What your film cool moment/scenes you like about?

[skurvy]

I read and then saw too. It was the first time I saw a film adaption of a book I loved that changed some pretty big plot points without pissing me off and still keep true to the spirit of the story. It is actually a great example of how to adapt a book for film. Saying that I still haven't watched The Black Dahlia - should I?

[Funt Solo]

I'm avoiding the movie of The Black Dahlia because I read reviews which said, essentially, "everything that was right about the adaptation of LA Confidential, they got wrong with The Black Dahlia".

I'm filing it in the same "never watch" drawer as the remakes of Psycho and The Wicker Man.

[skurvy]

You're probably right. I have a few films in that remake drawer myself - King Kong, Assault on Precinct 13, Get Carter, Blues Brothers 2000...

Speaking of which, a classic scene for me when the good old boys crash their tour bus whilst chasing Jake and Elwood "Don't you say a fucking word"

[Trout]

Ooooh... millions, as Rac says.

Off the top of my head:


Trainspotting: "Can you shee the beasht?"

The Mystery Men tryouts scene.

The last scene in Angels With Dirty Faces.

In Pierrepoint, the last execution we see Pierrepoint do. I won't mention it for fear of spoilers!

The Shaun of the Dead scene where they chuck the records. Pretty much the whole of Shaun of the Dead, really.

The bit in the South Park film where the kids are coming out of the cinema.
"You shit-faced cockmaster!"

- Trout

[ThryllSeekyr]

With regards to that scene from 'The Crow' movie. The outline of large bird, wings outstretched on the pavement being lit up.

I guess it's effective the first couple of times you see this.

Which was on my mind when saw a similer scene from 'DareDevil'. Though, this time it's The Intials D and D in capitals linked together, burning.

I just thought that didn't really prove anything, in the context of how it was shown. ( The existence of this blind acrobatic superhero.)
Except that anybody with lighter fluid, a match and flair for caligraghy could do this.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a4n19pTc3M" target="_blank">The scene in question is right at the start ...

[Roger Godpleton]

The reveal in Oldboy left me shocked for a couple of days after I saw it.

My favourite LOTR scene is Sam and Frodo climbing up Mount Doom, due to the simple emotional impact.

An important childhood memory was Charlotte snuffing it in Charlotte's Web. I felt ill as Wilbur realised she wasn't there.

[Peter Wolf]

 
My ultimate cool film moment of all time ever is  Casino by Martin Scorcese.Thats my fave film of all time ever.

  There are too many scenes to choose from as i like all of it.

 Another One of mine is at the end of Predator 2.

 Its at the moment when Danny Glover is feigning injury

after fighting the Predator in its ship.

 Danny Glover pulls out the throwing disc thing that was concealed and then slices through the stomach of it then followed by 3 or 4 more of the same just to make sure he stays down.

 Then followed by "Whos next? " when the other predators appear.


 And not forgetting most of what i have seen in the trailers for AvP Requiem.

[Dudley]

The moment in Bringing up Baby when you realise that... that couldn't have been Baby!

[Radbacker]

the reveal in OldBoy is genius, I really had no idea where the film was heading till that one bit of info clicks into place the daughter lived

CU Radbacker

[Ignatzmonster]

Peter Jackson's Brain Dead:

"The rats got of the slave ships and raped all the little tree monkeys!"

[Steven Sterlacchini]

posted by goaty on 15 Oct 07 at 09:45
...and from the Iron Giant
The Giant flying up towards the missile and oblivion, closing his eyes and saying "Suuupppeerrrmannn"
(Sorry, something in my eye there - sniff.)

Ha ha ha! My wife laughs at me everytime I watch that, it really is a beautiful moment. Very Charlie from Ro-Busters.

My favourite would be Roy Batty's end speech in Blade Runner, it completely turns the film on its head. From villain to victim in one scene. Brilliant.

[Goaty]

the final scene at the Iron Giant make me crying every time!

and one scene in The Thing, is when the Norris's head fell off, and grews the legs, and tries to walk away... as one man says "You gotta be fucking kidding."

[Goaty]

And one scene in "Angel" (remember it???) of when a boy jump through the timehole and destroy the monster then says "Hello Daddy". that was classic scene..

and love the best scene in Buffy, is when Spike get soul back!!!!!!

[Steven Sterlacchini]

Whoops.

that was posted by 'mcwild', bit difficult to tell with this system, but glad you agree goaty.

[Tanky]

I have many too...

More classic Jackson...

"I'm a Derek. And Dereks don't run" - Bad Taste. See also the sublime sheep + rocket launcher sequence.

Zen wisdom of Gandalf...
"I wish the ring had never come to me"
"So do all who live to see such times but that is not for us to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

Also,

The last scene of Fight Club. Where is my Mind remains one of my all time favourite bits of music.

The intro sequence in Advent Children

Pulp Fiction's dance contest

The spaceship sequence in Life of Brian

The forest fight in Crouching Tiger