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.
Really? It’s MST3K, but with modern movies. I hope I have not been whooshed.
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]
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.
I don’t doubt you’ve seen beacon towers, but you’ve never seen beacon towers set up like that. Just watch the scene. 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.
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.
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.
Rule of Cool, my friend. Rule of Cool.
The insult scene from Billy Madison.
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!
How about Exorcist Three (horrible movie) for the one scene in the hospital hallway with the nurse doing her rounds…
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?
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.
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. 
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.
I haven’t seen it, but there’s a scene from Street Fighter that probably qualifies:
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.
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.
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.
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.