Time for another tournament: favorite movie scenes.

[Rain Man]

I saw two movies today that featured iconic scenes: Big, with the piano dancing scene, and Risky Business, with the underwear dance.

It got me wondering about my favorite movie scenes, and I thought it would be a good tournament topic. So this is the nomination thread. Tell me your favorite movie scenes.

The rules:

1. A scene is generally defined as a segment in a particular place and time, continuous in presentation.

2. A scene should be no more than about three minutes in length.

3. I debated on what adjective to use. Most memorable scene? Best scene? I ended up landing on "favorite scene", because that lets you select based on your own feelings.

4. Probably no porn scenes since they would automatically win.

5. We're talking scenes, not lines. So your nomination needs to be at least one minute long unless you can argue that it's a full standalone scene that's shorter.

I'll likely do this as a brutal one-on-one single elimination tournament since I expect to get a lot of nominations. However, I could change this once I see what we have lined up.

I'll start by nominating the following:

- the piano dancing scene in Big



- the underwear dance in Risky Business (sorry about the ad - starting at 0:32 in this clip)



- the scene staring into the Seurat painting in Ferris Bueller (from 0:53 to the end of this clip, though they cut it off a little too soon)



- the Ferris Bueller parking attendants flying in the Ferrari



- Forrest Gump deciding to stop running (5:08 to 6:37 in this clip)

[notorious]

[KC Tattoo]

This is a standalone scene that is short but is a great scene that sets up an chase scene to chicago that is also great.



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[Bugeater]

This should win in a landslide since it has a Camero in it.

[Infidel Goat]

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[Infidel Goat]

Finally figured out the embedding thing. Thanks to notorious for putting the Shawshank end scene. Here's the other one I mentioned...

[Tribal Warfare]

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

[L.A. Chieffan]

The scene in True Romance between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper. /end

[OnTheWarpath58]

Can't find a copy that allows embedding, but the DeNiro/Pacino restaurant scene in Heat deserves a mention as well.

[KC Tattoo]

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Khaaaaaaan

[pr_capone]

Swing Kids (feat young Christian Bale & Robert Sean Leonard)



Setting the scene:

In the late 1930s - early 1940s, social groups or gangs called "Swing Jugen" or Swing Kids rebeled against the Nazi regime as they watched their freedoms get stripped away. To show their contempt, hatred, and resistance, they used Swing music, American culture and British fashion to rebel against Nazi authority in every way. Many were involved in the underground resistance, forming violent gangs revolting with force against Nazis around Germany and spying for the Allies. Others, unfortunately gave into pressure of the Hitler youth recruiting or were forced against their will to join the HJ, "Hitler Jugen". Youth Hitler law enforcement trained early to become soldiers."

The character played by RSL was in one of those groups with Bale and Bale was lured away into the HJ turning once best friends against one another. The scene previous to this one shows him slowly and methodically dressing to the intro of the song that this scene opens with. RSL goes to the club to blow some steam after the realization he lost his best friend to the Nazis. That same night the Gestapo have a raid planned on the club and it forces RSL and Bale to confront one another.

This whole movie is great.

[KC Tattoo]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Can't find a copy that allows embedding, but the DeNiro/Pacino restaurant scene in Heat deserves a mention as well.

[KC Tattoo]

The second half of this sequence has the scene Venny calling them the two yoots & the judge not understanding what he means.

[CJizzles]

Will Ferrell and Sean Williams-Scott with the tranquilizer gun in Old School.


"Wait.... wait."

Christian Bale banging two hookers in American Psycho while constantly posing for the camera.

[donkhater]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Can't find a copy that allows embedding, but the DeNiro/Pacino restaurant scene in Heat deserves a mention as well.

Boom. /thread. I can't believe it took this long to get mentioned. With some of the gay nominations on this thread I was beginning to wonder if this board was worth my time.

The opening scene to Inglorious Basterds was pretty badass as well. Col Landa is one of the best villains in movie history.

[malachi47000]