# Most viscerally satisfying moments in movies ("just deserts," etc) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 18, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830 "2008-04-18T03:02:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/101 "2008-04-20T00:16:43Z")
[QUOTE=Eyebrows 0f Doom] Actually IIRC, that is what Robert Carlyle’s character does to his wife near the beginning of the film, while she is strapped a gurney, pleading for help and unable to defend herself. One of the more disgusting and uncomfortably misogynistic scenes I’ve even seen. Whether that happens again to someone else later on, I forget, as I’ve tried to block out all traces of that horrid film from my memory. [/QUOTE] That’s _28 **weeks** later_, the sequel. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/102 "2008-04-20T02:13:38Z")
The ultimate “up yours” scene is from Stand By Me > [@](#): > > Ace: What are you gonna do, shoot us all? > Gordie: No Ace, just you. The entire theater went nuts at that point. ---
**Author:** ![Pollux\_Oil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@Pollux\_Oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollux_Oil)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/103 "2008-04-20T03:29:42Z")
I know this isn’t the best movie ever, but in _The Patriot_ I always find the part where… Mel Gibson, after seeing his son shot and killed right in front of his own eyes, goes after the British troupe that took his other son and slaughters every single one of them. If only the killing of the head general at the end of the movie was as satisfying. Also, in _Sin City_… Hartigan beats the living crap out of Yellow Bastard, then tears off his replacement testicles. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/104 "2008-04-20T03:34:53Z")
It’s a TV pilot, but… _Burn Notice_ pilot. Just saw it again tonight. Michael tells the guys beating the shit out of him he needs the bathroom. “I’m going to be sick in the Mercedes!” “You have to be careful about breaking the small bones in your hands on somebody’s face. That’s why I like bathrooms. Lots of hard surfaces.” After he knocks the bad guys into unconsciousness and jacks a round into a pistol, there are two gunshots off screen. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/105 "2008-04-20T03:56:48Z")
From _El Mariachi_, the classic Robert Rodriguez burrito western: [SPOILER]Moco has just shot dead Azul the gunman and Domino, the love interest of both him and the Mariachi, and then, out of spite, shoots the Mariachi in the hand so that he may never play guitar again. The Mariachi, screaming in pain while Moco laughs and preens in front of his men, picks up Azul’s gun and shoots Moco dead, after which Moco’s heavily put-upon right hand man, who’s face Azul has been using to strike matches through the entire movie, bends down, takes Moco’s cigs and matches, and strikes a match on his face to light a cigarette before going back inside, followed by his men.[/SPOILER] ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/106 "2008-04-20T04:07:14Z")
The two very similar speech scenes; Al Pacino in _Scent Of A Woman_ and Sean Connery in _Finding Forrester_. And the endings of the Charles Bronson movie _The Mechanic_ and Peter Fonda’s _Dirty Mary Crazy Larry_. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/107 "2008-04-20T04:10:00Z")
In _Matilda_, after the Trunchbull has received a telekinetic ass-whuppin’ from the title character, she stumbles out into the hallway and is confronted by every single kid in the school standing silently, staring at her, fruit at the ready. Then they open fire and chase the old bat from the premises. It’s a wonderful moment. The Wicked Witch of the West played a maid in _These Three_, the 1936 version of “The Children’s Hour”. At the end of the movie, after the lying little girl is exposed for the spoiled little brat she is, and is having a tantrum about it in the hallway, Ms. Hamilton smacks her right across the face, something I’d been itching to do since the beginning of the movie. (I think Grandma needed smacked, too, for raising such a horrid little beast, but one can’t have everything.) ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/108 "2008-04-20T04:11:13Z")
“You’re terminated, fucker!” ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/109 "2008-04-20T04:19:49Z")
Never underestimate the power of kids or their parents. In 1985 I took my daughter to see the _Care bears movie_, and 10 year later we saw _Pocahantis_. When the Care Bears won via “care-care-care-power”, the mostly under-10-year-old audience exploded (as did my five-yr-old). When Pocahantis saved Captain John Smith’s life, a cheer went up in the theatre. Love, Phil ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/110 "2008-04-20T04:22:58Z")
That should have been \*The Care Bear Movie, and 10 years later we saw _Pocohantis_ My bad. Love, Phil ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/111 "2008-04-20T04:24:44Z")
Should I quit while I’m ahead? …and 10 years later we saw _Pocohantis_ Oh, my stars and garters. Love, Phil ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/112 "2008-04-20T04:31:26Z")
[QUOTE=phil417] Oh, my stars and garters. [/QUOTE] Explain that to me, and all is forgiven. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/113 "2008-04-20T04:47:12Z")
Though he pays for it later in the movie of course, the epic hand-biting garbage can slamming Mama Corleone’s Original Sicilian ass whipping that Sonny gives Carlo after learning he beat up Connie while she was pregnant is one that I wish all battered wives and children could have a coupon to get delivered to their own abuser just once with a phone call. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/114 "2008-04-20T05:02:08Z")
[QUOTE=Ranchoth] That’s _28 **weeks** later_, the sequel. [/QUOTE] My bad. I was momentarily confused by the “Later” part and thought the first film was just “28 Days.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/115 "2008-04-20T05:02:28Z")
[QUOTE=Sigmagirl] In _Raiders of the Lost Ark_, when the Arab-ninja guy is dicking around with all those scimitars, so Indy just whips out his gun and drops him. [/QUOTE] I read somewhere that this was actually a prank that Ford and the other guy played on the director. They’d choreographed the whole bullwhip-scimitar scene, but the actors cooked up a practical joke, so while the cameras were rolling, Ford pulled out his sidearm and capped the other guy. The director allegedly loved it so much it made the movie. Dunno if that’s true, but it’s what I heard. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/116 "2008-04-20T05:03:56Z")
[QUOTE=shelbo] Ahem, you forgot something. Eight somethings. [/QUOTE] I didn’t want to spoil it. I takes a long setup. I highly recommend this movie, and if you rent and watch it, I promise, this will make the movie worthwhile. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/117 "2008-04-20T05:04:34Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] I read somewhere that this was actually a prank that Ford and the other guy played on the director. They’d choreographed the whole bullwhip-scimitar scene, but the actors cooked up a practical joke, so while the cameras were rolling, Ford pulled out his sidearm and capped the other guy. The director allegedly loved it so much it made the movie. Dunno if that’s true, but it’s what I heard. [/QUOTE] I thought it was because Ford was sick with stomach trouble and just wanted to get off the set as quickly as possible so he could run to the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/118 "2008-04-20T05:32:29Z")
[QUOTE=Rikwriter] [/quote] [Quote=ArizonaTeach] Originally Posted by ArizonaTeach High up on the cheese scale, but felt damn good: Lethal Weapon 2 Scummy South African who has just shot Mel Gibson: Diplomatic Immunity! Danny Glover, cracking his neck and aiming his gun: Has just been revoked. Aggh. What a horrible movie and a horrible scene. The only thing visceral about it was that it made me want to puke. [/QUOTE] Put me down for when the threadshitter, trying to be all black-turtleneck-freshman-year-Philosophy-101-film-critic, got called out for threadshitting. I \*\*loved \*\*that scene. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/119 "2008-04-20T06:25:32Z")
This might be a classic one-liner the good guy says before he shoots the bad guy, but in **The Replacement Killers** I liked: Wei: The boy will die (talking about John Lee’s son.) John Lee: Not in your lifetime. [shoots Mr. Wei] Then on **The West Wing** , President Bartlet lays the verbal [smackdown](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHaVUjjH3EI) on a right-wing radio host. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830/120 "2008-04-20T06:26:12Z")
Throwing yet more disrespect toward the noble progenitor of the OP, for no reason, and without any actual content: At the end of _To Live And Die in L.A.,_ the main character (John Turtaro) getting blown away by a point-blank shotgun blast was pretty wild; the revelation of the true depth of the backstabbing involved in the whole story was…wow. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-viscerally-satisfying-moments-in-movies-just-deserts-etc/445830.md?page=7)