greatest movie moment ever...

[Thants]

Scanners head troubles

[Red Jersey]

Shrek 2 when the headless horseman is given a field sobriety test and he is trying to touch his nose.

[Remmie]

Been a while since I read this, so apologies if this has already been mentioned but the part in Godfather III at the end when Michael is grieving for his daughter. The pain etched firmly on Pacino's face is so real it's really quite moving and it was a master stroke how they took the sound away so you entirely focus on his body language and contorted face

[Anny Road]

"he's not the Messiah he's a very naughty boy."

[Stu Monty]

Looking for something completely different and found this thread; it's definitely in need of bumping.

 

The scene that I mention on the fist page is this one; always gives me a lump in the throat. Even more impressive considering the dude who plays pippin wrote the melody the day before.

[Stu Monty]

I did not know that. And I've always thought Billy Boyd was a talentless annoying, pain in the arse.

 

I was just looking for the clip after reading the thread and there's a behind the scenes clip. Basically they heard him doing a bit of karaoke on a night out and it stemmed from there. That's some seriously ace melody to come up with in one day and it fits so well with the film too.

[Total Longo]

the end of French Connection 2. Popeye has gone cold turkey to get off the smack after he was forcibly made into an addict and is running exhausted along the docks at Marseille.

Frog 1 on his boat sailing slowly out of the harbour unaware of Popeye chasing after him.

Popeye gets to the end of the pier, Frog 1 looks up as the boat sails past the end of the pier and sees him, he realises who it is and his face drops just a fraction of a second before Popeye shoots him.

A fantastic ending, no shitty music to build tension, just the sound of Popeye breathless and gasping as he is running to try and catch them. Its an amazing final scene.

 

Agree. FC2 fucking rules. Hackman is just ideal in that role. The whole "smack addict" scenes are just harrowing and grimy .

 

Also the "tears in rain" scene in Blade Runner, the split screen intro to "Grand Prix", the tension waiting for the train to arrive at the beginning of "once upon a time in the west" and the heart stopping moment in Trading Places Where Jamie Lee Curtis takes her top off. Best. Tits. Ever.

[Red Mist]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - two sequences from the end. The first is when Tuco realises he's found the cemetery and runs around looking for Arch Stanton's grave, and the second of course is the shootout. The combination of the music and camerawork in both sequences is genius, every time I watch the film they thrill me just as much as the first time I saw it.

Agreed. Here's the scene in all its wonderful glory.

 

[Dr.Filth]

Agreed. Here's the scene in all its wonderful glory.

 

 

Without doubt the greatest movie score of all time that.

 

 

 

 

Can't believe nobody mentioned this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVVrZJaN1IU

[Neil G]

Can't believe nobody mentioned this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVVrZJaN1IU

 

Get yourself over to this thread:

 

http://72.232.233.42/~tlw/forum/showthread.php?p=631906#post631906

[DJLJ]

Noone mentioned Apocalypse Now, my favourite movie of all time. Best moment for, when they start up the river, to find Marlon Brando.

 

Apocalypse now was just voted no. 1 on CH4, and very befitting it is about to start now. Thats the rest of my Saturday gone.

[Stouffer]

Apocalypse now was just voted no. 1 on CH4, and very befitting it is about to start now. Thats the rest of my Saturday gone.

 

 

It's the short version, still good tho'.

[Harry Squatter]

I like the end scene in Collateral where Tom Cruise is shot but rather than be in pain he treats it like an inconvenience, sits down and tells Jamie Foxx the story he told him earlier on in the film about a dead man riding around on the Metro for a whole day without anyone realising, he then says "Do you think anyone will notice?" and keels over. He has a pointless life and wonders if anyone will notice that he has just died.

[Thants]

I like the end scene in Collateral where Tom Cruise is shot but rather than be in pain he treats it like an inconvenience, sits down and tells Jamie Foxx the story he told him earlier on in the film about a dead man riding around on the Metro for a whole day without anyone realising, he then says "Do you think anyone will notice?" and keels over. He has a pointless life and wonders if anyone will notice that he has just died.

Not that thats a spoiler or anything . . . .

[Sut]

Norman Bates dressed as his dead mum bursts into the shower on Janet Leigh.

[Harry Squatter]

The bit in Black Hawk Down where they finally make it back alive to the Pakistani stadium, they all look shattered and traumatised, you can almost feel the same watching it after the constant gun battles throughout the film and loss of life.

 

The whole car chase in Bullitt.

 

The fight between Riggs & Joshua on Danny Glovers lawn in Lethal Weapon.

 

The bit where all the homeboys turn against Denzel Washington in Training Day and let Ethan Hawke leave.

 

The bit where Mickey dies in Rocky 3 - only time i've ever cried watching a film (I was eight years old).

 

The bit in Raiders of the lost ark where he fights the big bald Nazi

[Sut]

 

The bit in Raiders of the lost ark where he fights the big bald Nazi

 

You can extend that to include the Well of Souls before and the truck chase afterwards. Pure cinematic gold.

[Harry Squatter]

You can extend that to include the Well of Souls before and the truck chase afterwards. Pure cinematic gold.

 

Yes, it is complete genius, fighting the Paul Hogan lookalike and ending up being dragged along at the back. All proper stunts too.

[Wig]

The ending of Seven. Were Brad Pitt's birds head is in that box. I was gutted for him.

[Kobayashi Maru]

You can extend that to include the Well of Souls before and the truck chase afterwards. Pure cinematic gold.

 

Extend that further to (if it has not been mentioned already):

 

- When Indy is faced by one of the arab swordsman and he proceeds to try and give him the shits by showcasing his sword waving talents...Indy pulls out his revolver and just shoots him.

 

- In Pirates of the Caribbean 3, everyone pulls there guns on each other in a standoff...Jack the monkey decides to pull a little shooter on the parrot.....comedic genius.

[Neil G]

When Indy is faced by one of the arab swordsman and he proceeds to try and give him the shits by showcasing his sword waving talents...Indy pulls out his revolver and just shoots him.

 

Great scene with a great story behind it. The script had that down as a lengthy and elaborate fight sequence, but Harrison Ford had bad diarrhoea and wasn't up for filming it, so he and Spielberg decided to have Indy just shoot him instead.

[Sweeney287]

This bit in Life of Brian always cracks me up:laugh:

[Sut]

Clint dispensing justice in Pale Rider.

[Nick Leeson]

The bit in Black Hawk Down where they finally make it back alive to the Pakistani stadium, they all look shattered and traumatised, you can almost feel the same watching it after the constant gun battles throughout the film and loss of life.

It wasn't the gun battle that had them shattered it was the 500 mile walk then 2000 mile swim from Mogadishu to Karachi :whistle:

[jacco maccaco]

3 from me

 

Strangley this only mentioned once...

 

YouTube - The Last Of The Mohicans-End Scene

 

"You brought two too many"...

 

YouTube - Once Upon A Time in the West - Opening Scene

 

"Take care of yourself Ken, thankyou for the pen"...

 

YouTube - Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) -mirror in the bathroom killing

 

Good night.