My Favorite Scene

[GregMcduck]

a fun and exciting new game, stolen from the same guy I stole the List of Crap concept from!

My job
- each day (or so) I will choose one movie from my DVD collection and write a small bit about my favorite scene from said movie, including screencap(s) and film information.
- To keep some kind of theme, I'll go alphabetically, but so I don't have to spend a month on A I will do A one day, B the next day, C the next, until I've gone all the way through the alphabet. Then, back to A.


Your job
- read/enjoy (hopefully)
- please (and I mean please) write about YOUR favorite scene from the movie I've written about. You can either share your feelings or expound about the scene I've chosen, or choose an entirely new one. All I ask is that you try to express how you feel about it, and not just go "my favorite scene from the number 23 is when he gets all freaked out by the 23" and end it like that. None of that "i saw dodgball it was okay." Just write a little bit. It'll be a nice project.


What you must not do
- write about what you DID NOT LIKE. DO NOT WRITE ABOUT WHAT YOU HATE/DONT LIKE. This is a thread for positivity. If you dislike the movie I've chosen a scene from, please refrain from posting until a new movie has been chosen.
- Natural progression of thought is fine, of course, so don't be afraid to speak openly and honestly, but if you don't have something positive to say don't say anything at all.
- try to stay on topic


The first film, selected from the A portion of my DVD collection, will be posted momentarily. Thanks to enjoy!

[GregMcduck]

A



A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Dir: Steven Spielberg

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212720/

Ok, so I agree with every human being who has this film: It should have ended with the Blue Fairy. I do not, however, hate the ending we're giving. In fact, I think it's a misunderstood ending. Most people say it's too happy, but it's a fake happiness. Monica is not real, and David is just playing around with lost hopes and dreams, just as he was while staring at the Blue Fairy. David lives a day with a lie, and then dies, unfufilled. A tragic character if I do say so.

But this movie doesn't make me cry because of David.

It makes me cry because of Teddy.



Teddy has a similar goal to David, though a bit more simplified. He wants to be a toy (despite his claims), he wants to play with his owners. When he get seperated from David in the woods, Teddy just didn't go "whelp" and wander off. He went after David. He followed David everywhere, but David barely pays any notice of him. He gives David the key to his moment of false happines, and in the final shot of the film, climbs up on the bed to wait for David to wake up in the same way David waited for the Blue Fairy.

David got his fake happiness. Teddy didn't get any.

I cry for Teddy.

[GalvaTRION]

Speaking about Speilberg/Kubric's A.I.? You are indeed brave.
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[GregMcduck]

B



Battle Royale (2000)
aka Batoru rowaiaru
Dir: Kinji Fukasaku

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/

There are many ways to view this film. My cousin sees it as a straight action film. My dad sees it as a commentary on violence as it's presented on the media. My mom sees it as a cry to narrow the gap between generations. My brother sees it as a broad statement against violence itself. I see the film as a study of human reaction to chaos. Battle Royale is a post-apocalyptic film on a micro-scale, with people forced to interact with each other and with nature in new ways. Some form groups, some go on their own, some hide, and some go a little nuts, and everyone is tense.

A group of girls take shelter in a lighthouse and try to live their last days alive as normal as possible (if their all still alive when time runs out, the devices around their necks blow their heads off). They cook food and keep each other company. Suddenly, an injured boy, Shuya Nanahara, is thrown into their midsts. One of the girls, Yuko, is convinced that Shuya killed a friend of hers, and decides to poisen his meal. However, one of the other girls gets to the food first, and when she dies, this quasi-normal community quickly crumbles into a storm of accusations and gunfire.

I won't give away ever detail, but I can tell you the scene ends with the most beautifully shot scene in the entire film.

[RoninFox]

I've only seen part of this movie, and I don't remember details very well, but it fascinated me the entire time it was on and I absolutely need to get a copy of it so I can see it from the beginning.  The scene of the final three near the end, when if I remember right one had a flashback to when he was in the "game" before and it came down to him and his girlfriend.  That part really got to me.  I ended up in a fight with my roommate (who just bought the dvd) about the motivation behind the scene as it was going on.

I predicted that the girl faked attacking the boy, so that the boy would retaliate out of instinct and kill her, leaving him the sole survivor.  She wanted him to live and knew he wouldn't bring himself to kill her otherwise.  My roommate rolled his eyes at me and said I was being sappy or something...until the girl pretty much confirmed everything I had said.     Great scene, and a victory for me.

[GregMcduck]

C



Clue (1985)
Dir: Jonathan Lynn

Ok, a bit obvious, but I'd find few that would disagree that Wadsworth's wild explanations on the murders isn't the best moment in the entire film. Tim Curry is a great actor and has wonderful comedic timing. His charming expression as he explains how various characters were stabbed, strangled and beaten to death, over a light-hearted soundtrack, leaves me in stiches every time I see it. The highlight of it all is when Wadsworth slaps Mrs. Peacock and does his Mr. Green impression.



"I haaaad to stop her screeeeaming..."

[Raven]

Couldn't agree with you more.  I had the bonus of never seeing this movie during childhood and even though I was 23-24 when I saw it for the first time, it was absolutely hilarious.  Can't even argue with you on the scene you chose.   

[RoninFox]

I definitely have to agree with you there.

"To make a long story short."
"Too late!"

Other favorite moments though include each time they find a new body because they just care less and less every time to the point where there's no reaction at all to the last one.

[mlcorcoran]

I definitely second this scene. Not just for Tim Curry, but also for the brilliance of Madeline Kahn and Michael McKean.

I heard that when Clue was released in theaters, they chose one of the multiple endings and screened it randomly. So you could see the movie multiple times and see it end multiple ways. On the DVD there's a feature to randomly select an ending to play with the film, or you can view them all like the TV version does.

I have two favorite scenes from Batman (1989)
1. In Vicki's apartment, when Bruce confronts the Joker about his true identity. "You wanna get nuts?! Come on! Let's get nuts..." That scene sealed it for me that Michael Keaton was the best Batman actor because of his intensity not as Batman but as Bruce Wayne. Val Kilmer was a good action-Batman but his Bruce felt kinda hollow. George Clooney has that debonaire charm of a Bruce Wayne, but his Batman was corny and stupid.

2. Driving the batmobile to the batcave for the first time. The music in that scene is so haunting, so epic. I never get tired of it.

[GregMcduck]

I have two favorite scenes from Batman (1989)

I really appriciate conversation, but let's keep to the subject at hand.

[dignan]

Okay, here's my take on the few so far:

A.I.:  I really enjoyed the scrapyard scene, especially Teddy walking around going, "Have you seen David" or whatever he was saying.  I haven't seen it since it was in the theater, but I remember really liking that whole segment.

Battle Royale:  The lighthouse scene is definitely a highlight (as it is in the novel and the manga as well), but I'd have to say my favorite moments are when Hiroki finds Takako, and stays with her, and when Kiriyama encounters Mitsuko, and "Air" by Bach starts playing. 

Clue:  "I...hated her...SO MUCH.  That...flam...flames.  Flames, on the side of my face..."

[mlcorcoran]

sorry bout the digression, just got a little carried away hahaha

[Raven]

A.I.:  I really enjoyed the scrapyard scene, especially Teddy walking around going, "Have you seen David" or whatever he was saying.  I haven't seen it since it was in the theater, but I remember really liking that whole segment.

I was actually gonna go through and find this scene so I could describe it ok.  It was my favorite too.  You are talking about the demolition circus show right?  I haven't seen the movie since it's release either.  I don't remember Teddy specifically so if this isn't the right scene, whoops. 

[dignan]

A.I.:  I really enjoyed the scrapyard scene, especially Teddy walking around going, "Have you seen David" or whatever he was saying.  I haven't seen it since it was in the theater, but I remember really liking that whole segment.

I was actually gonna go through and find this scene so I could describe it ok.  It was my favorite too.  You are talking about the demolition circus show right?  I haven't seen the movie since it's release either.  I don't remember Teddy specifically so if this isn't the right scene, whoops. 

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's the scene, where all the robots are captured and taken for destruction.  Wasn't Brendan Gleeson like, the circus ringmaster guy?