What's your favorite movie scene?

[UncleDynamite]

I'm sure all of us can think of a movie that had a great scene in it, even if the movie itself wasn't so great. So here's a thread for you to post your favorite scenes. It can be your favorite for whatever reason: it made you gasp/hold your breath/cry/stare/clap/crap your pants, whatever.

So here are some of the ones that come to mind for now:

1. The opening scene in Apocalypse Now, with The Door's song, "The End" playing as the helicopters whirl across the screen. Classic scene, extremely well done. Another great part is when Kurtz yells, "We train young men to drop fire on people. But their commanders won't allow them to write 'fuck' on their airplanes because it's obscene."

2. The opening scene in Star Wars: A New Hope. Another classic. I had never seen an Imperial Star Destroyer before watching the movie, so I was really impressed when it rumbled by the screen.

3. The cafeteria scene in Animal House, where John Bellucci stuffs his face with food, yells, "I'm a zit!" and spits his food everywhere. That's hilarious.

4. The ending of Blazing Saddles, where the actors chase each other off the set and into the set of other movies and around Hollywood. Completely random, but in a good way.

5. A Beautiful Mind has a very touching scene where John Nash's wife holds his hand to her heart. There are many good sequences in that movie, but this one comes to mind first.

6. As I mentioned in "The Coolest Dude" thread, I thought the Twins from The Matrix: Revolutions were awesome. That said, there was a part in the movie where one of the Twins phases out, the Cadillac SUV drives through him, and then he phases back in inside the vehicle. Whoa.

So that's what I have so far, what's yours?

[Dharkbayne]

LOTR : TT, at dawn when Gandalf arrives, that just owns.

[I Hate Pants]

Independance day

The fight scene near the end between the f-16s and the alien shuttles.

[SquirrelMan]

LOTRROTK


(lord of the rings, return of the king)

When the gigantic orc army gets their asses handed to them by Legolas, Gimli, Aragorn, and the ghosts.

[Dharkbayne]

Ooh, Enemy At the Gates - Stalingrad and Saving Pvt. Ryan - Normandy, and Gladiator. And when Neo becomes "The One" in the 1st Matrix movie.

[Tavin]

Originally Posted by Dharkbayne

Ooh, Enemy At the Gates - Stalingrad and Saving Pvt. Ryan - Normandy, and Gladiator. And when Neo becomes "The One" in the 1st Matrix movie.

The final fight scenes in Equalibrium. Clerics are freakin' nifty.

[Smaug]

probably in backdoor sluts 9

[Dharkbayne]

Originally Posted by Smaug

probably in backdoor sluts 9

[Jaged]

In Pulp Fiction when Sammy reads from the bible before handing those guys their asses on a platter.

Oh, and the best line ever has to be either, "This is a tasty burger", or "May I have some of your tasty beverage to wash this down?". They are both from Pulp Fiction of course. The way Mr. Jackson reads these lines is so fucking cool.

Pulp Fiction>*

[321]

Barney when they sing the theme song.

[Derfud]

I would have to say the "Charlie dont surf" Scene form apocalypse now. Just so cool to watch that action to the tune of Wagner.

Also, any of the big-battle scenes in any of the star wars movies. Those are the greatest. (Save episode I, that end battle just sucked nuts)

[BDMJ]

I can't believe that no one has mentioned the baptism scene in The Godfather yet.

[Everay]

the scene in the scarlet letter with demi moore taking a bath....

prehaps sometimg from Apocolypse now, or the scene in Pulp Fiction where he quotes the bible and kills that guy, i dunno.

[Octavian]

The scene in ROTK when they came up with the ships and Legolas, Gimli and Aragorn jump out. They look shocked and then smile till they see the ghosts.

When Minas Tirith is getting their asses kicked and Theoden's army comes riding up. Damn that scene, made me cry.

[MrVicchio]

When They Hammer Jesus' Hands to the cross in the Passion, it really hit me, that scene is burnt inot my brain.

Before that:

"I am your Father"