G-S-T Top 10 – Scenes I Could Watch Over and Over and Over (Part II)

Since I had so much fun with our last post about a number of scenes I could watch on never ending repeat, her are 10 more I find equally pleasing.

Note: As is the case with most videos on You Tube there is a wide range in both quality and legitimacy to these clips. In other cases, a specific scene I wanted was just nowhere to be found or if it was has been edited by some dope which ultimately diminishes the integrity of the clip and the point I was trying to make. Anyway, here they are…Enjoy!

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Robots – If you need to make haste in your travels across Robot CIty, The Crosstown Express one sure fire way to get your your final destination. One part roller coaster, one part directionless and death defying ride it is made all the more exciting with John Powell’s thrilling and fun score. “Just put your head between your legs.”

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Blade – Those few techno beats really do serve as a fitting precursor to the beating these Vamps that’s for sure. The fantastic opening is just a taste of what thrashings these “suck heads” can expect from Blade. In fact, it kinda reminds me of that old Issac Hayes song “You know they say that Blade is a bad mother…shut your mouth…but I’m talkin’ ’bout Blade…then we can dig it”.

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Star Wars – The “Trench Run” is one of my favorite film endings with the double bonus of being kind of a chase sequence (with Vader and the TIE Fighters are perusing). Still gets my heart pumping that’s for sure. “Stay on target”

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Layer Cake – While I already consider it a great monologue, the entire opening sequence just astounds me. The seamless transitions, the exposition and introduction of characters, the mix of songs and the deep foreboding score everything just works. Bonus points to Matthew Vaughn for keeping that momentum going for the duration of the film. In the hands of a lesser filmmaker it could have easily lost steam and been pretty trite and boring. Thankfully it’s quite the contrary in this case.

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Jurassic Park – Ah, landing on Isla Nublar. Caution, this video is not in its entirety (one of the videos I mentioned in my note atop this post) but those of you who know the movie probably know the entire scene/excahnge by heart as well as John Williams’ iconic music. Jeeze I really wish I could find the real video. Eh, points for trying right? Just don’t get mad at me for the terrible hack job editing:P

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Shrek the Thrid – As an off the wall/side kick character, Pinocchio is probably the best part of the Shrek series right after Donkey of course. While the franshise has slipped and fallen since the stellar second film I just can’t get enough of Pinocchio. Thee third film was made tolerable mostly due to his brief charm especially in this sequence as well as the one liners from Gingy.

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Finding Nemo – One of the most intimidating (at first) characters of this wonderful Pixar gem is simply misunderstood. I just find the “Fish are Friends” support group one of the cutest and funniest parts of the film. Also I couldn’t help from saying “Hallo…name’s Bruce!” on my honeymoon in Australia…yeah, that got old real quick for Mrs. Go,See,Talk but I just love that line.

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The Boondock Saints – While I enjoy Dafoe’s analysis of all the crime scenes in The Boondock Saints (like this tasty nugget for example) I particularly like how Dafoe’s Smecker continually reams the local yokel police trio as he really has it in for inept Det. Greenley. Enjoy…

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The Matrix – The Lobby Shootout will probably go down as one of the most fantastic, mind blowing and referenced action sequences of all time. It is, for me, just as exciting as the Chateau fight in the sequel. As I am a defender of The Matrix Reloaded I’d almost say it’s better than the Lobby Shootout but the guns and actobatics of this sequence are just a tad cooler.

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Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels – Guy Rithie’s first and thoroughly beloved sleeper cult classic. If the smooth talking Cockney and the brillinat interweaving of characters aren’t enough to make you just love this movie, Guy takes it to a whole new level with action and cut scenes that are just as sharp as the dialog. Also it’s probably the only time I think I can say I’ve liked listening to Zorba the Greek.

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All of these above clips are but small glimpses at what are pretty solid films (at least I think so:P). But if you haven’t seen many from those above take a chance on them; they’re sure fire entertainment if I do say so myself.

So that’s my two cents, err, Top 10. What are the scenes that you could watch over and over and over??