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The Observer's Favourite Film Scenes Ever Shot || What are ours?
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Steppenwolf
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harSon said:
I agree. The story and actors are mediocre imo (except for Robert Mitchum) but the movie itself is a true piece of art.
close to the edge
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Well, thanks GAF, I just ordered Lost in Translation, Heat and Goodfellas from Amazon. :lol
On topic.. that scene from LoTR that was posted on the second (?) page (Gandalf arriving), even in the awful quality on Youtube, gave me goosebumps. Also the ending of Gattaca.
On topic.. that scene from LoTR that was posted on the second (?) page (Gandalf arriving), even in the awful quality on Youtube, gave me goosebumps. Also the ending of Gattaca.
Discotheque
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Also I think in a few years the passing of the note scene in Polanski's "Ghost Writer" will be one of my favorites.
It was just so Hitchcock.
It was just so Hitchcock.
BrokenSymmetry
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ChubbyHuggs
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BrokenSymmetry said:
I love that scene, good choice.
I also would like to throw in the opening for Strangers on a Train.
Left to Right = Guy and Right to Left = Bruno
timetokill
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Okay, there are too many good scenes from The Shining, but I'll just choose one of the big ones anyway:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TVooUHN7j4
Kubrick's best film by far if you ask me.
I totally agree with the opening scene in Inglorious Basterds as well. But I also love this from Death Proof -- the final car chase scene. Car chases don't get made very well all that much anymore... this one was incredible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WeCWP0stYc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TVooUHN7j4
Kubrick's best film by far if you ask me.
I totally agree with the opening scene in Inglorious Basterds as well. But I also love this from Death Proof -- the final car chase scene. Car chases don't get made very well all that much anymore... this one was incredible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WeCWP0stYc
WKW crafted some classic scenes.
End of Chungking Express
Fallen Angels ending
Leslie Cheung in Days of Being Wild
Tony Leung in Days of Being Wild
In the mood for love buying congee
WKW has stagnated a bit with 2046 and obviously can't work in Hollywood. Here's hoping his best isn't behind him. Can't wait for The Grand Master, would be a good counterpoint to Ip Man.
End of Chungking Express
Fallen Angels ending
Leslie Cheung in Days of Being Wild
Tony Leung in Days of Being Wild
In the mood for love buying congee
WKW has stagnated a bit with 2046 and obviously can't work in Hollywood. Here's hoping his best isn't behind him. Can't wait for The Grand Master, would be a good counterpoint to Ip Man.
UP's Ellie and Carl story, in just four and a half minutes. It hits me emotionally every single time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeLgjGEBWcY
You don't need any backstory here, just watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeLgjGEBWcY
You don't need any backstory here, just watch it.
moniker
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Cool Hand Luke sheds a tear while playing Plastic Jesus after just having found out his mother died.
Stalker has a bunch of great scenes as well, I've always liked the one with the dog for some reason.
Other random shots from Stalker:
Anyone interested should check out this compilation of shots from Stalker.
Stalker has a bunch of great scenes as well, I've always liked the one with the dog for some reason.
Other random shots from Stalker:
Anyone interested should check out this compilation of shots from Stalker.
Barberetti
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Another one for this. Awesome.
Feep said:
Yes!
Schmattakopf
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I can't find a screencap or a video of the opening scene of There Will Be Blood, but it is a very eerie, anticipatory scene. There's no talking at all for the longest amount of time. I thought that was the best part of the film, but the whole thing is amazing.
Also, not a scene, but music. Someone mentioned The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYV-JSjpyU
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Also, not a scene, but music. Someone mentioned The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYV-JSjpyU
@1:40
T.M. MacReady
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I can't believe people are mentioning anything from transformers in this thread.
I nominate the parkour scene from Casino Royale.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-fQqIOk48A
I nominate the parkour scene from Casino Royale.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-fQqIOk48A
VeryGooster
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Just recently watched Up in the Air. Some scenes where Natalie (Anna Kendrick) tries her hand at firing people are brutal to watch.
Count Dookkake
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The thrill of the hunt. The taste of the shunt.
The climax of Society.
The climax of Society.
BenjaminBirdie
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beelzebozo said:great picks guys.
here's one of mine. says so much, while saying nothing at all, and has the perfect song to accompany it.
MAGNOLIA - jim talks to claudia, as aimee mann's "save me" plays. click here to watch.
BEST
ENDING
SHOT
EVER
(EXCEPT
MAYBE
THE
THIRD
MAN)
FUCKING ::BOW::
Here's Mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsdY8QOBDTc&feature=related
BenjaminBirdie
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Shit, is there a YouTube of ALL of Magnolia? I'm going through these and it's even more amazing than I remembered.
VeryGooster
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BenjaminBirdie said:
I recently watched The Third Man on Netflix. Great, great ending to a great film.
VeryGooster
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WinFonda said:There's a scene in Fargo with an overhead shot of a parking lot that really sticks out as unusually awesome to me.
That shot says everything it needs to say about the William H. Macy character.
beelzebozo
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BenjaminBirdie said:BEST
ENDING
SHOT
EVER
(EXCEPT
MAYBE
THE
THIRD
MAN)
FUCKING ::BOW::
Here's Mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsdY8QOBDTc&feature=related
<3 u birdman
beelzebozo
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harSon said:
yes he does. it takes a guy like p.t.a. to use him the right way, i think. maybe he should work with stephen soderbergh or something.
My guess would be from the french movie Borsalino (1970). Alain Delon and Jean-Peul Belmondo with gals, crusing to the lake shore across the french provence in good old fashion cars.
But this one from the very same movie received many many praises :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB3mLPyeVUs
But this one from the very same movie received many many praises :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB3mLPyeVUs
BrokenSymmetry said:
Such a great movie. Love that scene.
"I have to go home"
BenjaminBirdie
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I remember seeing that in the theater and that shot hit the screen and I was just like...Gooster said:
GOD DAMN.
The Dark Knight - The Opening Bank Robbery, Perfect setup to introduce the Joker.
Aliens - The entire Med Lab scene when the aliens attack. You know the one, where Hicks sticks his head up through the ceiling tile.
Master and Commander - "Let Fly!"
Zulu - The Final Battle.
There Will Be Blood - So to as avoid saying the whole fucking movie, the entire opening of the movie until the first dialogue happens.
Raising Arizona - "I'll be taking the Huggies, and whatever cash you got."
I'll come up with more. Alot of great ones already hit in this thread.
Aliens - The entire Med Lab scene when the aliens attack. You know the one, where Hicks sticks his head up through the ceiling tile.
Master and Commander - "Let Fly!"
Zulu - The Final Battle.
There Will Be Blood - So to as avoid saying the whole fucking movie, the entire opening of the movie until the first dialogue happens.
Raising Arizona - "I'll be taking the Huggies, and whatever cash you got."
I'll come up with more. Alot of great ones already hit in this thread.
Shubit said:The one movie scene or rather series of scenes that left the most lasting impression on me is the Technoir sequence from the first Terminator movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4kfqmv2PoQ
Unfortunately the linked video leaves out a small detail, the reason why Sarah took refuge in the club:.trying to get away from Kyle, mistaking him for the killer
The way this is built up practically from the moment Sarah is introduced in the film and eventually culminates in a series of intense action sequences makes this one of the most satisfying "threads of fate intertwining" scenes in the history of fiction.
One great little tidbit in that scene that is hard to pick out is
The Terminator actually gets his shot off, but Reese's shotgun blast knocks his gun away by mere inches so the bullet misses Sarah's head even at point blank. Watch the scene in slo-mo to see just how close it was.
Afrodium said:
You should appreciate this then, the scene was a reference to Night of the Hunter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X20XIg38GcE
AlternativeUlster
Absolutely pathetic part deux
A couple more that I think are just incredible.
Charge of the Rohirrim at Pelennor Fields from Return of the King.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdnqZcmWk8U
The end of it when everyone's chanting "DEATH!" is just so awesome.
Pippin's Song from Return of the King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIx3m74xExs
Just Pippin singing for the Steward of Gondor while Faramir charges hopelessly into slaughter.
Mannn... I can't wait for those movies to come out on blu-ray :lol
Charge of the Rohirrim at Pelennor Fields from Return of the King.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdnqZcmWk8U
The end of it when everyone's chanting "DEATH!" is just so awesome.
Pippin's Song from Return of the King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIx3m74xExs
Just Pippin singing for the Steward of Gondor while Faramir charges hopelessly into slaughter.
Mannn... I can't wait for those movies to come out on blu-ray :lol
VeryGooster
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The Karate Kid - Miyagi drunk.
Based on the title and the clip alone, it sounds like a joke, but where people always refer to the scene where he and Daniel catch chopsticks, or the "Wax on, wax off" line/scene, I always thought the scene where Miyagi is drunk dressed in his sergeant's uniform explained everything about him and what earned Morita that Oscar. The audience is where Daniel is at that moment, where he looks and sees a bunch of newspaper clippings from the '40s and personal letters about the deaths of Miyagi's wife and child at Manzanar. '80s pop culture and crap sequels aside, I always remember The Karate Kid for that scene, that, the Halloween beatdown, and Bananarama.
Based on the title and the clip alone, it sounds like a joke, but where people always refer to the scene where he and Daniel catch chopsticks, or the "Wax on, wax off" line/scene, I always thought the scene where Miyagi is drunk dressed in his sergeant's uniform explained everything about him and what earned Morita that Oscar. The audience is where Daniel is at that moment, where he looks and sees a bunch of newspaper clippings from the '40s and personal letters about the deaths of Miyagi's wife and child at Manzanar. '80s pop culture and crap sequels aside, I always remember The Karate Kid for that scene, that, the Halloween beatdown, and Bananarama.
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AlternativeUlster said:
waits just has the biggest grin on his face in the back there hehe
Frank the Great
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Amazing monologue. And the way the camera pans into the rafters to show it's in his head is awesome.
Amazing monologue. And the way the camera pans into the rafters to show it's in his head is awesome.
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whytemyke said:Children of Men
The scene when Theo is trying to evacuate the girl andfrom the bombed out building is just incredible. There are a lot of scenes in the movie that evict a strong emotion, whether it's the decrepit school fallen out of use because there's no need to teach children anymore (talk about portraying an emotional sentiment without using words) or the car chase in the woods. But this penultimate scene really steals the show in this film.her baby
If I remember correctly, the entire thing is a single take, from the start of the evacuation to the time that they get past the tanks, and the total break-out of peace for just a moment is inspiring in the film. Words are never said but an understanding about the lost hope for humanity is communicated wonderfully through this single shot, and as it closes the evaporation/meaninglessness of that hope is portrayed just as well.
easily the greatest looking scene i had ever seen. the explosions just seemed so real, like i was there
oh and nobody posted this?
BenjaminBirdie said:BEST
ENDING
SHOT
EVER
(EXCEPT
MAYBE
THE
THIRD
MAN)
FUCKING ::BOW::
Here's Mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsdY8QOBDTc&feature=related
The end of The Conformist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98oU2nvCJuY&feature=channel
Pretty much the entire movie is comprised of "favorite film scenes." Can't forget:
I just thought of another one. The kissing scene in Cinema Paradiso. The main character Toto's hometown had a priest who would order the town projectionist to cut out all the kissing scenes from every movie they showed. The projectionist kept all of those cut scenes. Toto eventually grew up and inherited the film from his projectionist mentor and we finally get to see every single kiss the town missed out on. It's cheesy, but I like it. It reminds me how much I'd like to fall in love one day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gdpWeW9Kao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gdpWeW9Kao
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