[We may have done this topic before, if so apologies in advance]
In Driven, the two rival race car drivers get into such a tizzy that they end up racing down the middle of a nighttime city street in their open wheel open cockpit race cars. Yeah the air blast would have blinded them above 40 MPH (not to mention losing both their public driving licenses and racing licenses for the rest of eternity), but despite the total absurdity of the whole thing it is still cool to see these high powered racers blasting down public roads.
There was hardly an action scene in “Live Free or Die Hard” that was NOT absolutely
ludicrous…
But I enjoyed 'em anyway. I was laughing so hard I embarassed my teenage daughter (easily done, I know). I think they should have marketed that one as a comedy.
Terminator 3, when John Conner (Connor?) was being chased by T-3 driving that crane. My wife and I laughed and laughed and laughed… and then rewound the scene.
I loved the initial chase scene in Casino Royale even though it was absolutely ludicrous, because they were trying to operate in this halfway movie “gravity is real/these people are still superheroes” area. It looked like hard work even though it also looked completely implausible.
What was so absolutely ludicrous about that scene?
Anyhow, my answer is: “Every scene from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”, although that kind of seems like cheating.
Also, most of The Transporter 2 and Crank… they hit that “we’re just having a grand old time making a silly movie that is way over the top” sweet spot.
Hudson Hawk had many such scenes. There was one where Bruce Willis fell or jumped out of a truck carrying a bunch of chickens and happened to land in the seat at the exact restaurant table where his date was waiting for him. The scene where he has to pay a bridge toll while rolling down the bridge on a stretcher is also hilarious.
According to the special features, that scene, with the exception of the close-ups with JB and BadGuy on the crane was shot completely without special effects.
The sport depicted by that scene is called “Free Running”. Wiki it.
I kind of liked the climactic lighsaber duel between Obi-wan and Annakin in “Revenge of the Sith”.
I mean, it’s not enough that we have a lightsaber duel. We’ve got to have a lightsaber duel near a river of lava. And it’s not enough that we have a lightsaber duel near a river of lava, we’ve got to have a lighsaber duel on an island floating in a river of lava. And it’s not enough to have a lighsaber duel on an island floating in a river of lava, that island has to be about to go over a lava waterfall. I laughed out loud when I saw the lava waterfall, but I was laughing in appreciation.
This is the greatest scene in all cinema. It is the classic Man vs. Man. One man wants another man to wear sunglasses. The other man does not want to wear the sunglasses. The drama in resolving these two diametrically opposed view points can only be expierenced and never described.