Chill Pill

Im sure this has been brought up before, but hell, have a go at it again. This maybe impossible for some ppl, but give her a shot. Here's mine (for now):

1. True Romance - Walken and Hopper scene (is this a "shallow" pick??).
2. Apocolypse Now - Ride Of The Valkyries invasion scene. (I can't believe how good this looks and sounds today)
3. The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly - The Trio scene at the end.

Come on, do yer best. And plz no 12 way ties or anything. TRY TO KEEP IT TO ONLY THREE.

Crocker Jarmen

I like that you've specified 'for now', since I imagine anyone's list of "The Best _____" is constantly evolving.

For me, right this second:

1: The choas of the newsroom at the beginning of Dawn of the Dead.
Greatest opening of a movie ever.

2: Luke's final battle with Darth Vadar at the end of Return of the Jedi.
I watched that again tonight, and it still makes me shiver.

3: The murder of Don Fanucci in Godfather II. For a killing taking place
in a dirty, dingy slum, it is elegant and tricks me into thinking it is beautiful.

Forum Troll

1. The "foot massage" scene in Pulp Fiction
2. "No, I am your father!"
3. The opening invasion part of Saving Private Ryan

Denethor

1. Blue Velvet "peeping tom" scene in Dorothy's apartment.
2. Pulp Fiction Big Kahuna scene with Samuel L.
3. The Sweet Hereafter the bus crash

LBCrazyFool

Whenever I am really drunk I will always throw on certain parts of a movie, just to watch some of the awesome scenes.

1. My all time favorite is the scene in True Romance with Christian Slater and Gary Oldman. That is one tough scene. Drexel is a badass.

Lately I have been throwing in the Kill Bill movies.

2. House of Blue Leaves scene from Vol. 1.

3. Vol. 2 when The Bride walks into Bill's House. From there to the ending of the movie is great.

lukewarmwater

1. Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai
The bell/alarm ringing in seven samurai. Now we are seven scene.
2. Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The end shootout in the good the bad and the ugly.
3. Michael Curtiz's Casablanca

Charlie Goose

I'll go with an obvious one, the Alec Baldwin scene in Glengarry Glen Ross.

The final tournament in The Karate Kid.

Scrooge's awakening in A Christmas Carol. Heck, almost any version.

These come to mind immediately. I'm sure I could name fifty more in less than ten minutes.

Pistol Pete

The drug dealer/firecracker scene in Boogie Nights.

Anything in space in 2001, if only for the lack of silly sound effects.

asianxcore

currently:

Blade Runner: short fight with Pris
Gattaca: Jerome climbing up the spiral stairs
Shaun of the Dead: Ed/Shaun drunk scratching and dancing to records.

Dr. DVD

Goodfellas:the scene that goes from outside the club to the front row
Boogie Nights:the scene with Alfred Molina
ROTJ:Vader turning on the emperor

wendersfan

The scene in Rules of the Game where Robert and Marceau talk about their problems with women and Robert straightens Marceau's tie. The very definition of sublime.

The opening scene in Werckmeister Harmonies, where János explains the workings of the solar system to the tavern full of drunks.

The final scene in Au Hasard Bathazar, where Balthazar lays down in the field with the flock of sheep.

DVD Smurf

Delicatessen - I think the the bed spring / pumping the bicycle tire / ceiling painting / cello playing girl / cow moo sound machine repeat which increased in tempo was hilarious. It is a scene that sticks out in my mind everytime I think about a spectacular scene.

Cheers

DVD Smurf

Giles

(sniff) powerful and very very sad scene.

jeffkjoe

Goodfellas - one long Sunday in 1980 - Henry Hill is being chased by helicopters all day - great editing, great soundtrack

and

Jaws - Quint recalls delivering the Hiroshima bomb

Cusm

ROTJ - The Emporer's arrival

Dazed and Confused - Pink, Wooderson and Mitch walking in the hub, this is one of my most favorite shots ever.

Reservoir Dogs - Are you gonna bark all day little doggy scene, or any other with Madsen in it, he owns this movie.

ToddSm66

The Third Man - Introduction of Harry Lime

Sullivan's Travels - Prisoners marching into the church to watch the cartoons while the congregation sings "Let My People Go"

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Yeah. As much as I wanted to come up with something different, I just can't exclude The Trio shootout at the end. Great scene.

TheAllPurposeNothing

Citizen Kane - breakfast montage sequence

Naked - David Thewlis' rant on bar-coding

Twice Upon a Time - Rod Rescueman applies for a superhero position

Runners-up:

Yellow Submarine - Eleanor Rigby sequence

True Romance - Hopper/Walken scene

The Big Combo - the death of Joe McClure

wordtoyamotha

Great one

I'll add:

Final montage from Requiem for a Dream (not exactly a "pleasure" to watch but very powerful)

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory when they visit the "Pure Imagination" room

Contactsport1

The black out scene in Silence of the Lambs where he's stalking her with night vision. Tight.

When a Stranger Calls ... the scene where the operator explains that the phone call is coming from inside the house. (I was ten, I nearly crapped myself). Good Stuff.

"Say hello to my little friend..." What more do I need to say? Scarface

Pulp fiction The needle scene. When he stabber her I nearly pissed myself laughing.


Some additional candy....

The first coliseum scene in Gladiator that finishes with him revealing to the new emperor he's still alive. Whole friggin movie is great.

Guilty pleasure...

Episode IV Bumping into the sith. Great scene. Great Choreography. Some redemption for an otherwise flat movie.

lukewarmwater

Quote:

Episode IV Bumping into the sith. Great scene. Great Choreography. Some redemption for an otherwise flat movie.

I'm not being sarcastic honest, I havent seen a new hope in a while, but What bumping into the sith scene?

Contactsport1

You got me. I was thinking fourth movie. Episode I, (movie 4) Sorry. Now you with me?

Triple S

1. Office Space and the death of the fax machine. Michael Bolton mounting the fax and punching it is the coup de grace.

2. Green Mile death of John Coffey. One of the saddest scenes in film ever, from a great movie.

3. The entire Duloc scene in Shrek. The turnstyle! The Giant Farquad Head costume! The Song! Oh, the song! Please keep off of the grass, shine your shoes, wipe your........face!

NitroJMS

1. Casablanca



2. Vertigo



3. The Nightmare Before Christmas

"What's This?" Sequence

Robert

1. Forrest Gump - Forrest meets his son.

2. Face/Off Church shootout.

3. True Lies - Harrier Jet finale.

smirnoff

1. Terminator 2 -

2. Brotherhood of the Wolf - Opening fight scene

3. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon -