# Tell us about scenes you love from movies you hate. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566 "2011-10-04T16:20:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [October 5, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/41 "2011-10-05T13:15:38Z")
I don’t like the Buffy movie, but I do love Paul Reuben’s death. It’s a classic great scene in an otherwise mediocre movie. I can’t say I truly even hate the movie, but it is pretty bad. [His character is not faking. This is his actual death scene.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCOzKufIIzs) > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I don’t know what rifftrax is. Anyway, I stopped watching when what’s his name (Sully? the wheelchair guy) went into the forest. Really? It’s MST3K, but with modern movies. I hope I have not been whooshed. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/42 "2011-10-05T13:28:23Z")
_The Invisible Agent_ is a rather bad movie. The lead actor is nowhere near as good as Claude Raines or Vincent Price. I think it was intended to be a screwball comedy, but the jokes fall pretty flat. But Peter Lorre makes an excellent villain, and his death scene is just awesome. [spoiler]Earlier in the film, the German spymaster and the Japanese spymaster are plotting their Diabolical Scheme. The German says to the Japanese (Lorre) “If this fails, Hitler will have me shot, and you will have to commit suicide to apologize to your emperor.” After the scheme fails, the German betrays the Japanese, and tries to frame him for the failure. A three-way fight breaks out, between German, Japanese, and Allied agents. In the midst of the confusion, Lorre walks up to the German, and says “I will make an honorable man of you yet, my friend”. And he stabs the German in the stomach.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/43 "2011-10-05T14:25:57Z")
_The Pink Panther_, the remake with Steve Martin. It’s largely awful, but there’s a scene where Clouseau is talking to somebody about being alert, while walking along the street. He passes things like lamp posts and open manholes - basically a bunch of classic slapstick elements, and every one of them goes unused. I’m probably not explaining it very well, but it’s a good subversion of expectations in an otherwise dire flick. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/44 "2011-10-05T14:38:09Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > 😕 > > But… I’ve seen beacon towers set up like that. Mind you, most of them wouldn’t have the same people all the time, but it was a very common setup on mountain ridges and rocky shores in Spain throughout the Middle Ages and later. They were like lighthouses, but used to give warning of attack rather than to provide ships with guidance. > > One of the first “grown-up” duties of elder children, and one of the duties left to maimed men, was lookout on beacon towers. > > The movie’s setup is exaggerated but hellOOOOO, the whole thing is! I don’t doubt you’ve seen beacon towers, but you’ve never seen beacon towers set up like that. Just [watch the scene](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6LGJ7evrAg). Those aren’t mountain ridges or rocky shores, those are snowy peaks **above the clouds** where apparently someone sits at the tippy-top 24/7 staring off at another mountain where someone else lives on the tippy-top. That’s not exaggerated, that’s insane. ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/45 "2011-10-05T14:41:54Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Karate Kid (1984) > > … You know, by this point I was pretty much rooting for the Cobra Kai. You are familiar, I hope, with the love that Barney from \*How I Met Your Mother \*has for that movie: [QUOTE=Barney from How I Met Your Mother] _Karate Kid_’s a great movie. It’s the story of a hopeful young karate enthusiast whose dreams and moxie take him all the way to the All Valley Karate Championships. Of course, sadly, he loses in the final round to that \*nerd \*kid. But he learns an important lesson about gracefully accepting defeat [/QUOTE] My vote is _Daredevil_. I did not really hate the movie, but I know a lot of people that did. I agree that it has some terrible stuff in it. But is also has some \*wonderful \*scenes, especially one where he comes in from a “crime fighting” episode and has been beat up, bleeds all over the shower, loses a tooth, and is popping pain pills. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/46 "2011-10-05T15:12:27Z")
> [@Reno\_Nevada](#): > > My vote is _Daredevil_. I did not really hate the movie, but I know a lot of people that did. I agree that it has some terrible stuff in it. But is also has some \*wonderful \*scenes, especially one where he comes in from a “crime fighting” episode and has been beat up, bleeds all over the shower, loses a tooth, and is popping pain pills. I like Daredevil, so I can’t claim the same scene, but I will point out that that particular scene is why I like the movie. It’s underrated. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/47 "2011-10-05T15:20:15Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I like Daredevil, so I can’t claim the same scene, but I will point out that that particular scene is why I like the movie. It’s underrated. I too liked Daredevil; I’ve never understood the general hate. The scene where Ben Urich reveals the hidden DD symbol, drawn in oil, always bugs me, though. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/48 "2011-10-05T15:21:42Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I don’t doubt you’ve seen beacon towers, but you’ve never seen beacon towers set up like that. Just [watch the scene](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6LGJ7evrAg). Those aren’t mountain ridges or rocky shores, those are snowy peaks **above the clouds** where apparently someone sits at the tippy-top 24/7 staring off at another mountain where someone else lives on the tippy-top. That’s not exaggerated, that’s insane. [Rule of Cool](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfCool), my friend. Rule of Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/49 "2011-10-05T15:21:51Z")
The insult scene from **Billy Madison**. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fEkWH8DB7b0/hqdefault.jpg "billy madison - insanely idiotic") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEkWH8DB7b0) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/50 "2011-10-05T16:24:40Z")
_The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc_ was one of the worst pieces of crap I have ever watched. It’s basically nothing but medieval PMSing. But there’s a scene where Joan explains to The Conscience (Dustin Hoffman) about how she found a sword in a field and how God must have put it there just for her. And he basically debunks the shit out of it. Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/51 "2011-10-05T17:34:16Z")
How about Exorcist Three (horrible movie) for the one scene in the hospital hallway with the nurse doing her rounds… ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/52 "2011-10-05T17:40:23Z")
I don’t really hate Basic Instinct, but I always thought this exchange was hilarious: **Catherine Trammel** : (after taking a sip from a glass of Jack Daniels) You have any coke? Nothing goes with Jack Daniels like some coke. **Nick Curran** : I’ve got a Pepsi in the fridge. **Catherine Trammel** : That’s not quite the same thing, now is it? ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/53 "2011-10-05T17:49:01Z")
> [@Reno\_Nevada](#): > > You are familiar, I hope, with the love that Barney from \*How I Met Your Mother \*has for that movie LOL, I really need to watch that show one of these days. Why have I never seen it? Ah, mystery solved. It’s opposite monday night football. Well, I’ll catch it on netflix then. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/54 "2011-10-05T18:53:27Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > The 1967 version of Casino Royale is bad, apart from Burt Bacharach’s music. There was a good scene where Woody Allen’s character, in front of a firing squad, said “There will be a letter to the Times about this” then somehow scampered over the wall - to come down in front of another firing squad. Besides that, meh, including the music. As for the Lighting the Towers scene, full employment through government jobs, man. No Republicans back then. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/55 "2011-10-05T19:48:21Z")
usually can’t stand Adam Sandler. friend made me watch Happy Gilmore with her. The scene with Bob Barker beating down Sandler on the golf course fits this thread perfectly for me. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/56 "2011-10-05T21:27:47Z")
I haven’t seen it, but there’s a scene from _Street Fighter_ that probably qualifies: > [@](#): > > Bison: I’m sorry. I don’t remember any of it. > Chun Li: You don’t remember? > Bison: For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday. Oh, and **Skald** , the Infield Fly rule is easy to understand. It’s an obscure rule that almost never comes up in actual play and which baseball nerds can therefore use as a shibboleth. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/57 "2011-10-05T21:32:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Oh, and **Skald** , the Infield Fly rule is easy to understand. It’s an obscure rule that almost never comes up in actual play and which baseball nerds can therefore use as a shibboleth. And – when in effect – the Designated Hitter rule lets the pitcher sit out his turn at bat while another guy swings at pitches for him. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/58 "2011-10-05T23:46:49Z")
I’m one of a small handful on the planet who do not LOVE Pulp Fiction at all. But I DO love Christopher Walken’s watch story. It was like wading through a fetid swamp and somehow glimpsing an exotic tropical fish swimming around in the murk. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/59 "2011-10-06T08:56:10Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I don’t doubt you’ve seen beacon towers, but you’ve never seen beacon towers set up like that. Just [watch the scene](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6LGJ7evrAg). Those aren’t mountain ridges or rocky shores, those are snowy peaks **above the clouds** where apparently someone sits at the tippy-top 24/7 staring off at another mountain where someone else lives on the tippy-top. That’s not exaggerated, that’s insane. And some of the real beacon towers (on occasion set up to be visible from other beacon towers, so warning would reach not only people in villages but also the city) are often above the clouds (“often” because clouds have a way of moving). It’s exaggerated but not any more than, say, the size of the giant eagles. I guess what I don’t understand is why do you have more problems with something that’s actually based in reality than with talking, walking trees or with swords that chop off armored limbs and heads all the way though without slowing down or getting a nick. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566/60 "2011-10-06T13:20:50Z")
I didn’t really hate “The Last Picture Show” but I haven’t seen it since it came out so I will say the scene where Cybill Shepherd shows her breasts at the indoor pool. At the time I knew someone who managed a movie theater for a company and they had LPS for some 14 weeks. He said one of his ushers would go out and watch that scene every night. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566.md?page=4)