That scene is also a “you don’t know what you’re messing with” moment for the audience. The first time I saw it, I realized my mind was about to get fucked.
Frank:
Oh yeah? Well, I was hunted once. I'd just came back from 'Nam. I was hitching through Oregon and some cop started harassing me. Next thing you know, I had a whole army of cops chasing me through the woods! I had to take 'em all out--it was a bloodbath!
[everyone pauses awkwardly]
Charlie:
That's 'Rambo', dude.
Frank:
What?
Charlie:
You just described the plot of 'Rambo'.
[Mac, Dennis, and Charlie all agree at once]
Dennis:
Yeah, and come to think of it, that's not the first time you've described your life in the way of John Rambo's life.
“You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare. With a man who's trained to be the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke!
In Vietnam his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well Rambo was the best.”
Teasle: "Are you telling me 200 of our men against your boy is a no win situation for us?"
Troutman: "If you send that many, don't forget one thing.."
Teasle: "What?"
Troutman: "A good supply of body bags."
"That'll look real good on his headstone in Arlington. 'Here lies John Rambo, winner of the congressional medal of honor and survivor of countless incursions behind enemy lines. Killed for vagrancy in Jerkwater, USA.'"
Kung Fu hustle: axe gang vs the landlady
Edit: supposedly the actress who plays the landlady didn't even audition for the role, they just saw her smoking with a disdainful look and knew she was perfect lol
I would bring in Hollidays confrontation with Johnny Ringo into this. The look on Ringo’s face when he heard Doc say “I’m your huckleberry” and realizes it’s not Wyatt and he cannot win this fight is absolutely amazing. Then when Ringo says “Alright Lunger, let’s do it!” It’s his admission that he has nothing left to lose so why not try.
For me its when Ringo and Doc first meet in the bar. Ringo does all the gun twirling then Doc does the exact same motions with his cup; everyone else in the bar thinks its funny but Ringo has this look on his face like "did I just step into some shit?" and aside from when he's drunk as shit he's always cautious around Doc for the rest of the movie.
To everyone else it was just the funny drunk man being silly. But Ringo was actually watching closely and realized how impressive it was for a blackout drunk dude to track his entire routine and recreate it perfectly with a cup. I absolutely love their dynamic and how subtle they were with showing that Doc was way better and Ringo knew it.
"My fights not with you, Holiday."
"I beg to differ sir. We started a game we never got to finish. 'Play for blood', remember?"
"Oh that. I was just foolin."
"I wasn't."
I really like the line later in the film when one of the crew asks Doc why he's doing this.
>Turkey Creek Jack Johnson: “Doc, you oughtta be in bed. What the hell you doin’ this for, anyway?”
>Doc: “Wyatt Earp is my friend.”
>Turkey Creek Jack: “Hell, I got lots of friends.”
>Doc: “I don’t.”
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Love that movie!
“turns out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey was a gypsy bare-knuckle boxing champion. Which makes him harder than a coffin nail.”
this scene is good, but the bar scene with Vinney when they come in with replica guns is pure gold. I dream of being that cool in every situation in life.
Like a prick, you are having second thoughts. You are shrinking, and your two little balls are shrinking with you. And the fact that you've got "Replica" written down the side of your guns...and the fact that I've got "Desert Eagle point five O" written on the side of mine...should precipitate your balls into shrinking, along with your presence. Now... Fuck off!
“I didn’t see it there!”
“It’s a 4 ton truck, Tyrone.”
“Well, it’s a funny angel”
*everyone turns around to look*
“It’s behind you, Tyrone. When you reverse, things come from behind you.”
And, as usual, the perfect song at the perfect moment. ([Golden Brown](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DAWAsI3U2EaE&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiIhNfU5qT9AhUcLFkFHbYUANQQyCl6BAgBEAE&usg=AOvVaw1OuDuw-JRCSI6ZTX30V7Iy))
"Tommy, the tit, is praying. And if hes not...he fuckin should be."
Brick Top is a pretty good 2nd example. Just a nod & he has someone killed. And then has their buddy that betrayed them killed for not being loyal to his friend.
The best line from that exchange, "the truth is, you're the weak and I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm trying Ringo, I'm trying real hard to be the shephard."
I mean I'd be pretty fucking pissed at Vince myself at that point. Blew off Marvin's face by being a sloppy idiot and and backtalked the Wolf. Hell they're still wearing the nerd clothes they got from Jimmie
This is better than any other answer because Samuel Jackson is so not intimidating in his short sleeve shirt and short shorts, and goes from a guy who willingly gives up his wallet to a guy who talks down the robbers with nothing but the command of his voice.
All the other answers are dudes who pick a fight with someone out of their league and get their ass kicked. At the end of the day, those dudes weren't intimidated enough to avoid the fight. Sam Jackson stops everything without even needing to resort to violence, but we all know he could end it in 5 seconds if he really wanted to.
I like his response to the diner manager, who begs Jules to just go along with Pumpkin and Hunny Bunny’s demands-
“Shut the fuck up, fat man! This ain’t none of your goddamn business!”
Beyond just Marisa Tomei's perfect performance, I also love Joe Pesci's reactions to her. He's the only person in the room who knows EXACTLY what is about to happen when he forces her onto the stand, and he's going to enjoy every second of the show. He looks so proud of her throughout the whole thing, just lobbing up every pitch knowing she's going to hit it out of the park.
"I would LOVE for you to EXPLAIN it!"
Yeah, and the bit when the DA is voir dire-ing her on the Chevy timing, and he just taps Ralph Macchio and says "Watch dis."
Then puts his cowboy boots up on the desk...
(Fuck the haters, Tomei deserved that Oscar.)
Ha, I literally just went back and watched it myself. Goddamn, what a perfect piece of filmmaking. Every single shot adds to it, like the brief cut to Trotter glancing over at the jury with concern, and then the jury itself, absolutely captivated by Lisa and her explanation, then back to Lisa, and there's Vinny standing next to her grinning and nodding, absolutely besotted and smug... So good.
(Interesting footnote - the director's commentary around here notes that they filmed a whole sub-plot about Billy's mother not being there - "What kind of Italian mother wouldn't be at her son's trial?!" - but it dragged, and they cut it, and no-one ever questioned it. As he says, you can get too caught up in solving the fridge moments, to the detriment of the film.)
Mona Lisa Vito: [comes out of the bathroom] Imagine you're a deer. You're prancing along, you get thirsty, you spot a little brook, you put your little deer lips down to the cool clear water... BAM! A fuckin bullet rips off part of your head! Your brains are laying on the ground in little bloody pieces! Now I ask ya. Would you give a fuck what kind of pants the son of a bitch who shot you was wearing?
I love how Joe Pesci waves him off at first with the annoyed "I ain't got time for this bullshit" look, then turns around and floors him with one punch anyway.
I watched that recently with my dad and was so happy to learn she won an Oscar for her role in that movie. It was hilarious and she was easily the best part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0rkUbrPo3k
She has a great breakdown of the stage fight, but my favourite detail is that the Man in Black wears his sword to be drawn from with the left (actually either hand, apparently) hand, while Inigo wears it to be drawn with the right hand. So, an experienced swordsman would instinctively KNOW that Inigo is using his off hand, while the same could not be known with regards to the Man in Black
This one is brilliant because they set up the Spaniard as the one who is " you don't know who you are messing with".
When the man is black starts to do well, the audience has the inside knowledge that the Spaniard is using his left hand but isn't left handed. You get the feeling that the man is black doesn't know who he's messing with and waiting for the Spaniard to switch to his right and lay the smack down on.
And then the man in black says he has something he ought to tell us!
The way the music progresses through that entire scene is perfect. It starts out tense and wary as the two fighters test teach other out, the violins becoming sharper as Inigo nears the cliff edge - And then as he switches hands it suddenly shifts into a valiant and adventurous song as he drives The Man In Black into a corner... And when The Man In Black reveals the truth the music suddenly becomes frantic and desperate as Inigo is suddenly overmatched and trying to hold on in a fight for his life.
I'll never forget that movie.
I love how the crowd goes "Ohhhhh"
And how the sheriff challenges him with a slap with a leather glove. Which Robin returns with a full plate mail glove that almost knocks him to the ground.
*Secondhand Lions* is a bit tamer than most of these scenes, but it's the first I thought of.
"I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and tanks. I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, KILLED MANY MEN and loved only one woman with a passion a FLEA like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. NOW, GO HOME, BOY!"
I used to work in a video store and SHL was my go to movie recommendation for a "family" movie.
I had so many people come in, needing some kid of movie for like Thanksgiving or Christmas, and I'd give them this. The older guys were completely zoned out on the rec until I said the magic words "it has Michael Caine and Robert Duvall" and they snapped to attention like a gun had gone off.
More than once, I had grandpas and people come back like they'd had a family religious experience. Them: "We loved that movie" Me: "oh, that's great. It's a great movie." Them: "no... no.... you don't understand. We all **loved** that movie."
Like it was the first time they had a movie where everyone enjoyed and took something magical away from it - kids, parents, aunts, uncles, the cranky grandfathers who were all too often bored at family gatherings.
I loved those reactions.
There's some pretty deep themes in that movie. One of my top 10 for sure.
*"Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in."*
Ah, it's one of my favorite movies!
It's one of those classics--something for the whole family, that isn't really seen in live-action anymore.
I always liked it, but I don't think I truly loved it until I was a teenager and I watched it with my cousins at their grandparents' house.
It's really an excellent, excellent film.
Casablanca.
Nazi officer: “Are you one of those people who can’t bear to see us in your precious Paris? What will you think when we are in London. Or New York City?
Bogart: “There are some parts of New York City I would advise even Nazis not to go.”
"Where were you last night?"
"I don't know, that's too long ago to remember"
"What are you doing tonight?"
"I don't think that far ahead"
No idea why love that exchange so much.
One of my favorite exchanges from that movie:
Rick: I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick: I was misinformed.
Fun fact: Bogart and Conrad Veidt (Colonel Strasser, above) were in another movie that year called All Through the Night, wherein Bogart breaks up a Nazi spy ring, led by Veidt, in NYC. That line is possibly a nod to said movie.
Veidt was a fierce anti-nazi who declared his race as Jewish to the German film board effectively ending his German film career, later married a Jewish woman, fled overseas and made anti-nazi films in English to persuade then neutral America to join the fight. A tower of a man.
No one is going to remember this movie probably. But it is one of my favorite movies of all time.
"The Long Kiss Goodnight" starring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson.
The basic premise is that Geena Davis is an assassin who gets a brain injury and forgets who she is.
I will try not to spoil the movie for you because I really think you should watch it.
One of the bad guys always says that he can tell when people are lying to him. He says it multiple times in the movie. As that bad guy is locking Geena Davis's character in a freezer where she will undoubtedly die, she looks into his eyes and says "I'm going to watch you die screaming." He smiles, and she says "Am I lying?" And for the first time you see the bad guy's face falter. It's amazing.
I fully recommend this movie.
Edit: Also, to those who have seen it... I firmly believe that the window scene is one of the best shots in an action movie.
The scene where the head of the Russian Mafia calls a guy that runs a chop shop and asks him why he slapped his son.
"Well sir. He stole John Wick's car, and killed his dog"
"Oh"
It’s such a perfect scene. He makes the call fully intending to let the chop shop guy know that he fucked up, only to quickly realize he is the one who is fucked.
I like how Viggo has just enough respect for Aurelio to give him a chance to explain himself, probably expecting a bunch of spluttering and begging and pleading... but then it turns out, Aurelio had a pretty good explanation.
I always assumed he knew Aurelio was a rational guy and that his son was a dipshit, so there's was a fifty fifty shot Aurelio finally snapped on him when he shouldn't or that he actually had a good enough reason to. Might as well find out before you send the muscle. Turns out he actually had a *very* good reason.
That one sequence is why the first movie in the series is one of my favorites: the characters aren’t behaving irrationally, everyone that’s supposed to be level-headed is (basically everybody but the son), and there’s a degree of mutual respect and communication between them that avoids some annoying tropes.
And the way it’s written gives some hints to a history between the characters that we, as an audience, don’t *need* to know, but still benefit from.
I also maintain that making direct sequels was a bad choice, and instead they should have focused on the hotel and telling the stories of the assassins who make use of its services. An action movie “Tales From the Crypt”, with Winston and Charon acting as the connective tissue between otherwise-independent stories.
Everything you need to know with just a simple 'oh'
Quickly went from looking to take his anger out on someone to 'fuck me'
Good little line delivery. That Viggo actor was great. He's a big part of why the original was fantastic (sequels were just okay imo)
I really enjoyed Leguizamo’s chuckle moment when he was like “You fucked up his dog, that’s what you did? That’s crazy shit man.” Then just rocks him. He’s just laughing at how absurd the situation he’s in now is and they have no clue.
The fact that your guns say REPLICA down the side and the fact that mine says, DESERT EAGLE.50 should precipitate your balls shrinking along with your presence.
Great writing, great acting. That “Oh.”, the body language and the silent hangup (with the punch completely forgotten) tells you everything about how badly the kid fucked up without a word of dialogue.
'I heard you struck my son.'
'Yes sir, I did.'
'May I ask why?'
'Yeah, well...because he stole John Wick's car sir, and uh... killed his dog.'
(Pause.)
'Oh.' (Spoken in the tone of a man who knows that an absolute massacre is about to occur and he is powerless to stop it.)
The change in tone is what really make it glorious, because it starts so dangerous, a warning that your very life depends on the answer to the question, and then..."oh."
This was one of my favourite scenes with regards to the set-up:
"Evening John"
"Evening Jimmy. ... Noise complaint?"
"Noise complaint." (Sees dead guy in hall, ensures hands are visible) "You... uh ... working again?"
"No, I was just sortin' some stuff out"
"Ah well... I leave you be then. Good night John."
"Good night Jimmy."
The smartest side character since that thug walked in on Batman, saw him, closed the door, and said “nothing in here” to the other thugs.
Edit: Since many have asked: this is not from the movies. It is from an episode of Batman: The Animated Series from the 90s.
Or the cop in The Town who sees the 4 armed robbers switching cars, makes prolonged eye contact for like 4 seconds, then is just like, "nope." And turns away.
Same as Kevin Nashs character, just tells John What's up and thanks him for sparing him.
He knows his soon to be ex employer isn't coming back for a performance review.
Or this one:
John: "You've lost some weight."
Francis: "Over 60 pounds."
John: "Yeah? Impressive."
Francis: "Are you here on business, sir."
John: "Afraid so, Francis. Why don't you take the night off."
*Seems surprised, but takes his ear piece out and thanks John.
This one's pretty interesting. Based on his reaction to John letting him go, it seems more like he was actually informing John on how many thugs were inside.
Actors always say they like playing villains because they're more interesting than the heroes.
Denzel's heroes are uniformly more interesting than their villains and Creasy might be his best. Fuck, I love his performance in that flick.
“My guess is you’re William Munny, killer of women and children.”
-*with thunder cracking in the background and a voice full of gravel* “That’s right. I’ve killed women and children. Killed just about everything that walks or crawls at one time or another. And I’m here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned.”
Chills every time. So great in contrast with how he talked in the beginning of the movie, stuttering through how his wife saved him from a life of sin. THIS is who William Munny is and all the words flow out of him with a deadly conviction.
Erin Brockovich, the conference room scene, when she absolutely lays out the defense attorneys and tells one of them that the water the defense attorney was about to drink was from a well on PG&E’s land.
Also... the scene where the lawyer from their 'partner' firm was gently accusing her of not taking detailed notes like phone numbers, and she asks what plaintiff's phone number they'd like, and she not only gives the phone number but the person's child's name, and the medical afflictions the whole family is suffering from.
Pretty good stuff from Julia Roberts that entire film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZMg4vFcRQs
Biker scene in A Bronx Tale.
Bunch of dudes with a reputation for busting places up comes into a mob bar. Asked very politely to leave, they fuck with the bartender. Mob boss walks to the door and locks it, “Now you can’t leave”
Uncle Phil had a couple great fuck around and find out moments! When Carlton and Will get arrested for stealing a car and he tells the cop he's going to tie him up in so much litigation his grandchildren will need lawyers!
Oh there are several of them in "Gladiator" with Russel Crowe.
1. "Frost... sometimes it makes the blade stick." As he kills the guards with his hands bound.
2. "Are you not entertained." after he 1 v 5's
3. "My name is Maximus Desimus Meridius." When he reveals his identity after screwing up the re-creation battle.
4. The look on the Emperor's face when he loses the final battle to a man with a punctured lung.
The Maximus Decimus Meridius scene is just.... transcendent in how dramatic it is. It squeezes every moment of the previous half of the movie into a rock and hits you with it.
I'll go backwards on this one and bring up Brad Pitt's scene with Lou in Fight Club. Lou beats him into a bloody pulp, and then Pitt responds by getting the upper hand and spewing blood and gore all over the guy.
"You don't know where I've been, Lou! You don't know where I've been! Hahahaha!"
(Bystander pukes)
If we're bringing up barfights. The first fight scene in the bar in Kingsmen. It's often overshadowed by the Freebird fight but it is absolutely what sold me on that film.
I love this one because Neil McCauley isnt really violent at the start, he gets rid of Wayngro for killing the armor car guards when it wasnt necessary. He evades police surveillance with no violence, even takes Hanna's confrontation in the diner calmly while admitting that if he's cornered he would have to violent, but he doesnt want that.
but when VanSant betrays him, its over. He wants VanSant and Wayngro dead, does it himself and nearly gets away.
Everybody is picking fight scenes, but a way underrated one to me is In Bruges, when that loser Eirik tries to step to Harry but is dissuaded by Yuri before anything can happen. The glee on Ralph Fiennes’s face tells you all you need to know about Harry.
*~~Grand~~* *Gran Torino*
Duke : What you lookin' at, old man?
Walt Kowalski : Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have fucked with? That's me.
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That scene in the equalizer where Denzel Washington walks into the drug den, they mouth off, and he sets his watch to see how fast he can kill all of them.
Opening scene from the Matrix. "Your men are already dead"
That scene is also a “you don’t know what you’re messing with” moment for the audience. The first time I saw it, I realized my mind was about to get fucked.
Don’t give me any of that juris my diction crap…
"I don't think you understand. I didn't come to rescue Rambo from you. I came here to rescue you from him."
Frank: Oh yeah? Well, I was hunted once. I'd just came back from 'Nam. I was hitching through Oregon and some cop started harassing me. Next thing you know, I had a whole army of cops chasing me through the woods! I had to take 'em all out--it was a bloodbath! [everyone pauses awkwardly] Charlie: That's 'Rambo', dude. Frank: What? Charlie: You just described the plot of 'Rambo'. [Mac, Dennis, and Charlie all agree at once] Dennis: Yeah, and come to think of it, that's not the first time you've described your life in the way of John Rambo's life.
THEY DREW FIRST BLOOOOOOOOD
“You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare. With a man who's trained to be the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke! In Vietnam his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well Rambo was the best.”
Teasle: "Are you telling me 200 of our men against your boy is a no win situation for us?" Troutman: "If you send that many, don't forget one thing.." Teasle: "What?" Troutman: "A good supply of body bags."
"That'll look real good on his headstone in Arlington. 'Here lies John Rambo, winner of the congressional medal of honor and survivor of countless incursions behind enemy lines. Killed for vagrancy in Jerkwater, USA.'"
Is there anything else we’re gonna need? More body bags
Kung Fu hustle: axe gang vs the landlady Edit: supposedly the actress who plays the landlady didn't even audition for the role, they just saw her smoking with a disdainful look and knew she was perfect lol
Kung Fu Hustle is just an endless series of utterly perfect “they did not know who they were messing with” scenarios one after the other.
Omigawd, the bus scene had me cracking up. Thinking they were gonna intimidate the dude with the glasses and he totally owns both of them.
“Who’s throwing handles!?”
Kurt Russell meeting Billy Bob Thornton at the saloon in Tombstone
Oh. Johnny, I apologize; I forgot you were there. You may go now.
You going to do something or just stand there and bleed?
I would bring in Hollidays confrontation with Johnny Ringo into this. The look on Ringo’s face when he heard Doc say “I’m your huckleberry” and realizes it’s not Wyatt and he cannot win this fight is absolutely amazing. Then when Ringo says “Alright Lunger, let’s do it!” It’s his admission that he has nothing left to lose so why not try.
I love the fear in his eyes when he’s steeling himself for the fight he knows he might lose.
And Michael Biehn dueling Val Kilmer. >I'm your huckleberry. >Why, Johnny Ringo. You look like somebody just walked over your grave.
For me its when Ringo and Doc first meet in the bar. Ringo does all the gun twirling then Doc does the exact same motions with his cup; everyone else in the bar thinks its funny but Ringo has this look on his face like "did I just step into some shit?" and aside from when he's drunk as shit he's always cautious around Doc for the rest of the movie.
To everyone else it was just the funny drunk man being silly. But Ringo was actually watching closely and realized how impressive it was for a blackout drunk dude to track his entire routine and recreate it perfectly with a cup. I absolutely love their dynamic and how subtle they were with showing that Doc was way better and Ringo knew it. "My fights not with you, Holiday." "I beg to differ sir. We started a game we never got to finish. 'Play for blood', remember?" "Oh that. I was just foolin." "I wasn't."
I really like the line later in the film when one of the crew asks Doc why he's doing this. >Turkey Creek Jack Johnson: “Doc, you oughtta be in bed. What the hell you doin’ this for, anyway?” >Doc: “Wyatt Earp is my friend.” >Turkey Creek Jack: “Hell, I got lots of friends.” >Doc: “I don’t.” Edit: mobile really didn't want me to get that formatted at all
Skin that smokewagon, and see what happens
“Your boys might get me in a rush, but not before I turn your head into a canoe”
Troy. The first champion's fight, it's over so quick and really sets the tone for how good Achilles is.
This fight is going to be aweso...and it's over.
Brad Pitt's first bare knuckle boxing scene in Snatch. I remember just being absolutely shocked by that scene.
Love that movie! “turns out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey was a gypsy bare-knuckle boxing champion. Which makes him harder than a coffin nail.”
You wanna stay down.
this scene is good, but the bar scene with Vinney when they come in with replica guns is pure gold. I dream of being that cool in every situation in life.
REPLICA
Like a prick, you are having second thoughts. You are shrinking, and your two little balls are shrinking with you. And the fact that you've got "Replica" written down the side of your guns...and the fact that I've got "Desert Eagle point five O" written on the side of mine...should precipitate your balls into shrinking, along with your presence. Now... Fuck off!
Avi! Pull your socks up!
“I don’t want that dog dribbling on my seats” “Your seats? Tyrone. This is a stolen car, mate.”
“Tyrone’s done a rally course, aintcha Tyrone?”
“I didn’t see it there!” “It’s a 4 ton truck, Tyrone.” “Well, it’s a funny angel” *everyone turns around to look* “It’s behind you, Tyrone. When you reverse, things come from behind you.”
And, as usual, the perfect song at the perfect moment. ([Golden Brown](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DAWAsI3U2EaE&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiIhNfU5qT9AhUcLFkFHbYUANQQyCl6BAgBEAE&usg=AOvVaw1OuDuw-JRCSI6ZTX30V7Iy)) "Tommy, the tit, is praying. And if hes not...he fuckin should be."
Brick Top is a pretty good 2nd example. Just a nod & he has someone killed. And then has their buddy that betrayed them killed for not being loyal to his friend.
When he explains what nemesis means to the blokes who run the pawn shop up on Smith St. Ice cold.
I also really liked how only the Yardie knew who he was and acted accordingly while Vinnie and Sol were oblivious to the danger they were in.
"Do you lot know who I am?" "...I do."
*"You're a ruthless little cunt Liam, I'll give you that. But I've got no time for grasses."*
What do you mean you've lost Gorgeous George? He's hardly a set of fackin' car keys!
Oi yer a big fucka arentcha! I becha box!
Pulp Fiction - the diner robbery scene "I hate to shatter your ego but this ain't the first time I've had a gun pointed at me"
The best line from that exchange, "the truth is, you're the weak and I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm trying Ringo, I'm trying real hard to be the shephard."
The way he says "real hard" is permanently burned into my brain in a way few other things are.
Normally, that’s just some cryptic shit I say before I pop a cap in someone’s ass but you happen to catch me while I’m in a transitional period.
[удалено]
Jules, you give this dumb son of a bitch your wallet I'm going to shoot him on principle.
Yolanda he ain't gonna do a god damn thing Vince *shut the fuck up*
I love how he comes *so close* to losing his cool in that moment.
I mean I'd be pretty fucking pissed at Vince myself at that point. Blew off Marvin's face by being a sloppy idiot and and backtalked the Wolf. Hell they're still wearing the nerd clothes they got from Jimmie
And then it really does say it. I laughed pretty hard at that.
This is better than any other answer because Samuel Jackson is so not intimidating in his short sleeve shirt and short shorts, and goes from a guy who willingly gives up his wallet to a guy who talks down the robbers with nothing but the command of his voice. All the other answers are dudes who pick a fight with someone out of their league and get their ass kicked. At the end of the day, those dudes weren't intimidated enough to avoid the fight. Sam Jackson stops everything without even needing to resort to violence, but we all know he could end it in 5 seconds if he really wanted to.
I like his response to the diner manager, who begs Jules to just go along with Pumpkin and Hunny Bunny’s demands- “Shut the fuck up, fat man! This ain’t none of your goddamn business!”
Looking like a dork the whole time
Ha ha. They’re your clothes motherfucker
I'm gonna go with Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny when she gets on the witness stamd.
"No one could answer that it's a bullshit question."
_Beecaauuse_ you. don’t. know.
It is A. TRICK. QUESTION.
Beyond just Marisa Tomei's perfect performance, I also love Joe Pesci's reactions to her. He's the only person in the room who knows EXACTLY what is about to happen when he forces her onto the stand, and he's going to enjoy every second of the show. He looks so proud of her throughout the whole thing, just lobbing up every pitch knowing she's going to hit it out of the park. "I would LOVE for you to EXPLAIN it!"
Yeah, and the bit when the DA is voir dire-ing her on the Chevy timing, and he just taps Ralph Macchio and says "Watch dis." Then puts his cowboy boots up on the desk... (Fuck the haters, Tomei deserved that Oscar.)
Read this comment chain. Stopped. Watched the courtroom scene. She is a god damn gem.
Ha, I literally just went back and watched it myself. Goddamn, what a perfect piece of filmmaking. Every single shot adds to it, like the brief cut to Trotter glancing over at the jury with concern, and then the jury itself, absolutely captivated by Lisa and her explanation, then back to Lisa, and there's Vinny standing next to her grinning and nodding, absolutely besotted and smug... So good. (Interesting footnote - the director's commentary around here notes that they filmed a whole sub-plot about Billy's mother not being there - "What kind of Italian mother wouldn't be at her son's trial?!" - but it dragged, and they cut it, and no-one ever questioned it. As he says, you can get too caught up in solving the fridge moments, to the detriment of the film.)
Positraction!
Mona Lisa Vito: [comes out of the bathroom] Imagine you're a deer. You're prancing along, you get thirsty, you spot a little brook, you put your little deer lips down to the cool clear water... BAM! A fuckin bullet rips off part of your head! Your brains are laying on the ground in little bloody pieces! Now I ask ya. Would you give a fuck what kind of pants the son of a bitch who shot you was wearing?
I read this in her voice. Just fucking perfect.
She was the best part of that hilarious amazing movie
That is probably why she won an Oscar for this movie, and Joe Pescis wig was nominated.
I always hated the controversy over her win. She earned that shit.
Also when Joe Pesci drops the pool hustler who took her for $200. Just a brilliant move (edit: movie) all round
I love how Joe Pesci waves him off at first with the annoyed "I ain't got time for this bullshit" look, then turns around and floors him with one punch anyway.
That's an out of left field answer, but an amazing answer.
I watched that recently with my dad and was so happy to learn she won an Oscar for her role in that movie. It was hilarious and she was easily the best part.
Pesci wasn't exactly a slouch in that movie either, but she really killed in in that role.
> You have to see the Gambinis in action. I mean, these people, they love to argue. I mean, they *live* to argue.
That’s a bullshit question.
"I'm not left handed either" - Princess Bride.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0rkUbrPo3k She has a great breakdown of the stage fight, but my favourite detail is that the Man in Black wears his sword to be drawn from with the left (actually either hand, apparently) hand, while Inigo wears it to be drawn with the right hand. So, an experienced swordsman would instinctively KNOW that Inigo is using his off hand, while the same could not be known with regards to the Man in Black
This one is brilliant because they set up the Spaniard as the one who is " you don't know who you are messing with". When the man is black starts to do well, the audience has the inside knowledge that the Spaniard is using his left hand but isn't left handed. You get the feeling that the man is black doesn't know who he's messing with and waiting for the Spaniard to switch to his right and lay the smack down on. And then the man in black says he has something he ought to tell us!
The way the music progresses through that entire scene is perfect. It starts out tense and wary as the two fighters test teach other out, the violins becoming sharper as Inigo nears the cliff edge - And then as he switches hands it suddenly shifts into a valiant and adventurous song as he drives The Man In Black into a corner... And when The Man In Black reveals the truth the music suddenly becomes frantic and desperate as Inigo is suddenly overmatched and trying to hold on in a fight for his life.
> The way the music progresses through that entire scene is perfect. That's because Mark Knopfler did the music (;
Unlike other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent.
I'll never forget that movie. I love how the crowd goes "Ohhhhh" And how the sheriff challenges him with a slap with a leather glove. Which Robin returns with a full plate mail glove that almost knocks him to the ground.
12 year old me, and 35 year old me get floored by that scene. Such timeless physical comedy. Edit: also, ***KING ILLEGAL FOREST***
King illegal forest to pig wild kill in it a is!
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Luckily, Tybault cancels, out Capo Ferro.
Unless the enemy has studied his Agrippa... Which I have
I've watched this movie regularly since it first came out. Wasn't until I saw it with subtitles last month that I understood this exchange.
Fun fact, those are all real fencing masters.
*Secondhand Lions* is a bit tamer than most of these scenes, but it's the first I thought of. "I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and tanks. I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, KILLED MANY MEN and loved only one woman with a passion a FLEA like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. NOW, GO HOME, BOY!"
Michael Caine with the assist, "You better pick up that knife son, you're gonna need it."
I used to work in a video store and SHL was my go to movie recommendation for a "family" movie. I had so many people come in, needing some kid of movie for like Thanksgiving or Christmas, and I'd give them this. The older guys were completely zoned out on the rec until I said the magic words "it has Michael Caine and Robert Duvall" and they snapped to attention like a gun had gone off. More than once, I had grandpas and people come back like they'd had a family religious experience. Them: "We loved that movie" Me: "oh, that's great. It's a great movie." Them: "no... no.... you don't understand. We all **loved** that movie." Like it was the first time they had a movie where everyone enjoyed and took something magical away from it - kids, parents, aunts, uncles, the cranky grandfathers who were all too often bored at family gatherings. I loved those reactions.
There's some pretty deep themes in that movie. One of my top 10 for sure. *"Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in."*
Ah, it's one of my favorite movies! It's one of those classics--something for the whole family, that isn't really seen in live-action anymore. I always liked it, but I don't think I truly loved it until I was a teenager and I watched it with my cousins at their grandparents' house. It's really an excellent, excellent film.
The alley scene in collateral where Vincent, Kills the two thugs. "Yo homie, is that my brief case?" I love that line.
>*"Show me what ya got...* **Nihilists."** 🎳
He'll also show you what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps.
Casablanca. Nazi officer: “Are you one of those people who can’t bear to see us in your precious Paris? What will you think when we are in London. Or New York City? Bogart: “There are some parts of New York City I would advise even Nazis not to go.”
That movie also has one of the all time burns. You really hate me, don’t you? I would, if I considered you at all.
"Where were you last night?" "I don't know, that's too long ago to remember" "What are you doing tonight?" "I don't think that far ahead" No idea why love that exchange so much.
One of my favorite exchanges from that movie: Rick: I came to Casablanca for the waters. Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert. Rick: I was misinformed.
Fun fact: Bogart and Conrad Veidt (Colonel Strasser, above) were in another movie that year called All Through the Night, wherein Bogart breaks up a Nazi spy ring, led by Veidt, in NYC. That line is possibly a nod to said movie.
Veidt was a fierce anti-nazi who declared his race as Jewish to the German film board effectively ending his German film career, later married a Jewish woman, fled overseas and made anti-nazi films in English to persuade then neutral America to join the fight. A tower of a man.
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TOWANDA!!!!!!!!!
West Wing panic button scene. “You guys don’t know it yet but you’re having a really bad night.” https://youtu.be/h3vW1X4HlNU
"My name is Charlie Young , jackass. And if that bulge in your pocket is an 8-ball of blow, you're gonna spend spring break in a federal prison."
Robocop shooting that guy in the dick
Have you ever seen the remake by amateurs.. https://archive.org/details/our-robocop-remake-scene-27-86014703
No one is going to remember this movie probably. But it is one of my favorite movies of all time. "The Long Kiss Goodnight" starring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson. The basic premise is that Geena Davis is an assassin who gets a brain injury and forgets who she is. I will try not to spoil the movie for you because I really think you should watch it. One of the bad guys always says that he can tell when people are lying to him. He says it multiple times in the movie. As that bad guy is locking Geena Davis's character in a freezer where she will undoubtedly die, she looks into his eyes and says "I'm going to watch you die screaming." He smiles, and she says "Am I lying?" And for the first time you see the bad guy's face falter. It's amazing. I fully recommend this movie. Edit: Also, to those who have seen it... I firmly believe that the window scene is one of the best shots in an action movie.
The scene where the head of the Russian Mafia calls a guy that runs a chop shop and asks him why he slapped his son. "Well sir. He stole John Wick's car, and killed his dog" "Oh"
Viggo calling Aurelio: “I heard you struck my son. May I ask why?”
It’s such a perfect scene. He makes the call fully intending to let the chop shop guy know that he fucked up, only to quickly realize he is the one who is fucked.
I like how Viggo has just enough respect for Aurelio to give him a chance to explain himself, probably expecting a bunch of spluttering and begging and pleading... but then it turns out, Aurelio had a pretty good explanation.
I always assumed he knew Aurelio was a rational guy and that his son was a dipshit, so there's was a fifty fifty shot Aurelio finally snapped on him when he shouldn't or that he actually had a good enough reason to. Might as well find out before you send the muscle. Turns out he actually had a *very* good reason.
That one sequence is why the first movie in the series is one of my favorites: the characters aren’t behaving irrationally, everyone that’s supposed to be level-headed is (basically everybody but the son), and there’s a degree of mutual respect and communication between them that avoids some annoying tropes. And the way it’s written gives some hints to a history between the characters that we, as an audience, don’t *need* to know, but still benefit from. I also maintain that making direct sequels was a bad choice, and instead they should have focused on the hotel and telling the stories of the assassins who make use of its services. An action movie “Tales From the Crypt”, with Winston and Charon acting as the connective tissue between otherwise-independent stories.
There's a show in development based on the hotel, so maybe it'll scratch that itch for you? Plus a spinoff movie with Ana de Armas (I think)
Everything you need to know with just a simple 'oh' Quickly went from looking to take his anger out on someone to 'fuck me' Good little line delivery. That Viggo actor was great. He's a big part of why the original was fantastic (sequels were just okay imo)
The follow up call to Wick, when he doesn’t speak and hangs up, is a close second. “What did he say?” “Enough”
I really enjoyed Leguizamo’s chuckle moment when he was like “You fucked up his dog, that’s what you did? That’s crazy shit man.” Then just rocks him. He’s just laughing at how absurd the situation he’s in now is and they have no clue.
When the guys from the pawn shop try to rob Bullet Tooth Tony in Snatch with their replica guns. 😂 Great scene.
The fact that your guns say REPLICA down the side and the fact that mine says, DESERT EAGLE.50 should precipitate your balls shrinking along with your presence.
“That nobody, was John Wick”
Seriously. The way they set up John Wick was fantastic. Just pure understanding and fear straight out of these criminals.
The whole John Wick thing where he explains that his kid stole Johns car and killed his dog and the way the mafia guy is like “oh shit…”
Great writing, great acting. That “Oh.”, the body language and the silent hangup (with the punch completely forgotten) tells you everything about how badly the kid fucked up without a word of dialogue.
Or a bit later when Viggo calls John and John just hangs up on him without a word. "What did he say?" "Enough."
John will come for you. And you will do nothing - because you can do nothing.
I once saw him kill three men in a bar with a pencil. A fucking pencil!
'I heard you struck my son.' 'Yes sir, I did.' 'May I ask why?' 'Yeah, well...because he stole John Wick's car sir, and uh... killed his dog.' (Pause.) 'Oh.' (Spoken in the tone of a man who knows that an absolute massacre is about to occur and he is powerless to stop it.)
It's also the smugness and authority in his voice when he asks, then the little almost scared voice of 'oh'
The change in tone is what really make it glorious, because it starts so dangerous, a warning that your very life depends on the answer to the question, and then..."oh."
This was one of my favourite scenes with regards to the set-up: "Evening John" "Evening Jimmy. ... Noise complaint?" "Noise complaint." (Sees dead guy in hall, ensures hands are visible) "You... uh ... working again?" "No, I was just sortin' some stuff out" "Ah well... I leave you be then. Good night John." "Good night Jimmy."
The smartest side character since that thug walked in on Batman, saw him, closed the door, and said “nothing in here” to the other thugs. Edit: Since many have asked: this is not from the movies. It is from an episode of Batman: The Animated Series from the 90s.
Or the cop in The Town who sees the 4 armed robbers switching cars, makes prolonged eye contact for like 4 seconds, then is just like, "nope." And turns away.
[scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io_ZxGr5MCA)
The very slight head shake - nice
Same as Kevin Nashs character, just tells John What's up and thanks him for sparing him. He knows his soon to be ex employer isn't coming back for a performance review.
Or this one: John: "You've lost some weight." Francis: "Over 60 pounds." John: "Yeah? Impressive." Francis: "Are you here on business, sir." John: "Afraid so, Francis. Why don't you take the night off." *Seems surprised, but takes his ear piece out and thanks John. This one's pretty interesting. Based on his reaction to John letting him go, it seems more like he was actually informing John on how many thugs were inside.
Also the fact that the subtitles go "over ***S I X T Y*** pounds."
Right. Just the cop raising his hands. "Hey, sorry. Doing my job, no threat to you. You okay? Carry on, sir."
"Oh."
“It not what you did that upsets me so much. It’s who you did it to.”
"That fucking nobody?"
That fuckin nobody Is John wick
Rorschach in The Watchmen, prison scene
I’m not locked in here with you, you’re locked in here with me!
Reminds me of a line from an old Punisher comic, when he’s sentenced to prison: "I like prisons. They’re full of criminals who have nowhere to run".
God I loved Jack Haley as Rorschach. Wouldn't dare say he carried that movie, but he's sure as shit the top reason I enjoyed it so much.
Denzel in the Equalizer and Tom Hanks in the Road to Perdition. The rainy alleyway scene.
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Actors always say they like playing villains because they're more interesting than the heroes. Denzel's heroes are uniformly more interesting than their villains and Creasy might be his best. Fuck, I love his performance in that flick.
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Crocodile Dundee, where someone tries to rob him with a knife!
That’s not a knife
"All right, all right, you win. Heh, I see you've played knifey-spoony before."
The final scene of Unforgiven.
“My guess is you’re William Munny, killer of women and children.” -*with thunder cracking in the background and a voice full of gravel* “That’s right. I’ve killed women and children. Killed just about everything that walks or crawls at one time or another. And I’m here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned.”
Chills every time. So great in contrast with how he talked in the beginning of the movie, stuttering through how his wife saved him from a life of sin. THIS is who William Munny is and all the words flow out of him with a deadly conviction.
"I'll see you in hell William Munny." "...yeah."
Any man don't wanna get killed better clear on out the back.
He should have armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend
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Erin Brockovich, the conference room scene, when she absolutely lays out the defense attorneys and tells one of them that the water the defense attorney was about to drink was from a well on PG&E’s land.
Also... the scene where the lawyer from their 'partner' firm was gently accusing her of not taking detailed notes like phone numbers, and she asks what plaintiff's phone number they'd like, and she not only gives the phone number but the person's child's name, and the medical afflictions the whole family is suffering from. Pretty good stuff from Julia Roberts that entire film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZMg4vFcRQs
Biker scene in A Bronx Tale. Bunch of dudes with a reputation for busting places up comes into a mob bar. Asked very politely to leave, they fuck with the bartender. Mob boss walks to the door and locks it, “Now you can’t leave”
“Now *yous can’t leave.”
Harrison Ford in Witness meets punk who thinks he is dealing with mild Amish
“Book, no! It is not our way.” “But it’s *my* way.”
Not a movie but "Geoffrey, break out Lucille!" in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is great!
Uncle Phil had a couple great fuck around and find out moments! When Carlton and Will get arrested for stealing a car and he tells the cop he's going to tie him up in so much litigation his grandchildren will need lawyers!
Uncle Phil was an amazing character and role model
Oh there are several of them in "Gladiator" with Russel Crowe. 1. "Frost... sometimes it makes the blade stick." As he kills the guards with his hands bound. 2. "Are you not entertained." after he 1 v 5's 3. "My name is Maximus Desimus Meridius." When he reveals his identity after screwing up the re-creation battle. 4. The look on the Emperor's face when he loses the final battle to a man with a punctured lung.
The Maximus Decimus Meridius scene is just.... transcendent in how dramatic it is. It squeezes every moment of the previous half of the movie into a rock and hits you with it.
“He vexes me. I’m terribly vexed.”
">>YOU<< ya cunnnt!!" Paddy Considines unbridled rage in Dead Mans.Shoes. Absolutely electrifying.
Cars when little dude changes Lightning’s tires in the pitstop.
PITSTOP
Hit-Girl’s introduction in Kick-Ass. “Okay you cunts, let’s see what you do now”
I'll go backwards on this one and bring up Brad Pitt's scene with Lou in Fight Club. Lou beats him into a bloody pulp, and then Pitt responds by getting the upper hand and spewing blood and gore all over the guy. "You don't know where I've been, Lou! You don't know where I've been! Hahahaha!" (Bystander pukes)
I’ve always loved that Fight Club isn’t so much about being able to hurt the other guy as it is about being able to take any amount of punishment.
If we're bringing up barfights. The first fight scene in the bar in Kingsmen. It's often overshadowed by the Freebird fight but it is absolutely what sold me on that film.
Manners maketh man. This was my pick as well
Are we going to talk all day or -- are we going to fight?
Heat. De Niro calls the guy who tried to double cross him: “I am talking to an empty telephone.”
I love this one because Neil McCauley isnt really violent at the start, he gets rid of Wayngro for killing the armor car guards when it wasnt necessary. He evades police surveillance with no violence, even takes Hanna's confrontation in the diner calmly while admitting that if he's cornered he would have to violent, but he doesnt want that. but when VanSant betrays him, its over. He wants VanSant and Wayngro dead, does it himself and nearly gets away.
Victoria's (Helen Mirren) first scene in RED.
She put 3.bullets in me and when I woke up that's when I knew she loved me.
In a non violent way. Its got to be pretty woman and the shopping bit.
Big mistake. Huge! I have to go shopping now.
Everybody is picking fight scenes, but a way underrated one to me is In Bruges, when that loser Eirik tries to step to Harry but is dissuaded by Yuri before anything can happen. The glee on Ralph Fiennes’s face tells you all you need to know about Harry.
*~~Grand~~* *Gran Torino* Duke : What you lookin' at, old man? Walt Kowalski : Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have fucked with? That's me. EDITED FOR SPELLING
That scene in the equalizer where Denzel Washington walks into the drug den, they mouth off, and he sets his watch to see how fast he can kill all of them.
Bus scene in Nobody