# That one scene in a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 10, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344 "2023-12-10T01:36:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/81 "2023-12-12T03:20:00Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The Dark Knight is a heck of a fun movie, but if you don’t see the Joker’s pitch to the crime bosses, you have missed the movie. I’d choose @DesertDog’s suggestion of the initial bank heist scene over that, in fact it’s the one scene that stands out from the whole trilogy IMO ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/82 "2023-12-12T06:48:45Z")
_Field of Dreams_ may have just been made for me. I love baseball. I love the lore, I love the sentimentality, I love the game. I also lost a great father in my early adulthood and would do anything to have another catch with him. I’ll watch the end just to cry every time. I watched it on broadcast TV and just when Ray’s father takes off the catchers mask they cut to commercial. That should be a crime. I can miss all of _Smokey and the Bandit_ but I have to watch Sheriff Justice order a Diablo sandwich. Comedy gold. I’ve said it before but I think Al Pacino’s greatest acting scene is always offer looked. He’s also never been as subtle again in his life. It’s when he confronts Carlo. All his acting is in his eyes. Subtle shifts of emotion. No need to crew scenery. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/83 "2023-12-12T07:02:44Z")
I’d go with the scene in the restaurant. In my opinion the best scene in film history. After the shootings, nothing is ever the same again for Michael. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/84 "2023-12-12T14:34:39Z")
Really? I picture his white socks jammed in thongs (flip flops) with the thing between his toes. Now I’m going to have to go find that scene. It makes me laugh every time! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/85 "2023-12-12T16:13:55Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > I’d go with the scene in the restaurant. In my opinion the best scene in film history. After the shootings, nothing is ever the same again for Michael. A great scene no doubt. I just like the Carlo scene because it’s so easy to miss what Pacino is doing with just his eyes and body language. Makes me wish we had seen more of that Pacino in his career and less hooah. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/86 "2023-12-12T17:40:55Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’ll watch the end just to cry every time. I watched it on broadcast TV and just when Ray’s father takes off the catchers mask they cut to commercial. That should be a crime. I saw it in the theater, and before he turned around, I kind of gasped and actually said out loud “It’s his father.” Then, I started to cry. I feel you. Funnily enough I’m not a huge baseball fan, but I _love_ baseball movies for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/87 "2023-12-12T19:27:45Z")
Pretty much all of the “introduction” scenes from A Knight’s Tale, but this one is the best: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jdWO9ozir1Y/hqdefault.jpg "A Knights tale introductions") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdWO9ozir1Y&t=28) An awesome performance as he has the audience in his hands, and creates an entire backstory for the character who is pretending to be a knight in order to escape the bindings of the class structure. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/88 "2023-12-13T00:30:01Z")
From _Galaxy Quest_: “It doesn’t take a great actor to recognize a bad one. You’re sweating.” (and what follows, of course…) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/89 "2023-12-13T02:40:54Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’ve said it before but I think Al Pacino’s greatest acting scene is always offer looked. He’s also never been as subtle again in his life. It’s when he confronts Carlo. All his acting is in his eyes. I always thought Keira Knightly delivered about half a page of dialogue without saying a word and barely moving, in _Love Actually_, as she is watching the video tape. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/90 "2023-12-13T03:37:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I always thought Keira Knightly delivered about half a page of dialogue without saying a word and barely moving, in _Love Actually_, as she is watching the video tape This brought to mind the last scene in _City Lights_, when the Little Tramp realizes the flower girl recognizes him. The close up on Chaplin’s face is the equivalent of an entire monologue. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/91 "2023-12-13T14:54:13Z")
James Bond films often have the courtesy to put the best scene before the titles even roll. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HEacFrHfcIU/hqdefault.jpg "THE SPY WHO LOVED ME CLIFF JUMP") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEacFrHfcIU) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/92 "2023-12-13T16:21:03Z")
Matrix and Bennett party and let off some steam in **Commando**. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/93 "2023-12-13T19:55:43Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > I’ll watch the end just to cry every time. I watched it on broadcast TV and just when Ray’s father takes off the catchers mask they cut to commercial. That should be a crime. > > I saw it in the theater, and before he turned around, I kind of gasped and actually said out loud “It’s his father.” Then, I started to cry. I feel you. Funnily enough I’m not a huge baseball fan, but I _love_ baseball movies for some reason. I didnt watch it for the first time on broadcast TV. Even though it was the 20th time I saw that scene I was pissed when they cut to commercial ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/94 "2023-12-13T23:47:02Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > My daughter and I were watching _ **Trading Places** _ on TV when I realized they had cut the setup to the Men’s Room scene, where Eddie Murphy overhears the Duke brothers talking about why they’d hired him. There’s a scene in Trading Places that sticks in my mind and Eddie Murphy isn’t even in it. You know what I’m talkin’ about. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/95 "2023-12-13T23:53:12Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > I’d go with the scene in the restaurant. In my opinion the best scene in film history. After the shootings, nothing is ever the same again for Michael. It’s true that it’s a great scene, but I saw the film for the first time last year, having heard about that scene a billion times in writing classes, and I expected Michael to be way more conflicted about walking into that situation than he was. I expected Michael’s inner transformation to happen during that scene, but it didn’t, at least from my POV. He changed pretty much immediately after the attack on his father into the kind of person who would be willing to walk into that restaurant and shoot someone. It cut a lot of the tension out of that scene for me - but again, I knew what was going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/96 "2023-12-13T23:55:21Z")
Personally I have no idea what you are referring to. Care to elaborate? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/97 "2023-12-14T00:02:36Z")
I think he’s referring to the scene where Jamie Lee Curtis bares her boobs. 🤭 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/98 "2023-12-14T00:44:44Z")
The scene in _Cloud Atlas_ where Zachry is climbing the mountain and Georgie is harranguing him. Georgie was the most interesting character in that movie, even though Hugo Weaving was hamming it to the hilt. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/99 "2023-12-14T04:47:12Z")
_Silver Streak_: After a night of drinks in the lounge car, Jill Clayburgh and Gene Wilder retire to her room. As they recline on the bunk, Jill admires the view out the window. Gene is clearly admiring the view down the collar of Jill’s blouse: “Beautiful, isn’t it?” “Yes, very.” The double meaning of that conversation kills me. For a teen with not much experience with erotic dialog, that got my motor running. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/100 "2023-12-14T05:11:47Z")
> [@Drum\_God](#): > > The double meaning of that conversation kills me. For a teen with not much experience with erotic dialog, that got my motor running. Then they started talking about gardening; hubba, hubba. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344.md?page=6)