# Best Damned Moments at the Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 13, 2000, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damned-moments-at-the-movies/25412 "2000-07-13T07:01:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damned-moments-at-the-movies/25412/101 "2000-07-17T21:54:29Z")
I also have to say _The Matrix._ Oh man, that was a fast 2 hours. The techno music really added to it. I also like the metal detector scene. That and in the scene, you will notice that trinity brings only one gun. Neo has to cheat with aboot 8. I love that movie… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damned-moments-at-the-movies/25412/102 "2000-07-17T22:29:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Philbuck \* > \*\*The biggest audience reaction I remember was when _Deep Impact_ was shown on campus (bad movie, but hey, it’s only $1). When they mentioned that the astronaut killed out on the comet had gone to my school, the roar was deafening for about 20 seconds (these things happen when you go to what you consider an underrated, relatively unknown school). \*\* Towards the end of _2001_, HAL starts going on and on about having been designed/built at the University of Illinois. I went to Northern Illinois University, the U of I’s little country cousin. The people who went to NIU couldn’t afford the U of I. (Bitter? _Nah._) When HAL makes that statement, people hiss. How 'bout the parade scene in _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_, with everyone joining in dancing? ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damned-moments-at-the-movies/25412/103 "2000-07-17T23:05:58Z")
The Dude’s dream sequence in _The Big Lebowski_. The “SHOPLIFTER!” scene in _Empire Records_ ---
**Author:** ![Occam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Occam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Occam)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damned-moments-at-the-movies/25412/104 "2000-07-17T23:22:55Z")
I like the parts of movies where you know a beat down is predetermined, but want to see it anyway. Like in ‘Godfather’ when the Don was shot and just when you found out he lived, you knew a world of hurt was coming down on some poor fool. Or ‘Henry V’ in the beginning when the messenger from the French kind tells Henry he savors too much of his youth and will never reclaim his lands in France…ohhhhh you just knew he was going to throw down. I think wrath is my favorite of the seven deadlies and I like to see to it in full view. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damned-moments-at-the-movies/25412/105 "2000-07-18T01:24:09Z")
From Return of the Living Dead (the one with Emilio Estevez and About halfway through the movie, when the cannibal zombies have essentially taken over downtown Louisville, a lone ambulance comes to the rescue. In a terrifying moment, a quick snack is made of the two paramedics, and one of the undead has an idea. He gets on the radio to dispatch, and says: “Send… More… Paramedics.” ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damned-moments-at-the-movies/25412/106 "2000-07-18T09:45:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gigi \* > \*\*I agree with “The Crying Game”-no one knew The Secret when I saw it, and there was a collective gasp/silence when It was revealed \*\* I never got to see the Crying Game. It isn’t that I was really looking forward to seeing it, but it’s true that I probably would have eventually. Until someone spoiled it for me by telling me: “You know…I thought HE was pretty hot. Now I’m wondering if I’m gay.” :eek: Thanks. Thanks a lot. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mblackwell \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > 1. The Lion in Winter: The scene that takes place in King Philip’s room, where, one at a time, each of King Henry’s sons comes to double deal with Philip against their father and each other, and each hide behind tapestries and curtained beds when another visitor comes to intrigue with Philip. During the scene, King Henry enters and negotiates with Philip as well, and by the end of the scene, Henry realizes that ALL of the sons are against him (and each of the sons are against each other) > > I watched that movie in World History class. The whole class was cracking up over that scene. \*\* It’s a great scene. I’ve mentioned in several threads that this is my favorite movie. My World History class must have sucked by comparison, because I never got to see films like The Lion in Winter in it. At least my American History class showed some good stuff: Gone With the Wind, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Young Mr. Lincoln. ---
**Author:** ![LiraV33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6f9a4e/32.png) [@LiraV33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiraV33)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damned-moments-at-the-movies/25412/107 "2000-07-18T11:06:45Z")
in Tombstone when they are all walking to the OK corral for the shootout…man do they look badass! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damned-moments-at-the-movies/25412.md?page=5)