# What movie scenes will you stop and watch at 3AM? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720 "2005-06-03T14:28:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/61 "2005-06-05T02:24:22Z")
Wild Things - Matt Dillon has just won his lawsuit and Neve Campbell and Denise Richards drop by to congratulate him. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/62 "2005-06-05T04:42:22Z")
“Play the Marseillaise!” from _Casablanca._ Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn on the tennis court in _Sabrina_. “It’s all in the family.” That scene in _The African Queen_ where Bogie (can you tell I’m madly in love with Bogie?) has just pulled the boat several miles through shallow water and mud up to his chest, then he gets back in the boat and totally freaks out because he’s covered in leeches, and he and Katherine Hepburn scream and jump around and finally get them all off, but then the boat is still stuck…the look on his face when he realizes he’s going to have to get back in the water is the most effective thing I’ve ever seen on film, bar none. The scene in _George of the Jungle_ where the blonde chick and Brenan Fraser-in-a-loincloth (rowr) are dancing around the fire. A very “awwww” moment. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/63 "2005-06-05T10:45:45Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > That scene in _The African Queen_ where Bogie (can you tell I’m madly in love with Bogie?) has just pulled the boat several miles through shallow water and mud up to his chest, then he gets back in the boat and totally freaks out because he’s covered in leeches, and he and Katherine Hepburn scream and jump around and finally get them all off, but then the boat is still stuck…the look on his face when he realizes he’s going to have to get back in the water is the most effective thing I’ve ever seen on film, bar none. _“Oh, I HATE leeches. (Shudder) Filthy little devils!”_ ---
**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:** [June 5, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/64 "2005-06-05T15:23:00Z")
What’s the song Bogart sings while in his cups? ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/65 "2005-06-05T18:08:23Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > I mentioned this in a thread a while ago, but that song has been stuck in my head for, like, a YEAR. Check back with me in a year. I got it last week in the mail from Netflix, so I just saw it. It’s still stuck in my head. (They really are the worst twins ever.) ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/66 "2005-06-05T19:20:08Z")
**Out of Sight** – three of them: the trunk scene, the bathtub scene, and (especially) the hotel bar scene. LOVE the chemistry between Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney in that movie, and LOVE Stephen Soderbergh’s editing. (The same goes for the rest of the movie, but those three stick out.) **The Birdcage** – The dinner party. (“That’s _just_ what Rush Limbaugh said!”) **Animal House** – The opening scenes, from the rush parties/introduction of all the major characters to the Delta pledges. LOUIE LOUIE! **Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade** – Pretty much every scene, but definitely the tank chase in the desert. Marcus Brody and Dr. Jones Sr. making bad puns and fighting Nazis with fountain pens while Indy tires out his stunt double outside… _pitter-pat! pitter-pat!_ **X-Men** – Wolverine picks up Rogue in the Canadian bar. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/67 "2005-06-06T02:16:59Z")
I just saw it last night - the “Walk Miss Milligan Home” scene between Joel McCrea and Jean Arthur, in the movie **The More the Merrier**. They had great chemistry. I’ll give another vote for the Marseillaise scene in **Casablanca**. As silly as it is, I enjoyed the Imperial Walker scene in **The Empire Strikes Back**. Something about the way the walkers move… The last scene in **Mission to Mars** , where we get a cheap, manipulative, extraordinarily effective montage of Gary Sinese’s memories, as he grins like a lemon. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/68 "2005-06-06T03:04:35Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > **Jurassic Park** , when they drive up and Sattler is wondering over the leaf and Grant tears off his sunglasses and then grabs the top of her head and turns it to the dinosaur. > > I don’t know if it’s that sense of wonder or the music, but I always get chills. Oh yes! And he’s out of the truck without even realizing it, and the dinosaur turns and _looks at him_(!), and his knees buckle. I’ll also second the Marseillais scene in _Casablanca_. A couple of my own favourites are the hydrangea scene in _The Manchurian Candidate_ (not the remake!), and the one in _Cape Fear_ (still the original) where Robert Mitchum tells Gregory Peck so nicely and psychopathically that of course he’s not mad about all those years in jail. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/69 "2005-06-06T05:01:48Z")
> [@supervenusfreak](#): > > Just about any scene in **The Color Purple** , but particularly the last one. Me too! Also, the scene in _Sense and Sensibility_ when Eleanor realizes that Edward hasn’t married Lucy. Any scene from _MST3K, The Movie_, _Noises Off_, or _The Full Monty_. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/70 "2005-06-06T06:17:43Z")
What hump? ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/71 "2005-06-06T16:02:15Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > You, too, huh? That song’s been stuck in my head for a week and a half now. Mine too – it really is a great song! > [@Khadaji](#): > > **Miracle on 34th St. The original** At the end of the trial when the defense saves the day. Oh yeah. Actually that whole movie, although all the syndication cuts frequently get me mad enough to turn it off. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/72 "2005-06-06T16:22:03Z")
Dangit; I got to page 2 thinking I’d be the first to mention the Marseillaise scene. So I’ll second (or fourth) it. Good choice from **Blues Brothers** ; I’ll add the James Brown church dance. I’ll pretty much get stuck watching LOTR at any point, but one scene from each: FOTR: Nazgul at the Ford of Bruinen. Bridge of Khazad-dum ain’t bad, either. TT: Elves arriving at Helm’s Deep. Just to watch that snap to attention/head turn in unison. ROTK: Charge of the Rohirrim. Major League: “Wild Thing” Vaughn coming out of the bullpen. I’ll skip the first 2 hours of **It’s a Wonderful Life** , and just watch the happy ending. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/73 "2005-06-07T15:36:08Z")
_Groundhog Day_. A big favorite of mine. Any scene will do, but especially when Bill Murray’s trying to figure out how to get in Andie McDowell’s pants, and she slaps him over and over and over… or when he gives the insurance salesman a big hug near the end, finally scaring him away. _Breaker Morant_. Again, a classic. “We got them and we shot them, under Rule .303!” “Shoot straight, you bastards, don’t make a mess of it!” ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/74 "2005-06-07T16:23:21Z")
A bunch of others have mentioned **Pulp Fiction** , but I always, always, always have to stop and watch it when Christopher Walken starts talking to young Butch…_Hello little man_. With Tarantino’s words and Walken’s delivery, that has GOT to be one of the single greatest monologues in modern cinema… ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/75 "2005-06-07T17:10:03Z")
Spider-man rescuing MJ in the rain. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/76 "2005-06-07T17:55:40Z")
Feh - given the choice between watching any movie and going back to sleep, I’m going back to sleep. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/77 "2005-06-07T18:28:36Z")
The weird thing for me is stopping to watch a movie on TV late at night (not usually as late as 3am for me, though), even though it’s a movie I’ve got in my DVD collection, right below the TV. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/78 "2005-06-07T21:11:51Z")
**Harvey** (the Jimmy Stewart movie about the big white rabbit, when Wilson (played by Jessie White) is reading the definition of “pooka” out of the dictionary. I always say “… and how are you, Mr. Wilson?” along with him. Cracks me up. Actually, there are a lot of scenes in that movie I love. The whole movie is one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/79 "2005-06-07T21:17:14Z")
The very beginning of **Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid**. After Butch cases the bank, he goes to find the Kid, who’s playing cards with a guy who accuses him of cheating. That whole movie is full of good scenes, but that’s my favorite one. Also **Casablanca** , at any point in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720/80 "2005-06-07T21:23:48Z")
Any of: **Cherry 2000** **Splash** \*\*Mannequin \*\* to name a few. Basically, any magical realism. Also, since it they are on so little, anything, movie or not, related to animation of the 80s. **Rock n’ Rule** anyone? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scenes-will-you-stop-and-watch-at-3am/306720.md?page=5)