# Best scene in film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 30, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452 "2024-08-30T03:32:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/101 "2024-09-03T23:14:26Z")
I’ll add the [faro scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktA5xw_JLaI) in _Tombstone_. A lot of great filmmaking going on there but one thing I just realized (after seeing it for the millionth time), it sets up later in the movie the Curley vs Wyatt and Ringo vs. Doc fights. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/102 "2024-09-03T23:39:24Z")
Some of my favorites: The attack on The Death Star in the original _Star Wars_ The final bomb run scene in _Dr Strangelove_ which culminates in Slim Pickens riding the nuclear bomb The gun shoot out in _Predator_ The death of Sully in _Commando_ ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/103 "2024-09-03T23:41:40Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Boromir’s death scene in The Fellowship of the Ring has stuck with me ever since I first saw it in the theater in 2001. > > “I would have followed you, my brother… my captain… my king.” I’d go forward two years to The Return of the King. The lighting of the beacons gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/104 "2024-09-03T23:43:08Z")
That was a _great_ scene. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/105 "2024-09-03T23:44:33Z")
Kikuchiyo is handed a baby by a woman who has been speared while trying to escape a burning farmhouse, in _The Seven Samurai._ Up until now he has been flippant and unshakeable, but the baby rescue shatters him and he breaks down while explaining that the same thing happened to him when he was an infant. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/106 "2024-09-03T23:52:34Z")
Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper in _True Romance_. They only share one scene together, but it is unforgettable. ---
**Author:** ![EnolaStraight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/107 "2024-09-04T00:56:56Z")
The scene in ROCKY where Balboa is knocked down for the count and Creed has his hands raised in victory to the audience, only to see Rocky back on his feet at the nine-count, going, “c’mon, c’mon”…Creed slumps in despair as he realizes he must still take some more beating from The Stallion. [Rocky vs Apollo - Going the Distance - Bill Conti - Scene Escena Subtitulado Español (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iIV1Tlh2Ew) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/108 "2024-09-04T02:37:11Z")
I love the scene preceding the big door smashing in the original King Kong. Jack had gone off into the jungle, chasing Kong. The scene opens with the crew at the wall kicking back and relaxing to some lilting island type music. Quick cut to Jack and Ann racing through the underbrush to some frantic music. The guys on the wall spot them. There’s a moment of relief, then, “Kong’s coming!”, and there’s panic as they close the door. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/109 "2024-09-04T02:49:12Z")
> [@EnolaStraight](#): > > The scene in ROCKY where Balboa talks about his goal is simply be the first boxer [to go the distance with Creed](https://youtu.be/VmHdufAQgwU?si=JEzcuaJ1NSBXfHq_&t=99) to prove he’s not a bum. IIRC it was added in at the last minute at Stallone’s insistence. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/110 "2024-09-04T10:45:21Z")
The opening scene in _Blade,_ when he arrives to confront the vampires. Not the fight following it, but the whole establishing scene where all the vampires go silent as they realize _who_ is there. And their obvious collective terror. The confrontation between the Fellowship and the Balrog, and Gandalf facing it on the bridge. A very epic-fantasy feel to that whole sequence. "YOU! SHALL NOT! _PASS!!"_ ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/111 "2024-09-12T06:51:56Z")
I clicked on one of the links above, and next in queue was the parking lot scene from dogma, and I thought yeah, that’ll do. [Dogma parking lot scene (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSQYRq8kf4g) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/112 "2024-09-13T03:19:47Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Dogma parking lot scene ([youtube.com](http://youtube.com)) When Matt Damon says he’s heard a rant like that before, do you think he was referring to [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z8AddFYCnA)? ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/113 "2024-09-13T03:29:45Z")
When Szpilman played Chopin’s Ballade in G minor to the nazi officer to prove he was a concert pianist in _The Pianist_. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/114 "2024-09-13T03:46:52Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Humphrey Bogart’s character changes the moment he signals it’s okay for the band to play the Marseillaise. We know he’s not out to please the Nazis any more, and the whole story takes a dramatic turn. The turn in his character arc starts before that. It’s when he rigs the roulette game for Annina and Jan. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/115 "2024-09-13T07:55:38Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > We know he’s not out to please the Nazis any more What makes you think he ever was? He tore up their checks, kept them out of the casino. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/116 "2024-09-13T08:13:25Z")
He had to not make waves just to keep the casino. Occasionally denying someone service isn’t going to start a riot like playing the Marseillaise almost did. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/117 "2024-09-13T08:17:50Z")
He lets his tough guy image slip to commit an act of kindness. He openly insults and infuriates the Germans by allowing the band to play the Marseillaise, which takes a lot of balls. I don’t think you can compare the two. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/118 "2024-09-13T08:29:34Z")
yeah, he put up with them, but where did he do anything to please them? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/119 "2024-09-13T09:03:37Z")
They were pleased as long as he didn’t make trouble or let anyone else to. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/120 "2024-09-13T10:00:23Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > He lets his tough guy image slip to commit an act of kindness. He openly insults and infuriates the Germans by allowing the band to play the Marseillaise, which takes a lot of balls. I don’t think you can compare the two. It’s not a comparison, it’s just where the start of the turning of his character arc is. Rick’s narrative includes more than just pissing off Nazis. It’s not an either/or or which-is-greater situation. It’s a procession through an arc and it begins with Annina and Jan. It’s also not a one-off slip. Ilsa crushed him in Paris, and as a result he doesn’t let himself feel anything anymore. Then Ilsa reenters his life and he starts to feel again and he starts to take a bigger stand in things like he used to do. There’s a direct line from him helping Annina and Jan to him sending Ilsa off with Victor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452.md?page=5)