Greatest Scene Ever

[Wilhelm-Scream]

The final swing in spider-man 1 blows everything out of the freakin water. All of that was an entire shot.

I really agree with you there.
That part made me cry tears of joy.

...and I am ****ING manly.

 

[Erzengel]

Vader saving Luke from the Emperor.

 

[Golgo-13]

Batman escapes from Arkham seems to be a fav here...as i should be-it rocked!

Back to the Future the clock tower scene at the end of 1 and 2...!!!

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade when indys being dragged by the tank..

Raiders of the Lost Ark Where the ball is rolling after Indy, when the Ark is first revealled in the Well of the Souls, the part where Indy is being dragged by the truck, and the end, when the Ark is opened.

Total Recall-any scene with Ronny Cox, and, Benny the mutant!

Empire Strikes Back-whenever Vader kills one of his military commanders via the force!

 

[amazingfantasy15]

I know this isn't one scene, but in Serenity from the point that

Spoiler

Wash is impalled

to the blast doors opening to reveal River. Just great stuff, the begining sets up that maybe everybody won't get out alive and things just keep getting worse and worse for the crew, one of the only times I've ever felt scared for the heroes in a movie.

As for real "scenes" (many of my favorite have been listed, but these are the ones haven't yet);
- The torture and FREEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOM! scene in Braveheart
- The San Francisco chase in the Rock
- The 4 and 1/2 minute unbroken shot revealing the cast in Serenity
- Bullseye vs. Elektra in Daredevil, just loved that it was totally ripped straight from the comic pages "And for my next trick...."

 

[LastSunrise1981]

Batman Begins- "Gordon, there's no one left to send in." Then the tumbler roars by with the theme playing and lands in front of Gordon.

Love that scene too.

 

[PuMpKiN EsCoBaR]

Another of my Favorite scenes is in Final Fantasy Advent Children, when cloud is getting launched up to Bahamut. OMG when everyone was boosting him up higher and higher, then Aeris' hand came out and helped him get there was AMAZING!!!

 

[Dark Donnie]

I changed my scene.

The best movie scene ever is the Hopper/Walken showdown in True Romance.

That scene is great!

 

[Nathan]

Another of my Favorite scenes is in Final Fantasy Advent Children, when cloud is getting launched up to Bahamut. OMG when everyone was boosting him up higher and higher, then Aeris' hand came out and helped him get there was AMAZING!!!

Truly amazing.

 

[VOGLER]

* The Imperial battle on Hoth ( The Empire Strikes Back)
* The Aunt May, Peter, little kid cleaning out the house scene
sniff, sniff (Spiderman 2)
* When Deckard vs Roy Batty (Blade Runner)
* When Ripley faces the Alien Queen and when the Space Marines battle the Aliens (Aliens)
* The ending to (Ghostbusters)

 

[Golgo-13]

Johnny Rambo in Rambo .After Rambo was tortured by his captors, they put him on the mic with his command...where it utters the coolest revenge line in cinema history....
......"Murdock...I'm coming to get yyooouuuu!!!!"

 

[Obi-Ron]

Darth Vader throwing the Emporer down the shaft

IMO the best moment of the whole saga.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

B.Y. F.A.R.

but I saw up there the Hoth battle...definitely one of the best. That's why I don't like these ranking threads..."What was the GREATEST scene ever?", like there could be only one.

****, Yoda asking "how you get so big eating these Baby Ruths?" was one of the best scenes ever.

 

[da creole kid]

1. "Miller's Crossing"- Albert Finney in the ultimate badass scene of all-time.
2. "Pulp Fiction"- Ezekiel 25:17
3. "The Manchurian Cadidate"- Senator Iselin's List
4. "2001..."- Jogging "around" The Discovery
5. Goodfellas- Henry Hill introducing the rest of the gang."Anthony Stabile 'Hey how ya doin'" etc.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Last battle in Sword of Doom

The ultimate.

 

[crazy monkey]

The Nightcrawler opening scene in X2. Best action sequence in any superhero movie.

I still vote for the Incredibles, but I see your point on this one. I don't think Kurt was ever even that cool in the comics!

And Crazy Monkey, the best twist ending is 2 killers in Scream.

You poor, poor child of modern cinema. Like the man said,

"Oh no, you will find it is you who are mistaken... About a great...many...things!"

Batman Begins- "Gordon, there's no one left to send in." Then the tumbler roars by with the theme playing and lands in front of Gordon.

Agreed, a great Begins moment. I remember one screening I attended, the crowd was a particularly loud, unruly gaggle of teens decked out in hip-hop attire. I pre-judged them and assumed they'd get bored with the film and eventually ruin the experience. In fact, the first screen full of bats shut them up quickly and they sat quietly enthralled for most of the film.

My point is, when the scene mentioned above played, they all let out an involuntary cheer, some even kind of popping up from their seats with their fists raised in triumph! Now, a theatre full of fanboys I would expect that from, but from that crew...it was then that I was convinced Nolen/Goyer had done it right.

Sorry, I know my little anecdote is off-topic. I just felt compelled to share it!

-- END!

 

[crazy monkey]

Back on topic...

Both Spider-flicks are filled with great moments. I love the upside-down kiss (iconic imagery!), Doc Ock's grisly 'awakening' (gotta love a filmmaker with the balls to do an homage to himself!), Peter's spider powers coming back at the coffee shop (best use of spider sense!), and MJ's "Go get 'em, Tiger." (Now, that made me weep.)

Somebody's got to mention --

"KAAAAAHN!!!"

Creole kid, I havn't seen Miller's Crossing, but can it be more badass than Terrence Stamp in The Limey? He goes to that packing house, and the guys just mercilessly beat the tar out of him, this poor old guy, and drag him outside, leaving him in a heap. But dude, the look in his eye as he pulls himself up! He just turns around, draws his gun, and goes right back in there! You don't see the carnage, you just hear it, and only one of the goons makes it out alive! As he runs in terror from this 'old man,' Terrence belts out,
"Tell your boss I'm coming for him! Tell him, I'm ****ing coming for him!!"

Outstanding. And totally badass.

-- END!

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

ok,...crazy monkey rules it.
........and in only a handful of posts!

 

[da creole kid]

crazy monkey- You have to see "Miller's Crossing". Right now. I mean the Gabriel Byrne scene at the end alone is Top 5 material.

Anyway, for a taste of the Albert Finney scene:
www.geocities.com/~mikemckiernan/mctommygun1.html

I've heard good things about "The Limey". So I'll try to check it out soon. But the scene you described sounds seems the writer/director just simply combined the Albert Finney scene and Bruce Willis in "Pulp Fiction".

 

[Zilleraut #66]

1. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Three way shoot out.
2. Seven Samurai - The duel.
3. Psycho - Shower scene.

 

[Odin's Lapdog]

Another of my Favorite scenes is in Final Fantasy Advent Children, when cloud is getting launched up to Bahamut. OMG when everyone was boosting him up higher and higher, then Aeris' hand came out and helped him get there was AMAZING!!!

I geeked out bigtime during that scene and i haven't even played the games....

 

[Poetic Chaos]

Seeing the swords clash and Sephiroth and Cloud coming face to face did it for me. Just wish they didn't mess with One Winged Angel.

 

[Odin's Lapdog]

This is a great thread, lots of great scenes here


I'll add mine in categories


Musical scenes

Shall we dance- The king and I
A whole new world- Aladdin
Kiss the girl and Under the sea - Lil Mermaid
Beauty and the beast, from beauty of the beast


Emotional scenes

Bruce putting on his mask for the first time in Mask of the phantasm, best batman moment ever, alfred's face says it all and the score behind it brings me to tears, even when i'm writing about it now

Spidey chasing uncle ben's killer and web slinging for the first time. best webswinging scene to date, so elegant yet so ugly and you are just cheering him on to go, like watching your child walk for the first time, truelly blissful.

The last samurai when the chief of the samurai dies and the japanese army men on the oposing side all bow down to him, man i cried like a baby when i saw this scene, truelly powerful moving stuff

arnie dying in terminator 2, until my friends ruined it, that thumbs up scene was one of the most touching parts of cinema and always used to get the tear ducts flowing.

Marielle's intro speech in Advent children with the music going off in the background.


Action

Every dogfight in Top Gun, especially the one against Maveric/goose and Jester, and the last Dogfight

Armour of God, jackie chan vs those three black ladies

Jackie chan's first strike, jackie fighting in the yellow and black jumpsuit and he eventually ends up using a ladder as a weapon, truelly in my eyes his best work to date.

CTHD, lee mu bei owning the girl with a stick while she waves the green destiny, zhang ziyi vs michelle yeoh, watching michelle get frustrated knowing she's actually better than the girl but she wields a better weapon

ock vs spidey on the side of the building in spidey 2, spidey goes nuts and for about 10 seconds, lays down the gospel according to PARKER on octavius while dragging him off a building and kicking his ass on the way down.

gemma vs jubei at the end of ninja scroll.

supes vs the kyptonians in superman 2, pound for pound the best fight scene in a superhero related film.

end swinging scene of spidey one, best visual scene of spidey swinging.

the 'you've got the touch' scene of optimus prime tearing everyone a new one in the transformer's film.

van damme vs dolph lundren in universal soldier, the build up to it is immense and everyone wanted to see it go down, it didn't disappoint.

lobby scene in the matrix, watched that in cinema with surround sound, it's truelly JAWESOME!!!

ALL THE FIGHTS IN ADVENT CHILDREN GO WITHOUT SAYING







more to come

 

[Poetic Chaos]

the 'you've got the touch' scene of optimus prime tearing everyone a new one in the transformer's film.

THAT was truly an amazing scene.

 

[~†~§iX~†~]

I thought of a couple more major contenders:

Joliet Jake getting out of prison and being met by Elwood in The Blues Brothers.

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The opening crane shot from Touch of Evil!......

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

For me, the scene In the Terminator were Kyle and Sarah are hugging and the Terminator rised up out of the fire in the background

Aliens, were the aliens cut the power and get in through roof, Hudson proceeds to open a can.

LOTR:ROTK, The Ride of the Rohirrem into the orc army, need i say more?

All the Batman Begins scene's mentioned so far i totally agree with, especially "There's nobody left to send in."

Blade II, the final fight between Blade and Nomak

Hulk, Hulk vs U.S Army