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most memorable scenes in a movie
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Aug 31, 2010 11:59AM
fantastic list of scenes, cindy!
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Phillip wrote: "fantastic list of scenes, cindy!"Thanks!
The Barretts of Wimpole Street, when Norma Shearer --Elizabeth Barrett walks up to Fredric March and quotes How do I love thee, her Sonnets from the Portuguese famous poem. Brings tears to my eyes. An Officer and A Gentlemen when Richard Gere goes into the paper factory, and gets Debra Winger, and her friend is pissed off at first, but then she starts clapping and cheering her on, and the final scene when Debra Winger takes Richard Gere's hat off and places it on her head. It gives me goose bumps now as I am typing this.
Matt wrote: "Isn't haggis some not very appetizing dish? As for memorable movie moments- opening shot of LE MEPRIS (CONTEMPT) Brigitte Bardot hubba hubba; The Odessa Steps of BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN; the biker bar/..."The Odessa Steps scene in BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN is an amazing scene, but there are several scenes in that film that should get some attention as well --- the shot of the harbor from the P.O.V. of the body laying in state inside the tent, and the scene where the men are protesting their treatment and to prove their point, they show a piece of meat with maggots on it. One scene beautiful, the other disturbing -- both memorable.
When the crows packed the jungle gym behind Melanie (Tippi Hedren)in Alfred Hitchcocks "The Birds". that scene scared the crap out of me!!Gone With the Wind
When Rhett said "Frankly My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn" that scene was epic.
The story telling in the office, the realization of what just happened, and the walk at ending of "The Usual Suspects" best ending to a movie ever!
Fredo death in the godfather2!! i did not care for him at all lol
And I always thought that THE BIRDS was the second worst Hitchcock, a step above the PARRADINE CASE. I never found anything scary about the movie, but then again, had he made a movie about killer rabbits, my reaction would have been the same. Birds as threats are so implausible as to bugger reality.
Geoffrey wrote: "And I always thought that THE BIRDS was the second worst Hitchcock, a step above the PARRADINE CASE. I never found anything scary about the movie, but then again, had he made a movie about killer r..."i was 5 when i first saw it and it is still scary as hell. Hitchcock made a non-threatening, everyday animal scary as hell. he didn't need the little green men or the undead sociopath. he thought outside of the box, he got your heart racing even thought you knew it was ridiculous to be scared of birds. his films are brilliant. other film makers go for the obvious scare tactics to get your reaction he didn't need to do that and thats why i think The Birds is a brilliant film :)
I've never been a fan of THE BIRDS either, but not just because I didn't find it frightening. The back projection or blue screen or however they did the bird effects look horribly fake to me. And the explosion scene just seemed badly edited. That however doesn't take away the validity of Bookgirl's reaction to the film. I don't care how butch you are, there is SOMETHING that scares you. I think (and I may have mentioned this before) what scares you in film depends on what you are bringing to the picnic. If you are scared of animals, movies like THE BIRDS and CUJO will get you. People with strong religious beliefs will be more affected by something like THE EXORCIST or THE OMEN. I'm scared of the dark (no clue as to why), so -- even though it was basically lame -- THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT scared the the hell out of me.
Jim wrote: "The finale of NIGHTS OF CABIRIA ..."I haven't seen NIGHTS OF CABIRIA in forever. I saw it once, LOVED it, but haven't made the effort to see it again. I think it's time. It will be new to me again, since it's been so long (a decade?)
WOW. So glad I revisited this thread. So many wonderful scenes in so many great films. A few I wish I had added to my original list -- GODS AND MONSTERS -- I adore this film, and Ian MacKellan breaks my heart when he speaks of his WWI friend/lover(?) Bernard's death on the front lines. (The scene where Brendan Fraser pops off his towel and stands nude, looking like a Greek statue, wasn't bad either).
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Disney) -- the dance between the Beast and Belle in the library. Literally brought tears to my eyes.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Cocteau) -- the first walk-through of the Beast's castle, with the living candelabrae and fireplace carvings.
LITTLE VOICE -- Michael Caine's drunken, desperate performance of Roy Orbison's "It's Over".
MANHATTAN -- the shot of the Brooklyn Bridge
ORDET -- The "resurrection" scene
FRANKENSTEIN -- the opening scene in the graveyard
CASABLANCA -- what scene ISN'T memorable in this film!?! This was mentioned by someone else, but where Victor Laszlo leads the crowd in singing "Les Marseilles" to drown out the Nazis. The look of pride and love on Ilsa's face as she watches Victor gives me chills.
REBECCA -- when Mrs. Danvers takes the new Mrs. DeWinter (Joan Fontaine's character -- she is interestingly never given a first name) on a tour of Rebecca's bedroom, ending with the suggestion of suicide.
WIZARD OF OZ -- so many, but when the giant head tells them they'll have to kill the witch to get the broom, and the Cowardly Lion says "What if she kills us first?"
LA STRADA -- the end when Anthony Quinn finds out what happened to Guiliana Masina.
MALTESE FALCON -- the entrance of Joel Cairo
LOST WEEKEND -- Ray Milland hallucinating during a DT episode.
ED WOOD -- Bela Lugosi's tearfully explaining to Ed how he doesn't have any money, can't get a job, and how may be thrown out in the street. That scene alone may have gotten Martin Landau his Oscar...and SHAME on the Academy producers for not letting him finish his acceptance speech that year. A pox on you all!
Lordy, I could go on forever! :D
Cindy wrote: "Jim wrote: "The finale of NIGHTS OF CABIRIA ..."I haven't seen NIGHTS OF CABIRIA in forever. I saw it once, LOVED it, but haven't made the effort to see it again. I think it's time. It will be ..."
Cindy, there are some hilarious scenes in that film--all Fellini films.
it took a long time for me to get into the birds. i liked it as a kid, but as others have said, as an adult, i always shrugged my shoulders. we had a sort of hitchcock marathon here on this group a few years ago and i went back and watched it again - a friend of mine and i had talked about it, and he suggested i consider a few things, and i came away liking it - it is a very unusual film for anyone, especially hitchcock, because it doesn't have a lot of his trademark devices in play. but there are some interesting things going on in that movie that i think are easy to overlook.love love love nights of cabiria (and giuletta masina)!!!
LA STRADA -- the end when Anthony Quinn finds out what happened to Guiliana Masina. Yes, absolutely, I can`t ever forget that scene. One of the top five films ever made in my estimation and Quinn is one of the century`s best actors, vastly underrated. Check him out as the Greek with Alan Bates.
And no, I disagree with you bookgirl to a great extent. At the age of 5 you must have been somewhat scared of birds to begin with. Cindy`s got it right, you bring your fears to the screen and are heightened if the direction is brilliant.
POSSESSION - isabelle adjani having an awkward situation in a subway station.actually, any scene in that f'ed up film is automatically memorable. one of my favorites!
mark wrote: "POSSESSION - isabelle adjani having an awkward situation in a subway station.actually, any scene in that f'ed up film is automatically memorable. one of my favorites!"
Possession is so, so good.
I've seen a couple of other Zulawski flicks, so far I haven't found another that good...
Fight Club- When Tyler opens the bedroom door wearing the yellow rubber cleaning glove is hilarious.Public Enemy- James Cagney smashing the grapefruit in Mae Clarks face
American History X- The look Edward Norton gives his little brother when the police have him put his arms up. Very eerie.
The Pride of the Yankees- The farewell speech at the end gets me every time.
the pool scene from let the right one in...
In the first JURASSIC PARK movie... where the two kids were hiding from the velociraptor in the kitchen area. Somehow, every time someone mentions Jurassic Park... this is the first scene that pops into my head.Every friggin' line from TITANIC. But I think "I'm the king of the world" and "You jump, I jump, right?" take the cake.
As for LORD OF THE RINGS. I can't choose. I know all three movies so darn well. But if I really have to... er. FOTR = Council of Elrond. TTT = when the Ents attack. ROTK = Elessar's speech at the Black Gates.
MAMMA MIA! = When Pierce Brosnan is singing "S.O.S." Oh dear. :\
MOULIN ROUGE! = "Spectacular, Spectacular!"
Stalker - When the three sit in the center of the zone and the camera doesn't cut for an impossibly long time while it rains.Chungking Express - The introduction of the second story with its nonstop barrage of California Dreaming.
In The Mood For Love - The ending with the main character whispering in the temple.
Dead or Alive - Last 10 minutes. Anybody who has seen it knows what I'm talking about.
Those are the first ones I can think of off the top of my head.
I somehow commented once or twice in this thread without ever coming up with a list. OP wanted ten... I'll try and cut it down to ten...1. "You see, there are four types of gays..." (Before Night Falls)
2. The opening sequence of Hotaru no Haka. You thought the opening sequence in Up made you cry? (And the crying never stops, the entire movie.)
3. Cat jumps through window. (Second to last shot of the opening sequence of Friday the 13th, Part II, only good shot in the entire movie)
4. Curbing. (American History X)
5. The series of cuts between the fiddle's G string and the old lady on the hoveround (Waking Ned Devine).
6. The impossible-to-watch middle ten minutes of Haneke's Funny Games. Made the infamous central scene of Irreversible look like child's play.
7. The final, hilarious pan shot at the end of Milestone's Ocean's Eleven.
8. The kidnapping scene in Rabbit-Proof Fence.
9. "I can't HELP what I do! I can't... I CAN'T!" (M)
10. The scene in Persona where anyone who first saw it in the last ten years realizes "oh, shit, Chuck Palahniuk TOTALLY RIPPED OFF BERGMAN!"
1)The opening shots of THE MISSION2)The encircling of the river raft with Klaus Kinski floating downstream.
3)The King getting shot with dozens of arrows in the Kurosowa film
4)The murder of Irene Papas in ZORBA THE GREEK.
5)The beauty of the light on Max vonSnodow when he`s enjoying the strawberries with the theater people in SEVENTH SEAL
6)George when he wipes the blood from his lips and yells with so much glee, "Look, I am bleedingª in "ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE"
7 John Huston acting like a bastard on his ranch with Jack Nickolson in "CHINATOWN"
8 In "A BRIEF ENCOUNTER" when the oblivious waitress interrupts a particularly pregnant moment between Trevor Howard and the love of his life.
9 the last scene in TROUBLE IN PARADISE, 1932, when the two thieves have discovered they have pickpocketed each other.
10 Of course when Sally is having her orgasm in the middle of the cafeteria in WHEN HARRY MET SALLY.
Some good ones, Geoffrey. cool hand luke "failure to communicate".
same--different, beginning/ending joke in Colors.
pope of greenwhich has several great quotes:
geraldine page, "are you threatening me? i could do a piece on 60 minutes that..."
eric roberts, "i didn't steal his. i didn't **** his daughter. i didn't spit in his fat face. i took his money, charlie."
Never saw Pope, and yes "failure" is a classic. Only wish that Billy Crystal had used someone other than his own mother to act the part, "I will have whatever she÷s having", spoken by Meg Ryan.
I didn't know that was his Mother. That's wacky.
POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE is a pretty silly movie, but Geraldine Page is pretty amazing in that one scene.
Wiseau's meltdown in THE ROOM wins at life.
Cate wrote: "Wiseau's meltdown in THE ROOM wins at life."dammit, I have GOT to get out to one of those midnight showings sometime...
I think the scene in Schindler's List when the little girl in the red coat says "Goodbye, Jews."
Robert wrote: "Cate wrote: "Wiseau's meltdown in THE ROOM wins at life."dammit, I have GOT to get out to one of those midnight showings sometime..."
THE ROOM is effing priceless. Everyone should watch it!
"You are lying! I never hit you! You are tearing me apart, Lisa!"\o/
Howard Beale's great rant in NETWORK -- "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this any more!"The wedding sequence, and the baptism in THE GODFATHER.
The opening shot of Tarr's SATANTANGO.
Sidney Greenstreet's interactions with Humphrey Bogart in THE MALTESE FALCON.
John Huston's line in CHINATOWN -- "Mr. Gittes, most men never have to face the fact that given the right time and place, they're capable of anything." Huston's harsh whisper on the word "anything" always makes me nauseous.
Baxter wrote: "Stalker - When the three sit in the center of the zone and the camera doesn't cut for an impossibly long time while it rains...."nice one!
Tom wrote: "The opening shot of Tarr's SATANTANGO..."mooooooooo!
Phillip wrote: "Tom wrote: "The opening shot of Tarr's SATANTANGO..."mooooooooo!"
fifteen minutes of moo and pitter-patter and it's still fifteen of the most riveting minutes ever filmed. I don't know how he does it.
Robert wrote: "Phillip wrote: "Tom wrote: "The opening shot of Tarr's SATANTANGO..."mooooooooo!"
fifteen minutes of moo and pitter-patter and it's still fifteen of the most riveting minutes ever filmed. I ..."
i love how the cows don't seem to know which direction they are going in ... but then, as if by magic, they all seem to agree on which direction they are going in ... talk about magical metaphors.
In A Walk To Remember-when Landon takes Jamie to do all those things on her list. Along with his proposal, the wedding, and the end at the sunset. Plus the scene where she sings Only Hope...(basically the whole thing).In Titanic-the first moments of seeing the ship, when Jack and Rose meet, when Rose gets Jack out of the cell basement thing downstairs, the end of the movie (basically the whole thing).
In Beauty And the Beast-when the Beast and Belle dance.
The Lion King-When Simba says he's going back to challenge Scar.
Those are the ones at the top of my head.
Can't go past that early scene in Pulp Fiction, where Samuel L Jackson is pointing a gun to the guy's head screaming: "English motherfu**er, do you speak it!?". That whole ten minutes in cinema gold.
Kyle ( Rebel Leader) wrote: "Aliens-When Ripley says to the Queen Alien, who is after Newt, "Get away from her you b*tch!" Love that moment! "Got a chance to see it on the big screen last summer. House was packed, and the whole place erupted in cheers at that line.
Johnny Depp twirling the hat between his hands in Secret Window.
Dr. Frank-N-Furter killing MeatLoaf in Rocky Horror.
Dr. Frank-N-Furter killing MeatLoaf in Rocky Horror.
There was a scene in a Hitchcock film (I can't remember which) set in London's Covent Garden in which a detective is telling his wife how the fingers of a corpse were broken. While he's describing this during supper, he is at the same time absent-mindedly cracking sticks of grissini (Italian breadsticks).
Tom wrote: "Adam -- that's in FRENZY."Thanks!
The charmingly wierd film HAROLD AND MAUDE (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067185/) is full of memorable scenes. For example when Harold transforms the sports car, which his mother had gifted him, into a hearse.
For my first one, I'm agreeing with an earlier post.Jurassic Park--When the two children are trapped in a kitchen with 2 or 3 Velociraptors.
Stand By Me--When Teddy almost kills himself by standing on a railroad track and his friends almost don't get him off on time. Alongside this, the scene when two of the kids are running in front of train and they're 100+ feet above ground and the scene when they find they find the body.
Return To Paradise--The scene at the end when you see the police officer's wetting down the floor, and at first it's confusing, but then you see Joaquin Phoenix's character being dragged down the hallway and he can't fight back because of the wet floor.
Crash--When a young girl's father is held up at gunpoint, she runs outside and jumps in front of him as the gun is fired.
Requiem For A Dream--The sequence that depicts the lengths they would each go for drugs and the consequences that follow. Highly disturbing.
Ghostbusters--The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Need I say more?
Having just seen THE BIRDS---the scene of Tippi Hedren waiting outside the school, as birds gradually perch on the playground equipment. Pure motherfucking genius. Simple, clear, frightening and more than a bit funny.
the God's/Bird's eye view of burning Bodega Bay, as the gulls gradually swoop into the frame. Simple, clear, frightening, and more than a bit funny. Pure motherfucking genius.
Jessica Tandy gives the entire world an acting lesson -- has any actor in film history more convincingly portrayed the simple act of holding a conversation on the telephone?
Tiffany wrote: "For my first one, I'm agreeing with an earlier post.Jurassic Park--When the two children are trapped in a kitchen with 2 or 3 Velociraptors.
Stand By Me--When Teddy almost kills himself by stand..."
agree with your REQUIEM FOR A DREAM comment!
The opening scene in ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA set against the Anatolian Steppe in the middle of the night with the only light coming from a trio of cars' glowing headlights slowly making their way through the night.Ronit Elkabetz breaking down in front of her neighbour with her children watching in horror in TO TAKE A WIFE.
Tilda Swinton changing her baby's diaper and seeing blood--we realize that the husband has been molesting the infant as well as the teenage daughter in THE WAR ZONE (a very very disturbing film).
