05-2012 11:49PM

Film isn't that terrible maybe but this scene is priceless compared to the rest of the movie:

kitakyushu · 06-05-2012 12:00AM

The car chase scene from the original Gone in 60 Seconds (1974).

Of course this particular scene goes on for about 35minutes so we'll give this film a passing grade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmDTWakC2-E

Gandalph · 06-05-2012 01:54AM

Wasnt a massive fan of Rise of the Planet of the Apes but when

Cesar let out the big shout "NO"

it rocked me from my seat in the cinema! It was almost like it had just happened in real life!

psicic · 06-05-2012 04:01AM

There are a few good scenes in 'The Keep' - a second-rate horror from the early eighties - but this clip (which should have started just a little earlier to establish that Byrne had just shot a bunch of civillians and ended a little later to show how the 'argument' between the two ended) is the standout moment - preachy, overwrought... but still a great scene: