Favourite Scene

Following from the Favourite Quotes thread, I thought why not have a favourite scene thread.

Amongst many great scenes, I think my favourite has to be in Terminator II when John Connor and reprogrammed Terminator are rescuing Sarah Connor form the hospital, while being chased be the T-1000.

The actual part that I think is really well scripted is when the T-1000 moves through the steel bar security door, but as he has just about to completely go through, his gun gets caught and he has to twist it before it will come through.

I just think that these few seconds, has been thought out so well, the attention to detail yes he can go through, but the gun, which is a solid object gets caught.

 

At the end of Lawrence of Arabia, when King Faisal, General Allenby & Dryden are sitting down at the table together. Faisal says "tell me Dryden, what do you think of it all"? With a priceless expression, Dryden remarks "well, on the whole Sir, I wish I'd stayed in Tunbridge Wells".

Classic scene & deeply funny.

DT

Also - the Swordfish human claymore - WOW!

Bullet-time at it's best.

I think we should ban all references to Tarantino films BTW, otherwise this could get very boring!

Moses parting the red sea in Ten Commandments anyone?

Could do this all day

 

When Ron Burgundy gets home from the party and talks to his dog (from the film Anchorman). Hiralious.

 

OK, so it's cornball, but the bit where Titanic comes back up in "Raise the Titanic" - not exactly accurate, but looks good

Also, I have a fond penchant for the scene in "Henry - diary of a serial killer" where the stupid fat second hand guy gets to see himself on TV is pretty cool...

 

When Dekkard says to Tyrelly, "Memories...you're talking about memories"; the film takes on a whole new signifiance, i.e. its not just a detective story, but one which questions your own existence. Also the roodtop scene at the end with Batty is good too. Its Blade Runner, of course

 

I never "got" "Bladerunner" - saw the first 30 minutes on TV and gave up. Do you reckon I should make a real effort to try to get into it?

Mind you, I didn't think "Apocolypse now" was all that either - too long and dull - just didn't seem to go anywhere. Maybe I was in the wrong mood?

 

Yes you do need to watch Bladerunner, make sure its the directors cut as the original version with the voiceover from Harrison Ford is awful.

Bladerunner is one of those films you have to sit down and watch quiety and either on your own or with someone else in the same mood to appreciate a work of art. Stick it on on a quiet night and enjoy. Its a bit strange in some ways, it can seem wooden but once you get into its very atmospheric.

Apocalypse Now is essential aswell. Its a ledgendary film for good reason imo.

Talking of Vietnam films, the hardest film I found to get into was The Deer Hunter. Took a couple of watches to get beyond the wedding day scene that seems to last for ever but its a beautiful film.