Nice one, just at lunch time here rofl!! Ok then why did Obi Wan's body disappear when he was killed and not Darth Vaders?
Single greatest movie scene of all time (IYO)?
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Nice one, just at lunch time here rofl!! Ok then why did Obi Wan's body disappear when he was killed and not Darth Vaders?
:-offtopicWarning: Thread hijacking in progress (need a cut and paste on to a new thread here)...
Funny how Lucas seemed to forget to insert Qui-Gon-Jinn's personage next to the group at the end of ROTJ... after all he was the guy who FOUND Annie wasn't he?
Something that was tried to explained in the prequels about what Qui-gon (theirs not ours) was studying on the force and found out how one could be "immortal" (after a fashion) but he hadn't quite perfected when the red horny toad killed him. Ben isolated and alone on Tatoonie (keeping an eye on Luke) had lots of time to study and learn and thus... well.. Even Yoda managed to learn it as well.
Funny how Lucas seemed to forget to insert Qui-Gon-Jinn's personage next to the group at the end of ROTJ... after all he was the guy who FOUND Annie wasn't he?
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It might not be the best scene of all time, but it's up there. In Kurosawa's Seven Samurai there is a scene where Kyuzo duels another samurai using make-shift bokken. At the end of the duel the otehr samurai says it's a tie, but Kyuzo states that he, in fact, won. Insensed, the samurai challenges him again and even draws his blade all while Kambei says that the outcome was "so obvious." Having no choice, Kyuzo accepts the challenge.
Kurosawa has the second duel play out as a carbon copy of the first and Kyuzo cuts down the challenger while remaining unscathed thus vindicating Kyuzo's and Kambei's claims (which , in turn illustrates the kind of knowledge Kambei has and the kind of skill Kyuzo possesses).
It is interesting to note that this scene, like a couple of others in the movie, are basically retellings of events fom Japan's martial arts' history.
You can view the scene at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NHrGc36Hu8&feature=related
Pax,
Chris
Kurosawa has the second duel play out as a carbon copy of the first and Kyuzo cuts down the challenger while remaining unscathed thus vindicating Kyuzo's and Kambei's claims (which , in turn illustrates the kind of knowledge Kambei has and the kind of skill Kyuzo possesses).
It is interesting to note that this scene, like a couple of others in the movie, are basically retellings of events fom Japan's martial arts' history.
You can view the scene at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NHrGc36Hu8&feature=related
Pax,
Chris
That was Yojimbo, another excellent Kurosawa movie...
Ah thanks, it's not my greatest scene but is certainly the most memorable.
So amny great scnees form so many movies...
The motorcycle escape scene from The Great Escape.
From Animal House, when they went to the road house..."May we dance wiff your dates?" "We were just leaving!"
The final sequence in The Godfather, where they cut between the baptism of Michael's son and the death scenes of the various enemies of the Corleone family.
The mall car chase in the Blues Brothers...perhaps one of the greates car chase scenes ever.
The lectro-shock therapy treamtent scene from A Beautiful Mind is quite disturbing and chilling for its realism.
The scene in the recent Will Smith movie I am Legend where he held his dog his only ocmpanion and then ahd to kill him as the dog turned...made me bawl like a baby.
I could literaloly go one for ever...so many great moments on film..
Peace,
Erik
The motorcycle escape scene from The Great Escape.
From Animal House, when they went to the road house..."May we dance wiff your dates?" "We were just leaving!"
The final sequence in The Godfather, where they cut between the baptism of Michael's son and the death scenes of the various enemies of the Corleone family.
The mall car chase in the Blues Brothers...perhaps one of the greates car chase scenes ever.
The lectro-shock therapy treamtent scene from A Beautiful Mind is quite disturbing and chilling for its realism.
The scene in the recent Will Smith movie I am Legend where he held his dog his only ocmpanion and then ahd to kill him as the dog turned...made me bawl like a baby.
I could literaloly go one for ever...so many great moments on film..
Peace,
Erik
Thanks for outing me as a Star Wars geek.
Obi Wan didn't die.
He became ONE with the FORCE, as did Yoda. Vader, otoh, was a s_ _theel and had to die for it before becoming ONE with the FORCE, as evidenced by his ½ transparent appearance at the end of ROTJ.
Traditionalist
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I was just shown an old movie by a friend who is a Western fanatic. The movie was Quiet Man with John Wayne and I thought the fight scene at the end was absolutely fantastic.
Not full scenes, but, memorable and great:
Casino:"That Irishman was one tough son of a *****, we even stuck ice picks in his _ _ _ _ _ and he still wouldn't talk, finally, we had to put his head in a vise..."
Pulp Fiction:
"Do they speak English in What?"
"What?"
"English, Mother (melon farmer) Do you speak it?"
"What"
"Say 'what' one more time"
Casino:"That Irishman was one tough son of a *****, we even stuck ice picks in his _ _ _ _ _ and he still wouldn't talk, finally, we had to put his head in a vise..."
Pulp Fiction:
"Do they speak English in What?"
"What?"
"English, Mother (melon farmer) Do you speak it?"
"What"
"Say 'what' one more time"
Yeah, well, you gotta love The Duke...
Brian Jones
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Actually my favorite scene from "The Quiet Man" is when the Squire is about to sic his dogs on John Wayne "on the count of three" Wayne's character, a former boxer, looks at Squire Donahere and says "Mister if you say three you'll never hear the man count ten."
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BrandonLucas
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Another one of my favorites is basically 2 scenes that count as 1 for me...
In the movie Braveheart, when William Wallace is being tortured to death, and he sees his wife that was murdered, Murron, walk through the crowd and lock eyes with him, and he cries out "Freedom!!" as his last word...and then, the end fight scene, when Brenden Gleason's character, Hamish, throws Wallace's sword across the battlefield...
I'm tearing up right now just typing this...
In the movie Braveheart, when William Wallace is being tortured to death, and he sees his wife that was murdered, Murron, walk through the crowd and lock eyes with him, and he cries out "Freedom!!" as his last word...and then, the end fight scene, when Brenden Gleason's character, Hamish, throws Wallace's sword across the battlefield...
I'm tearing up right now just typing this...
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If your a Phoebe Cates fan you might want to check out the scene in 'Paradise' where she is walking on the beach. :erg:
Hard to believe that's the same guy who played Mad-Eye Moody in the Harry Potter movies...
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British actors are chameleons. You can look at the same one in five different pictures and fail to recognize that person in any two of them.
A lot of their film actors have deep backgrounds in theatre. They're incredible at their craft. John Hurt is a perfect example: the actor is invisible, lost in the role completely. He simply is whoever he's playing, so that there's no way to recognize him between two roles. And there are many others like that among 'em. Same with Robbie Coltrane, Bill Patterson or Emma Thompson. They're magicians with the roles they take on...
A lot of their film actors have deep backgrounds in theatre. They're incredible at their craft. John Hurt is a perfect example: the actor is invisible, lost in the role completely. He simply is whoever he's playing, so that there's no way to recognize him between two roles. And there are many others like that among 'em. Same with Robbie Coltrane, Bill Patterson or Emma Thompson. They're magicians with the roles they take on...
Gary Oldman is another one, I've seen him described actually as "chameleonic." Brian Cox is yet another excellent (I almost hate to say) character actor. I've gone back and watched old movies that I had completely forgotten he was in (Uncle Argyle in Braveheart, anyone?) because he just became the role.
Yes, there really is a difference between exactly how they are good and how a Dustin Hoffman or Robert Redford is good.
It took me a while to stop treating him as "just a comic actor" and I do agree he's both good and flexible.
I would add Bill Nighy and Alan Rickman to your list. I like Charles Dance but in fairness he's not quite in the same league.
I thought he made an excellent Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter.
