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Best scene in a movie
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Michael Tree
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Oh that's easy:barsoomcore said:
- The Smith-possessing-whatshisface scene in Matrix Revolutions. The entire movie was wretched otherwise, but the acting in that scene was lots of fun. (Whatshisface's, that is. Keanu didn't actually do any acting in that scene. Or movie, for that matter. Heck, for that matter, no one else did any actual acting in that movie either.)
- The D&D Movie: Richard O'Brien's performance as the king of thieves and Tom Baker's performance as the king of the elves.
- Starship Troopers: Right after the earth ships invaded in tight formation and were blown to smithereens, they regrouped and then... invaded in tight formation again and were blown to smithereens again. It looked cool and I couldn't help but cheer for natural selection in action.
- Highlander not-the-1st-or-3rd: Um... I'm trying... err... ummm... Oh #&*% it! There were no cool scenes in that movie-which-never-existed-anyway.
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Return of the King - Pippin's song as Faramir and his riders charge to doom
Braveheart - Wallace's speech to his army ... "Everyman dies. But not everyman truly lives"
Braveheart - "Freedom!"
Below - When the flashlight moves across the port hole and a face is there ...
Fight Club - too many to single 'em out
Matrix - when the truth if discovered
Braveheart - Wallace's speech to his army ... "Everyman dies. But not everyman truly lives"
Braveheart - "Freedom!"
Below - When the flashlight moves across the port hole and a face is there ...
Fight Club - too many to single 'em out
Matrix - when the truth if discovered
Particle_Man
Explorer
Existence: "Existence is paused!" and face goes down in the pasta. I've wanted to do that in a restaurant, ever since I saw the movie.
Kill Bill v.1: The super long tongue scene was cool, but so were all the others.
Return of the King: Sam at the near end, crying over never seeing Rosie again, when he and Frodo are certain that they are going to die.
"Seven voyages of Sinbad": The skeleton fight scene, baby!
Kill Bill v.1: The super long tongue scene was cool, but so were all the others.
Return of the King: Sam at the near end, crying over never seeing Rosie again, when he and Frodo are certain that they are going to die.
"Seven voyages of Sinbad": The skeleton fight scene, baby!
barsoomcore
Unattainable Ideal
Alright, we've had a number of entrants, so let's go to the judges and see how the contest stacks up for now. Remember we give points for the Crappiness of the movie, the Coolness of the scene, and the Hoffness of the whole thing (that is, for the presence of David Hasselhoff, Susanna Hoff or Dustin Hoffman). The three basic categories are each out of 10, so the final total has a potential maximum of 30. We also award bonus points, mainly in order to skew the results. Here we go:
Kai Lord:
The part in "Alien: Resurrection" where an alien starts killing guys in an escape pod and then Dan Hedaya's character chucks a grenade into it without hesitating right before it blasts off was pretty cool. Of course a few short moments later it had to get all stupid again when he takes out a piece of his brain and looks at it, but the first part was cool nonetheless.
Crappiness: 10
Coolness: 4
Hoffness: 0
Bonus points for Wynona Rider: 2
Total: 16
John Crichton
Ishtar. The scene where they are composing, "Tellin' the truth can be dangerous business..."
Crappiness: 9
Coolness: 2
Hoffness: 3
Total: 15
frankthedm
"Ghost ship" Where everyone on the dancefloor is slain in the Ultimate "Cut and slow fall" scene ever made.
Crappiness: 8
Coolness: 5
Hoffness: 0
Total: 13
KenM
Risky Business Rebbecca De Mornay's(SP?) entrance.
Crappiness: 7
Coolness: 6
Hoffness: 0
Bonus points for, er, no reason whatsoever: 2
Total: 15
KenM
True Lies Jamie Lynn Curtis' dance scene, stole the movie.
Crappiness: 10
Coolness: 3
Hoffness: 0
Bonus points because I don't want anything ever associated with that movie to do well even at something like this: -13
Total: 0
Michael Tree
The Smith-possessing-whatshisface scene in Matrix Revolutions. The entire movie was wretched otherwise, but the acting in that scene was lots of fun. (Whatshisface's, that is. Keanu didn't actually do any acting in that scene. Or movie, for that matter. Heck, for that matter, no one else did any actual acting in that movie either.)
Crappiness: 8
Coolness: 4
Hoffness: 0
Total: 12
Michael Tree
The D&D Movie: Richard O'Brien's performance as the king of thieves and Tom Baker's performance as the king of the elves.
Crappiness: 8
Coolness: 5
Hoffness: 0 (but hey, Tom Baker and Riff-Raff have to be worth something. Have an extra 2 points)
Total: 15 or thereabouts
Michael Tree
Starship Troopers: Right after the earth ships invaded in tight formation and were blown to smithereens, they regrouped and then... invaded in tight formation again and were blown to smithereens again. It looked cool and I couldn't help but cheer for natural selection in action.
Crappiness: 8
Coolness: 6
Hoffness: 0
Bonus points since Denise Richards is a suitable stand-in for Susanna Hoffs: 1
Total: 15
So for now we have Kai Lord in the lead, but with three others close behind. It's anybody's race still. Woot!
Kai Lord:
The part in "Alien: Resurrection" where an alien starts killing guys in an escape pod and then Dan Hedaya's character chucks a grenade into it without hesitating right before it blasts off was pretty cool. Of course a few short moments later it had to get all stupid again when he takes out a piece of his brain and looks at it, but the first part was cool nonetheless.
Crappiness: 10
Coolness: 4
Hoffness: 0
Bonus points for Wynona Rider: 2
Total: 16
John Crichton
Ishtar. The scene where they are composing, "Tellin' the truth can be dangerous business..."
Crappiness: 9
Coolness: 2
Hoffness: 3
Total: 15
frankthedm
"Ghost ship" Where everyone on the dancefloor is slain in the Ultimate "Cut and slow fall" scene ever made.
Crappiness: 8
Coolness: 5
Hoffness: 0
Total: 13
KenM
Risky Business Rebbecca De Mornay's(SP?) entrance.
Crappiness: 7
Coolness: 6
Hoffness: 0
Bonus points for, er, no reason whatsoever: 2
Total: 15
KenM
True Lies Jamie Lynn Curtis' dance scene, stole the movie.
Crappiness: 10
Coolness: 3
Hoffness: 0
Bonus points because I don't want anything ever associated with that movie to do well even at something like this: -13
Total: 0
Michael Tree
The Smith-possessing-whatshisface scene in Matrix Revolutions. The entire movie was wretched otherwise, but the acting in that scene was lots of fun. (Whatshisface's, that is. Keanu didn't actually do any acting in that scene. Or movie, for that matter. Heck, for that matter, no one else did any actual acting in that movie either.)
Crappiness: 8
Coolness: 4
Hoffness: 0
Total: 12
Michael Tree
The D&D Movie: Richard O'Brien's performance as the king of thieves and Tom Baker's performance as the king of the elves.
Crappiness: 8
Coolness: 5
Hoffness: 0 (but hey, Tom Baker and Riff-Raff have to be worth something. Have an extra 2 points)
Total: 15 or thereabouts
Michael Tree
Starship Troopers: Right after the earth ships invaded in tight formation and were blown to smithereens, they regrouped and then... invaded in tight formation again and were blown to smithereens again. It looked cool and I couldn't help but cheer for natural selection in action.
Crappiness: 8
Coolness: 6
Hoffness: 0
Bonus points since Denise Richards is a suitable stand-in for Susanna Hoffs: 1
Total: 15
So for now we have Kai Lord in the lead, but with three others close behind. It's anybody's race still. Woot!
Mog Elffoe
Explorer
The Iron Giant When the giant flies off to destroy the missile and right before the impact he closes his eyes and says, "Superman..."
I always get a lump in my throat during this scene. Always.
I always get a lump in my throat during this scene. Always.
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John Crichton
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The Cool Crap Hoff Contest (entry #2)
Okay, I'm gonna push the Ishtar button again because I remember a scene that is even worse. The camel scene in the market. Nuff said. I thought I was going to die laughing at how bad it was.
- JC, who is hoping for more phantom points.
Okay, I'm gonna push the Ishtar button again because I remember a scene that is even worse. The camel scene in the market. Nuff said. I thought I was going to die laughing at how bad it was.
- JC, who is hoping for more phantom points.
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Mog Elffoe
Explorer
For Barsoomcore...
Commando Nearly every scene oozes simultaneously with crapulence and utter cooldom.
Arnold picks up an occupied phone booth and chucks it.
Arnold's car continuously repairs itself throughout his chase with Solly.
Arnold makes a plane fly by threatening it.
Arnold flings a saw blade at a guy and cuts the top part of his head off.
Arnold blows up hundreds of cardboard standees on his assault against the bad guys' base.
...and more!
Also has lines that are simultaneously the BEST and WORST lines in a movie ever.
"I eat Green Berets for breakfast--and right now I'm VERY HUNGRY!"
"Don't bother my friend--he's dead tired!"
...and more!
Commando Nearly every scene oozes simultaneously with crapulence and utter cooldom.
Arnold picks up an occupied phone booth and chucks it.
Arnold's car continuously repairs itself throughout his chase with Solly.
Arnold makes a plane fly by threatening it.
Arnold flings a saw blade at a guy and cuts the top part of his head off.
Arnold blows up hundreds of cardboard standees on his assault against the bad guys' base.
...and more!
Also has lines that are simultaneously the BEST and WORST lines in a movie ever.
"I eat Green Berets for breakfast--and right now I'm VERY HUNGRY!"
"Don't bother my friend--he's dead tired!"
...and more!
David Howery
Hero
Hmm..
"Most jaw dropping scene": in ROTK, right before the charge of the Rohirrim, when the camera pulls back and you see 6000 Rohirrim howling their heads off...
"Best Line Ever": from "Return of the Living Dead", where one of the zombies is trying to break through a door to get to his girlfriend and yells out, "If you love me, you have to let me eat your brain!"
"Most Disturbing Scene": "The Exorcist", when Linda Blair slams her mother to the floor, sits on the bed, and her head twists around to look straight behind her... that scene gives me the willies every time...
"Best Duel": the end of "Rob Roy"... you can tell the two men really hate each other...
"Makes Me Cry Every Time": death scene in "Brian's Song"...
"Makes Me Laugh Every Time": the scene in Porky's where the coaches are all gathered in the principal's office discussing the guy who stuck his, uh, manhood through a hole in the girls' shower...
"Most jaw dropping scene": in ROTK, right before the charge of the Rohirrim, when the camera pulls back and you see 6000 Rohirrim howling their heads off...
"Best Line Ever": from "Return of the Living Dead", where one of the zombies is trying to break through a door to get to his girlfriend and yells out, "If you love me, you have to let me eat your brain!"
"Most Disturbing Scene": "The Exorcist", when Linda Blair slams her mother to the floor, sits on the bed, and her head twists around to look straight behind her... that scene gives me the willies every time...
"Best Duel": the end of "Rob Roy"... you can tell the two men really hate each other...
"Makes Me Cry Every Time": death scene in "Brian's Song"...
"Makes Me Laugh Every Time": the scene in Porky's where the coaches are all gathered in the principal's office discussing the guy who stuck his, uh, manhood through a hole in the girls' shower...
