Sorry if this has been done before...but not for a while

In Misery, when she wields the hammer to break the legs of James Caan. A moving moment.

Jaws always gets a mention. Roy Scheider and his young child mimicing his body movements when he is depressed and drunk thinking about the possibility of a shark in his waters.

Harry Potter, I think the Philosphers Stone, when he found the memory window and was seeing his dead parents. Very inventive.

Regeneration. When the blocked traumatic memory returns.

Wizard of Oz " I do believe in spooks , I do believe in spooks"

What's Eating Gilbert Grape - a full cinematic moment of the very beautiful Johnny Depp. Words fail me.....

The Searchers, John Wayne and Ethan riding back to the burning ranch.

So many...

The chemistry between Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman during their first scene together in Casablanca.

Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin's seriously erotic sex scene in The Big Easy.

Clint Eastwood and Chief Dan George's banter throughout The Outlaw Josey Wales.

The end of Dirty Dancing when all the staff dance into the picture. Still brings a tear to my eye, that one.

"Keep the line straight, boys." Trevor Howard's final order to his fellow Cockleshell Heroes, as he and they are about to be executed by firing squad.

Buffy Sainte-Marie's theme song wherever it's heard in Soldier Blue.

Ken Watanabe's dying words in The Last Samurai.

Oh, this is one thread I'll keep coming back to as there are so many!

Officer & A Gentlemen when Richard Gere comes in the factory all dressed in his white suit and lifts his girlfriend off her feet!

The Lost Boys - the end where the grandad says the only bad thing about the town is the godd*mn vampires! Classic!

The Crying Game - Do I really need to say what part? :laugh: :ohmy:

Sixth Sense - When you found out that Bruce Willis was a ghost!

And there is more, these are just a few!

The Way We Were - the first moment of attraction "It all came to easily"

Jane Eyre - when Rochester is blinded and she hears him calling "Jane, Jane" (love William Hurt and Charlotte Gainsborough)

Mrs Doubtfire "Matchmaker, Matchmaker make me a match"

The Pledge - love the beginning and end of this film where Jack N believes he has imagined it all

You Can Count on Me - brother and sister saying goodbye

Lost In Translation - the most beautiful geisha wedding in Kyoto. Great shot.

The Bridges of Madison County when Meryl has her hand on the door ready to go, Clint in the truck in front, indicating and waiting....

Sixth Sense too - "I have something to tell you, I see dead people..."

Oooo great thread!

Most of my magic moments are very short...a few are a bit longer but hey....

Ultimate whoooa moment:
Kevin Spacey - Usual Suspects - '....and like that...he's gone..' line delivered with a blow of the hand.... :cool2:

Ultimate phwooooar moment:
Russell Crowe - Gladiator - 'I am Gladiator!' .... & 'I am Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Northern Forces, General of the Phoenix Legions......'

Ultimate eek moment:
Jaws - When the head drops out the bottom of the fishing boat....

Ultimate funny moment:
Jack Nicholson - As Good as it Gets - 'Helen the waitress meet Simon the Fag...'

Ultimate action scene:
Saving Private Ryan - the D' Day landing...

There are so many fave scenes it's hard to pick the best of the best.....in fact I'm second guessing a couple of the above already...oooo! :bag:

Most horrible that I can think of at the moment is in Titaic when the ship is going down and people are trying to jump etc,always makes me cry.

Can't think of any more at the moment, but I'm sure as soon as I sign out...

Ultimate whoooa moment:
Kevin Spacey - Usual Suspects - '....and like that...he's gone..' line delivered with a blow of the hand.... :cool2:



Totally agree with you there Coastie.

Weepy Moments:
Old Yella - when the dog gets shot :cry:

Dances with Wolves - when the wolf and horse get shot.

Best Openings:
American Beauty - Kevin Spacey voice over - 'My name is Lester Burnham......and in a year from now I will be dead. Of course I don't know that yet'.

Saving Private Ryan - D' Day Landings.

Gladiator - scene of battle.

Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Ark - Trek through rein forest to the hidden temple.....tarantulas, spikes, pits, datrs and rolling rocks....marvellous.

It's a Wonderful Life - the Angel coming to Jimmy Stewart as he contemplates suicide.

Fave Musical moments:

Mary Poppins - Chim Chimeny.....

Sound of Music - The Hills Are Alive....

Muppets Christmas Carol - There goes Mr Humbug. There goes Mr Scrooge...opening tune.

An American in Paris - I've got Rythm......

Singing in the Rain - Singing in the Rain....& Make em Laugh...

West Side Story - America...

Grease - You're the one that I want....

New York, New York - New York, New York...opener....

Kevin Spacey has picked some amazing films over the years and so here are just a few of my fave quotes from three of his movies:

The Usual Suspects:
'The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist.'

'And like that...he's gone'.

American Beauty:
'It's a 1973 (?) pontiac firebird. The car I always wanted and now I have. I rule!'

'I just want the job with the least amount of responsibility'.

Se7en:
'Detective...DETECTIVE...I think you're looking for me!'

The Rocky Horror Show when Brad and Janet are waiting for Frankenfurter to arrive.

And the shot of them stood there and Frankenfurter coming down in the lift behind them.

oooooh good thread!


Most dramatic

- The Deerhunter: Christopher Walken and Rob de Niro playing Russian Roulette....most dramtic scene ever!

- Full Metal Jacket - Drill Seargeant meets new rookies for the first time and tears them apart ....also the scene at the end of the movie...shocking

Most emotional

- Shine - when david helfogt makes his comeback at the end of the movie after years of emotional breakdown......i cried buckets!!

- Empire of the Sun - when the british kid is singing the Japenese anthem the japanese kid takes his first flight in a plane and the young japanese kid is shot down

- One flew over the cuckoos nest - the ending


Most romantic

- The Piano - the music, the romance, everything


Just class

- Primal Fear - When Ed Norton reveals all to Richard Gere in the final scene of the movie - pure class!!

- Ameircan Beauty - one of the funniest is when Lester is aherm pleasuring himself in bed and the mrs catches him, so many scenes in this movie, too many to mention!

- agree with everyone, the final scene in Usual Suspects

Does anyone else have fave bits of movies which are just a tiny movement or one word that you look out for when watching a film again?

I ask this as well in the Fugitive (as well as the classic Tommy '...every dog house, out house, hen house...' speech) I love the bit when he's in the hotel laundry at the end and he dodges past one of the laundry bags only to have the bag cord bump his ear.....I don't know what it is about this millisecond of film but I always wait for it and smile! :blink:

Some scenes I could rewatch endlessly are:

As Good As It Gets- The scene where Jack (I am blanking on his character's name in the film) and Helen Hunt (blanking on hers too) are dining together...and he gives her a compliment by saying that he started taking medicine for his OCD, and she looks at him confused and asks why that's a compliment...and he said...because you make me want to be a better man.

Notting Hill- the Whoopsie-Daisies scene when they are trying to climb into the garden.

The Last Samurai- The scene at the end where they charge towards the Japanese Army on their horses.

About A Boy- When they are all eating at the boy and his mother's house for thanksgiving or Christmas or something and are laughing about the fact that the boy killed the duck with a loaf of bread.

Edited to add: Just thought of another:

Never Been Kissed- Drew Barrymore is talking to her brother on the phone after having had a "magic" brownie at a bar and looks down at her empty pie plate and says something to the effect of "Omg, somebody ate all my pie"...that little snippet just gets me laughing every time...the way it is delivered is just perfect...

Oh - obscure reference - the opening scene to Paradise Road where they show the fall of Singapore, all the bombs are landing as the men try and get the women on to ships and they play Elgars Cello Concerto to it.

Best opening scene in a movie...... Trainspotting......

The gorgeous Ewan and the not so gorgeous Spud being chased by the boys in blue down the road to the tune of "Lust for Life!".........class

Some great moments from that movie

Spud on speed doing the HR interview

Spud letting the sheet of sh!t go fying over the gf and her parents - class!!

Best opening scene in a movie...... Trainspotting......

The gorgeous Ewan and the not so gorgeous Spud being chased by the boys in blue down the road to the tune of "Lust for Life!".........class

Some great moments from that movie

Spud on speed doing the HR interview

Spud letting the sheet of sh!t go fying over the gf and her parents - class!!

Great ending to...mirroring the opening!

Love the bit where Ewan shags the woman then promptly removes his condom as he is exiled to the hall way! Talk about keeping it real!

Love the trip to the country...:laugh:

Hate to be boring but:

Lost in Translation, when he gets out of the cab to say goodbye on the street. A kiss, a look, 2 lost souls recognising each other and going on with their respective lives. And the music is fab.

Sad but true, I love The Champ. Used to play it on the tv here almost weekly so I kept seeing the final "wake up champ" scene with Ricky Schroder and Jon Voight. Always gets me going. Also loved when he was giving the Faye Dunaway character "another chance".

Big Lebowski. Dancing on the piano steps. Jeff Bridges character.
Laurel and Hardy "Swiss Miss" trying to get the brandy from the St Bernard dog, throwing feathers in the air.

Thos arent boring...they are indeed cool movie moments