Favourite Moments In Movies

Let there be light

(Dark Star)

"Finger lickin' good" scene from Near Dark.

"You gotta be f...... Kidding" John Carpenter's The Thing?

"Show me" from Christine.

Hudson gets it together in Aliens.

The Twin Suns scene in A New Hope. (I hate calling it that.)

The entire Luke vs Vader light sabre duel and the Falcons escape in The Empire Strikes Back.

The St. Crispin's Day speech in Kenneth Branagh's Henry V.

The not-St. Crispin's Day speech in Independence Day.

The scene where the "little guys" are fixing the tile floor in *batteries not included.

The "I believe" scene in Bull Durham.

The part where Casanova realizes he's in love with Bellino and declares his love in David Tennant's Casanova.

The bit about the aerodynamic desk set in Dead Poet's Society.

"You finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you! God damn you all to hell!" <sound of surf on beach>
- Planet of the Apes

How could I forget this one:

"Yeah, well, the Dude abides." Jeff Bridges. The Big Lebowski.

Droflet said:

How could I forget this one:

"Yeah, well, the Dude abides." Jeff Bridges. The Big Lebowski.

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One for @soulsinging

"Ah, Juicy Fruit." Will Sampson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

"You're gonna need a bigger boat." Roy Scheider, Jaws

"Have fun storming the castle." Billy Crystal, The Princess Bride

Perhaps my favorite is in Serenity after a key crew member is abruptly killed and another asks "wait, where's ***?" Zoe's response get me every time: "he ain't comin."

Susan Sarandon's sermon on the church of baseball at the start of Bull Durham.

The moment in The Producers (1968 version) when the musical starts its first night, and the you get a cut back to the audience, who are to a man and women open mouthed with astonishment.

Star wars - little space ship flies over head into the distance then the chasing star destroyer flies in after it...

So many great moments in Big Trouble in Little China.

'When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."'

Jack Burton: You know what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like this?
Thunder: Who?
Jack Burton: Jack Burton. *Me*!

I could go on and on...

The shocking and saddening ending of Roman Polanski's Chinatown as Jack Nicholson is being led away after the shooting.

"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown"

Purely for the aesthetics I have to say the Pentagon scene in X Men: Days of Future Past. "If I could put time in a bottle". The whole scene serves no real purpose other than to be beautiful. That version of Quicksilver is so much better.

Yes that scene is incredible, perfect song choice as well. So good!

<VB cracks his knuckles>

Aliens. A movie I quite like...

Hudson: Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?
Vasquez: No. Have you?

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Ripley: Hudson! This little girl survived longer than that with no weapons and no training.
[to Newt]
Ripley: Right?
[Newt apes a salute]
Hudson: Why don't you put her in charge?

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Ripley: You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them ****ing each other over for a goddamn percentage.

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Hudson: That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over! What the f*ck are we supposed to now, huh, what are we gonna do?
Burke: Maybe we can build a fire, sing a couple of songs, huh? Why don't we try that?
Newt: We'd better get back 'cuz it'll be dark soon, and they mostly come at night. Mostly.

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Ripley: They cut the power.
Hudson: What do you mean, "They cut the power"? How could they cut the power, man? They're animals!

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Ripley: Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?

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Bishop: I'll go. I mean, I'm the only one qualified to remote-pilot the ship anyway.
Hudson: Yeah right, man, Bishop should go.
[Vasquez looks at Hudson with disgust]
Hudson: Good idea!
Bishop: Believe me, I'd prefer not to. I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid.

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Ripley: I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

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Frost: Hot as hell in here.
Hudson: Yeah man, but it's a dry heat!

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Ripley: These people are here to protect you. They're soldiers.
Newt: It won't make any difference.

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Ripley: [referring to the doll] Look, no bad dreams there.
Newt: Ripley, she doesn't have bad dreams because she's just a piece of plastic.

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[after making a plan to weld the doors shut and put the sentry units]
Hicks: Outstanding. Now all we need is a deck of cards.

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Ferro: [as dropship enters atmosphere] We're in the pipe, five by five.

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[Ripley slaps away the tray of food Bishop offers her]
Frost: I guess she don't like the cornbread, either.

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[They welded the door shut, and stepped back away from the door]
Vasquez: They're right on us.
Hicks: [Waiting for the Aliens] Remember, short controlled bursts.
Hudson: 9 meters. 7. 6.
Ripley: That can't be; that's inside the room.
Hudson: It's reading right man, look!
Hicks: Then you're not reading it right.
Hudson: 5 meters, man. 4. What the hell?

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Frost: What do you expect us to use man, harsh language?

Venusian Broon said:

Ferro: [as dropship enters atmosphere] We're in the pipe, five by five.

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I love this scene and as it happens so do the cast, they say so on the special editions DVD commentary, no idea why I guess it's just 'cool'

Ripley: These people are here to protect you. They're soldiers.
Newt: It won't make any difference.

THIS. It doesn't matter how many times I see this classic, this line always puts a shiver down my spine. Although it mainly happens at night. Mainly. Nice offerings VB.

"This train will stop in Tucumcari." For A Few Dollars More

The moment in Spartacus when all the prisoners stand and claim to be Spartacus.

The moment in the Life Of Brian when one of the crucified says 'I'm Brian and so's my wife.'

The mothership responds


Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Gives me goosebumps every time I watch it

Every line in Kelly's Heroes regarding "Negative waves."