Favorite movie scenes.....

RoyMcavoy · **Posted:** August 23rd, 2008, 7:40 pm

that you could watch over and over and/or you love to repeat the dialogue on many of occasion.

The "funny guy" scene in Goodfellows

The "spider gets shot in the foot" scene from Goodfellows

Opening scene of Full Metal Jacket

Michael Douglas' 'greed' speech in Wall Street. Unbelievably good.

Happy Gilmore - "Why don't you go home, ball? Are you too good for your home? ANSWER ME!!!"

----more to come as I think of them

Cobra · **Posted:** August 23rd, 2008, 7:43 pm

Just off the top of my head,,,, The fight scene in Happy Gilmore !!!! LMAO !!!

Dmarque · **Posted:** February 28th, 2009, 8:53 pm

For Love of the Game:
"After 19 years in the big leagues, 40 year old Billy Chapel has trudged to the mound for over 4000 innings. But tonight, he's pitching against time, he's pitching against the future, against age, against ending. Tonight, he will make the fateful walk to the loneliest spot in the world, the pitching mound at Yankee Stadium, to push the sun back into the sky and give us one more day of summer".......( Personal note: I love the whirring sound of a fastball as the threads tear the air and then ultimately slam with full force to the catchers mitt each time in this film).

Tin Cup:
"What is the golf swing?' -- by Roy McAvoy. The golf swing is a poem. Somtimes a love sonnet and sometimes a Homerian epic -- it is
organic and of a piece, yet it breaks down into elegant stanzas and quatrains. The critical opening phrase of this song is the
grip, in which the hands unite to form a single unit by the simple overlap of the smallest finger, held lightly, a conductor's 8.
baton. Lowly and slowly the clubhead is pulled back, led into position not by the hands but the body which turns away from the target,
shifting to the right side without shifting balance. Tempo is everything, perfection unobtainable, as the body coils, now to the top
of the swing, in profound equilibrium. And then a slight hesitation, a nod to the gods...A nod to the gods, yes... that he is
fallible. As the weight shifts back to the left pulled now by powers inside the earth -- it's alive, this swing, a living sculpture -- and down through
contact, always down, into terra firma, striking the ball crisply -- with character -- a tuning fork goes off in your heart, your
balls -- such a pure feeling is the well-struck golf shot -- And then the follow through to finish, always on line -- The reverse 'C'
of the Golden Bear, the steelworker's power and brawn of Carl Sandburg's Arnold Palmer, the da Vinci of Hogan, the unfinished symphony of
Roy McAvoy".

Patton:
Men, all this stuff you've heard about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, big league ball players, the toughest boxers. Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost, and will never lose a war... because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.

Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius:
Walter Hagen "Now what you have to understand Bobby is that three bad shots and one good shot still make par. You see Golf is the game of recovery".

My Cousin Vinny:
Vinny Gambini: I understand you played a game of pool with Lisa for $200, which she won. I'm here to collect.
J.T.: How 'bout if I just kick your ass?
Vinny Gambini: Oh, a counter-offer. That's what we lawyers - I'm a lawyer - we lawyers call that a counter-offer. This is a tough decision here. Get my ass kicked or collect $200. Let me think... I could use a good ass-kickin', I'll be very honest with you... nah, I think I'll just go with the two hundred.

My Blue Heaven:
Vincent 'Vinnie' Antonelli: "You see, Richie loved to use 22s because the bullets are small and they don't come out the other end like a 45, see, a 45 will blow a barn door out the back of your head and there's a lot of dry cleaning involved, but a 22 will just rattle around like Pac-Man until you're dead".

DNRS · **Posted:** March 1st, 2009, 12:25 am

Bagger Vance:
Put your eyes on Bobby Jones... Look at his practice swing, almost like he's searchin for something... Then he finds it... Watch how he settle hisself right into the middle of it, feel that focus... He got a lot of shots he could choose from... Duffs and tops and skulls, there's only ONE shot that's in perfect harmony with the feild... One shot that's his, authentic shot, and that shot is gonna choose him... There's a perfect shot out there tryin' to find each and every one of us... All we got to do is get ourselves out of its way, to let it choose us... Can't see that flag as some dragon you got to slay... You got to look with soft eyes... See the place where the tides and the seasons and the turnin' of the Earth, all come together... where everything that is, becomes one... You got to seek that place with your soul Junuh... Seek it with your hands don't think about it... Feel it... Your hands is wiser than your head ever gonna be... Now I can't take you there Junuh... Just hopes I can help you find a way... Just you... that ball... that flag... and all you are...

Later,

Cobra · **Posted:** March 1st, 2009, 10:18 am

Great post by both D & DNRS,,, bringing back some memories here !!!!!

My Cousin Vinny was great,,,, that line is a hoot,,,, !!!!

Bagger Vance telling Junuh to watch Jones,,,,, a Classic !!!!

Dmarque · **Posted:** March 1st, 2009, 12:56 pm

Russ:

I like that piece from Bagger too....in fact I like it alot. I always get a little sad when I see Lemmon in the beginning and the end of that movie. Knowing it was his last movie and that it was a film about golf was almost as great as Bing going down after 18 holes in Italy.

A couple more:

Field of Dreams:
"Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.

Animal Crackers:
Groucho: "One night I shot an elephant in my pajamas, what he was doing in my pajamas I'll never know".

Open Range:
Charley Waite: Well, he sure as hell wasn't one to complain. Woke with a smile, seemed like he could keep it there all day. Kind of a man that'd say 'good morning' and mean it, whether it was or not. Tell you the truth, Lord, if there was two gentler souls in this world, I never seen 'em. Seems like old Tig wouldn't even kill birds in the end. Well, you got yourself a good man and a good dog, and I'm inclined to agree with Boss here about holding a grudge against you for it. I guess that means Amen.

The Quiet Man:
"Red Will" Danaher: He'll regret it till his dying day, if ever he lives that long.

The Quiet Man:
Mary Kate Danaher: Could you use a little water in your whiskey?
Michaleen Flynn: When I drink whiskey, I drink whiskey; and when I drink water, I drink water.

Cobra · **Posted:** March 1st, 2009, 6:26 pm

Great movies D,,,,,,,,,,,

FunGolfer · **Posted:** March 1st, 2009, 6:30 pm

You guys are making me want to watch all of these movies again............................just where are those DVD's? :lol:

Cobra · **Posted:** March 1st, 2009, 6:42 pm

FunGolfer wrote:

You guys are making me want to watch all of these movies again............................just where are those DVD's? :lol:

Does bring back memories,,,,,,, :lol:

Dmarque · **Posted:** March 1st, 2009, 7:40 pm

FunGolfer wrote:

You guys are making me want to watch all of these movies again............................just where are those DVD's? :lol:

FG:

I suppose I am a bit of a film freak and have been all my life. I have amassed a relatively sizable DVD collection and maintain 2 full audio/video rooms. While I have a fair number of contemporary films I've tried to emphasize an accumulation of pre-1960 films. Films that seem to be overlooked like "Out of the Past" with Rober Mitchum, "The Philadelphia Story" with Paul Newman, "Lucky Night" with Myrna Loy or "The Great Dan Patch" with Dennis O'Keefe.

Films today have gotten so caught up with priorities beyond just telling a good story. So much of the time it's about trying to target the widest audience or incorporate new filming technolgies which often substitute for a more well thought out story. For me, I prefer a great story told well but with less gimicks. It's hard to beat "Gone with the Wind"...or "Wizzard of Oz" both made in 1939. "Bells of St. Mary's" or National Velvet in 1945, "Shane" or "The Quiet Man" both made in 1952. TCM is my favorite movie channel. If you review the films being shown in the wee hours of the morning you can set your Tivo to save them for you and build a great library from that.

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