Posted on 03/31/2019 7:23:14 AM PDT by Leaning Right
What makes a great movie? *snip* We all know that it takes the combination of a good script, good acting, and good directing to make a film worth watching. But the one thing that makes a good film great is those movie moments that stir our emotions and go on to last for as long as our minds will allow us to remember.
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Slim Pickens riding bronco on a warhead.
Sol’s euthanasia backdropped by Beethoven’s 5’th.
Actually my favourite moment in “The Natural” was the first home run Hobbs hits as a New York Knight (when he knocks the cover off the ball as per the legendary Wilford Brimley’s instructions).
Campfire scene in Blazing Saddles.
Yes! That’s another good scene!
The Casablanca French anthemn sence certainly tops all of these listed here.
ABSOLUTELY agree !!
(I haven't seen any of the ones on that top ten list, or if I have I don't remember them.)
ML/NJ
I think the Dead Cat question from the Terminator is a classic, especially selecting the responses:
yes
No
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-o-4txOiVE
“Do you like gladiator movies?”
1946. The Best Years of our Lives.
Dana Andrews climbs into the about to be scrapped bomber and relives his war time over Europe.
Hunt for Red October.. “this business will get out of control, it will get out of control and we will be lucky to live through it.
Hinter Killer. “Let’s devise a radical plan, you look in one pub and i will look in the other”.
How about "The Bourne Supremacy" when Jason says: "She's standing right next to you."
2001: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."
I know it's juvenile but the Reggie scene from "Bad Boys II" makes me wish I had a daughter just to mess with her dates like that.
SSgt Nantz in "Battle Los Angeles" his speech that ends with "...and you remind me of him."
Dr. Strangelove - "Hey, what about Major Kong?"
Evolution - "Yeah, I seen that movie. The black dude dies first."
Clue - "Let us in, let us in! ... Let us out, let us out!"
Galaxy Quest - "Oh, that's not right!" or earlier "That was a hell of a thing..."
Jaws and Animal House. How could you go wrong?
“Welcome to the party, pal.”
Heck, you could make a whole list JUST from the original Godfather movie.
I will have the standout scene being the restaurant scene, as a first time viewer won’t really know how it is going to turn out. (contrast with any superhero or James Bond movie).
For other movies, in “All About Eve”, the scene in the hotel room where George Sanders’ Addison demolishes Eve’s edifice in 90 second of dialogue is exceptional.
Also, in “The Third Man”, when Holly is in the surreal, nearly abandoned streets in post-war late night Vienna, and hers a woman yelling in German, and a cat getting away. The light turns on, revealing “The Third Man” hiding in a doorway in the alley.
The poker game in “The Sting” is very well acted.
A funny story about the Marseillaise scene in Casablanca.
They originally wanted Strasser and his men to be singing the Nazi Horst Wessel anthem - but it was protected under an international copyright arrangement.
So the producers substituted the early 19th Century Die Wacht am Rhein instead.
By the time Casablanca premiered, the 8th Air Force was pounding the Reich copyright office to dust.
Timing is everything.
The Deliverance squeal like a hog scene.
“Forget it, Jake ... it’s Chinatown.”
Alec Guinness detonating the bridge on the River Kwai, the car wash scene from Cool Hand Luke.
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