25 Greatest Unscripted Scenes
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Don't understand how they could have Casablanca as anything but number 1. Also, I always hated that "Here's Johnny" line.
Other than that, it's okay I guess.
Other than that, it's okay I guess.
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Some good lines in there but I think the order is off. Casablanca should be #1. Clockwork Orange should be #2 just because of how the addition of "Singing in the Rain" completely changed that scene. Jaws, Taxi Driver and Star Wars would round out my top 5.
Aside from that I don't know many improvised scenes so I can't really comment on what shouldn't be there or what should be replaced. There are some there that I had no idea were improvised... makes those scenes a whole lot cooler (such as the Usual Suspects one).
Aside from that I don't know many improvised scenes so I can't really comment on what shouldn't be there or what should be replaced. There are some there that I had no idea were improvised... makes those scenes a whole lot cooler (such as the Usual Suspects one).
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The SAVING PRIVATE RYAN "improv" always bothered me.
1. You cock-block your brother who possibly lost the only piece of tail he was going to get before he, you know, GOT KILLED.
2. That coupling could have produced a Ryan grandchild which is kind of important since your survival is kind of questionable, being in a war zone and all. Your poor mother has already lost her entire brood, and you've essentially ended the line.
3. Why should we care if this little shit survives? It's not like he's interested in keeping the family going.
1. You cock-block your brother who possibly lost the only piece of tail he was going to get before he, you know, GOT KILLED.
2. That coupling could have produced a Ryan grandchild which is kind of important since your survival is kind of questionable, being in a war zone and all. Your poor mother has already lost her entire brood, and you've essentially ended the line.
3. Why should we care if this little shit survives? It's not like he's interested in keeping the family going.
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Re: 25 Greatest Unscripted Scenes
Secondly, . What was supposed to have been an elaborate fight scene was thwarted by a stomach bug.
However, I would actually have to rank the chest-burster scene from Alien as number one, hands down. All it said in the script was, “This thing emerges.” Veronica Cartwright completely losing it is only outshined by Yaphet Koto grabbing a fork.
Spoilered for length (from http://www.empireonline.com/intervie...w.asp?IID=1095):
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I didn't watch the video but Harrison Ford ad-libbed "It's not the years sweetheart, its the mileage" in Raiders. Awesome line.
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Re: 25 Greatest Unscripted Scenes
A lot of those are dubious. The "I know" line from Empire was not in the script, but it's not like it was spontaneously ad libed on the spot as the cameras rolled. It was Ford and the director came up with the line, it was rehearsed and shot. It was something that was developed while they were working, not something ad libed at a moment's notice.
Same thing with We Need a Bigger Boat.
Blade Runner "tears in rain" is debated to this day. There were so many screenwriters and revisions that the famous monologue draws from like three different writers, and it was rehearsed and tweeked right up to filming. Still it's not some "improvised as the cameras rolled" kind of thing.
The Clockwork Orange "singin' in the rain" thing is endlessly debated with everyone haveing a different version of the story.
I don't believe for a minute that the SPR story was entirely improvised.
Same thing with We Need a Bigger Boat.
Blade Runner "tears in rain" is debated to this day. There were so many screenwriters and revisions that the famous monologue draws from like three different writers, and it was rehearsed and tweeked right up to filming. Still it's not some "improvised as the cameras rolled" kind of thing.
The Clockwork Orange "singin' in the rain" thing is endlessly debated with everyone haveing a different version of the story.
I don't believe for a minute that the SPR story was entirely improvised.
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Several of the examples you give are lines that weren't in the script, which means, by definition, that they're unscripted.
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The SAVING PRIVATE RYAN "improv" always bothered me.
1. You cock-block your brother who possibly lost the only piece of tail he was going to get before he, you know, GOT KILLED.
2. That coupling could have produced a Ryan grandchild which is kind of important since your survival is kind of questionable, being in a war zone and all. Your poor mother has already lost her entire brood, and you've essentially ended the line.
3. Why should we care if this little shit survives? It's not like he's interested in keeping the family going.
1. You cock-block your brother who possibly lost the only piece of tail he was going to get before he, you know, GOT KILLED.
2. That coupling could have produced a Ryan grandchild which is kind of important since your survival is kind of questionable, being in a war zone and all. Your poor mother has already lost her entire brood, and you've essentially ended the line.
3. Why should we care if this little shit survives? It's not like he's interested in keeping the family going.