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Great Scenes in Movies (90's edition)

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ToxicAdam

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I was reading that story about the Arizona guy who went Samurai-batshit-crazy in his apartment and thought what a good movie scene that would make. (segueway)

What are your favorite scenes of the 90's?


1. Attempted robbery in drug lords house. (Boogie Nights)
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What really set this scene off was Alfred Molina (the future Doctor Octopus) playing the flighty drug dealer dancing around to an awesomely bad "Sister Christian" song. Guns get pulled, and all hell breaks loose.


2. Gun fight after the robbery. (Heat)
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I sitll contend it is one of the greatest movie gun fights of all time. Long, drawn out .. a lot of "OMG" moments.

3. Bringing Uma back to life. (Pulp Fiction)
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A movie with many great scenes. This was the one of the most intense. It was such a bizarre movie, you really didn't know where this scene would go ... and then the needle gets pulled out.

4. Prison escape. (Shawshank Redemption)
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Pretty tense scenes and a great visual payoff at the end (Robbins' outstretched arms twirling around in the rain).


5. It was Verbal! (Usual Suspects)
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The end scene where we see Kevin Spacey's character begin to slowly lose his characteristics, and then the police realize that they just let him go. A great payoff to a great movie.
 

Eminem

goddamit, Griese!
Pulp Fiction (The scene where Uma and Travolta dance to Bob Seger)

Jerry Maguire("No heart? I'M ALL HEART MOTHER FUCKER")


...my two favorites
 
Off the top of my head (I'll forget plenty, for sure, but that's the sequences I remember easily from movies I like)

Silence of the Lambs (First encounter, cell escape, ending sequence)
Goodfellas (Copacabana, Clapton's Leila on bodies discovery, helicopter paranoia)
Fargo (final)
JFK (bullet explanation)
Pulp Fiction (unexpected headshot)
Se7en (ending)
American History X (curb)
The Sixth Sense (poisoned girl videotape)
Magnolia (frogs, singing sequence)
Trainspotting (diarrhea, head trip)
Being John Malkovich (Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich)
Dark City (SLEEP over the city)
Saving Private Ryan (take a guess)
A Simple Plan (billy bob's very sad story)
Casino (discovery of thief and hand crushing)
Grand Canyon (ending)
Thelma and Louise (ending)
Three Kings (bullet shot)
 

xsarien

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Eminem said:
Pulp Fiction (The scene where Uma and Travolta dance to Bob Seger)

Uh...What?

Edit: I asked Google to figure out what you're talking about. Turns out that Bob Seger covered "You Never Can Tell," but the version in the movie is, most definitely, the Chuck Berry original. How you confused Chuck Berry and Bob Seger is probably better left to another thread. :p


Anyway, yeah, the dance scene is good, but if I had a gun (or sword) to my head, I'd pick the scene where Capt. Koons is giving Butch his father's watch. Yeah, it's cliche, but I love Walken and his delivery in that scene is perfect.

Also, just off the top of my head, I'd have to go with The Inventor's death scene in Edward Scissorhands.
 

DonasaurusRex

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YES that scene in boogie nights where that guy was HIGH AS SHIT was awesome.

The Crow - "is that gas i smell?" BOOM sweetness
 

Eminem

goddamit, Griese!
xsarien said:
Uh...What?

Edit: I asked Google to figure out what you're talking about. Turns out that Bob Seger covered "You Never Can Tell," but the version in the movie is, most definitely, the Chuck Berry original. How you confused Chuck Berry and Bob Seger is probably better left to another thread. :p


Anyway, yeah, the dance scene is good, but if I had a gun to my head, I'd pick the scene where Capt. Koons is giving Butch his father's watch. Yeah, it's cliche, but I love Walken, and his delivery in that scene is perfect.

Also, just off the top of my head, I'd have to go with The Inventor's death scene in Edward Scissorhands.

Shit. Entirely my bad then. The only version of "C'est La Vie" that I heard was Seger's. I totally apologize, and feel like ass for underappreciating someone. My mistake.
 

Mugen

Banned
Braveheart - "Freedom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Matrix - bullet time. I still can't believe how much the sequels sucked. This could've been the best trilogy ever if it weren't for the pretentious sequels.

As Good As It Gets - everytime Jack makes a compliment.

Titanic - sinking ship and the very end scene.

Fight Club - whole realization part of the movie.

Truman Show - escape.

Iron Giant - ending.
 

android

Theoretical Magician
Se7en
The ending. Brad Pitt was very good there.
Good Will Hunting
The "its not your fault scene".
Braveheart
His execution
Fargo
The wood chipper scene.
Reservoir Dogs
The ear scene
Private Ryan
the beaches of Normandy
Forrest Gump
Bubba dies
 

teiresias

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The Star Wars special editions - particularly the redone musical sequence in Jabba's palace in ROTJ. All three of these should have been advanced warnings of the horrors to come.
 

Meier

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Some great ones mentioned so far.. one that will always be close to my heart was the T-Rex roaring in Jurassic Park when the banner falls down onto it. Also the chase scene or where the raptors almost get Lex.
 

COCKLES

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Neo rescuing Morpheus in the Matrix. Awesome! Mini guns! Bungee cords! Exploding helicoptors into buildings!

One thing the first Matrix has the sequels don't is the impact of the fights....they just don't have the bone crunching impact - I think this may have been done for ratings sake, as I know the original had to be cut in Europe because of the violence. To prove what I mean...during the Burly Brawl, when it cuts to POV shot of Smith leaping into the air to crunch down onto Neo, he lands on the paving and you expect the paving stone to shatter under the impact (as established by the violence in the original) but it doesn't happen. And to be honest, it's kinda jarring that it doesnt'

Another great scene is the final martial arts fight between Smith and Neo. Especially the scene where Neo is blocking Smith and he stabs Smith in the throat, whilst being blocked by streaching out his fingers. Woo Ping was in awesome form in this movie...he kinda went off the boil after Matrix, that includes the sequels.
 

Cosmic Bus

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Miller's Crossing: Bernie begging for his life in the woods; Leo fending off the hitmen in his burning house.
 

demon

I don't mean to alarm you but you have dogs on your face
"Bring me everyone..."

"What do you mean everyone"?

"EEEEEEEEVERYOOOOOOOOONE!"
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obviously, Leon: The Professional
 

kumanoki

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Battle Royale Director's Cut- Teacher/student conversation on the riverbank.

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King- The ride of the Rohirrim "Death! Death! DEEAATTHHH!"

Titus- The opening sequence.

Frida- The New York montage.

Ocean's 11- The explanation.

The Green Mile- Mr. Jingle's resurrection.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?- Meeting Babyface Nelson
 

ToxicAdam

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Schmo Florez said:
True lies - Arnold on the horse vs. terrorist on the bike.

I totally forgot about True Lies .. I love the end sequence where Jamie Lee Curtis is rescued off of that bus (??) and dangling from the helicopter ... and BOOM .. the whole bridge explodes.
 

Liono

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ToxicAdam said:
I totally forgot about True Lies .. I love the end sequence where Jamie Lee Curtis is rescued off of that bus (??) and dangling from the helicopter ... and BOOM .. the whole bridge explodes.

Don't forget the scene where the terrorist takes a ride on the harrier missle. Your Fired... :lol

Lots of good picks so far.
 

Truelize

Steroid Distributor
Pulp Fiction
The Bonnie Situation & Bringing Uma back to life
"So I gotta stab her three times?" :lol
Good Will Hunting
Where Ben tells Matt that he owes it him to do something with his life and how every morning when he drives up to his house he hopes that Matt will be gone. Awesome.
Dumb and Dumber
"look at the buns on that."
"Yeah, he must work out"
Jurassic Park
T-Rex scene for sure. Objects are closer then they appear.
But my favorite is when the Raptors are in the kitchen and one of them jumps up onto the counter and kinda loses his footing. That was so amazing back then.
Fight Club
Chemical burn scene.
Reservoir Dogs
Scene where they get their names. "Mr. Pink??"
The Madonna conversation. :lol
The Crow
Scene where Eric firsts turns into The Crow and stands in front of the broken window.
Braveheart
"Well we didn't get dressed up for nothing"
True Lies
Jamie Lee Curtis private dance scene. Wow!!
The Matrix
Big gun fight scene in the bank (Morpheus rescue).
"There is no spoon" :)
and Trinity's floating jumpkick at the start.

So many good movies in the 90's

One scene from an 80's movie that owned.

"I feel the need. The need for speed. Ow!" - truly movie greatness there. :)
 

Memles

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The Lion King - I have to choose, don't I? Ugh...so many options...can't choose.
Toy Story - The RC/Moving Van racing climax.
Beauty and the Beast - For being an amazing animation spectacle, a damn catchy song, and in memorium of Jerry Orbach: Be Our Guest.
Aladdin - By the same idea, for being such an amazing performance from Robin Williams, "Friend Like Me".

Basically ranging from 4-14 in the 90s greatly limited my options here...but apply the aforementioned Jurassic Park to the list.
 

Gorey

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True Romance: the crazy gunfight madness at the end.
Natural Born Killers: wacky snakebite trip in the indian's shack
Fight Club: the very end, right when the pixies tune starts. I loooove that.

And I'll second the Keyser Soze revelation at the end of Usual Suspects.
Heat is just fucking awesome all the way through, I couldn't pick just one scene :D
 

Shinobi

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Off the top I'll say the shootout scenes in Heat and Hard Boiled, the cop chase scene in Mask of the Phantasm, and virtually every fight scene in Drunken Master 2.

The next two scenes come from two of my favourite movies ever...Glengarry GlenRoss and Seven.





GLENGARRY GLENROSS

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- John Williamson (Kevin Spacey)

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- George Aaronow (Alan Arkin)

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- Dave Moss (Ed Harris)

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- Blake (Alec Baldwin)

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- Shelley Levene (Jack Lemmon)




Williamson - It is 7:30.


Aaronow - So who is that? (asking Shelley)


Williamson - And where is Mr. Roma?


Moss - Well I'm not a leash, so I don't know, do I?


Blake - Let me have your attention for a moment. 'Cause you're talking' about what you're talking about? Bitching about that sale you shot, some son of a bitch don't want to buy land, somebody don't want what you're selling, some broad you're trying to screw, so forth. Let's talk about something important. (turns to Williamson) Are they all here?


Williamson - All but one.


Blake - Well I'm going anyway. Let's talk about something important. (looks over at Shelley) Put that coffee down. Coffee's for closers only. You think I'm fucking with you? I am not fucking with you. I'm here from downtown. I'm here from Mitch and Murray. And I'm here on a mission of mercy. Your name's Levene?


Levene - Yeah.


Blake - You call yourself a salesman you son of a bitch?


Moss - I don't got to listen to this shit.


Blake - You certainly don't pal, cause the good news is you're fired. The bad news is: you've got, all you've got just one week to regain your jobs starting with tonight. Starting with tonight's sit.

Oh, have I got your attention now? Good. 'Cause were adding a little something to this month's sales contest. As you all know first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Anybody want to see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired. (shocked looks from Dave and George)

Do you get the picture? You laughing now? You've got leads. Mitch and Murray paid good money. Get their names to sell them. You can't close the leads you're given, you can't close shit, you are shit, hit the bricks pal and beat it cause you are going out!


Levene - The leads are weak.


Blake - The leads are weak? The fucking leads are weak? You're weak. I've been in this business fifteen years.


Moss - What's your name?


Blake - Fuck you...that's my name. You know why mister? Cause you drove a Hyundai to get here tonight. I drove an eighty thousand dollar BMW. That's my name.

(Turns and points to Shelley) And your name is you're wanting. If you can't play in the man's game, you can't close them, you go home and tell your wife your troubles. Because only one thing counts in this life: get them to sign on the line which is dotted. You here me you fucking ***gots?

(At the blackboard) 'A,' 'B,' 'C.' 'A,' always, 'B,' be, 'C,' closing, always be closing. Always be closing. 'A,' 'I,' 'D,' 'A.' Attention, interest, decision, action. Attention: do I have your attention? Interest: are you interested? I know you are 'cause it's fuck or walk. You close or you hit the bricks. Decision: have you made your decision for Christ? And action. 'A,' 'I,' 'D,' 'A.'

Get out there. You got the prospects coming in. You think they came in to get out of the rain? A guy don't walk on the lot lest he wants to buy. They're sitting out there waiting to give you their money. (leans over Shelley's desk) Are you going to take it? Are you man enough to take it? (walks over to Dave) What's the problem, pal, you Moss?


Moss - You're such a hero, you're so rich, how come you're coming down here waste your time with such a bunch of bums?


Blake - You see this watch? You see this watch?


Moss - Yeah.


Blake - That watch cost more than your car. I made $970,000 last year, how much you make? You see pal, that's who I am and you're nothing. Nice guy, I don't give a shit. Good father, fuck you, go home and play with your kids.

You want to work here, close! (walks over to George) You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you cocksucker? You can't take this, how can you take the abuse you get on a sit? You don't like it? Leave.

I can go out there tonight, the materials you got, make myself $15,000. Tonight! In two hours! Can you? Can you? Go and do likewise. 'A,' 'I,' 'D,' 'A.' Get mad you son of a bitches, get mad!

You know what it takes to sell real estate? It takes brass balls to sell real estate. Go and do likewise gents. The money's out there, you pick it up it's yours, you don't, I got no sympathy for you. You want to go out on those sits tonight and close, close it's yours. If not you're going to be shinin' my shoes. And you know what you'll be saying, a bunch of losers sittin' around in a bar: 'oh yeah I used to be a salesman, it's a tough racket.'

These are the new leads. These are the Glengarry leads. And to you they're gold, and you don't get them. Why? Because to give them to you is just throwing them away. They're for closers. I'd wish you good luck but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you got it.

(Walks back to Dave to get his gold Rolex) And to answer you question, pal, why am I here? I came here because Mitch and Murray asked me to. They asked me for a favor. I said the real favor, follow my advice and fire your fucking ass because a loser is a loser. (Blake walks into the office with Williamson.)


Moss - A bunch of fucking nonsense. Treat people like that. What the fuck is he going to get off? Mickey-mouse sales conference.








SEVEN

Somerset - Who are you John? Who are you really?

Doe - What do you mean?

Somerset - Well at this stage what harm can it do to tell something about yourself?

Doe - Doesn't matter who I am, who I am means absolutely nothing...you need to stay on your left up here.

Mills - So where are we heading?

Doe - You'll see.

Mills - We're not just going to pick up two more bodies, are we, Johnny? That wouldn't be... shocking enough. We've got newspapers to think about, you know?

Doe - Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer. And then notice you have their strict attention.

Mills - But the question is what makes you so special that people should listen?

Doe - I'm not special. I've never been exceptional. This is, though. What I'm doing. My work.

Somerset - Your work John?

Doe - Yes.

Mills - See, I don't see anything special about the job.

Doe - That's not true.

Mills - No, it is true. And the funny thing, all this work? Two months from now, no one's gonna care, no one's gonna give a shit, no one's gonna remember.

Doe - You can't see the whole complete act yet. But when this is done, when it's finished, it's going to be...people will barely be able to comprehend, but they won't be able to deny.

Mills - Could the freak be anymore vauge? I mean as far as master plans go John...

Doe - I can't wait for you to see, I really can't...it's really going to be something.

Mills - Well I'm gonna be standing right next to you. So when this big thing happens, you be sure to let me know...cause I wouldn't want to miss it.

Doe - Oh, don't worry, you won't...you won't miss a thing.

Somerset - What's so exciting?

Doe - It's not too far now.

Mills - I've been to figure something in my head, maybe you can help me out, yeah? When a person is insane (as you clearly are), do you know that you're insane? Maybe you're just sitting around reading guns and ammo, masturbating in your own feces, do you just stop and go "Wow...it is amazing how fucking crazy I really am!"...yeah? Do you guys do that?

Doe - It's more comfortable for you to label me as insane.

Mills - It's very comfortable.

Doe - It's not something I'd expect you to accept. But I did not choose...I was chosen.

Mills - Whatever.

Somerset - I don't doubt that you believe that John. But it seems to me you're overlooking a glaring contradiction.

Doe - Meaning what?

Somerset - Glad you asked. If you hand was forced...seems strange to me you'd get such enjoyment out of it. You enjoyed toturing those people. That doesn't seem to be keeping with martyrdom does it?

Mills - John?

Doe - I doubt I enjoyed it anymore then Dectective Mills would enjoy being with me in a room alone without windows. Isn't that true? How happy would it make you to hurt me with impunity?

Mills - That hurts my feelings. I would never...

Doe - You wouldn't because there's...consequences. It's in those eyes of yours those. Nothing wrong with a man taking pleasure in his work. I won't deny my personal desire, to turn each sin against the sinner.

Mills - Wait a minute...I thought all you did was kill innocent people?

Doe - Innocent? Is that supposed to be funny? An obese man, a disgusting man who could barely stand up...a man who if you saw him on the street, you'd point so your friends could join you in mocking him? A man who if you saw him while you were eating, you wouldn't be able to finish your meal. And after him I picked the lawyer, and you both must have been secretly thanking me for that one. This is a man who dedicated his life to making money by lying with every breath that he could muster, to keeping rapists and murderers on the streets.

Mills - Murderers, John?

Doe - A woman...

Mills - Murderers, like yourself...?

Doe - A woman! So ugly on the inside she couldn't bear to go on living if she couldn't be beautiful on the outside. A drug dealer, a drug dealing pederast actually! And let's not forget the disease-spreading whore! Only in a world this shitty could you even try to say these were innocent people and keep a straight face.
But that's the point. We see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home, and we tolerate it. We tolerate it because it's common, it's trivial. We tolerate it morning, noon, and night. Well, not anymore. I'm setting the example. And what I've done is going to be puzzled over, and studied, and followed...forever.

Mills - Yeeeeaaaah. Delusions of granduer.

Doe - You should be thanking me.

Mills - Why's that John?

Doe - Because you're going to be remembered. Realize detective, the only reason that I'm here right now is that I wanted to be.

Mills - No, no, we would have got you eventually.

Doe - Oh, really? So, what were you doing? Biding your time? Toying with me? Allowing five "innocent" people to die until you felt like springing your trap? Tell me, what was the indisputable evidence you were going to use on me right before I walked up to you and put my hands in the air?

Mills - John, calm down. I seem to remember us knocking on your door.

Doe - Oh, that's right...and I seem to remember breaking your face. You're only alive because I didn't kill you.

Mills - Okay, sit back...

Doe - I spared you...

Mills - Sit back!

Doe - Remember that detective, everytime you look in the mirror for the rest of your life, or should I say, the rest of what life I've allowed you to have.

Mills - Sit back...sit back, you fucking freak! Shut your fucking mouth! You're no messiah, you're a movie of the week...you're a fucking t-shirt, at best.

Doe - Don't ask me to pity the people I killed. I don't mourn them anymore than I mourn the thousands that died at Sodom and Gomorrah.

Somerset - Is that to say John, that what you were doing was God's good work?

Doe - The Lord works in mysterious ways.
 
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