# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 325
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6481 "2024-11-23T16:07:24Z")
**The Best Movie Ending Ever** 1. Schindler’s List 2. Dark City 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey 4. Gangs of New York 5. The Shawshank Redemption 6. The Color Purple (1985) 7. Ocean’s 11 (1960) Since I’ve carefully avoided watching it, I don’t know how the 2001 remake with George Clooney ended; maybe the same way … but I doubt it. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6482 "2024-11-23T18:07:15Z")
**The Best Movie Ending Ever** 1. Schindler’s List 2. Dark City 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey 4. Gangs of New York 5. The Shawshank Redemption 6. The Color Purple (1985) 7. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 8. The Sixth Sense Beyond the surprise ending, Cole and his mom connect when Cole reveals his secret to her. The part about the dance recital brought me to tears. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6483 "2024-11-23T19:50:44Z")
Yes, that is a beautiful scene, **knoodler**. Still my favorite ghost movie - scary at times, but with a real heart to it. **The Best Movie Ending Ever** 1. Schindler’s List 2. Dark City 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey 4. Gangs of New York 5. The Shawshank Redemption 6. The Color Purple (1985) 7. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 8. The Sixth Sense 9. Notorious Very satisfying: a brave spy is rescued and an adversary is left to a grim fate. Love it! My favorite Hitchcock. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6484 "2024-11-25T14:26:38Z")
**The Best Movie Ending Ever** 1. Schindler’s List 2. Dark City 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey 4. Gangs of New York 5. The Shawshank Redemption 6. The Color Purple (1985) 7. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 8. The Sixth Sense 9. Notorious 10. Bridge On the River Kwai Love how Colonel Nicholson realizes at the end that his fanaticism for building a better bridge than the Japanese could build was, in fact, aiding the enemy and his last action on earth is to undo all that he had done. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6485 "2024-11-26T06:19:38Z")
**The Best Movie Ending Ever** 1. Schindler’s List 2. Dark City 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey 4. Gangs of New York 5. The Shawshank Redemption 6. The Color Purple (1985) 7. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 8. The Sixth Sense 9. Notorious 10. Bridge On the River Kwai 11. The Usual Suspects ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6486 "2024-11-26T15:19:10Z")
**The Best Movie Ending Ever** 1. Schindler’s List 2. Dark City 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey 4. Gangs of New York 5. The Shawshank Redemption 6. The Color Purple (1985) 7. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 8. The Sixth Sense 9. Notorious 10. Bridge On the River Kwai 11. The Usual Suspects 12. The Dark Knight The best of all of the Batman movies, in no small part because of Heath Ledger’s singular interpretation of The Joker, but also because it delivers the true meaning of Batman’s character: not a hero, but a rogue vigilante who fights crime. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6487 "2024-11-26T22:43:36Z")
**The Best Movie Ending Ever** 1. Schindler’s List 2. Dark City 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey 4. Gangs of New York 5. The Shawshank Redemption 6. The Color Purple (1985) 7. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 8. The Sixth Sense 9. Notorious 10. Bridge On the River Kwai 11. The Usual Suspects 12. The Dark Knight 13. Groundhog Day Last line: “Let’s live here! We’ll rent to start.” As if Phil didn’t already know _enough_ about the town to be willing to actually buy a house. Next up: **Best opening scene of a movie** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope Tatooine is revealed against a magnificent view of deep space, and then those two starships come swooping in low overhead, blasting away at each other. Wow! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6488 "2024-11-27T00:24:53Z")
**Best opening scene of a movie** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Saving Private Ryan It’s hard to top _Star Wars_ but this movie’s opening D-Day scene is amazing and horrifying. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6489 "2024-11-27T01:12:33Z")
**Best opening scene of a movie** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan “This is the Kobayashi Maru…” ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6490 "2024-11-27T13:57:04Z")
**Best opening scene of a movie** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4. [Casino Royale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxmrYgQbdT8) (2006) Yes, lots of James Bond films open immediately with an action scene but I think Daniel Craig’s introduction to the role with this chase scene was iconic. One of the best chases in film history. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6491 "2024-11-27T14:26:45Z")
**Best opening scene of a movie** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4. [Casino Royale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxmrYgQbdT8) (2006) 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey People tend to forget (well, I did, anyway) that the opening scene is a group of pre-humanoids scrabbling around and then finding the obelisk. When the ape-man threw the bone into the air and it turned into a spaceship, 18-year-old me was completely blown away. [2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - From Bone to Satellite Scene (1/6) | Movieclips](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avjdKTqiVvQ) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6492 "2024-11-27T16:34:59Z")
Keir Dullea [really liked it, too.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324) **Best opening scene of a movie** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4. Casino Royale 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. Raiders of the Lost Ark Indy seeks that little golden idol in South America. What could possibly go wrong…? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6493 "2024-11-28T16:43:14Z")
**Best opening scene of a movie** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4. Casino Royale 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. Raiders of the Lost Ark 7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail You think it’s a rider on a horse… ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6494 "2024-11-28T19:01:40Z")
**Best opening scene of a movie** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4. Casino Royale 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. Raiders of the Lost Ark 7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 8. [Touch of Evil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg8MqjoFvy4) We see a bomb planted in a car, and the bomber runs away. A man and a woman come along, get into the car, and the camera follows them as they drive through a town and then across the Mexican border, and then the bomb blows up–all done in one continuous, elaborately choreographed, three-and-half-minute shot. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6495 "2024-11-28T23:41:20Z")
**Best opening scene of a movie** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4. Casino Royale 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. Raiders of the Lost Ark 7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 8. Touch of Evil 9. Star Trek: The Motion Picture Three Klingon warships investigate a strange phenomena in space. It does not go well for them. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6496 "2024-11-29T15:21:14Z")
**Best opening scene of a movie** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4. Casino Royale 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. Raiders of the Lost Ark 7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 8. Touch of Evil 9. Star Trek: The Motion Picture 10. Grand Prix _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6497 "2024-11-29T20:33:32Z")
**Best opening scene of a movie** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4. Casino Royale 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. Raiders of the Lost Ark 7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 8. Touch of Evil 9. Star Trek: The Motion Picture 10. Grand Prix 11. Yellow Submarine ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6498 "2024-11-30T02:46:54Z")
**Best opening scene of a movie** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4. Casino Royale 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. Raiders of the Lost Ark 7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 8. Touch of Evil 9. Star Trek: The Motion Picture 10. Grand Prix 11. Yellow Submarine 12. Lord of War ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6499 "2024-11-30T02:55:07Z")
**Best opening scene of a movie** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4. Casino Royale 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. Raiders of the Lost Ark 7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 8. Touch of Evil 9. Star Trek: The Motion Picture 10. Grand Prix 11. Yellow Submarine 12. Lord of War 13. In the Line of Fire Two undercover Secret Service agents take on some nasty counterfeiters. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6500 "2024-11-30T06:53:55Z")
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