BEST movie scene EVER

The Abyss is a solid movie, but the suspense and creative awesomenes in this scene is unmatched IMHO.

No muscle bound shirtless *****ebags or fiery explosions, this is how AWESOME is done with style. It is a little long, but the scene involves several independant occurances of increasingly dire situations.

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I'm gonna have to watch this again!

Opening sequence in Casino Royale for action.


For dialog, Alec Baldwin's "God Complex" speech in Malice or his "Coffee is for Closers" rant in Glengary Glenross.

Opening scene from "Way of the Gun"

If you've ever been in love, the first 12 minutes of Up!

The ORIGINAL "Thomas Crown Affair" movie with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway...the chess-playing scene, when the camera goes COMPLETELY around the two of them numerous times.

And...

The eating scene in "Tom Jones." WOW!

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Frida: removing the body cast.

glenn514 said:

The ORIGINAL "Thomas Crown Affair" movie with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway...the chess-playing scene, when the camera goes COMPLETELY around the two of them numerous times.

And...

The eating scene in "Tom Jones." WOW!

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Long shots without cuts are amazing. The final scene in Big Night (great movie) is one long scene without a single cut, lots of things happening, just amazing.

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This is my all time favorite, all dialog...love it.

The showdown from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Broke my heart in two!!

I couldn't find a video, but the opening scene of Silverado with Scott Glen.

The Baldwin clips are great!

passedpawn said:

Long shots without cuts are amazing. The final scene in Big Night (great movie) is one long scene without a single cut, lots of things happening, just amazing.

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Check out Children of Men, lots of really amazing camera work. Highly under rated movie IMHO.

supe_kitchen said:

Check out Children of Men, lots of really amazing camera work. Highly under rated movie IMHO.

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Saw it. I liked it a lot. Cool concept.

Awesome! A list of must see movies is compiling itself.

Kill Bill is full of win.

PP beat me to it!

Going to have to see glengarry glen ross after that clip...very cool.

I'll be honest, I haven't seen the movie! Just that clip - I've been told that the rest of the movie is not as good as that clip.

jholen said:

I'll be honest, I haven't seen the movie! Just that clip - I've been told that the rest of the movie is not as good as that clip.

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1: movie is good. It's a play adapted to the screen, so it's mostly dialog in a single setting.

2: the clip was posted in post #3 above.

So many good movies. Abyss is an excellent suspense flick and the effects were, IMHO, excellent. Not over the top, not cheesy but helped to tell the story perfectly.

passedpawn said:

1: movie is good. It's a play adapted to the screen, so it's mostly dialog in a single setting.

2: the clip was posted in post #3 above.

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doh!

The inline youtube linkage wasn't working when I originally posted!

Good taste though!

Hitchcock fans will remember the rushmore scene (or airplane scene!) in North by Northwest and the bell tower scene from Vertigo. Two great ones there. Master of Suspense indeed.

The scene in Jaws where Quint tells Brody and Hooper about the U.S.S. Indianapolis.

OpenContainer said:

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Broke my heart in two!!

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Broke more than your heart.

I wouldn't say it's the best scene, but it's definitely a memorable one for me.

Knock around guys. 500 fights.

Bookstore Scene in Top Secret!

Hard to beat!

"That creep can roll man"

Another Classic.

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This is my all time favorite, all dialog...love it.

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yeah, there was some heavy hitters in that scene. lots of tension!

How about every scene Rodney dangerfield was in on Caddyshack? With so many funny people in that movie nobody owned more than dangerfield, and I can't imagine any movie is quoted more. His first scene where he goes through the pro shop is pitch perfect.

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How about every scene Rodney dangerfield was in on Caddyshack? With so many funny people in that movie nobody owned more than dangerfield, and I can't imagine any movie is quoted more. His first scene where he goes through the pro shop is pitch perfect.

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Absolutely! but......GREAT scenes are rare, but not that rare.

Guess I was pointing out my ABSOLUTE pinnacle scene........but.......since we done went there......

Just about ALL of ALIENS rocked my world. Too many scenes to mention.

Pretty sure they pioneered and perfected the "helmet" cam in that movie, to show multiple perspectives, especially in a scary darkenvironment.

Now when a movie has everyone with a camera on their hat my mind cries foul.

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Adrenaline needle to the heart. Pulp Fiction.

"Trippy..."

Homercidal said:

Bookstore Scene in Top Secret!

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YES!!!

And

(1) The famous Ashe/chestburster scene in Alien

(2) Frederick meets Igor in Young Frankenstein

(3) The opening storming Normandy scene in Private Ryan

(4) The first time you see the T-1000 melt into liquid in Terminator 2

(5) Luke goes berserk and kicks Darth Vader's ass at the end of Jedi.

Oh, and take your pick from Fight Club. Too many to choose from.

Anything from Captain Stabbin's Anal Adventures.

The breakfast scene from Pulp Fiction.

Great thread, Cheesy - thanks for starting!
I haven't seen The Abyss since it came out - I'm going to have to watch that one again!

The Darjeeling Limited is full of awesome cinematography

Also any scene with Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds.