scenes from films you never, ever get bored of seeing.

[T & P]

The one when John Hurt discovers he's 'with child'

or the one when a young rebel discovers who his daddy really is

 

[kyser_soze]

The autoguns in Aliens Special Edition.

And of course the immortal line:

'I say we take off and nuke the whole site from orbit'

 

[Flashman]

It's called altertantively Paying off scores or Metello - I've got it on soulseek if you want it.

Did you notice Whitetowns song a few years back was the same tune

Cheers. Just Limewired it and it won't play. Booooo.

No. I used to know Jyoti quite well in my indie-pop days though.

/namedrop

Edit: Oh yes of course it's that sample duh.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

• Rocky Horror: The elevator decending, with Frank clicking his heels. Frank & Rocky's Deaths, followed by Riff-Raff's hissy fit and Magenta's bemusement.
• Masters of the Universe: Skeletor marching towards the throne inside Castle Grayskull.
• Star Trek Generations: The Enterprise/Duras Sisters battle and subsequent crash landing.
• Star Trek First Contact: The Federation / Borg Battle. First contact between Cochrane and the Vulcans, followed by the slow build up to the Trek themetune.
• Star Wars ANH: Destruction of the Death Star.
• Star Wars ROTJ: Vader killing Palpatine. Palpatine's statue being torn down.
• Star Wars ROTS: Destruction of the Jedi order and Yoda's rescue.
• Wizard of Oz: Scenes inside the WWotW's castle.
• Hellraiser: The first appearance of the Cenobytes.
• Goldfinger: Fight between Bond and Odd Job.

 

[kyser_soze]

Palpatine's statue being torn down.

Fuck that and that revisionist special edition shite.

 

[sojourner]

In Naked, Johnny's rant to Brian the night watchman

 

[kyser_soze]

Don Logan convincing Gal to do the job...

In fact ALL the scenes with Don Logan in them...Ben Kingsley, Ghandi...

'You look like fucking crocodile skin luggage you cunt'

AHhh....

Talk to me, Gal.
I'm here for you.
I'm a good listener.
What can I say? I've said it all.
- I'm retired. - Shut up!
Cunt.
You louse. You got some fuckin' neck. Retired?
Fuck off, you're revolting.
Your fuckin' suntan, you're like leather.
Like a leather man.
You could make a fuckin' suitcase.
You look like a fat crocodile, fat bastard.
You look like fuckin' Idi Amin.
State of you. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Who d'you think you are?
King of the castle? Cock of the walk?
Oof!
You think this is the Wheel of Fortune?
You make your dough and fuck off?
Thanks, Don. See you, Don Off to Spain, Don. Fuck off, Don.
Lie in your pool laughing at me, d'you think I'll have that?
You think I'll have that, ya ponce?
All right, I'll make it easy.
God, you're fucking trying.
Are you gonna do the job?
It's not a difficult question. Yes or no?
- Don... - Say it.
No.
Yes. Fuck off, wanker, you're doin' it.
You know what I've noticed, Gal? What stands out?
You haven't asked about anybody.
Everyone asks after you "How's Gal? Heard from him?"
"No, not for a while." "Is he all right?"
Leaves me wondering, "Have I upset him?"
"Must have, I'll ask him." Have I upset you?
- Course not. - Meaning?
Well, you haven't.
You're British, not a fucking Spaniard.
Don't kid yourself...

 

[goldenecitrone]

In Naked, Johnny's rant to Brian the night watchman

Fuck, yeah. Brilliant. And also the end of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Brings a tear to my nose every time.

 

[hammerntongues]

The closing sequence of The Cincinatti Kid , McQueen has just been cleaned out by Lancey Howard ( Ed G Robinson ) and the shoe shine kid takes his last dime in a game of closest to the wall

" you just aint ready for me yet kid "

a total reversal of one of the opening scenes when McQueen wins the dime and says the same thing .

 

[MacOSExtended]

Dead Man's Shoes - where the gang roll up on Paddy Considine in the 2CV and he's just cool as fuck..

Donnie Darko - in the cinema with Gretchen and Donnie's talking to Frank

All of Fahrenheit 9/11. Again and again.

 

[Stigmata]

In Dog Soldiers, the bit where one of the squaddies is boxing with an 8ft werewolf in the kitchen.

In Starship Troopers, the sequence with the massed dropship invasion of the Bug homeworld.

 

[django]

It's got to be the ecstasy of gold sequence in The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly.


Never fails to send a shiver up my spine.

Also I love the scene in Django when Django whips out his gatling gun and mows down the KKK.

 

[Flashman]

It's got to be the ecstasy of gold sequence in The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly.


Never fails to send a shiver up my spine.

Fuck yeah that is great. More amazing music there too from Ennio. Genius.

"Unk...unk unk"

 

[goldenecitrone]

Also, the scene in the Piano when Harvey Keitel drags Holly Hunter through the forest in the pouring rain to chop off her piano fingers with the axe. Breath-taking.

 

[kyser_soze]

The bit in 'Anal Groupies #6' when Terri takes on 4 guys at once in a rather plush hotel suite - I remember it for the interior decor, lots of lush art nouveau furniture...

 

[Buddy Bradley]

When the son asks his dad what he does when he fancies him, in Happiness

Yeah, that's a great film.

The opening sequence of Clerks is excellent, and... ah, pretty much everything that's been posted already.

 

[loud 1]

the scene from Nuts in May...

when there trying to get the rugby bloke to sing.

 

[lynne8]

A Star Is Born: "this is Mrs Norman Maine". I can watch just that scene and sob like a mad thing.

Me too!!

Also, the scene in Shawshank Redemption when Tim Robbins' character gets the other prisoners beer, and they all are sitting around drinking it...actually, that whole movie is fantastic!

 

[oryx]

Me too!!

Also, the scene in Shawshank Redemption when Tim Robbins' character gets the other prisoners beer, and they all are sitting around drinking it...actually, that whole movie is fantastic!

Now you mention Tim Robbins......all the Vienam scenes in Jacob's Ladder.

 

[electrogirl]

Good grief

Shut it snobber.

You haven't lived if you haven't seen Patch take baby out the corner in his cuban heels.

 

[flangelina]

The bit right at the end of The Usual Suspects when the copper realises he's been had. The coffee cup's dropping and he sees all the names on the wall then finally kobyoshi on the bottom of the cup. Seen it loads of times and it still blows me away!

I used to work in a cinema, which was great, but it often meant that you got to watch the films out of sequence.

Thanks for not going into huge detail about who the people are at the end, because the only bit of Usual Suspects that I saw was from the coffee cup falling. That was around 10 years ago, and I think enough time has passed for me to not remember the twist!

As for my choice, I just re-watched Shawshank Redemption, and the scene where Tim Robbins blasts the opera all over the prison gives me goosebumps. Beautiful.

 

[bonjour]

Battle Royale - when the kids are being introduced to the game and the teacher talks to the TV eunthusiastically.

The Matrix - the gunfight in the hall/corridor bit before rescuing Morpheus.

Pretty much all of pulp fiction

Trainspotting - when he od's and he sinks into the ground and 'perfect day' plays.

The motorbike and lorry/truck chase scene from Teriminator 2.

 

[elevendayempire]

You brought two too many.

All preceded of course by that long long lonnnnng wait for the train (and Little Fluffy Clouds ).

I used to like that scene, until I discovered that Leone was originally going to have the three guys who get shot be Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach, in a sort of symbolic farewell to the Dollars trilogy. Now I just get annoyed, 'cause of what might've been...

Anyway, favourite scenes:

"That rabbit's dynamite!" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
"But why has the rum gone?" from Pirates of the Caribbean
"This is what happens, Larry, when you FUCK A STRANGER IN THE ASS," from The Big Lebowski
"We've come on holiday by mistake - we're not from London, you know," from Withnail & I. Actually, sod it. The whole film.
And, oh yeah, the big reveal from The Usual Suspects. There's nothing better than watching that film with someone who hasn't seen it before...

SG

 

[Stigmata]

'Tis a geeky one, but the long opening shot of the ship as it enters the planet's atmosphere in Serenity- the music in particular for that scene is brilliant.

Oh, and the violent shakedown of the smarmy DA in LA Confidential.

 

[T & P]

The police line scene in The Usual Suspects is another classic.

'Hand me the keys you fucking cocksuker.

In English please!

What?

In English!

Hand me the keys you cocksucker... What the fuck...!'

 

[White Lotus]

Blade Runner, the scene where Rutger Hauer dies in the rain.

 

[Error Gorilla]

In Rear Window, the shot of Grace Kelly leaning to kiss Jimmy Stewart.

The opening and closing scenes to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Woody Allen and Diane Keaton's conversation at her apartment in Annie Hall, with the subtitles betraying what they're really thinking.

The raining frogs sequence in Magnolia.

Any scene from The Big Lebowski, particularly anything with Jesus: "No one fucks with the Jesus" "Eight year olds, dude".

The opening scenes in M, with the ball rolling into shot and the balloon getting caught in the telegraph wires.

"You're right, no human being would stack books like this" from Ghostbusters.

The courthouse scene from Blazing Saddles.

The melting milkbottles, shops exploding, woman pissing herself in the street scene from Threads.

The whole musique concrete opening to Once Upon a Time in the West.

"Gentlemen you can't fight in here, this is the war room!" "The strings gone in my leg" scenes from Doctor Strangelove.

The opening to Manhatten... parodied so well by Jessica Stephenson in Spaced.

Nick Frost's request for a Cornetto for breakfast in Shaun of the Dead and his panicked requests for "anything with flashing lights" when they come under attack from zombies.

Jack Nicholson's amazing "Wendy, darling, light of my life..." speech in The Shining.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

The entire closing 10 minutes or so of the Shawshank Redemption. "There's a harsh truth to face" etc...

The bit in Gremlins 2 where the intellectual gremlin shoots the other gremlin and says "You see, is that civilised?"

The bridge of barad-dur scene in Fellowship of the Ring

The bit in Two Towers where the orcs are marching on HElms Deep and King Theoden is lamenting "WHere is the horse and the rider, etc"

The final scene of the Truman Show, where he finally realises the truth

 

[Grandma Death]

Goodfellas-Funny How?

Taxi Driver- You talking to me.

Mean Streets-Back of the bar banter between Keitel and De Niro-perfect improv.

Boogie Nights-Opening steadicam shot into the club.

Punch Drunk Love-Emily Watson and Adam Sandler embracing each other in sillouhette in Hawaii. Beautiful cinematography.

The Long Good Friday-the end scene where Hoskins is in the back of the car and realises he is going to die.

Twelve Angry Men-Lee J Cobb losing the plot and saying to Fonda 'Im going to kill you' thus proving Fondas point...

Scarface-The chainsaw in the shower scene.

Nil By Mouth-the beating Winstone gives to Kathy Burke.

American History X-The restrospective B&W scene in which Norton starts an argeument about race at the dinner table.

Napoleon Dynamite-The near end scene where Napoleon dances on stage.

The Searchers-the iconic shot of Wayne in the doorway.

Bladerunner-one of the opening sequences where Ford looks across the dystopian landscape.

Aliens-Sigourney Weaver steps out and says to the mother alien 'Leave her alone you bitch'

Swingers-the scene where Favereau first casts eyes on Heather Graham in the bar-its perfect!

Magnolia-the steadicam shot of the young boy walking into the TV studio to take part in the TV quiz-also the interview with Tom Cruise in the movie.

The Deerhunter-the russian roulette sequence.

Salems Lot-the vampire in the window sequence.

The Big Lebowski-The scattering of the ashes.

Donnie Darko-for the end sequence.

I could go on and on.......

 

[Louloubelle]

Just about any scene in Night of the Hunter, from Lillian Gish's opening words

"Now, you remember children how I told you last Sunday about the good Lord going up into the mountain and talking to the people. And how he said, 'Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.' And how he said that King Solomon in all his glory was not as beautiful as the lilies of the field. And I know you won't forget, 'Judge not lest you be judged,' because I explained that to you. And then the good Lord went on to say, 'Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly, they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits."

through to the preacher's hands battling out love and hate, his murder of his wife and her body under the river with her hair flowing like seaweed, the children's journey in the boat, Ruby who wants so much to be loved and is seduced by presents, every aspect of the film has been crafted with great love and care and I eat it up like a starving person each time I see it.

I especially love the Christmas scene at the end with the presents and Lillian Gish's final words. Always reduces me to a blubbering wreck.