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Post by Popeye Doyle on May 7, 2018 21:02:45 GMT
Let's start with these -
"I knew Santino was going to have to go through all this and Fredo... well, Fredo was... But I, I never wanted this for you. I work my whole life, I don't apologize, to take care of my family. And I refused to be a fool dancing on the strings held by all of those big shots. That's my life, I don't apologize for that. But I always thought that when it was your time, that you would be the one to hold the strings. Senator Corleone, Governor Corleone, something."
Forrest Gump finding out he has a son and his concerns about him being mentally slow. Sticking with Tom Hanks, the last minutes of Captain Phillips.
Alec Baldwin - Glengarry Glen Ross
"I've been thinking. Tomorrow it will be 28 years to the day that I've been in the service. 28 years in peace and war. I don't suppose I've been at home more than 10 months in all that time. Still, it's been a good life. I loved India. I wouldn't have had it any other way. But there are times when suddenly you realize you're nearer the end than the beginning. And you wonder, you ask yourself, what the sum total of your life represents. What difference your being there at any time made to anything. Hardly made any difference at all, really, particularly in comparison with other men's careers. I don't know whether that kind of thinking's very healthy, but I must admit I've had some thoughts on those lines from time to time. But tonight... tonight!" |
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Post by mikef6 on May 7, 2018 22:14:05 GMT
Humphrey Bogart in the final climatic scene of “The Maltese Falcon” (1941) with Mary Astor and later with Ward Bond.
Claire Trevor, Edward G, Robinson, and Humphrey Bogart in “Key Largo” (1948) – she sings ‘Moanin’ Low’ with Bogie’s and Eddie G.’s reactions.
Edward G. Robinson rattling off the insurance actuarial tables in “Double Indemnity” (1941)
Charles Chaplin in City Lights (1931) – final scene when the flower girl recognizes him
Bette Davis in Dark Victory (1939) – final scene
Marlon Brando confronts Lee J. Cobb at the climax of “On The Waterfront” (1955)
Setsuko Hara in Tôkyô Monogatari (Tokyo Story) (1953) – her conversation with her ex-father in law at the funeral.
Montgomery Clift in “Judgment at Nuremberg” (1961) – his trial testimony
Katharine Hepburn in “Long Day's Journey Into Night” (1962) – Every scene she is in
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Post by ck100 on May 7, 2018 22:15:11 GMT
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on May 7, 2018 22:33:12 GMT
There's too many scenes to remember, so I'll just post ones that come first in my head and aren;t necessarily classics.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on May 7, 2018 22:36:41 GMT
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Post by ellynmacg on May 7, 2018 23:15:41 GMT
NOTE: I have tons of other nominees for best-acted scenes, some of them from more recent films, but for the time being, I think I'll just focus on one of my all-time favorite actresses. Olivia de Havilland - Just about everything of hers that I've seen, but to pick a few highlights: Gone With the Wind - the scene in which Union soldiers have surrounded Melanie's house in Atlanta, and Melanie is forced to pretend that Rhett is bringing Ashley home, after taking him out and getting him drunk; Melanie's final scene Hold Back the Dawn - the scene in which Emmy staunchly defends her charming-but-fraudulent husband (Charles Boyer), saving him from being forever barred from entering the U.S. ...despite having just learned of his plans to abandon her To Each His Own - the scene in which Jody realizes that her visiting "nephew" (in reality her son) will never be happy away from his adopted home, and decides to send him back to his foster mother The Heiress - every one of Catherine's scenes played with her rat of a father (Ralph Richardson); the final scene, in which Catherine pointedly ignores the increasingly desperate knocking of her fortune-hunting suitor, Montgomery Clift I'm sure many of her scenes from The Snake Pit would be worth including here, but since I have not yet seen that film, it will have to wait.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2018 23:25:30 GMT
This scene in The Caine Mutiny. The movie is good but this scene is one of the all-time best.
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Post by OldAussie on May 8, 2018 1:44:21 GMT
Let's start with these -
"I knew Santino was going to have to go through all this and Fredo... well, Fredo was... But I, I never wanted this for you. I work my whole life, I don't apologize, to take care of my family. And I refused to be a fool dancing on the strings held by all of those big shots. That's my life, I don't apologize for that. But I always thought that when it was your time, that you would be the one to hold the strings. Senator Corleone, Governor Corleone, something."
Forrest Gump finding out he has a son and his concerns about him being mentally slow. Sticking with Tom Hanks, the last minutes of Captain Phillips.
Alec Baldwin - Glengarry Glen Ross
"I've been thinking. Tomorrow it will be 28 years to the day that I've been in the service. 28 years in peace and war. I don't suppose I've been at home more than 10 months in all that time. Still, it's been a good life. I loved India. I wouldn't have had it any other way. But there are times when suddenly you realize you're nearer the end than the beginning. And you wonder, you ask yourself, what the sum total of your life represents. What difference your being there at any time made to anything. Hardly made any difference at all, really, particularly in comparison with other men's careers. I don't know whether that kind of thinking's very healthy, but I must admit I've had some thoughts on those lines from time to time. But tonight... tonight!" Damn, man, I was going to say that scene from Kwai. |
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Post by OldAussie on May 8, 2018 1:46:33 GMT
Errol and Olivia's swan song -
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on May 8, 2018 1:47:38 GMT
"Charlie, they took my thumb"
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Post by Popeye Doyle on May 8, 2018 1:53:16 GMT
"Charlie, they took my thumb"  |
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Post by OldAussie on May 8, 2018 1:59:30 GMT
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on May 8, 2018 1:59:57 GMT
"Charlie, they took my thumb" Is that the Fonz after reattachment surgery? |
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Post by vegalyra on May 8, 2018 2:11:29 GMT
Basically Robert Redford's entire performance in All the President's Men. Seriously, it was that good.
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Post by Sulla on May 8, 2018 2:59:49 GMT
The Gift (2000) - a couple of intense scenes where Giovanni Ribisi shows he can do crazy. Donnie (Keanu Reeves) is bullying a young boy and Buddy (Ribisi) confronts him. Donnie pulls out a pistol and points it at Buddy. Buddy grabs the barrel and puts it to his own forehead demanding that Donnie pull the trigger.
Later Buddy ties up his father and sets fire to him while berating him for molesting Buddy as a child.
21 Grams (2003)
Jack (Benicio Del Toro) loses his faith and breaks down wanting to know why Jesus didn't prevent him from accidently running over and killing a man and two little girls.
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Bess (Emily Watson) goes into a church and has a conversation with God where she voices both parts.
Primal Fear (1996)
The scene where we find out that Roy (Ed Norton) is actually the dominant personality.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on May 8, 2018 3:00:31 GMT
Speaking of Forrest Gump, props to Gary Senise for Lt. Dan.
He is one of the best examples ever of good character developmet.
That was such a great year for movies.
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 8, 2018 3:46:40 GMT
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 8, 2018 3:51:05 GMT
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Post by Popeye Doyle on May 8, 2018 4:50:29 GMT
Is that the Fonz after reattachment surgery? That one episode directed by Stanley Kubrick. |
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Post by darksidebeadle on May 8, 2018 4:55:23 GMT
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