Scenes that made "good" movies "great"

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SpeedingUptoStop said:
The scene where the Joker stands on the street corner holding a mask jsut before he robs the bank in TDK.
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You mean the first second of the film? Yeah if that wouldn't be in there, the rest of the movie would be just 'good' but not great.
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I may be alone in this but the scene in jurassic park when they are sitting around discussing the project is damn great. Contains one of the best lines in movie history:

Your scientist were so preoccipied with whether or not they could they didnt stop and think if they should.

That whole scene was pretty much the best in the movie. In fact I think everything leading up to the action was perfect. I generally get bored with the film once the T-rex attacks.
 
The scene in Bubba Ho-Tep where Elvis meets Sebastian, and he drops to his knees and kisses the King's rings. Also at the end of the movie where JFK and Elvis make the final slow walk down the hall-way on their way outside. Strange way of adding a touch of heart to a good silly movie.
 
deadbeef said:
I know I'm stretching, but... the first half of Full Metal Jacket.
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There is something about the way violence is depicted in the second half of Full Metal Jacket that upsets me more than most (maybe all) other war movies. Can't quite put my finger on it , but the long sequence with the female sniper disturbs the hell out of me.
 
The last scene in There Will Be Blood -
the bowling alley scene with the preacher.
Elevated an interesting movie into a great movie, I think.
 
Crazymoogle said:
The last scene in There Will Be Blood -
the bowling alley scene with the preacher.
Elevated an interesting movie into a great movie, I think.
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I AM THE THIRD REVELATION
 
CaptainCamerica said:
I'm sorry, I thought this scene made me hate the movie more, I think this scene was completely unnecessary and didn't go with the flow of this movie. I think the ice rink scene was it's only redeeming factor.
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Maybe that's why I liked it so much... it was so different from the rest of the movie. It almost made me feel like the director/writer Wayne Kramer had this idea for a scene and wanted to fit it into a movie no matter if it fit or not. It's just a side-story to the craziness of the rest of the movie, but it worked for me.

Really the only memorable part of that movie for me. Plus it has Juliette from Lost in it! :D
 
Say Anything. Personally, I think it's a great movie anyway (it's my personal favorite), but I know a lot of people think it's cheesy.

Anyway, there are a few:

1.) The boombox scene. It's fucking iconic. Say what you will about it now, but that was fucking badass, and the point was to show that Lloyd wouldn't give up on her. The guy was willing to go to any lengths to be with Diane, and the boombox scene managed to show that perfectly.

2.) After the first have sex and Diane notices Lloyd is shaking. The whole thing about her saying that he's cold, and him saying that he's not was really well done.

3.) The ending. In case you haven't seen it, I'll spoiler it
Earlier in the movie, Diane's dad talks about how she's afraid to fly. It comes up later on when she gets the internship to England and she realizes she'll have to get on a plane. Then at the end, she trusts Lloyd enough to get on the plane with him, and she's all nervous about the sounds the plane is making. Lloyd has that line, "You'll know everything is alright when you hear the ding." You hear the ding, and it cuts to the credits. PERFECT.
 
CaptainCamerica said:
I'm sorry, I thought this scene made me hate the movie more, I think this scene was completely unnecessary and didn't go with the flow of this movie. I think the ice rink scene was it's only redeeming factor.
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It was a real world representation of Grimms fairy tales. This one, for example, was Hansel and Gretals story where the witch lures the kids into their candy house with disgusting intents. Visually, it stands out from the rest of the film, but it fits in perfectly thematically. It's one of the most haunting scenes I've seen in years, and one of the few that has kept me awake at night.

I wouldn't say this scene heightened the movie from good to great (since I thought it was great even without it), but it certainly was the one I remembered the most.
 
Wii said:
The final scene in M...
Wow... just wow... such energy
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my man! I knew I liked you!

I would, however, go with the blind guy's scene

Also, the chase scene in Third Man

Also, the "Show me your balls" and "The break-up" scene in In the Company of Men

Also, the "Dog paddle chase" and the "Woody Harleson" in No Country

Also, "I abandonded my boy!"

Also, the end of Its a Wonderful Life
 
I wouldn't say Death Proof was a great movie, but the crash scene in the middle of the movie almost makes up for what was a pretty blah first half. Then the last 15 or 20 minutes of the movie are full of awesome and pretty much made what I thought was a very average movie worth watching.
 
Also 'Patriot Games', when Jack susses that the dude is following him and fucks him up.

'Hunt for Red October'. Submarine leaping like a salmon. Badass.
 
hemtae said:
Ratatouille - Ego getting a flashback to his mother's cooking
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This.

Also in Shawshank Redemption when Morgan Freeman
finds the letter under the tree
at the end. Awesome scene because it was full of emotion.
Though I have to admit it didn't make a good movie great, it made a great movie fucking classic.
 
Its not a scene exactly but the very last shot of Spiderman 2 for me elevates the film from just simply being good to great it just sets the films tone.

I think this sums up the shot:

We get one last look at Mary Jane's face as she watches Peter web-sling away from his apartment window. By now Peter and Mary Jane have agreed to be together despite the dangers his crime fighting may pose to her, and yet... the same idealism isn't quite there. Director Sam Raimi made a daring choice to end his big, crowd-pleasing action flick on an oddly ambiguous note, as the expression on Mary Jane's face turns to a look of concern... or perhaps of doubt. Did she make the right choice? Will maintaining a relationship with a superhero be too hard? Is she just worried about Peter's safety? She wonders, and so does the audience.
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smarties00 said:
Its not a scene exactly but the very last shot of Spiderman 2 for me elevates the film from just simply being good to great it just sets the films tone.

I think this sums up the shot:



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:(

That picture just makes me sad, because it reminds me of all the promise S-M3 seemed to have when walking out of S-M2.
 
seat said:
Agreed. This scene affected me like no other, and I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who feels this way. I think its power is in how understated it is.
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It certainly affected me.
 
Ceres said:
I was actually surprised this didn't come up on the first page. It's the first thing that I thought of.
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The end of that sequence is maybe the most heavy-handed, on-the-nose Jesus Christ savior bullshit ever put in a comic book movie. Sam Raimi needs to learn the art of subtlety.
 
JB1981 said:
The end of that sequence is maybe the most heavy-handed, on-the-nose Jesus Christ savior bullshit ever put in a comic book movie. Sam Raimi needs to learn the art of subtlety.
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Pretty much all comic book movies lack subtlety. Yes, even the revered TDK.
 
When Chigurh blasts that guys arm into mush in the motel in No Country for Old Men.


Yeah, it was already great, so... but i love that split second. Its horrific yet most people i know kept rewinding to see it again.
 
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