# Best scene ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 12, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258 "2002-12-12T16:09:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![krazy\_kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@krazy\_kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krazy_kat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/61 "2002-12-14T01:26:32Z")
Mr. Orange filling Mr. Blonde full of lead ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Trari\_de\_Reeson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Count\_Trari\_de\_Reeson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Trari_de_Reeson)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/62 "2002-12-14T02:34:16Z")
The scene near the end of Oh Brother Where Art Thou, when The boys are on stage and sing Man of Constant sorrow. Even though you can see it coming from a mile away, it is still one of the funniest, most poignant scenes ever filmed. ---
**Author:** ![krazy\_kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@krazy\_kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krazy_kat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/63 "2002-12-14T03:23:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Count Trari de Reeson \* > \*\*The scene near the end of Oh Brother Where Art Thou, when The boys are on stage and sing Man of Constant sorrow. Even though you can see it coming from a mile away, it is still one of the funniest, most poignant scenes ever filmed. \*\* the look on clooney’s face when the crowd erupts gets me every time - so funny ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/64 "2002-12-14T06:19:18Z")
“You talkin’ to me?..You talkin’ to me?.. Well I don’t see anyone else here, so you must be talking to me.” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/65 "2002-12-14T06:52:38Z")
Usual Suspects when: Verbal’s leg straigtens out as he’s walking away That’s my very favorite scene from any movie ever (Also my favorite movie). ---
**Author:** ![Bullwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Bullwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/66 "2002-12-14T07:26:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zweistein \* > \*\*Ha ! > Opening scene of Star Wars IV. The gigantic effect of the star cruiser chasing princess Leias’ vessel ! \*\* Oh, man that was so cool! I’m terribly old, so I actually saw that in the theater the day after it opened. You young folks should know that sci-fi movies in the old days always had forty minutes of boring dialogue before you actually got to see the monster or the spaceship or whatever it was you came to see. This movie: Eight seconds, and WHOOSH!! BLAM! BLAM! POW!!! This pre-teen was in heaven. I saw it twenty-four times that summer. (VCR’s hadn’t been invented yet.) ---
**Author:** ![IThinkNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ce73a5/32.png) [@IThinkNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IThinkNot)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/67 "2002-12-14T23:42:15Z")
One of my favorite scenes is in Braveheart, when William Wallace is going to kill the deer and (spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler) the crazy Irishman shoots the stalker. It’s just beautiful. In writing, it sounds funny, but if you’ve actually seen the movie… the music, the scene, the characters… the whole movie is just stunning. Stunning. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/68 "2002-12-16T12:39:39Z")
In **Fight Club** “You’re Mr. Durden. You’re the man who gave me this.”, and about the next 30 seconds. Best experienced the first time, of course. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/69 "2002-12-16T12:40:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnT \* > \*\* > The choreography involved in moving all the people around, Bruce Willis’s expressions and reactions to his visions, the cuts, the editing, the music… all of it shows a crew at their most professional, who is going beyond just doing the motions. If the scene was guilty of anything, it was a little _too_ self-conscious, especially in music choice, but still was remarkably well done. \*\* Really? I thought the music beautifully complemented the scene - and I’m a score nerd. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![delini8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@delini8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delini8r)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/70 "2002-12-16T13:26:19Z")
The last ten minutes of **Last of the Mohicans** ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/71 "2002-12-16T15:51:34Z")
I have to disagree on _Jurassic Park_ - the best scene there is Jeff Goldblum getting his first look at a live dinosaur. He’s out of the jeep, jaw dropped and eyes wide, then the bronto turns to look at him and his knees just buckle with the wonder of it all. Another I like is the piano-dance in _Big_, with Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia playing _Heart and Soul_ on the giant floor piano. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/72 "2002-12-16T16:08:47Z")
> [@](#): > > The last ten minutes of Last of the Mohicans It’s been a long time since I’ve seen this film. Was this the scene where Hawkeye and his brother and father are hunting the gang of Mohawks who have Madeline Stowe? That was a great scene. The action was great, but I also recall the music was excellent. ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/73 "2002-12-16T16:31:40Z")
I’ll agree with the speech scene in **Independence Day** … Others… The scene between Carol and her mother in **As Good As It Gets** , when Carol is writing the thank you letter The sinking sequence in **Titanic** The sailing scene in **What About Bob?** The hotel scene in **Tommy Boy** ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/74 "2002-12-16T16:48:35Z")
The entire scene starting when Dave comes back on the ship in **2001: A Space Odyssey** until he is finished removing Hal’s memory and he receives the message from earth. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/75 "2002-12-16T16:50:09Z")
Maybe this goes in the “Identify this movie from vague information” thread, but there’s a final scene in a Hitchcock movie, in an apartment room. As a man is strangling a woman, the camera slowly pans out into the hallway, down the stairs, and to the busy street outside. None of the people walking around are aware of what was happening. It was a poignant way of demonstrating how an act of murder can happen in entirely normal surroundings, right in the middle of everyday life. Very haunting scene. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/76 "2002-12-16T17:07:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CaptMurdock \* > \*\ ***Superman** > > When Lois Lane is dangling from the crashed helicopter on the roof of the _Daily Planet_, screaming for help, the crowd below looking up, the firefighters are assembling but there’s no way they can get to her in time. Clark Kent looks up, sees her in danger, [quick sight gag]passes by one of those payphone kiosks that have taken the place of phone booths [/quick sight gag], runs directly at the camera, pulling his shirt open to reveal the ‘S’ of his costume. After doing a quick change, the quick exchange with the pimp (“That is a _bad_ outFIT!”) he launches himself into the air. Lois falls, the crowd shrieks in terror then points “Look at that!” Superman catches Lois, says “Dont’ worry, miss; I’ve got you.” She cries “You’ve got me, **who’s got you?** ” Then the helicopter lets go, falls toward them, and with hardly a blink Superman catches it and flies it back up to the roof. > > I truly do not know what was louder, the first time I saw this movie: the cheering of the crowd (in the movie) or the applause in the audience in the theatre. \*\* Good call. I remember seeing the movie when I was a kid and that scene, with the hero revealing himself, was such a rush. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/77 "2002-12-16T17:11:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tretiak \* > \*\*My favorite scene is from _Runaway Train_ when Eric Roberts is talking about pulling off some robbery after they comeplete their escape and Jon Voigt has this brilliant monologue describing the fine line between civility and man’s primal desires. \*\* Finest bit of acting Jon’s done, IMHO (“So, you clean that spot, and you clean that spot . . .”), and probably the reason he got nominated for Best Actor that year. Lost to William Hurt in _Kiss of the Spider Woman_ . DD ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/78 "2002-12-16T22:00:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bomzaway \* > \*\*It’s been a long time since I’ve seen this film. Was this the scene where Hawkeye and his brother and father are hunting the gang of Mohawks who have Madeline Stowe? That was a great scene. The action was great, but I also recall the music was excellent. \*\* Actually, they were chasing down the band of Huron who had Alice (the sister of Cora, who was Madeline Stowe’s character). But yes, that’s the scene. It’s the scene where: [spoiler]Uncas gets ahead of them, fights his way through to Magua, then is killed by Magua. Alice jumps off the cliff rather than be taken by Magua (and I think she had a thing for Uncas, too). Hawkeye and Chingachgook catch up and tear through the rest of the Huron band – mostly Chingachgook, fueled by rage after seeing Uncas die. I especially like the way that there is no Desparate Battle[sup]TM[/sup] between Magua and Chingachgook at the end – no back and forth among equal foes. It is quite clear that Chingachgook is the superior warrior, and once he catches up, Magua never has a chance.[/spoiler] The music throughout the whole movie was excellent. Pick up the soundtrack. You won’t be disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/79 "2002-12-16T22:53:06Z")
Thanks for the clarification Monstre. I also agree with the **Titanic** sinking scene. If not for the whole scene, then for the one shot of the guy going _ping_ off the propeller blade. I laughed and laughed… ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258/80 "2002-12-16T23:03:28Z")
Two scenes from 2001: Dave’s futile attempt at retrieving his comrade’s body, and Dave disconnecting HAL. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-ever/142258.md?page=5)