Favorite Movie Scenes

I finally gave in to that urge for brownies and went to the store. When I got in my car the radio was playing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." I like that song and I really love the scene in "Wayne's World" where Wayne & Garth and his buddies are driving in the Pinto and singing this song. Whenever they get to that one guitar part in the song, I always make everyone in the car do that head banger thing. I don't know why, but I think it is funny. It made me think of writing a blog of scenes from movies that I like. So here they are in no particular order:

1. Princess Bride - the scene where Westley (as the Man in Black) fights Inigo, Fezzig, and then Vincini.

2. Captain Ron - okay, I love this movie. It's all good, but my favorite scene is when Captain Ron and Ben are playing Monopoly and Ben moves Ron's beer.

Captain Ron: Hey. Get your hands off that.
Benjamin Harvey: I was just moving it. I wasn't gonna drink it.
Captain Ron: You bet your little booty, you wasn't. You want a beer, you get your own beer

I don't know why, but it cracks me up.

3. Captain Ron - I also love the scene where Martin Harvey is bitching about the revolutionaries. Totally makes me laugh every time!

Captain Ron: Stay in the path, Boss! There's gorillas in the woods.
Martin Harvey: If there's one single gorilla around here, I'll eat it.
(SCREECHING)
Gorillas. Right.
He could have said "revolutionaries", "freedom fighters". No."Gorillas". He did it on purpose. You can see it in his eyes...eye.
He said "gorilla". Not "guerrilla".
"Guer", "go".
Huge difference!

4. True Lies - another movie I totally love. But my favorite part is when Harry & Gib are interrogating Simon on top of the dam.

SIMON: No... I sell cars. That's all! Not even foreign cars. Nothing international, I swear. I'm no terrorist. Everything I said was a lie... you have to believe me. I'm actually a complete coward. If I ever even saw a gun I'd-- (Harry whips his pistol out in one liquid motion and snaps the muzzle right in front of Simon's eyes.) -- faint. Aahhh! Don't kill me. I'm not a spy. I'm nothing. I'm navel lint. I have to lie to women to get laid. And I don't score much. It's pathetic. (he looks down) See, look... would a spy pee himself?

5. Independence Day - an all time favorite. In fact, I just watched it this morning. There are so many parts I love, but my favorite is the scene where Steve is dragging the alien carcass over the desert.

Steve Hiller: Y'know, this was supposed to be my weekend off, but noooo. You got me out here draggin' your heavy ass through the burnin' desert with your dreadlocks stickin' out the back of my parachute. You gotta come down here with an attitude, actin' all big and bad... and what the hell is that smell? I could've been at a barbecue! But I ain't mad.

6. Independence Day again. I absolutely love the speech the president gives before the pilots go up to take out the alien spaceships.

The President: Mankind. That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it is fate that today is the fourth of July and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution, but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist! And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice, "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!"

7. Office Space. I adore this move. My favorite scene is where Peter takes the drill to his cubical and takes down the walls. This movie has so many great quotes that I can't list them all here, so I'll just give you a website. And yes, I do have a red Swingline stapler. Greg got me one for Christmas.


I'm sure I have more favorites, but I have to go make my brownies now.