Josh-da-man

It's sort of voyeuristic. It's a single shot filmed entirely from one angle, and, sice it's sped up, it covers what seems like hours. Makes the viewer feel like they're hiding in a closet watching them screw, or looking at it through a peephole.

HN

Top Gun volleyball

milo bloom

I can't watch videos at work, but the image looks like the scene from Ghostbusters where they're driving through the city and chatting - if so, I've always liked that scene and I agree that it may not cover any plot points but the tone is just perfect for the whole movie.

It's one of those scenes that if it was never there, you might not realize something is missing, but if they cut it out for a "special edition", it would totally mess up the movie.

Crocker Jarmen

I think this scene is a critical part of the plot.

For the first part of the movie, the Ghostbusters are zipping along. Business is good, they're becoming local celebrities, but they don't seem to have considered the significance--if any--of all the paranormal activity.

This is the scene that suggests what's happening isn't normal, something catastrophic is coming, and the Ghostbusters can't just be these funky guys running around zapping ghosts anymore, shit is about to get real, as it does in the very next scene when the EPA guy "opens the seal and behold there was a great earthquake" when he lets all the ghosts out of the storage tank.

robin2099

This classic scene from Samurai Cop immediately pops into head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6gk04xzN3U

Mondo Kane

Gremlins
Dead-SantaDad-in-the-chimney story

Supermallet

That's an important character moment, far from unnecessary. It also mirrors how Billy's dad is going to ruin Christmas with good intentions, just like her dad did for her when she was a kid.

Plus it sets up the brilliant President's Day monologue joke in the sequel.

Maz Kanata

No you did not.

Supermallet

By the way, just because a scene may not be plot relevant does not mean it's serving no purpose.

printerati

You must be looking for the "Scenes that serve no purpose for straight men" thread.

My vote is the final scene/epilogue in the 1962 version of The Manchurian Candidate, which features the needless obituary and Sinatra's terrible "Hell, hell!" delivery. It should have ended on the previous scene, with the expression on Sinatra's face or the shot of the medal.

stvn1974

I did. Only second time I have walked out of a movie. Second time was when the second group of chicks started blabbering about in Death Proof.

In fact you could probably pick a hundred scenes from Tarantino's films, excise them and not change the films they are in.

dvdjunkie32

I could have done without the Carter funeral scene in CA:Civil War. Just felt like the movie went on pause.

Why So Blu?

What do you have against women talking at a table? Did you feel the same when it was a bunch of guys talking about bullshit at the coffee shop in Reservoir Dogs?

Maz Kanata

Nothing personal but although we've all heard endless complaints about that rave scene over the years, I seriously have a hard time believing you actually walked out of The Matrix Reloaded, during what was presumably your first ever viewing of the film, 15 minutes in.

Michael Corvin

I think we have a winner.

Supermallet

That scene cements the issue in Steve's mind to be true to himself and his beliefs. It definitely served a purpose.

It's also the second to last link to Steve's old life breaking, making it more imperative that he rescue Bucky, who is the last remaining link. It heightens the urgency.

Strevlac

The scene in Fargo where Marge has lunch with an old college acquaintance. I always liked the scene but never really understood why it was there.

Mabuse

This one has been dealt with a lot. Ebert wrote about it on more than one occasion. Check out his Great Movies essay on Fargo.

TheMovieman

And all of that will make no sense once

Supermallet

That's a pivotal scene in the film.

So far I think only the rave scene in Matrix Revolutions and every scene in The Room have been correctly identified as serving no good purpose.

Sean O'Hara

Every scene in Raiders after Indy gets the head piece to the Staff of Ra. If he'd gone back to the states at that point, the Nazis would've been digging in the desert until 1945, and even if they did find the Ark, it wouldn't do any good because God hates Nazis.

Mabuse

This is the so called "Big Bang Theory" of Raiders, and it's been thoroughly debunked.

Giantrobo

Can we rename this thread "Supermallet knows best" or "Why Supermallet thinks you're wrong"?

Nick Danger

What about my nomination, Aragorn Falls Off a Cliff?

As for Tom Cruise playing volleyball in Top Gun, that has a purpose. It's the same purpose as Selma Hayek pouring tequila down her leg in From Dusk Til Dawn. One of the reasons we go to the movies is to gaze at sexy people.

GuessWho

X-Men 1-3 served no purpose since Days of Future Past made it so they never happened.