Chulla 4,946 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Calling all film buffs. This thread is for those who would like to tell us about their favourite scene in a film. I am not thinking about scenes where people are being mown down or blown up in their thousands, but rather scenes where the direction and/or acting has made an impression on you. Perhaps the music played its part in creating the ambience. For me this never happens in modern films, but I have a number of examples from films made in the golden age. I would not include modern computer generated images - these are wonderful but are now ten a penny. If anyone wants to follow this thread I will chip in with a few examples. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I know it's people being mown down, but the last shootout in 'The Wild Bunch' is brilliant. Or, the final scenes of Educating Rita, super ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 One of my all time favourites is when the planes in the Dambusters film go in to bomb the dams. Turn up the sound too ! Not a scene I know but a section of the film I always enjoy even getting the hairs on the back of my neck to stand up. Brilliant ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 YOUVE got to ask ya self a question, 'do i feel lucky'? well do ya punk ? Clint EASTWOOD,DIRTY HARRY, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Last few scenes of Grand Tourino were very good. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 They were bf,great film,loved the banter in the Polaks barber shop,..........just like my barbers in Basford,..Don and Johns. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I know a lot of people call him, but Clint Eastwood has made som absolutely classics. Play Misty For Me, The Beguiled, Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,120 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Grans Tourino is one of my all time favourite films. Brilliant. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Thelma & Louise. Superb acting ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 benjamin1945...... Go ahead, make my day ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I would,but can never find you in Wetherspoons,... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 The scene in 'Witness' Harrison Ford singing to Kelly Mcginnis as he chases her round the barn..........you watched it yet Melissa? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 On Golden Pond with Jane and Henry Fonda Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 The Accused staring the brilliant Jodie Foster. Acting at its best. She is something special. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 The scene in 2001 A Space Odyssey in which Dave realizes the computer has locked him outside the ship. "Open the pod bay doors, Hal." "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." Great music in that movie too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Broken Arrow with John Travolta, has some great scenes in it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Laurel & Hardy in 'Way Out West' when they do the dance before entering the saloon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beachbum 68 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Casablanca," of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the World, she walks into mine" Sam being told to play it The Marseilles being sung, drowning out the nasty Germans Just a brilliant film Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I thought you were dead........Not hardly... Big Jake.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 The thread is drifting off-tack already. It is not about favourite films, it is about favourite scenes in films - describe them! #3 caftan. I am with you on the raid scene in The Dambusters. The sound of the four Merlin engines being wound up after the mine has been released and the pilot's effort to miss the high ground in front of him was very realistic. Here's one from me: DARK VICTORY [1939] Director Edmond Goulding, Bette Davis is a spoilt heiress who one day falls off her horse after her sight temporarily suffers double-vision. She is convinced that there is nothing wrong but is seen by doctor [George Brent]. He gives her tests and when she returns to his surgery for the result - telling him, in effect, that he is wasting his time, she listens to what he says, and her facial expression reveals that she is doubting her own judgement and saying to herself 'please, please, let it be good news'. The scene is superbly directed and acted; the look on Davis's face revealing her inner fears. She learns that she has a terminal brain tumour, and marries the doctor. He tell her that she will know when the time comes because she will lose her vision and very quickly will die. Time goes by and she is in the garden with her friend planting bulbs. Her friend remarks how strong the sun is, and Davis realises that she cannot feel the heat and that her vision is deteriorating. She goes into the house [her friend knows what is happening] and prepares to meet her end. She calls her two dogs over and bids them goodbye and then climbs the stairs to her bedroom. There is a serene stillness as she climbs into bed, with the maid closing the curtains, and Max Steiner's heavenly music ensures that there is not a dry eye in the house. To my mind this is the finest death scene ever portrayed on the screen, a tribute to a great combination of directing and acting. Anyone who remains dry-eyed after seeing this is made of stone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 OK you asked for it....LOL This scene always brings tears to my eyes, tears from laughing so much. http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=ytff1-tyc&p=the%20farting%20scene%20in%20blazing%20saddles&type= Dint work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 For me, the funniest and most delicate must be the final scene from The Italian Job. Having a van full of gold balanced on a cliff edge and never knowing the outcome is a movie scene of genius. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,120 Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 #12 I have seen the clip you're referring to Benjamin but yet to see the film in its entirety. Can't find it online anyway! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,120 Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 That should have been anywhere* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 It has to be JB in The Spy Who Loved Me when falling from a mountain to be saved by a Union Flag parachute - brilliant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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