I don't know if we have ever had a thread on this but what scenes from what movie are you favourites? (videos if you can find them).

Mine are -

Gladiator: The first fight in the Coliseum and the opening scene of the movie in Germania (i think)

Final Fantasy - Advent Children - The final fight scene between Cloud and Sephiroth and the fight scene in the Forgotten City.

Bourne Ultimatium - The scene in Waterloo station.

Most of the Simpsons movie.

Harry Potter & GoF - Cedrics Death

I am sure there is more, I will add some later.

A classic from The Treasure of Sierra Madre - Stinking Badges

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROIIQkLWdVw

As Gunny said, one could go on listing these forever. Let's see how many I'll list before I stop.

SPOILER ALERT!!!!

Seven Samurai (this has to be my fave). After Shichiroji's death at the hands of the Bandits, Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune) runs across the village climbs to the highest rooftop and unfurls the banner that Shichiroji made earlier in the film. As the newly hoisted banner flutters in the harsh breeze, Kikuchiyo, still up on the rooftop, spots the bandits approaching to begin their seige on the village. The absolute delight with which Mifune bellows "ohhh... They're hear!" is unexpected and sublime; the almost sheer bliss of an angry warrior about to visit mighty vengence upon his enemy is simply awesome. Mifune's Kikuchiyo remains my favourite film character.

Miller's Crossing Albert Finney defends his home to the tune Oh Danny Boy. The Coen Brothers at there best.

Lawrence of Arabia Omar Shariff fantasterrific, slow moving, mirage-like initial appearance is still the greatest entrance in cinema history.

Network Peter Finch's Howard Beal loses it on national TV. "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore". F-ing A Howie, F-ing A

Saving Private Ryan The Normandy invasion sequence is like a swift kick in the nads. Upon initial viewing I felt like I'd been assaulted, I was speechless, nauseated and probably a little teary.

Le Samurai Opening credit sequence. Melville quickly establishes that we're no longer tied to the constraints of reality; we are entering his world and he leaves no question as to who is calling the shots.

Kill Bill The Bride's showdown with the Crazy 88's, Go-go and O-Ren Ishi. Not my favourite Tarantino flick, but I love this whole sequence. It's effect upon first viewing was pretty damn impressive.

"Those of you lucky enough to have your lives, take them with you. However, leave the limbs you've lost. They belong to me now.

EXCEPT YOU, SOFIE! You stay right where you are!" - The Bride

Great stuff!

These scenes are so well known I'll just say the line of dialogue associated with them

"We're gonna need a bigger boat"

"Put the candle back!"

"I could have been a contender, instead of a bum, which is what I am"

"Okay what am I doing? Hey, I'm chasing this guy! No, he's chasing me"

Sport: Catch you later, copper.
Travis: I'm no cop, man. I'm hip.
Sport: Funny, you don't look hip.




I could post these things all night...

The Frankenstein Monster: I love dead. Hate living.
Dr. Pretorius: You're wise in your generation.

Bounty hunter : You're wanted, Wales.
Josey Wales: Reckon I'm right popular. You a bounty hunter?
Bounty hunter: A man's got to do something for a living these days.
Josey Wales: Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esl2NNOtHQE

Bounty hunter : You're wanted, Wales.
Josey Wales: Reckon I'm right popular. You a bounty hunter?
Bounty hunter: A man's got to do something for a living these days.
Josey Wales: Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy.

:ha: I like that

One of the last scenes in Kingdom of Heaven where Balian of Ibelin (Orlando Bloom) surrenders to Saladin (Ghassan Massoud).

Balian of Ibelin: What is Jerusalem worth?
Saladin: Nothing.... Everything.

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Seven Samurai (this has to be my fave).

Doubt you'll get much feedback about Kurasowa in these forums.. Great stuff no doubt. I prefer the Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns including but not limited to A Fistfull of Dollars which was as your probably know a remake of Kurasowa's Yojimbo.



http://members.tripod.com/~Carter_Phillips/tuco_noose.jpg
I'd have to say my favorite all-time scene is the "Ecstasy of Gold" ending to The Good. The Bad and the Ugly when Tuco enters the graveyard looking for the grave of Bill Carson ending with his neck in a noose and Clint Eastwood appearing to ride off into the sunset, but instead... well, you know what happens. And if you don't, go watch the damn movie!!!
Every frame of that movie is a work of art and that's not even starting about Morricone's score.. Greatest scene, greatest movie, greatest score.... Nothing has even come close since..

Rocky IV - When Drago first got cut. Dunno I just like that part.

"Arthur": opening scenes of picking up and dating a streetwalker. LMAO every single time!

He Got Game - The scene where Denzel plays his son (Ray Allen) in a game of 1vs1.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LLfUtMrbbr0

Meet Joe Black - The Goodbye ending
http://youtube.com/watch?v=O2zxJWgHg5I

Crash - "A really good cloak
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vlhOohioo9c

Primal Fear - Confontation
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UQHOO4g9miY

The Pianist - Szpillman plays for the Officer
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d8-O8bNtXUo

Then there are a few more. Certain scenes from The Illusionist, and a couple others.

Doubt you'll get much feedback about Kurasowa in these forums.. Great stuff no doubt. I prefer the Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns including but not limited to A Fistfull of Dollars which was as your probably know a remake of Kurasowa's Yojimbo

I'm used to getting no reaction to many of my post such as these, whether it's music or movies, my tastes don't seem to jibe with what's popular here. It's not as though Kurasowa is obscure or inaccessible. He was widely panned in his native Japan because his films were too western in style. It's funny how Kurasawa who was influenced greatly by the legendary westerns of John Ford and John Huston would in turn influence a new generation of filmmakers enough to translate his Samurai epics into Westerns. I love Leone's stuff, but have to say AK's originals are still my preference by a wide margin. My fave Leone flicks are his originals "Good, Bad and The Ugly", "Once Upon a Time In America" and "Once Upon a Time in The West".

I think too many movie watchers unfamiliar with Kurasowa's work avoid it because of it's lofty status amongst hi-brow cineastes (fearing it's boring artsy tripe). The reality is that AK's films are entertaining, accessible and unless you're completely put-off by subtitles should be seen at all costs.

"Okay what am I doing? Hey, I'm chasing this guy! No, he's chasing me"

I thought that line was hilarious.

A couple of my favourites.

"Hey, Dad. You want to have a catch?"....."I'd like that"

"Sweep the leg!"

Classics:

Silence of the Lambs: The Fava Beans
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iVlkZVAw8Gc

Princess Bride: Battle of the Wits
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TUee1WvtQZU

Braveheart: Freedom
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1iLO6z6vXGM

Independance Day: whitmore speech
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xBR4g_H7JD4

Robin Hood: Men in Tights
http://youtube.com/watch?v=X9DpC6x75s8

Personal Favorites:

Boondock Saints (all of it really) but the rope scene:
*WARNING FOUL LANGUAGE*
http://youtube.com/watch?v=s5W46NPGkhE&mode=related&search=

The Fifth Element: Diva Dance
http://youtube.com/watch?v=n0qy3JHz6X0

See no Evil Hear no Evil: fight scene
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9FHF2TWFNAw

Starsky and Hutch: DO IT
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lmUZGdi7Ty4&mode=related&search=

Death To Smoochy: the cookie
*WARNING FOUL LANGUAGE*
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WvMefyDa7Yg

Boondock Saints (all of it really) but the rope scene:
*WARNING FOUL LANGUAGE*
http://youtube.com/watch?v=s5W46NPGkhE&mode=related&search=


Can't help but agree on that.

Also pretty much anything from The Usual Suspects.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FLcWMGCLHa0