# The Best \[Blank\] Scene in Any Movie Is... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919 "2011-04-27T17:51:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/121 "2011-04-29T03:54:22Z")
Best Alternative Universes for different outcomes: Run Lola Run. With an honourable mention for Donnie Darko, Sliding Doors, and The Butterfly Effect. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/122 "2011-04-29T05:01:43Z")
Best Blow-Job Scene: Chloe Sevigny in _The Brown Bunny_. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/123 "2011-04-29T05:44:26Z")
Best use of “Objects in mirror may be closer than they appear”: Jurassic Park ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/124 "2011-04-29T06:53:10Z")
Best rejecting your ex crawling back to you scene: Casablanca when Rick tells Elsa that she has to live the rest of her life with the dweeb instead of him. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/125 "2011-04-29T08:08:32Z")
Best sex and violence in the same scene: Shoot Em Up Runner up: Mr. and Mrs. Smith Best outnumbered commandos fighting to the death against a whole pissed-off city: Blackhawk Down Best surprise kick to the face: Kill Bill vol 2 ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/126 "2011-04-29T08:59:41Z")
Best fight scene (without gun) : Viggo Mortensen and the Chechen guy in _Eastern Promises_. ---
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/127 "2011-04-29T09:10:21Z")
Ok, sod it. Best Big Green Rabbit: Donnie Darko. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/128 "2011-04-29T09:34:05Z")
The best sex scene in a non porn flick has got to be the one from\* Name of the Rose\*. Oh, how an ardent and devout watcher of that film my teenage self was. Yes. Um. Yes. Best Parkour scene: _Casino Royale_ (the one with Daniel Craig, natch) Best use of Precision Swearing: _Fight Club_ - the “don’t FUCK with us” speech. [QUOTE=blondebear] Best attack by a giant creature with 8 or more appendages: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (Disney version) [/QUOTE] I’m partial to the one from \*Sphere \*- mostly because you never actually see the gigantic squid outside of a sonar screen, making it all the scarier. ---
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/129 "2011-04-29T10:26:52Z")
My pick for best Western Gunfight Dual is the one between Indio and Mortimer in For A Few Dollars More. The scene is crisp, clean and raw, stripped of the production values we expect today. The tinkling watch chime combined with Ennio Morricone’s haunting music score makes this one of the high water marks of the genre. ---
**Author:** ![Canyon\_Surfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Canyon\_Surfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canyon_Surfer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/130 "2011-04-29T11:50:36Z")
The best beautiful girl gets hit in the cleavage with a pie - The Great Race The best use of organ music over titles - Rollerball (the original and best IMHO version) The best entry of a villain from a stomach - Alien ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/131 "2011-04-29T12:08:44Z")
Best spontaneous sex scene (with chemistry between actors) : Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange in _The Postman Always Rings Twice_. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/132 "2011-04-29T12:11:16Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Best “Dressing Down” Scene: Wilford Brimley in _Absence Of Malice_ While I truly love this scene, the Ned Beatty scene in _Network_ blows it away. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/133 "2011-04-29T13:24:12Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > The best sex scene in a non porn flick I read that, and thought “Oh hell no, I know of an even better one. Have you ever seen…” > [@](#): > > has got to be the one from\* Name of the Rose\*. Um. Yeah, exactly what I was thinking. It also has Best Portrayal of a Multilingual Insane Monk with a Tongue the Size of a Manhole Cover as Played by Hellboy. Unless you’ve got a better example. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/134 "2011-04-29T13:41:07Z")
Best scenes paying homage to _Wall Street_: Winner: [Boiler Room](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArS16ZyOxLQ) Honorable mention: [Hot Shots Part Deux](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt3_BeT3gGI#t=30s) ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/135 "2011-04-29T13:47:11Z")
Best karate chop to racist dwarf: **In Bruges** Best vampiric character exposition: **Shadow of the Vampire** (“What an actor!”) Best cameo by man wearing bear skin: **True Grit** (2010) Best double forearm amputation: **Princess Mononoke** Best opening scene: **Star Wars** ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/136 "2011-04-29T13:54:30Z")
Best boarding school judicial hearing scenes: Al Pacino in _[Scent of a Woman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5ySuoheuNE)_ Sean Connery in _Finding Forrester_ (can’t find on YouTube) Best Job Interview scene: Ben Affleck in _[Good Will Hunting](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JBvfZTx-vs)_ ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/137 "2011-04-29T14:04:20Z")
Best surprise showdown - Tombstone (I’m your huckleberry) Best non-sexy striptease by a sexy guy - PS I Love You ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/138 "2011-04-29T14:18:40Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I’ll see your Sting and raise you a _House of Games_. I’ll give _House of Games_ the “Best con scene where the con man gives back the money” award. > [@pedescribe](#): > > Best Good Angel/Bad Angel scene: _The Emperor’s New Groove_ No way. _Animal House_! “Fuck her! Fuck her brains out!” Best pitcher’s mound conference: _Bull Durham_. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/139 "2011-04-29T15:23:12Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > You know there are 7, count’em 7 films entitled _The Chase_? I assume you are talking about the Charlie Sheen one? The winningist one, of course. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/140 "2011-04-29T17:02:39Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Best pitcher’s mound conference: _Bull Durham_. Preach it. Best composing scene: **Amadeus** Best “ok, lots of this has been kinda crappy, but holy God is there about to be some awesomeness” moment: when the good guys have just landed in Naboo and that door slides open and there’s Darth Maul in **The Phantom Menace** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919.md?page=8)