Greatest Movie Scene?

The Golden Miller · 16-11-2018 03:05AM #1

I should narrow the question down, a film you'd re-watch just for one scene, one where the hairs on your neck stand up every time? To top the first two films (arguably making it the most perfect cinematic trilogy ever) was an achievement in itself, it also contains one of film's greatest moments.... the Ride of the Rohirrim:

Temptamperu · 16-11-2018 03:11AM

Oh Hi Mark!

Captain Red Beard · 16-11-2018 03:17AM

The end of The Last of the Mohicans. The chase, music, landscape, photography, actors, everything about it is what film making should be.

charolais0153 · 16-11-2018 03:26AM

The Golden Miller wrote: »

I should narrow the question down, a film you'd re-watch just for one scene, one where the hairs on your neck stand up every time? To top the first two films (arguably making it the most perfect cinematic trilogy ever) was an achievement in itself, it also contains one of film's greatest moments.... the Ride of the Rohirrim:

Good will hunting. Any scene.
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16-11-2018 03:44AM

JupiterKid · 16-11-2018 03:45AM

The nightmare sequence in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958). Which also happens to be my all time favorite film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WAxDlUOw-w

A close second would the amazing unknown voyage sequence in Stanley Kubrick’s incredible 2001: A Space Odessey (1968), which revolutionized the sci-fi genre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou6JNQwPWE0

bodhrandude · 16-11-2018 03:50AM

Its still the scene from True Romance for me, All Sicilians are part eggplant aka the Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken showdown.

Dave_The_Sheep · 16-11-2018 03:57AM

In terms of heavyweights and impact (coupled with simplicity) possibly Heat's coffee scene.

Obviously, highly subjective.

Other candidates:
Gettysburg - BAYONETS
Saving Private Ryan's opening battle scene, where the troop ship's front drops and men start getting chewed up. That was sobering.
Usual Suspects - the final realisation scene. Favourite film of all time.
True Romance - Hopper pissing off Walken. Up there with Heat for heavyweights.
Sicario's border crossing scene deserves an honorable mention for tension building.
Gladiator's opening battle scene. Superb. No other words required.

Bret Hart · 16-11-2018 04:04AM

Tears in Rain-Blade Runner

https://youtu.be/HU7Ga7qTLDU

DaintyDavy · 16-11-2018 04:09AM

i knew 2001 would show up in posts fairly quick.

bodhrandude · 16-11-2018 04:16AM

Another one that stands out for me is the Terminator first searching for Sarah Connor in the nightclub scene, first time I seen that I was blown away.

DaintyDavy · 16-11-2018 04:21AM

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

Ipso · 16-11-2018 06:16AM

The Princess Bride · 16-11-2018 06:49AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s0UURBihH8

The suspense gets me every time.

gimli2112 · 16-11-2018 06:54AM

Matrix 1"He's beginning to believe"

Unforgiven "If he was going to decorate his shop with my friend he should have armed himself"

Gladiator The Massacre of Carthage

Stardust When yer man realised Claire Danes is going to turn to dust (guilty pleasure)

LOTR Shelob's Lair

Bonzo Delaney · 16-11-2018 07:02AM

The opening scene from Indina Jones Radiers of the lost Ark . Adventure, suspence and comedy brilliant

King of Kings · 16-11-2018 07:08AM

elias death scene in platoon

Optimalprimerib · 16-11-2018 08:12AM

The USS Indianapolis scene in Jaws

sydthebeat · 16-11-2018 08:15AM

There will be blood

Bowling alley scene.....

EDit · 16-11-2018 08:15AM

Train station scene in Untouchables gets me every time

razorblunt · 16-11-2018 08:43AM

Batman Begins, closing scene, "a taste for the theatrical ... he leaves a calling card".

Tuco88 · 16-11-2018 08:46AM

Just a few.

The shining.
Full metal jacket.
Jaws.
No country for old men.
Mostly anything with Clint Eastwood.

Bob Harris · 16-11-2018 08:48AM

The Godfather part II, the senate committee scene.

SeaFields · 16-11-2018 08:50AM

Goodfellas "what the fcuk is so funny about me"

Zorya · 16-11-2018 08:54AM

So many great movie scenes.

One that sticks in my mind is the final scene for the father in Life Is Beautiful, where he does a funny march for his hidden son, to make it seem like the final elimination is part of a game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-QZ801OkCM

KungPao · 16-11-2018 08:59AM

bodhrandude wrote: »

Another one that stands out for me is the Terminator first searching for Sarah Connor in the nightclub scene, first time I seen that I was blown away.

Tech Noir, rocking on a Friday night.

A highlight for me is when Arnie goes shopping for new guns and shoots the guy from Gremlins. Great stuff.

Alf Veedersane · 16-11-2018 09:06AM

Not the best film or anything but a film I'll watch every so often is Pulp Fiction and the scene is the Ezekiel 25:17 scene.

When I first saw it I was 14/15 and thought it was the best film ever cos it was so different to anything I'd seen and there's probably an element of nostalgia.

But I love that scene.

wexie · 16-11-2018 09:21AM

EDit wrote: »

Train station scene in Untouchables gets me every time

yup, surprised to see it get only one mention (so far)

and the ending of Apocalypse Now (or the whole movie really)

saintsaltynuts · 16-11-2018 09:21AM

Shawshank Redemption Ending Scene.

Beanntraigheach · 16-11-2018 09:55AM

I was blown away by the powerful performances in this tense scene from the 1991 action classic "Samurai Cop".

A masterpiece!

valoren · 16-11-2018 10:00AM

Growing up there were the usual films such as Jaws, Raider's, Star Wars etc but when I was 12 I watched JFK and the courtroom scene where Garrison recounts "So what really happened that day" and the scene then segues into a superb, mad cap recap of the conspiracy plot was when my love of movies began in earnest.

Costner at the top of his game, John Williams' score which was more nuanced than his epic themes, some of cinema's best ever editing and cinematography coupled with an intelligent but bat siht crazy plot. It's just pure cinema, utterly kinetic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MLc0udf_74

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