A golden movie moment is, of course, Clark Gable grabbing Viven Leigh and carrying her up those stairs. Then, you see her next morning, singing to herself in bed and stratching oh so luxuriously.
Sexy as hell, partly because we didn’t see the in-between. No two people have the same ideas as to a good sex scene, so if it had actually been shown it wouldn’t have been near the turn on that the BRAIN provided.
In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I like every scene, but I have particular affection for the presentation of the Holy Hand-Grenade of Antioch and Sir Robin’s appearance at the Bridge of Death.
In the most recent Dragnet movie, I like Dan Akroyd’s “You appear to be suffering from selective amnesia…” line.
In The Godfather, I still love the horse’s head scene.
The Matrix, when Trinity puts her gun to that agent’s head and says, “Dodge this!” KA-BLAM!
Falling Down is rich with possibilities. My favorite is when D-FENS goes to the fast-food restaurant and asks for breakfast, but they won’t give it to him because it’s five minutes past the official breakfast hours, so he gets the manager and says pleasantly, “Have you ever heard the saying ‘The customer is always right’?..Well, here I am.” I can’t remember if that is just before or just after he shoots a hole through the ceiling with his machine gun.
Blazing Saddles: Newly appointed African-American sheriff Bart is strolling down the street. An elderly matron approaches. He doffs his hat and says “Good morning, ma’am, and isn’t it a lovely morning?”, and the lady replies gruffly “Up yours, nigger”.
Same old lady, earlier in the movie, is being held by one bad guy while another punches her repeatedly in the gut: “Have you ever seen such cruelty?”
Same movie, the spinsterish schoolmarm is reading a letter she composed to complain to the governor about the black sheriff he sent the town: “This just goes to prove that you are the leading asshole in the state”
Same movie, evil Hedley Lamarr says “I want that land so bad I can taste it. There’s only one thing standing between me and that land: the rightful owners.”
OK, enough Blazing Saddles. Lest ye think I can only appreciate comedies, the scene in The Right Stuff where John Glenn goes into orbit with Holst’s The Planets playing in the background is the only movie scene that actually chokes me up. I think I’m gonna go watch it now!
Mmm… so many choices.
A Clockwork Orange, when Alex reasserts his leadership over the droogs, particualarly the bit with the knife.
Henry V, with Kenneth Branagh. Ignoring the obvious parts, like the St. Crispin’s Day speech or “Once more into the breech,” I love the third scene in the movie, when the French messenger tries to buy off England with a bunhc of tennis balls. The way he bites of the T at the end of “We will by God’s grace play a set,” that gives me goosebumps. Harry is so pissed, and so totally in control of himself. Love it.
Dark City, when Kieffer Sutherland give Rufus Sewell the wrong memory injection, and he procedes to kick psychic ass all over the aliens…well, this makes sense if you’ve seen the movie.
Ran, when the old king walks out of his ruined castle, and the invading army just parts in front of him like the Red Sea.
Any of the musical numbers/acid flashbacks in The Big Lebowski.
Han Solo shooting down the last two Tie Fighters in the the Death Star trench.
The cow and the landmine in Three Kings.
The last shot, of Viola walking across the beach, in Shakespeare in Love.
John Cusack’s violent revenge fantasy against his ex’s new guy in High Fidelity, also Bruce Springsteen’s cameo in same.
I could go on and on…
“Ferris Bueller on line 2” Dun Dun Dun.
Star Trek IV has tons of them,
Kirk: “double dumbass on you”
Ive only seen this once, in class in high school:
The whole curtain scene in The Lion in Winter. I’ve gotta find that on tape.
Clockwork Orange: When Alex is in jail and reading the bible. I still crack up everytime I see that scene.
Very Bad Things: Practically the entire movie is filled with great scenes. My favorite though is the minivan scene.
Army of Darkness: My favorite scene is the “hey what’s that on your face” scene.
Caligulus (sp?): If you look at it from a humorous view point the movie is quite funny. I like the “does it grow hair” scene and when Caligulus bravely conquers britain (I think it was britain-it’s been a while since I saw it).
Tombstone
The showdown between Doc Holliday and the new leader of the cowboys (where Doc Holliday is supposed to be sick)
Falling Down: When Michael Douglass makes fun of the dying golfer’s hat.
Resevoir Dogs: “Are you going to bark all day little doggie, or are you going to bite.” It’s an awesome quote alone, but the timing of it in the movie makes me smile every time I see it.
Big Lebowski: “Obviously you’re not a golfer.”
Also, the endings to Jackie Chan’s Project A, Who Am I, and Police Story.
Leon: “What’s he look like? Serious.” and “EVERYBODY!!”
Dr. Strangelove: Hard to pick a favorite here (this is the only movie I’ve rated a 10 on the IMDb), but I would have to say Major Kong’s final ride, followed by Gen. Turgidson’s boasting about B-52 pilots, “Has he got a chance? HELL YE… uh, er…”
Fist of Legend: The final fight between Jet Li and the Japanese lead. They start off using their respective fighting styles (kung fu vs. kempo), but then keep switching back and forth in an effort to psyche each other out (kind of like the “I’m not left handed, either” scene from Princess Bride)
Police Story: The gangster’s escape down the hillside.
Ai no Corrida (aka In the Realm of the Senses): An over-the-top piece of Japanese erotica from the 70’s that’s aged remarkably well (I just saw it in the theater a few weeks ago after it had been banned in Japan for 25 years). Sada and her lover Kichizo run off together and start merrily humping everyone they meet. At one point, Kichizo says to Sada something like, “tell me what you want me to do,” at which point a geisha in her late 60’s comes to their inn room. Sada then says “now I know.” Kichizo realizes what she means, looks at the geisha and gets this wonderful ‘oh, shit!’ look on his face. The geisha then proceeds to figure out Sada’s meaning, then looks at Kichizo and gets this huge eager grin.
That ending, though. :eek:
–sublight.
I loved this part of the movie!! The day after seeing this, I was relaying this scene to one of my friends. After I was done, she was just looking at me, trying to figure out why it was so funny. It was a “you’ve gotta be there” scene, I guess. But, boy, I thought it was a riot.
My favorite is the scene from True Romance, mentioned above, where Dennis Hopper is lecturing Christopher Walken about Sicilian history.
My second favorite is in Cannibal: The Musical when the “Indian” chief is trying so hard to convince the miners that he and his tribe are really Indians.
Casablanca. Victor Laszlo is talking with Rick up in his office. They hear singing in German and they go downstairs to find that the Nazi squad has commandeered Sam’s piano and is singing “The Watch on the Rhine”. Victor is pissed. He goes over to the orchestra and tells them to play “La Marseillaise”. They look to Rick. He nods. They strike it up. And everyone in the bar starts singing. The Nazis doggedly try to continue with their song, but are drowned out by the passionate singing. Vive la France! Vive la démocratie!
Almost forgot:
That brief scene from The Matrix where the shell casings are raining down from the helicopter in slow motion.
–sublight.