O/T - The movies / Television thread

[HarryofOz]

French Film festival about to start here. I have tickets to seven movies in all having missed out on a couple of sold-out ones. Can't wait. I really enjoy the festival.

[CSA]

Anyone seen the film 'Insidious' yet ? quite scary, this is played in a surreal scene where the 'demon' is sharpening his fingernails.

[JonTheBassist]

Looks decent! Wanna see this.

[billie1]

Seriously bored with the new season still weeks away ! How about recalling your 5 favourite scenes from the movies ? My Dad and I used to talk regularly about film and I recall something he said to me once . If you can recall 5 scenes/moments in a film immediately ,almost without thinking about it, the movie is probably a great one . If you have to really think about it , the film probably wasn't that memorable . With that in mind , I gave myself 30 seconds to name my 5 favourite movie scenes . It came out in the following order

1. The wedding scene in the opening to The Godfather .
2. The car chase in Bullitt .
3. Newman / Redford escaping their pursuers in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
4. " You can't HANDLE the truth ! " Court room scene from A Few Good Men
5. Kate Hudson dancing in a deserted theatre in Almost Famous .Beautiful . See below .



They're not necessarily my top movies of all time ( although I like all of them) and I was suprised that other brilliant scenes came to me later , such as De Niro / Pacino having a coffee together in Heat or Judy Garland stepping out into a gloriously technicolor Oz , but , I guess these scenes must have stuck in my memory to be trotted out by my subconscious first . Try it !

[Twiggster]

I'll play!

Off the top of my head:

Wild at Heart (Lynch), where the bank clerk has his hand shot off and a dog runs off with it. plus dozens of other scenes from this, my favourite Lynch film.

Pulp Fiction - the big mac discussion

The Graduate - "jeesus christ..Mrs Robinson"!

Waynes World - the car scene with Bohemian Rhapsody

Easy Rider - the trippy graveyard scene

Not exactly classic movies...but the first scenes that came to mind.

Good topic! :thup:

[The Subhuman]

I'll play!


Waynes World - the car scene with Bohemian Rhapsody

The Waynes World scene for me

[HarryofOz]

The end credits to Lord of the Rings

The funeral and closing scene in Hair when they are singing Flesh failures/Let the sunshine in

[PaulUSA]

I'll play!

Off the top of my head:

Wild at Heart (Lynch), where the bank clerk has his hand shot off and a dog runs off with it. plus dozens of other scenes from this, my favourite Lynch film.

Pulp Fiction - the big mac discussion

The Graduate - "jeesus christ..Mrs Robinson"!

Waynes World - the car scene with Bohemian Rhapsody

Easy Rider - the trippy graveyard scene

I'll play...dirty!

Off the top of my....err, head:

Jacqueline Bisset's wet t-shirt scenes in The Deep

Cybil Shephard on the diving board in The Last Picture Show

Al Pacino's Italian bride defrocking inside the bedroom door in The Godfather

William Hurt hurling himself through the glass door to get at Kathleen Turner in Body Heat (and the ensuing bathtub scene)

Grace Kelly in most any scene

[The Subhuman]

The Bear scene from Ghost Dog (my number 1 movie)
The Revenge scene from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Any scene with Bob Uecker in Major League..."leads the league in most catagories including nose hair"
The Quickimart Scene (amongst many others) in Grosse Point Blank
The "Doc" scene with fallen girl in Field of Dreams

[PaulUSA]

The Bear scene from Ghost Dog (my number 1 movie)
The Revenge scene from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Any scene with Bob Uecker in Major League..."leads the league in most catagories including nose hair"
The Quickimart Scene (amongst many others) in Grosse Point Blank
The "Doc" scene with fallen girl in Field of Dreams

:clapshout: :clap2:

Some good ones there....this post counteracts your mean-spirited, sarcastic comment on the Music Thread. :mrgreen:

[The Subhuman]

:clapshout: :clap2:

Some good ones there....this post counteracts your mean-spirited, sarcastic comment on the Music Thread. :mrgreen:

sometimes the written word doesn't reflect the mood, I was going for dry and not grumpy or mean spirited..

anyway for those who haven't seen ghost dog way of the samurai don't get put off by the title. Jarmusch is a genius and this is one of the finest films ever made..rent it today

[billie1]

Grace Kelly in most any scene

Ahh Grace Kelly . First time I saw this I needed to take a cold shower afterwards !

[mchldavies7]

Ive got lots..but Shawshank redemption where the warden throws the stone through the Raquel Welsh poster...the look on his face..just the whole scene really..you're so rooting for Tim Robbins to escape..great film with many other great scenes

[JonTheBassist]

Nice idea Billie1

Cos im a sci-fi geek, id have to say...

Predator : When it exposes its face to Arnold and he's "Youre one ugly motherf***@!"
Aliens : When Sigourneys fighting the queen alien and she's "Get away from her you B***tch!"
Terminator : Arnie - "Ill be back"

Those are the 3 most memorable moments off the top of my head anyways... hehe

[MeeTa]

Transformers 1 - I am Optimus Prime, and i send this message to any surviving autobots seeking refuge among the stars. We are here, We are waiting

[Unkindnessofraven]

The scene where she plays the piano on the beach in The Piano
The scene where fiona is cleaning the cottage in The Secret of Roan Inish
The scene where Rupert Everett's character refuses to admit he has feeling for the character played by Minnie Driver in the movie An Ideal Husband
The scene where Fergus and Marie catch eyes as all the boys accidentally give the girls a full monty in The War of the Buttons
The little girl's red coat in Schindler's List.

3 out of 5 have heart wrenching soundtracks too.

[HarryofOz]

Uma Thurman and Girl you'll be a woman soon in Pulp Fiction

[yorkshiremackem]

"and then" form dude wheres my car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7luMp6lb9M

chick through tv from ringu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_GQO1oW ... re=related

great scene from a time to kill(warning, a bit hard to take)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7f-BgDgpmE

[Emsley]

Fav scenes?
From the top of my head...


Maximus: At my signal, unleash hell.

They live - Grocery store.


Kill bill 2, when Uma walk's over from the graveyard where she was just burried.

Red dwarf - when they glue eye balls to their chins - and Lister claims he is vindaloo master.

[The Subhuman]

Fav scenes?


Red dwarf - when they glue eye balls to their chins - and Lister claims he is vindaloo master.

Binji Baji and Taka Dahl....

there are more great scenes in Red Dwarf than any other sitcom ever