**WARNING**

**THIS THREAD WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS**

Have you ever been watching a film and then found the hairs on the back of your neck standing to attention? Ever been moved to tears by a profound performance?

This is a chance to share with everyone here (as well as all those crafty spambots) the scenes from films that have really stood out.

The last time I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up is during the opening sequence of Casino Royale. The bit where the blacked out figure is walking towards the screen, then it changes to Daniel Craig, then blacks out again, all the while Chris Cornell is screaming "YOU KNOW MY NAME"... I saw that as the best F*** You to all those craignotbond.com gits who had nothing better to do with their time than to slag off a performance that hadn't even happened yet. Brilliant, just brilliant.

Obviously, there have been plenty of others (I could write an essay on Fight Club alone), but I just got reminded of that today when listening to said song.

So, what is it for you?

Did you cry when E.T. died? Did you punch the air with glee during Ocean's 11? Come, pick your stand out moments in cinema.

We you can't really go past "No Luke. I am your Father"

some other

HAL sings Daisy - 2001: A Space Odyssey
Chest Burster - Alien
Three Guys on a Boat - Jaws
Shower - Psycho
Birds at the school - The Birds
Neo has powers - The Matrix
D-Day - Saving Private Ryan

there are more but yeah

Agreed with D-Day, Saving Private Ryan.
Mars Attacks, when the Martian spy-gal is killed an the Martians go all-out on destroying earth.
End of Evangelion, at the end, where "Kom Susser Tod"(a song) kicks in, and the world starts ending.
War of the Worlds, where the machine first rises from the ground and proceeds to destroy everything around it.

I'm starting to see a pattern here, but they're not all like this.

The final few scenes of "Click", where Adam Sandler's life is just skipping before his eyes.
The end of Angelas Ashes, where Frank is preparing to leave for America.


And some unexpected ones:

Ash introducing the medieval "primitive screwheads" to his boomstick in "Army of Darkness".
The final scene of Bubba Ho-tep, where all three main characters (Elvis, JFK and the Evil Cowboy Mummy) die and become constellations.

And finally,
The last episode of Father Ted, where Ted is preparing to leave Craggy Island and they have that montage.

There are hundreds, maybe even thousands of such moments in Scrag's memory.

A couple to begin with, but I'll more than likely be back with more.

Glory, a couple from this movie.

First off, the lashing scene, Denzel Washington's character Private Trip is punished for leaving camp to find some boots that fit. He's caught and whipped for desertion, as the guy goes to rip off Trip's shirt he shrugs him off and removes the shirt himself to reveal his scarred back from years of being whipped as a slave and stands and takes the whipping staring Col. Shaw (Matthew Brodrick) in the eye, a single tear rolling down his cheeks as the lashes rain down.

& the final suicidal charge on Fort Wagner to James Horner's magnificent score in the final scene.


More soon.

for me...the most intense scene i've ever seen in film is the "bullet proof cloak" scene in crash...when the little girl goes out to protect her dad...

others would be

when guido walks around the corner and you hear gunfire and german soldier comes out but not guido...life is beautiful

the scene in dead mans shoes when you realise why he is taking revenge on the drug dealers in his town.

bang rajan after the last battle.

the magician...the opening scene before you realise its a film and not a documentary.

city of god...the hand or the foot.






even Rocky had a montage...A MONTAGE

A few here., coudn't motivate myself to re-type them.

The 13th Warrior, Buliwyf's Valhalla prayer before the final battle.

Loads and loads more.

Not so much a scene, but the first half of Full Metal Jacket . A great film, don't get me wrong, but the ferocity of the opening act and its realism blew me away. The actual war segment was good, but nowhere near the same standard.
The scene in Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet where Mercutio is killed also stood out.

Just watched Little Miss Sunshine again. When Olive dances at the pageant, her dad stops being such a detached motivational speaker, starts being a dad, and dances with her, that's the moment. Then when the rest of the family gets up there to dance too is icing on the cake.

The climax of stranger than fiction when:


The untouchables: The opera/hit scene and the interrogation at the border scene

unleashed: pretty much the entire final fight scene, but particularly the bit with the man in the white robes.

House of flying daggers: the brutal fist fight in the snow

Dead on arrival:
the opening scene, when the man walks into the police station to report a murder, and when they ask who was murdered he says "I was"

Seven samurai: Kikuchyo's speech condemning the villagers and then turning it around to condemn the samurai.

LOTR TTT: The scene when smeagol has his little heart broken and goes crawling back to gollum.

Batman begins: The first time he takes on the enemies, where we see the attack from their point of view. And all the other scenes that kicked ass.

The Wild Geese "kill me, for Gods sake kill me"

you know the scene.

I totally agree.

Almost forgot

braveheart: "FREEEEEEDDDDOOOOOOOM!

seven samurai: when baldy (I don't remember his name) describes the job (no pay, little honor) and his friend, without the slightest hint of hesitation says "yes"

Monty python and the holy grail: Tim, the bunny and the holy hand grenade. The french. The witch trial. Sir robin. The bridge of death. intermission. Bring out your dead. The opening credits. The black knight. Sir not appearing in this film. swallows and coconuts. I'm being oppressed.

This is a TV show and is generally a TV show I am very tired of (I now only like Season 6). The series finale of Buffy The Vampire Slayer aired today. When Willow harnessed the power of the scythe to unleash all the Potential Slayers all over the world, I tingled and got a little teary. Especially when the daughter was finally able to stop her abusive father from beating her.

near the end of The Two Towers when Gandalf returns with Eomer and all the riders are charging down the hill on horseback with the song "Forth Eorlingas" playing.... its so powerful and the music is what does it.

also in independence day, the presidents speech before the organized counteroffensive always gave me the tingles

The final fight with ganon and the story bits that followed in Zelda: ocarina of time.

Bruce Lee Vs Chuck Norris in Way Of The Dragon. On the day of filming that scene there were Earthquakes reported on every continent.

True story.

Ok.

I made it up.

But still, dream fight scene though, still gets me to this day.

The opening scene in X2 with nightcrawler attacking the white house. I love that blue bastard. Now if only the story had been as well done.

Yeah just like Makeitstop I'd definitely say Braveheart Freedom scene and X2 opening scene. I'd add : Million Dollar Baby which made me go from hapiness to anger and then sadness ,really touching. I've got a little something for Scream (I mean not the saga but the first one) the opening scene "I like to know who I am watching !" and Goldeneye the whole first scene in the russian base ! I had to put my jaw back in place after it ! Simply a master piece !

2 I can't believe I forgot:

The rainy scene in last samurai when Tom Cruise picks up the bokken and Ujio proceeds to kick his ass over and over again. Great on so many levels.

Theoden's speech before the big battle in the two towers. Brilliant.

I love his speeches...

which is why in the best character thread I gave him the best speeches award. Every word out of his mouth has the power to steal the scene and send shivers down your spine

Indeed, every time I see a bunch of people getting all nasty and vicious when politics comes up, I always think of that line "What can men do against such reckless hate?"

*looks around to see if texasgal is nearby*

Maybe I shouldn't have brought that up. I'm gonna go hide now.

"flee! flee! flee for your lives!!!!" oh ait that was denathor.... nevermind

The new Casino Royale - James Bond when hes chasing in the car and shes in the middle of the road - the reactions, the swerve, the rolls WOW!!

Blood Diamond where dad has finally found his son and touches him on the shoulder.

Flushed Away and he hits EVERY drain pipe on the way down

The bullet proof cape in Crash OMG!!

Chasing Watts down the road in Some Kinda Wonderful.

Rocky in the shower!!! Will Smith in I-Robot in the shower........now thats tingles

Right, I'll just be off here vomiting then.

children of men...when the girl is walking out of the building with the baby and everyone stops fighting

when leo dicaprio gets his brains blown all over the lift in the departed...wow...brilliant...i could watch that over and over again

I don't normally watch animals in peril movies, but I was at my neighbors' yesterday when she was watching Eight Below. Thankfully it was at the end after all the bad stuff happened to the dogs.

Tingles when the crew finds the dogs.
More tingles when the one dog leads them back to the other injured dog and she's not dead!

Did you make your excuses to nip upstairs and fetch a tissue or sniff quietly in your seat blaming hayfever?


Equalibrium is a good fave of mine - when hes on the lie detector and he suddenly turns off his emotions.

Nope. I just sat there and cried.

Punch drunk love - The scene where he finally snaps and beats the $#!t out of thugs who are harassing him. So satisfying.

New one, well two, from the same movie.

Rise of the Sandman & the birth of Venom - Spiderman 3.

The montage at the end of The Story of Us made it seem like a better movie than it was. How cheap!!

The part in Teaching Mrs. Tingles where she pretends she's Linda Blair from The Exorcist.

The Day After Tomorrow when everything freezes in the eye of the storm.
Thought the whole film pretty dissappointing - but love that scene.

Mr and Mrs Smith when they are fighting and hes kicking her on the sofa and she gives a quick swift one back

Shower scene - Psycho..... ek..ek...ek...ek...*blood flowing down the drain....

when Hanibal Lector Bites the security guards nose off : Scilence of the Lambs

Rhett Butler tells Scarlett before he finally leaves her "Frankly my dear i dont give a damn." Gone with the Wind. {well this scene did'nt exactly give me the Tingles, but it was a pleasent surprise.

Herbie: Can I help you mate?
Richard: Sorry?
Herbie: What the f**k ya lookin at?
Richard: YOU, ya cunt!!

Dead Mans Shoes



Make us an omelette - Welcome To Sarajevo

i thought the scene that stole that film was when he was sitting with his brother in the old tyres speaking about when anthony used to play football and all his friends used to want to hold richards hand

the look of regret in Richard's face is some of the best acting i've ever seen