# Favorite scene in movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917 "2014-05-21T13:04:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/41 "2014-05-21T23:38:25Z")
One of my favorite scenes from any movie is the scene where Alice commits suicide by throwing herself off a cliff in **Last of the Mohicans**. Everything about it is perfect: the beautiful score, the close-up of Alice’s face, and Magua’s single moment of compassion as he attempts to stop her. There’s no dialogue, but you can see all of Alice’s fear and confusion melt away as the path before her becomes clear. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/42 "2014-05-22T00:15:27Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > One of my favorite scenes from any movie is the scene where Alice commits suicide by throwing herself off a cliff in **Last of the Mohicans**. Everything about it is perfect: the beautiful score, the close-up of Alice’s face, and Magua’s single moment of compassion as he attempts to stop her. There’s no dialogue, but you can see all of Alice’s fear and confusion melt away as the path before her becomes clear. The whole end of that movie, starting with their capture and the British officer’s torture/death, and ending with the credits, was just amazing in every way. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/43 "2014-05-22T00:20:04Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > [From True Grit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-cPWheNyaA) This. Followed closely by the three-way duel at the end of\* The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly\* ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/44 "2014-05-22T01:56:48Z")
Tombstone has a couple of classic lines that I use every now and then. Just before the shoot out at the OK Corral after Wyatt tells Doc ‘You don’t have to mix up in this’ to which Doc replies ‘That is a hell of a thing for you to say to me.’ After the shoot out with Curly Bill when Jack Johnson states that he has lots of friends and Doc replies ‘I don’t’ And my friends modified a quote from Tombstone where Wyatt takes over a gambling station. Original quote; ‘Skin that smoke wagon and see what happens.’ Friends modified it to; ‘Smoke this skin wagon and see what happens.’ I like my friends. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/45 "2014-05-22T04:06:39Z")
From _A Man For All Seasons_, the scene between More (Paul Scofield) and Cardinal Wolsey (Orson Welles). Brilliant writing and acting. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/46 "2014-05-22T04:13:54Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet when he first meets Jeffery coming out of Dorothy’s apartment: “Wanna go for a ride?” What a sinister fucker he was! My favorite from _Blue Velvet_ is the “love letter” scene. (NSFW) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hQOIZZUbGU0/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-A4ACoAKKAgwIABABGHIgVCgxMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAu7LPbbNNpyTqz-GLWxOtFEwDbAw "Blue Velvet love letter") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQOIZZUbGU0) ---
**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:** [May 22, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/47 "2014-05-22T04:15:24Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > One movie, one moment, one scene? I gotta go with [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YyBtMxZgQs). It’s the Indiana Jones scene where he kills the guy with a gun instead of fighting him. FYI. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/48 "2014-05-22T04:34:52Z")
[quote=“Accidental\_Martyr, post:46, topic:688917”] My favorite from _Blue Velvet_ is the “love letter” scene. (NSFW) [/QUOTE] Nonono. The best scene is the visit to Ben’s. Here’s to Ben! ---
**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:** [May 22, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/49 "2014-05-22T04:52:29Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Nonono. The best scene is the visit to Ben’s. Here’s to Ben! Be polite! ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/50 "2014-05-22T04:59:02Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Nonono. The best scene is the visit to Ben’s. Here’s to Ben! He’s one suave fucker. ---
**Author:** ![danhanegan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@danhanegan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danhanegan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/51 "2014-05-22T05:33:37Z")
Hard to pick just one. The scene in The Abyss when Lindsey has drowned and Bud is frantically trying to resuscitate her. The scene in The Man in the Iron Mask, when Athos is angered by D’Artagnan, and tells him “When next we meet, one of us will DIE !” The scene in Kelly’s Heroes when Kelly and friends walk up to the tiger tank to make a deal with the commander. “Maybe the guy’s a Republican…” ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/52 "2014-05-22T05:54:33Z")
The fight between Kong and the tyrannosaurs in the Peter Jackson version of King Kong. The opening scene of “Sexual Chronicles of a French Family” … a total shocker, in a fun way. The giant robots invade New York in “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.” The opening space battle scene of “Attack of the Clones.” ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/53 "2014-05-22T17:31:39Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > The opening space battle scene of “Attack of the Clones.” Are you sure you don’t mean “Revenge of the Sith?” ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/54 "2014-05-23T23:18:50Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Gordie’s story about “Lard Ass and the Pie-Eating Contest” in _Stand by Me._ Completely gross and ridiculous, as only a 12-year-old mind could imagine it. 🆒 Did he have to pay to enter the contest? ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/55 "2014-05-24T04:35:14Z")
[“Hey, Dad, you wanna have a catch?”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_wnD6jxREU) They way the music swells. And that hand shake. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/56 "2014-05-24T07:08:22Z")
_The taking of Pelham 123_ - Mr. Blue asks Garber if they still have the death penalty in NY. _2001, a Space Odyssey_ - I’m Sorry Dave… _Cannonball Run_ - [In the outtakes] These Bleeds? _Back to the Future_ - Marty gets blown away by the huge speaker. _Lawrence of Arabia_ - Lawrence executes the man who saved his life. _LA Confidential_ - Have you a valediction, boyo? _Planes, Trains, and Automobiles_ - You’re fucked! _A Fish Called Wanda_ - Ken steamrolls Otto. ---
**Author:** ![Galwegian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galwegian/32/3426_2.png) [@Galwegian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galwegian)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/57 "2014-05-24T07:15:45Z")
For sheer silliness: Bruce Campbell’s medieval prosthetic hand, complete with mechanical sound effects. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lsU1t2vkURg/hqdefault.jpg "Army Of Darkness - Groovy!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsU1t2vkURg) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/58 "2014-05-24T17:48:03Z")
> [@SykoSkotty](#): > > All great choices so far - I don’t disagree with any of them. > > My choice : The USS Indianapolis scene in Jaws. Robert Shaw delivering that absolutely chilling account of waiting for his turn in the water while the sharks were picking off his friends one by one…“I’ll never put on a life jacket again…” > > That scene could be watched without the rest of the movie and still be just as riveting. Yes. This is what I was going to post. I like how Hooper’s attitude, demeanor, and opinion of Quint are instantly rearranged the moment he hears the word “Indianapolis.” ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/59 "2014-05-24T18:39:23Z")
[Now why would a Yankee from Pittsburgh want to buy that?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e39_pP9KO8U) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917/60 "2014-05-24T20:04:49Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > _Lawrence of Arabia_ - Lawrence executes the man who saved his life. Nitpick: the man hadn’t saved Lawrence’s life–Lawrence had saved _his_ (and thereby shown that “nothing is Written.”) (Great list, btw.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-movie/688917.md?page=4)