Something about films, spoilers, good scenes kind of thing. Also, BOOM BOOM.

[Tobe]

while watching forrest gump tonight i changed my mind about my favourite film which now as you can guess is forrest gump

one of the main reasons is the way the film plays on your emotions and maitains your attention for 2hours and however many minutes. Seeing the film got me thinking on why it was such a great film and i realised its because it has so many outstanding scenes that make you laugh/cry/pity


some such scenes include jenny going back to her old house, jenny dying, bubba dying, the anti war rally

no other films i can think of have so many amazing scenes so i decided to list a few great scenes from a few amazing films, feel free to list your own

American History X: rape scene + after talking in hospital with captain sisko, danny getting shot

Shawshank Redemption: Crooks hanging, the escape, the fat guy at the start who gets killed.

Deer Hunter: First russian roulette scene where they escape, falling from helicopter, russian roulette scene years later

Men of Honour: scene underwater putting together whatever it is, leg getting cut, scene in bar holding breath

Any Given Sunday: when Capt gets injured in final game, shark getting knocked out in final game

Memento: "first" scene

Carlitos way: getting shot at the end

err sorry to those who this has spoiled films for

[Pyr0 MK III]

Harvey Keitel's scene in Pulp Fiction made that movie

[Ebany]

Sadly, (and to beautifully demonstate the difference in tastes that is being discussed elsewhere) I have never seen any of those listed, aside from Forrest Gump.

As the majority of my favoured films are disney, im not sure theyre allowed to have good scenes.

I've just racked my brain for some time and cant think of any scenes that really leap to mind. Schindlers list made me cry a lot though, the bits with the little girl in the red coat.

[Bloomers III]

depends what you look for in a movie. all good movies have scenes like that (my favourites like this are Road to Perdition, Good Will Hunting, Patch Adams, Shawshank Redemption etc.)

but my favourite movies are not ones which make you laugh/cry/pity (although most contain black humour - no not bernie mac). i prefer to judge a film by the acting, the way it's directed, the underlying message, the tone and the soundtrack.

AMERICAN BEAUTY IS THE BEST FILM EVER! thank you

[rageybabey]

Originally posted by Ebany
As the majority of my favoured films are disney,

That explains a lot.

[Tobe]

Originally posted by Bloomers III
i prefer to judge a film by the acting, the way it's directed, the underlying message, the tone and the soundtrack.

thats because you are a fag who likes to pretend he s cultured. sure you can judge by the acting, direction.

Why judge by the underlying message? and who says there has to be one, a film can be great irrelevant of the message it is trying to convey

[MrL_JaKiri]

Originally posted by rageybabey
That explains a lot.

Such as?

[rageybabey]

Immortal Beloved - the scene where Schindler tells Johanna "who" she is...

Interview with the Vampire - Claudia's death, Louis birth to darkness

Leon - Matilda's family getting wiped out

Granted these scenes are mostly pretty f*cked up but they did make the movie more powerful... Yeah.

[Dante Hicks]

I like any scene which has a certain degree of "**** you" about it. You know, when the chips are down and the goodie digs deep and fights back showing that right makes might, etc.

Anyway :

Leon - "This is from Maltida" & the whole DEA building bit + others

It's a Wonderful Life - the end bit with the money from the town

The Matrix - the bit where Keanu Reeves stands his ground against the Agent - "he's starting to believe'

Heat - DeNiro killing that psycho guy

Annie Hall - "Well , I just so happen to have Marshall McLuhan here now..."

Good Will Hunting - Will humiliating Harvard guy + later "Do you like apples" + his NSA rant

[edit]Untouchables - "You got him?" bit[/edit]

[Bloomers III]

Originally posted by Tobe
thats because you are a fag who likes to pretend he s cultured. sure you can judge by the acting, direction.

Why judge by the underlying message? and who says there has to be one, a film can be great irrelevant of the message it is trying to convey

i don't try and be cultured, i don't look at these things deliberately it's just things i notice. i just naturally prefer movies like American Beauty, Fight Club, Donnie Darko. I've recently bought Trainspotting and I expect I'll like it a lot.

[lokken]

Originally posted by rageybabey

Leon - Matilda's family getting wiped out

I tend to think more of Gary Oldman's rants (especially the one after Matilda's family gets wiped out) with that film.

Although there are MANY good scenes in that movie.

Not to mention

Pulp Fiction - Big Cahuna Burger scene and the cafeteria scene near the end.

Shawshank - the closing scene along with Red's general rant about how **** the prison parole board is which ends up getting him released.

But I don't see many films.

[Tobe]

Originally posted by Bloomers III
i don't try and be cultured, i don't look at these things deliberately it's just things i notice. i just naturally prefer movies like American Beauty, Fight Club, Donnie Darko. I've recently bought Trainspotting and I expect I'll like it a lot.

i wasnt particularly impressed by trainspotting the first time i watched it i was hungover and tired and it bored me

[MrL_JaKiri]

Not many 'pay attention please' films are good if you watch them hungover and tired.

[Ebany]

Gievn I've seen a number of films when drunk and then watched them again the next morning and said 'Ohhhhhhhhh...theres a PLOT!!' its never good to purely trust a drunken opinion of a film.

[Tobe]

Originally posted by MrL_JaKiri
Not many 'pay attention please' films are good if you watch them hungover and tired.

i watched it again and it was better but still not worthy of my top ten films

also i tried to watch brazil for the first time while drunk last night and thats not worth watching unless you are stone sober and are in a concentrating mood

[MrL_JaKiri]

Brazil is GREAT.

[inf]

trainspotting.

[Aryn]

i like silly 'this would never happen in real life' movies
you know.. like Deep Impact, Deep Blue Sea, Volcano, and Lake Placid

it's not that i LIKE them and think they're great.. but i like watching those kind of movies cause i find them absolutely hilarious.

[Embroglio]

The whole of Memento is highly :cool:.

[KoeN]

the scene at the trainstation in 'once upon a time in the west'.

the scene at the trainstation in 'the untouchables'.


ps i'm merry, nn.

[Scoot951]

I judge movies based on how much CGI they have. I am a mindless drone of the masses.

[Kurashima]

The Usual Suspects - The Killing of Saul , where Stephen Baldwin fakes left , fakes right , fires twice , two kill shots , then just shrugs and says "Bad Day".

The Godfather - "You come into my house, on this my daughters wedding day ......." , and of course , the horses head scene.

Transformers the Movie - Death of Optimus Prime .... "Till all are one"

[W]

When pacino and de niro talk in the restaurant in heat.
The "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" scene from apocalypse now.
When enola recognize the mariner as he walks across the deck of the deez at the end of waterworld, and says something like "you're in so much trouble".
The final scene in the fifth element.
The ending clip "a storm is comming" in the terminator.

[KaneED]

Originally posted by Dante Hicks


It's a Wonderful Life - the end bit with the money from the town
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is there a scene in this film where they're being looked for and he hides his son in this locker type thing in a big yard surrounded by walls/buildings?


also, i cried when i first saw forrest gump

[Vaio]

The bit in 'A Perfect Storm' where they all drown, makes sitting through the rest of the dull movie worthwhile, although it might have been better if they just cut the movie to those couple of minutes.

Vaio

[Vaio]

I am surprised no-one has mentioned The Italian Job when they blow the car up and Caine utters those immortal words 'Your only supposed to blow the bloody doors off'

Vaio

[Lupin]

a bronx tale - the scene with the bikers in the bar

mirage - when gregory peck finally gets a clue

full metal jacket - i dont have to explain, do i?

[Nusselt]

Charlie: Look, kid — how much you weigh, slim? When you weighed one hundred and sixty-eight pounds you were beautiful. You coulda been another Billy Cahn, and that skunk we got you for a manager, he brought you along too fast.

Terry Malloy: It wasn't him, Charlie, it was you. Remember that night at the Garden? You came down to my dressing room and you said, "Kid, this ain't your night. We're going for the price on Wilson." You remember that? 'This ain't your night!' My night! I coulda taken Wilson apart! So what happens? He gets the title shot outdoors on the ballpark and what do I get? A one-way ticket to Palooka-ville! You was my brother, Charlie, you shoulda looked out for me a little bit. You shoulda taken care of me just a little bit so I wouldn't have to take them dives for the short-end money.

Charlie: Oh I had some bets down for you. You saw some money.

Terry Malloy: You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody.... instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you, Charlie.

now i know this has become a very famous scene and is often quoted but in all honesty i didnt know about how famous it was when i saw the movie, and i thought it was class.

[Radical Edward]

Pacino's rant in Devils Advocate had me convinced that Satan is the good guy.

[Ärketrollmannen]

Originally posted by Lupin
a bronx tale - the scene with the bikers in the bar

full metal jacket - i dont have to explain, do i?

when he closed the door i actually got goosebumbps (is it called that?)

PLease explain, wich part do you mean?