10 Fave Movie Moments

The first fourteen minutes of RAISING ARIZONA

Zander Schloss singing Feelinâ?? 7-Up in REPO MAN

Bill Murray getting baptized in ED WOOD

Brad Pitt mumbling, Fucking condescend to me in TRUE ROMANCE

Peter Falk telling the story about the eagle-sized tsetse flies carrying off the brown babies during the dinner party in THE IN-LAWS

Jack Black cradling the dead rabbits in JESUSâ?? SON

Willem Dafoe as Bobby Peru in Wild at Heart.

The steel boomerang scene from The Road Warrior.

The crazy-haired guy who delivers the presidentâ??s finger in ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

Zombies prowling to the Muzak in the original DAWN OF THE DEAD

The escape scene in Shawshank Redemption comes to mind. I'll have to think of some more.

Al Pacino in heat: "Keeps me sharp", snaps fingers, "on the edge", snaps fingers, "where I wanna be", snaps fingers

Happiness….. All of it, but specifically where the dad wakes up from a dream where he goes through a park on an M-16 rampage…… His shrink asks him about it and to paraphrase:

Shrink, "How did you feel after the dream?"

Dad, Really good, revitalised, this time I didnt kill myself."


The Shinning,, the kid on the trike going from carpet to wooden floor and back again on his trike.

Great Topic:

The Boombox scene in Say Anything (but mostly because she doesn't get up from the bed)

"Ride of the Valkryies" scene in Apocolypse Now

The first ten minutes of Super Troopers (littering and….)

The mound visit in Bull Durham

Gregory Peck's closing argument in To Kill a Mockingbird

The 3-way in Wild Things

Every scene in Swingers except the answering machine scene, which just makes me cringe.

When Jason's Lee's character realizes he's in a gay bar in Chasing Amy

I need two more, but I'm going to lunch. I'll have to get back to this.

coffee shop scene in reservoir dogs
begby's story in trainspotting
insane drug inventory in fear and loathing in las vegas
wha happen? in a mighty wind
the dude attempting to get money for mr. lebowski in the big lebowski
ian svenonius's explanation of the make-up's music in songs for cassevettes

i'll think of 4 more later

Originally posted by vansmack:
Great Topic:

The Boombox scene in Say Anything (but mostly because she doesn't get up from the bed)

"Ride of the Valkryies" scene in Apocolypse Now

The mound visit in Bull Durham

Gregory Peck's closing argument in To Kill a Mockingbird

The 3-way in Wild Things

Every scene in Swingers except the answering machine scene, which just makes me cringe.

When Jason's Lee's character realizes he's in a gay bar in Chasing Amy

All GREAT - you're very brave though for admitting to liking Say Anything. I take a lot of heat for loving that one.

A few of mine just wingin' it -


At the dinner table also from Say Anything when her Dad asks Cusack what he wants to do after graduating.

In 28 Days Later where Jim walks around a deserted London with the music building

The bar scene in Near Dark

The beginning to the original Night of the Living Dead ~ "They are coming to get you Barbara"

Any of the scenes with Paul Newman & Melanie Griffith in Nobody's Fool. Ok - when she flashes him. ;)

75% of Clerks.

The Baseball Furies bit in the Warriors

The baptism in O Brother Where Art Thou ~ "Gopher Everrett?"

Lisa Bonet shedding the Cosby Kid persona in Angel Heart - Bedroom - voodoo - sex scene.

And the entire begining to Dawn of the Dead 2004 - up to when she crashes the car. Intense & near perfect for the horror genre.

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
coffee shop scene in reservoir dogs

Oooh - I forgot about that one - I'd add the infamous 'ear' scene - SO tough to even watch, but he perfectly captures evil insanity.

alec baldwin's 5 minutes in glengarry glen ross

james earl jones' speech in field of dreams

just about all of the good, the bad and the ugly, but my favourite scene is when eli wallach finds the cemetery and start running through it

destroying the fax machine in office space

reggie jackson in the naked gun

in alexander nevsky, alexander is told of the german invasion into russia, and says in order to defeat the invasion "we must mobilize the peasants."

phoebe cates coming out of the pool in fast times at ridgemont high (smackie, disappointed in you)

the hansen brothers' first game in slap shot

principal rooney on the school bus at the end of ferris bueller's day off

when renton od's in trainspotting

the french taunting king arthur in the holy grail.

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

destroying the fax machine in office space

principal rooney on the school bus at the end of ferris bueller's day off

I know I've had my 10 (11 actually), but:

The conf room scene in Office Space when the consultants asked him about the work he's been missing - "I wouldn't actually say I've been *missing* it"
My new mantra.

& the first 15 min or so of Ferris Bueller are just brilliant.

Originally posted by grotty:

& the first 15 min or so of Ferris Bueller are just brilliant.

i agree, but ed rooney, all beat up by the dog, having to ride the school bus back to school. . .and the gummi bear. . .my favourite.

American Grafitti - Looking out the airplane window and seeing the T-bird driving down the highway

Ferris Bueller - Ed Rooney getting on the schoolbus

Full Metal Jacket - The first hour

Last Temptation of Christ - The crucifixion

Waiting for Guffman - At the end of the show when the town councilman screams "EEE!! CORKY!!!"

Donnie Darko - Getting off the bus and going into school to Tears for Fears

Blazing Saddles - The campfire scene

What a classic character. Yes, the opening is great as is the rest of the movie.

Originally posted by grotty:
the first 15 min or so of Ferris Bueller are just brilliant.

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

phoebe cates coming out of the pool in fast times at ridgemont high (smackie, disappointed in you)

Dude, that's so not fair!! I was sitting at lunch with my buddy and I went "Hoy shit! How did I forget the Phoebe Cates scene in Fast Times?!?!?!?" I totally blew that. Well done Venerable. Also with james earl jones' speech in field of dreams, destroying the fax machine in office space, and the hansen brothers' first game in slap shot, all of which came up at lunch.


I'll add:

The "Down by the Creek, walking on water" scene from Tombstone, although any scene with Doc Holliday should be included.

The Bill Murray/Chevy Chase scene in the green house in Caddyshack

The Black Knight character throughout The Holy Grail

and….

The scene in Go when they're driving back from Vegas and the guys are running down all of the events that transpired the night before and at the end Breckin Meyer's character goes "You had sex with two women" - classic.

Originally posted by grotty:
you're very brave though for admitting to liking Say Anything. I take a lot of heat for loving that one.

At the dinner table also from Say Anything when her Dad asks Cusack what he wants to do after graduating.

I have taken heat on this board before for stating that Say Anything is my favorite movie. Cameron Crow is at his best in that movie. His subtle writing brilliance from Say Anyhting has yet to be matched.

That is also a fantastic scene, delivered in classic Cusack-ease.

The Dog scene in Vacation.

Motorcycle Cop: Do you know what the penalty for animal cruelty is in this state?
Clark: No, sir, I don't.
Motorcycle Cop: Well… it's probably pretty stiff.

Originally posted by grotty:

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

destroying the fax machine in office space

principal rooney on the school bus at the end of ferris bueller's day off

I know I've had my 10 (11 actually), but:

The conf room scene in Office Space when the consultants asked him about the work he's been missing - "I wouldn't actually say I've been *missing* it"
My new mantra.

& the first 15 min or so of Ferris Bueller are just brilliant.

Office Space: When he is sleeping and his boss keeps calling. When they beat up the printer.

Fight Club: When Ed Norton beats himself up. And many, many moments.

High Fidelity: When John Cusack is setting up his vinyls for inventory. And when a customer comes into the cd store looking for…(who was it, Michael Bolton?) "Is your daughter in a coma?"

Almost Famous: When the plane is about to go down. "I'm gay."

Clerks: 100%
Ferris: 75%
Caddyshack: 100% "Be the ball." "You wore green so you could hide." Baby Ruth in the pool, gopher scenes, all classic.

Shawshank Redemption: When locks himself in the library and blasts music over the system.

The last 15 min. of the first Matrix.

Originally posted by El Tee:
[High Fidelity: When John Cusack is setting up his vinyls for inventory. And when a customer comes into the cd store looking for…(who was it, Michael Bolton?) "Is your daughter in a coma?"

"I Just Called to Say I love You" - a top 5 crime perpetrated by Stevie Wonder in the 80's.

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by El Tee:

"I Just Called to Say I love You" - a top 5 crime perpetrated by Stevie Wonder in the 80's.

Hah. Classic. thank you.

ha ha that's a great scene, from a wonderful movie.