102. Lake Placid – Crocodile eats Bear – What a great freakin’ movie. And this scene…well, c’mon. A Crocodile eats a freakin’ bear!!!

101. Roxanne – 27 Better Than’s – Steve Martin was absolutely brilliant in this movie. It makes me miss the funny but not looney Steve Martin. It seems lately he can’t do anything that isn’t either embarrassing (Pink Panther, Looney Tunes back In Action) or totally serious (Shopgirl) or family shlock (Cheaper By the Dozen). THIS is the Steve I love.

100. Back To The Future – George fights Biff – It’s tough to pick a favorite Crispin Glover moment from one of my favorite movies of all time, but I would have to say this is the most memorable (and oddly relatable) scene to me. I mean, who hasn’t quoted “Hey you! Get your damn hands off her!”? (although in that scene he never actually finishes the line, so don’t nitpick)

99. Peter Jackson’s King Kong – The Skyscraper Battle – When Peter Jackson announced he was following up the Lord of the Rings trilogy with a King Kong remake with Jack Black I don’t think I was alone when I made a very disappointed groan. It just seemed like a bad idea all the way around. But damn if that movie wasn’t absolutely breathtaking. The skyscraper scene still gets me every time, and it was also the first time I ever saw my daughter cry at a movie…and she was bawling.

98. The Ref – Lloyd & Caroline’s counseling scene. – This movie was supposed to be Denis Leary’s first starring vehicle after finding fame on MTV, but Kevin Spacey and Judy Davis stole the show as the bickering, loveless couple. Their BD Wong supervised marriage counseling session is absolutely priceless. Too bad the movie had that shit head Bob Steinmiller in it.

97. Fight Club – Airport security – Ok, yes. Fight Club is one of my all time favorite movies. Pitt & Norton are amazing in it. So why is my favorite scene one that barely has Norton in it and is completely devoid of Pitt other than showing up in the background? Because the scene is awesome and infinitely quotable. I could watch it forever. “In the event of a dildo, we have to use the indefinite article ‘a dildo’, never ‘your dildo’”

96. Jurassic Park 2 – The cracking windshield scene – Yes, the second Jurassic Park is relatively forgettable, but this scene always got me. The thing I love most about it is that with all the special effects and all the killer dinosaurs running around, the scariest, most tension filled scene was one involving cracking glass. I remember seeing it in the theater and the sound editing is just amazing. You really can feel the terror of having nothing between you and certain death but a shattered windshield. Goose bumps.

95. Spaceballs – Ludicrous Speed – What do I really have to say about this scene? I really miss Rick Moranis. (No, he is not dead. After his wife’s death, however, he did retire for good.)

96. The Incredibles – Violet & Dash fighting Syndrome’s henchmen in the jungle – Another movie that made it tough to pick a favorite scene. I just adore this film from beginning to end but for some reason this scene always fills me with glee. I always get watery eyed and let out a huge laugh when they start running around in Vi’s invisi-sphere. Dunno why.

95. So I Married An Axe Murderer – Vicki Johnson’s prison tour – Oh Phil Hartman…we miss ya.

94. Devil’s Advocate – Milton confronting the thugs on the train – Al Pacino as the devil? Genius! This scene really represented just how powerful and unbeatable he was.

93. American History X – The Curbing – Edward Norton surprised everyone when he did this role. It was hard to imagine him as a tougher than shit Nazi skinhead, but the scene where he made a black guy put his teeth up on the curb so he could stomp on his skull made it a whole lot more believable.

92. Stroker Ace – Stroker debating whether or not to rape an unconscious Pembrook Feeney – Oh life was so simple back then. When the idea of taking advantage of a sleeping woman was still kinda funny. But in all honesty, I had such a crush on Loni Anderson back then I wasn’t complaining about seeing her lying on the bed in her bra while Burt Reynolds went back and forth over the idea of plowing her.

91. X-Men 2 – Wolverine Berserker rage – Sure, Wolverine has pretty much become a joke ever since X-Men Last Stand & The horrible Origins movie, but let’s not forget the perfectly crafted X-Men United. In the first X movie we got a tad watered down version of Wolvie and we never got to really see him go balls out crazy. That all changed when Stryker’s men tried to raid the mansion and Logan went berserker freakin’ nuts on their asses! THAT’S the Wolvie we wanted to see…maybe a little shorter and less Hugh Jackmany.

90. Who Framed Roger Rabbit – The weasels interrogating Eddie in his apartment – Nothing better than hearing Bob Hoskins refer to his dirty socks as his “lingerie”. The whole scene works from beginning to end and truly represents what an amazing job Robert Zemeckis did in blending toons and humans well before there was CGI.

89.The Hangover – Closing Credits – Again, a very hard movie to pull out a “best scene” but I would have to say the closing credits with all the photos from the forgotten evening brings the whole film together quite nicely. It even made me like Flo Rida…a little

88. The A-Team – Flying the Tank – I don’t care what anyone says. This movie is a freakin’ classic already. It really embraced the TV show, put an amazingly talented cast and huge budget behind it and it worked. There are tons of great action scenes but I think the tank scene really represents the ridiculous nature of the film. Jessica Biel lucks out having one of the best lines in the movie. “No. they’re trying to fly the tank.” Superb!

87. Human Centipede – The unveiling of the plan – This scene was in the trailers and had everybody hooked just from that. Well, it is even more gruesome and gut wrencing in the film. There are plenty of intense scenes throughout the film, but Dieter Laser’s excitement over his insane plan can not be matched.

86. Iron Man – “Yeah, I can fly.” Great scene in the best comic book movie to date.

85. Better Off Dead – Lane argues with his doodles at lunch – One unforgettable and quotable scene after another but I would have to choose this scene simply because I quote “I mean really, Lane. That’s sick.” at least once a day.

84. Long Kiss Goodnight – Samuel Jackson’s Intro – If you haven’t seen this movie yet then do it. Geena Davis is a genuine sexy badass and Samuel L Jackson is hilarious. This scene holds the record for the most time one man has used the term “ass-fucking” in less than a minute. Also used to create the title “ass-fucking fan”. And it is all topped off with a hobo puking. What else do you need?

83. Beetlejuice – Dinner Party Possession – Tim Burton has done some amazing work and has created many memorable scenes, but I think the Harry Belafonte “Day-O” scenes stands apart as the most addictively watchable.

82. Batman : The Movie (1966)- The getting rid of a bomb scene – Batman running around the crowded docks holding a cartoon style spherical bomb with the wick eternally burning is hilariously campy enough, but ending the scene with the phrase “Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb.” made it classic.

81. Pretty In Pink – Ducky’s Try A Little Tenderness scene – One can only hope to have such a cool moment in their lives. Makes me sad to see Jon Cryer and how absurdly uncool he is now. He and Matthew Broderick should be in a movie called “What the hell happened to us?”

80. Fast Times at Ridgemont High – Phoebe Cates bikini scene – Do I really need to explain this? Let’s move on.

79. True Romance – Christopher Walken/Dennis Hopper scene – Screen chemistry like no other. Perfection.

78. National Lampoon’s Senior Trip – Kevin McDonald as the crossing guard – This movie is fucking awful. I mean, really terrible. But Kid in the Hall Kevin McDonald plays a crossing guard and cracks me up every time I see it. GO! GO!! Go!!

77. Hellboy – Spying on Liz from the rooftop – I am noticing that on this list a lot o fthe action movies I pick I tend to really go for the non-action scenes. It’s not that I am not totally in love with the action, but I like the scenes that take a break and ground the weirdest premises to reality. Hellboy on the roof sharing cookies with a strange kid and complaining about his love life is pretty great.

76. The Contender – Laine confesses to the president – This entire movie is an amazing build-up to this final scene. Jeff Bridges plays the absolute best president ever ever ever. I know many of you have not seen this movie… so do it NOW!!! (and don’t watch this scene. Spoiler alert. There. I said it.)

75. Boogie Nights – You got the touch – How cool is it when you are sitting watching a retro porn movie starring Marky Mark and he starts singing the theme song from the Transformers Movie? Pretty effing cool.

74. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – The Parade Scene – Just so cool…if only Cameron’s “Fry cook on Mars” line was more clear.

73. Planes Trains & Automobiles – Fucking Car Rental scene – John Hughes could have easily gotten a PG-13 rating by omitting this scene but he stuck to his guns and said the scene stays or he shelves it. It stayed and Steve Martin is brilliant. Worth every second of “F” bombs.

72. Revenge of the Nerds – Gilbert’s speech – Sure there are a bunch of memorable scenes like the panty raid, or the TriLam/Omega Mu party, or Takashi’s bike race, or the rap at the talent show or Louis raping Betty in a Farth Vader mask but the part that always gets me is Gilbert’s speech to the school at the end. What can I say? I am a nerd…and I’m pretty proud of it.

71. Christmas Story – Flick and the pole – I know the movie is this generation’s It’s A Wonderful Life and we are all immensely sick of it by now, but you gotta admit the scene where Flick puts his tongue on the flagpole will stick with you forever and ever (stick…get it?).

70. Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle- NPH. ‘Nuff said.

69. Batman (1989) – Bruce Wayne visits Vicki Vale – The best scene in the movie didn’t even involve the best Batman in costume. When Keaton goes nuts towards Jack Nicholson’s Joker and takes a bullet to the chest…just amazing!

68. From Dusk Til Dawn – Richy & Seth in the shower while border Patrol investigates the RV – The banter between Tarantino and Clooney is just incredible throughout the entire film, but the scene where Richy almost stands up to big brother Seth and gets knocked the fuck out is genius.

67. Inglorious Basterds (2009) – Col. Hans Landa’s opening dialog – That opening scene is almost twenty minutes long. Just one guy talking for twenty minutes in a movie is practically unheard of, and yet Christoph Waltz is hypnotic. I remember watching that and then looking at the Blu Ray player seeing the 20:00 mark and swore there had to be a mistake. I could have watched that evil Nazi for days.

66. Zero Effect – Arlo trying to walk Daryl through a tax return over the phone – “No that’s a W2, WW2 was the second world War.” Not a lot of people saw this film, but I freakin’ love it.

65. Weird Science – The Bar Scene – “Drink It!” “Crazy Insane?” “Insane?’ “ Crazy?” Take two drunk teenage white boys and let them riff with a buncha old black dudes and see what you get. Comedy gold.

64. Bad Santa – The car sex scene – I never thought Lauren Graham was that hot until I saw her riding Santa Claus.

63. Deliverance – Imma make you squeal like a pig – I admittedly first heard this scene my sophomore year as sampled in the Revolting Cocks “Beers Steers & Queers”, so when I finally made an effort to watch the movie, I couldn’t NOT hear drum machine faintly in the background. Sadly the movie really peeked at that scene and kinda went downhill, but Ned Beatty will still claim to this day that more went on with the locals that starred in that scene than he cares to share publicly.

62. Clerks – Randall reciting porno titles to the distributor– I won’t take the easy way out and just give Jeff Anderson credit for an amazing job throughout the entire movie, but I did just pick this scene cuz I couldn’t nail down a favorite.

61. Dumb & Dumber – Pretty bird scene – Watching a blind kid pet a dead parakeet with its head scotch taped on has got to be one of the greatest moments ever captured on film, dontcha think?

60. Let Me In – Abby eats a Now n’ Later – Watching Abby pop that candy in her mouth just to make Owen happy, knowing it will make her violently ill because it isn’t, y’ know, blood, is just so sweet.

59. In & Out – The kiss at the intersexual…errr homosection – After this scene you couldn’t convince me that Tom Selleck & Kevin Kline are NOT gay, even if Kevin Kline married the woman with the single greatest nude scene ever.

58. American Psycho – Patrick kills Paul Allen while listening to Huey Lewis – Violently kill Jared Leto in anything and I am there with bell son.

57. Twilight Zone the Movie – “I’m wishing you into cartoon land” – That scene always freaked me the hell out. Anthony was a horrifying kid and all the nutjobs around him just made the scene even crazier…and ironically, he wished Yeardley Smith into cartoon land and she spent the next 20+ years on the Simpsons.

56. As Good As It Gets – Melvin interrupting Simon’s story in the car – Good times, noodle salad.

55. Ricochet – The phone book scene – John Lithgow and Jesse Ventura duct taping phone books to themselves and battling it out with sharpened metal poles in prison?!?! Someone has been reading my diary…..

54. Psycho – The shower scene – Yes, most classic horror movies are totally cheesy and lame by today’s standards…but that scene will always give me chills, even if it is Hershey’s syrup going down the drain.

53. Dave – Shower scene – “Hail to the chief he’s the one we all say hail to. Wee all say hail cuz he keeps himself so clean.” This scene is hilarious and also powerful. When Sigourney Weaver busts in and chastises Dave, thinking he is the president you can really feel the hatred she feels for her husband. Yet, the second glance she gives his…ahem “dignitaries” always gets a laugh from me.

52. Zombieland – Bill Murray dies – I really wish I didn’t know about the Bill Murray scene before seeing this movie. Damn you AintItCoolnews.com!! But I did not know about the shooting scene, so it was still a great surprise.

51. Usual Suspects – The crew finds Kobayashi – I could just make a list of 100 Favorite Usual Suspects moments, but I will settle for only a few making their way on here. When Kobayashi turns the tables on them and individually lays on the threats while at gunpoint, it is just superb. I almost wanted Mr McManus’ nephew David to get castrated.
50. Role Models – Wheeler meets Ronnie – While debates rage whether Ronnie says “hangdang” or “hangdown” it really doesn’t matter. The scene is probably my favorite from the movie and that is saying a lot because I love every damned second of this film.

49. Big Lebowski – Maude’s Introduction – Everything is right about this scene. The sound is haunting and confusing, Bridges & Moore work together with an unrivaled chemistry of two characters that should never mix. The whole sequence just works from beginning to end.

48. Ghostbusters – Venkman investigates Dana’s apartment – Like it or not, there has to be more than one Ghostbusters scene on this list. I have always been captivated by the chemistry between Peter and Dana because I always found I had similar chemistry with uptight snobby women. There is just no explaining it.

47. KickAss – Hitgirl’s Intro – If you have seen KickAss and this scene doesn’t make your list then you are no longer allowed to watch movies. Chloe Moritz is amazing in this role and I can’t wait to see more of her (and no, I don’t mean that in a pervy way…not completely anyway)

46. Sixteen Candles – The Dance – Young John Cusack, Farmer Ted dancing to the Specials, Joan Cusack wrestling the drinking fountain…so many memorable images in the span of just a few minutes.

45. Scrooged – We meet the Ghost of Christmas Present – Carol Kane is insane and never has she been better suited for a role than this psycho pixie with a cause. I mean, haven’t we all wanted to hit Bill Murray with a toaster at some point?

44. It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World – Lennie Pike busts up Ray & Irwin’s Garage – I love Jonathan Winters. Part of my love is just the fact that he is a genius comedian, but a lot of it is because he reminds me of my Papa, Benny. They are both just enormous men but act like big ol’ teddy bears. That is why I love the scene so much, because this man that really can’t play tough in any way just goes all HULK SMASH on a very obvious prop service station and the whole thing plays out so funny. There is no way I can’t NOT watch IAMMMMW if it is on TV. I even remember spending $125 to get that damn movie on laserdisc back in the day! YOWZA!!

43. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation – Clark flirting with the department store clerk – I realized it is hard to pick out a great scene in a movie riddled with amazing one liners, but I guess I have to, right? While Eddie delivered some of the funniest dialog ever I couldn’t nail down a full scene that stood above the rest. This was an actual two minutes of footage with several genius lines delivered by a still funny Chevy Chase that made this the best scene in the film.

42. Wizard of Oz – Flying Monkies tearing the stuffing out of the Scarecrow – This scared the shit out of me as a kid. Seriously horrifying.

41. Independence Day – The president’s speech – Oh. My. God. I will never be able to hear Bill Pullman pull this off without weeping like a little boy. THAT is the president I want in the White House.

40. Reservoir Dogs – Mr Blonde cuts off Marvin Nash’s ear – Can anybody hear Steeler’s Wheel “Stuck in the middle with you” and not feel a little uneasy? Madsen might have done nothing good since this, but damn that is cinematic gold.

39. Ghostbusters – The First Catch – Again, it is hard to pick a favorite scene in a movie that has no lulls and is balls out amazing from begining to end, but if I had to pick one I could watch again and again it would be the first catch in the hotel.

38. Gremlins – Mom fighting the Gremlins – Gremlin in a blender? Gremlin in a microwave? Yes Please!

37. Nightmare Before Christmas – What’s This? – It would seem unfair to pick only one scene out of such a visually and musically stunning film, but I do remember seeing this in the theater and barely being able to catch my breath I was so blown away by the sheer awesomness of it. So yes, it wins.

36. Silence Of The Lambs – Buffalo Bill doing the “tuck” to Q. Lazarus’ “Goodbye Horses” – Yeah, you’ll never un-see that shit.

35. Shaun of the Dead – KILL THE QUEEN!! – Shaun and the crew fighting the zombies off with cue sticks to the beat of “Don’t Stop me Now” blaring on the jukebox couldn’t have been more perfect.

34. Big Lebowski – Nobody fucks with the Jesus – John Turturro can do anything, and this is proof.

33. KickAss – Big Daddy’s Death Scene – Again, Chloe Moritz being the biggest bad ass in the room, this time to the crazed and maniacal screeching of a dying Nic Cage. The whole sequence is moving on so many levels. I can’t watch it without getting chills.

32. Caddyshack – Cinderella Boy – I never realized how hard it would be to pick out a “best scene” in movies as great as this. While there are much better lines and funnier bits in Caddyshack, I felt the scene where Bill Murray was improvising as he played golf with the flowers was probably the most memorable and definitely the most quoted scene. It also represents how Bill Murray took a cameo and made it a starring role just through a little improv.

31. Poltergeist – The clown scene – THIS is why my generation is freakin’ terrified of clowns! They are NOT funny!! They are creepy as hell. The greatest part about the scene in rewatching it years later is it happens after all the hullabaloo is over, so as you are watching it you think to yourself “Did I miss it? Was that in Poltergeist 2??” And then BAM!!! Fucking clown comin’ to eat ya!!!!!

30. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory – Augustus Gloop falls in the chocolate – This might not be the “best” scene in the movie, but it is the scene that effects me most. I remember watching the movie as a kid and totally thinking Willy Wonka was the nicest guy in the whole wide world. Then when this scene started going I was horrified because I realized just what a mean man he was. He kinda scared me, and then the orange faced midgets started singing and I was totally freaked out! For years I remembered that movie as a horror film on par with Twilight Zone the Movie or Creepshow. I didn’t actually enjoy the film for what it is until much later.

29. Stand By Me – Chopper, Sick Balls! – Again, a terrific movie full of amazingly quotable lines, but how do you nail down just ONE great scene? I think this demonstrated the bi-polar feel of the film. The stress of feeling Gordy running from the vicious Chopper, then the laughs from seeing Choppy and how the myth wasn’t true at all, and then gut-wrenching emotion from Corey Feldman as the junk guy starts ripping into Teddy’s dad. Just putting your emotions all over the map and it always feels good.

28. There’s Something About Mary – The zipper scene – I went and saw this movie alone in the theater and I vividly remember actually yelling in my chair when they did the reveal. That sort of humor was still not quite acceptable in mainstream films so it was definitely a shocker. Sadly, the Ferrelly brothers have been trying to top themselves ever since and I really don’t think it is possible. A close-up of balls stuck in a zipper just can not be beat. Period.

27. Charlie Bartlett – The pool scene – This movie really needs to have more followers. I would easily put this on the level of ANY John Hughes movie as far as a film represented teen angst and what it is like to be a teenager. The acting is superb by everyone involved and Robert Downey Jr gives a stand out performance. The final scene where he is drunk and shooting a gun at model boats in the pool is genius. All his interactions with Anton Yelchin as Charlie are great, but the final scene where they finally confront one another is especially emotional.

26. Iron Giant – When the Giant saves the kids falling from the building – I love and hate this scene. I love it because it just fills my heart with joy everytime I watch it, but I then hate it because it doesn’t just end there where the townspeople accept the Giant and they all live happily ever after. Period. But that isn’t how it ends. No sir. The stupid Army needs to come in and ruin everything. I know ultimately it is a happy ending, but every time I see him catch those kids the stupid part in my brain comes out and says “Is it over? Yay!!!”

25. Three Amigos – “Tell us we will die like dogs” – The Amigos feeding the bad guys their lines is just one that will always crack me up and I will forever quote that line.

24. Mr & Mrs Smith – The first fight between John & Jane – This may very well be one of the hottest scenes ever filmed, ever. Domestic violence doesn’t normally turn me on, but watching those two genetically perfect assassins try to kill each other just does it for me.

23. SE7EN – We meet John Doe – Kevin Spacey walking into the Police Station covered in blood and screaming “DETECTIVES!!” gives me chills every time. What a reveal…wow….

22. Mallrats – Superhero sex talk in the food court – How do you pick just ONE favorite scene from Mallrats? I mean, sure you can use he process of elimination and knock out any scenes where the London kid talks, but other than that, the movie is hilarious. It gave us jason lee, who was non stop awesomeness for a good five years before he found Scientology and got mega-lame. But before that happened, he could spew out Kevin Smith’s dialogue like no other. The scene where he is discussing Superman trying to impregnate Lois Lane is just perfect.

21. Memento – The ending/beginning – For those that think I absoluetly hate Christopher Nolan for destroying any hope we had of having a good Batman movie this century, you would be right. But before he ripped away my dreams, he created an unflawed work of art in Memento. Very few movies deliver such a satisfying and amazing twist at the end…err…ummm…beginning. It’s so hard to distinguish in a movie that runs backwards. But no matter how you look at it, the scene where we discover just who Leonard is really pays off.

20. Evil Dead 2 – Ash cuts off his possessed hand with a chainsaw – Do I really need to elaborate?? He cuts his own hand off with a freakin’ chainsaw!!

19. The Professional – Matilda coming back to the apartment after her family is slaughtered – I really went back and forth on this movie. There are just so many incredible scenes between the acting and the action sequences…it was near impossible to pick. However, my mind kept coming back to the scene where Natalie Portman walks past her apartment trying to keep her cool all the while trembling all over and by the time she gets to Leon’s door she is covered in tears and pleading with him to open the door. It just has an amazing impact and I think that was the scene where I knew my girl Natalie was going to be huge.

18. Porky’s – Tommy gets caught by Ballbricker through the peephole – Anyone that hasn’t watched Porky’s recently probably should. It is the movie that absolutely started the sexual comedy. It took mainstream movies to a place no one had ever been before yet it was done cleverly and with a certain level of class that its copycats couldn’t capture. So, keeping with the classy theme, I chose the scene where Tommy sticks his penis through the peephole into the girls’ locker room and Miss Ballbricker almost tears it off. Classic adult cinema at its finest.

17. Primal Fear – The first appearance of Roy – So this is a weird movie for me to watch still. It not only did all its filming in Chicago, but it held open auditions for Edward Norton’s role there as well. I auditioned for the part of Aaron and got two call backs. This was the only movie I ever auditioned for and it was quite an experience. The fact that I didn’t get the part never bothers me, but it is always funny to think about the What If’s, cuz look at Norton now. I coulda been The Hulk, dammit! But back to the film, he really did an amazing job and I still get chills every time his alter ego Roy makes his first appearance while being filmed by Frances McDormand….Primal Fear, Fight Club, The Hulk…what is it with Norton and split personalities??

16. Greedy – Frank disciplining his kid – It really is a shame that Phil Hartman never had an amazing film career to be remembered by. Don’t get me wrong, Newsradio is truly the greatest sitcom ever produced and Phil left us plenty of TV to keep us entertained for centuries…but he just never broke into film as much as he deserved. He does have a spot on the list for a cameo in So I Married An Axe Murderer but he never really had a chance to be the star of his own film. That being said, Greedy truly is one of the most underrated comedies of all time, and this one scene truly represents Phil’s amazing versatility to go from charming, to psycho to smarmy in a matter of ten seconds. We miss you Phil.

15. Falling Down – The Whammyburger scene – This is by far my favorite Michael Douglas movie ever ever ever. For those that don’t understand, this scene should explain it.

14. Moulin Rouge – Elephant Love Medley – Yeah yeah yeah…screw all y’all. I can’t help it.

13. Unleashed – Opening fight scene – Jet Li is just the king of all badass fuckers, and yet the cat can act too. I really love the sweet tender parts in this movie, but to me there are few fight sequences better than this one.

12. The Matrix – Agent Smith’s “Humans are a virus” speech – So let’s forget how terrible the sequels were and try to remember just how kickass the first one was. Hugo Weaving was amazing in the film. Truly unlike any character we had met in a film before. The entire performance was mind blowing, but his speech was just chilling.

11. Saw – The Ending where we meet Jigsaw – This is another case of classic oversaturation. We have had so many SAW movies that they have become campy and ridiculous. But try to look back to the first SAW movie and how chillingly refreshing it was for a horror movie. Twists and turns throughout the entire thing, great kills and just an overall feel of unease ran through you the whole time. And I don’t care who you are or where you saw it, when the dead body in the middle of the room stood up and revealed himself to be the big bad wolf there was a collective “Oh shit!!” among the audience. This was a great scene, but sadly the franchise just didn’t keep the necessary momentum to continue kicking ass.

12. The Goonies – Mouth gives Rosalita the tour – I was originally going to get all generic and go with the pirate ship scene with the Fratelli gang and HEY YOU GUYS!!! and all that. Then I started thinking about what Goonies was to me as a kid and Mouth was my freakin’ hero. Like, I idolized Corey Feldman. I used to say all the same things he would say and I would get relentlessly beat up by my peers for doing it, so the fact that he got away with being a smartass was just amazing to me. The scene where he translates for Mrs Walsh to Rosalita as she gives a tour of the house is fantastic. True comedy gold. The scene really stands up as a funny scene even by today’s standards. It really represents how much you could get away with in a family film back then. You couldn’t talk about sex toys,bondage gear, torturing minorities and drugs in a family film nowadays. It’s a shame, really.

11. Back To The Future – Doc returns to the present from the future – Remember the days when sequels by definition sucked? Remember when every movie gave us a cliffhanger, leaving it open for a sequel and the entire audience collectively groaned, knowing full well the second movie was going to suck balls? (Star Wars, of course does not count because that was always intended to be a trilogy) So why then, when Doc Brown came zooming into the McFlys’ trashcans ranting and raving about the future, were we excited for more? Why did we have a glimmer of hope? Was it because the movie we had just watched was essentially a perfect film and we had faith the powers-that-be would not try to bastardize that with a rushed, piece of shit follow up? Maybe. I really have no idea, but I know that the ending got everyone very excited and we all talked about that inevitable sequel like it was going to be the next EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.

10. The Others – The HOLY CRAP Ending – Usual Suspects & Sixth Sense are the two movies that come to mind when I think of a truly perfect “twist ending”. Many many many many have tried, and most have failed. The Others, however, knocks the freakin’ wind out of you with the surprise twist at the end. The genuinely wonderful thing about the ending is you look back and think “How the hell did I NOT see that coming?” But you didn’t see it coming, and if you say you did you are a liar. The end takes you delightfully and yet chillingly off guard and that is why it is on this list.

9. Die Hard – Now I Have A Machine Gun – Bruce Willis’ best Die Hard scene and he isn’t even in it. I always loved how John McLane’s humor is lost in Rickman’s translation.

8. Kids In The Hall:Brain Candy – You Are Gay – How do you pick a scene from such a ridiculously funny movie with one hilarious skit after another? Just pick the one you quote the most, of course.

7. Team America:World Police – The puking scene – It’s a puppet puking… A LOT. What is there to explain?

6. Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels – The Poker Scene – The scene that started the huge chain of events really sets the mood for the film. The brilliant use of The Stooges music in the scene really drives the emotion and sense of impending doom. Why has Guy Richie been unable to follow up this one work of genius? (and if you mention SNATCH I will kill you…..god that sucked)

5. Toy Story 2 – When Somebody Loved Me song – This song always makes me cry. Maybe it is because I can remember Twisty singing it to Kayla when she was just a wee little girl. Maybe it is because Pixar is run by wizards that have the ability to bring anyone to tears. Whatever it is, I just can’t help but to bawl every time I see this little montage.

4. Back to the Beach – Jamaica Ska – This is how I discovered Fishbone. How can I NOT give it a nod??

3. Hard Candy – The Castration Scene – I lovelovelove this movie! Ellen Page admittedly gets on my nerves a little bit now, but in this movie she is mind blowing! A movie that for the most part only has two actors all the way through but still keeps you intensely involved is rare indeed, but this movie pulls it off. The scene where little Hayley performs home surgery on Jeff is unlike anything I have ever seen.

2. Funny Games (US Edition) – Hot & Cold scene – I have very mixed thoughts on this movie. While I am definitely partial to the US version (Micahel Pitt’s performance in particular) I hate the society preachiness of the ending. But the scenes leading up to the crappy ending are amazing. The first time you see Michael Pitt break the fourth wall you get goosebumps.

1. The Muppets Take Manhattan – I’m Gonna Always Love You – Again, this next scene spawned a massive over saturation that caused the source material to be diluted and forgotten, but the original Muppet Babies number is still a classic.

100. Back To The Future – George fights Biff – It’s tough to pick a favorite Crispin Glover moment from one of my favorite movies of all time, but I would have to say this is the most memorable (and oddly relatable) scene to me. I mean, who hasn’t quoted “Hey you! Get your damn hands off her!”? (although in that scene he never actually finishes the line, so don’t nitpick)

99. Peter Jackson’s King Kong – The Skyscraper Battle – When Peter Jackson announced he was following up the Lord of the Rings trilogy with a King Kong remake with Jack Black I don’t think I was alone when I made a very disappointed groan. It just seemed like a bad idea all the way around. But damn if that movie wasn’t absolutely breathtaking. The skyscraper scene still gets me every time, and it was also the first time I ever saw my daughter cry at a movie…and she was bawling.

98. The Ref – Lloyd & Caroline’s counseling scene. – This movie was supposed to be Denis Leary’s first starring vehicle after finding fame on MTV, but Kevin Spacey and Judy Davis stole the show as the bickering, loveless couple. Their BD Wong supervised marriage counseling session is absolutely priceless. Too bad the movie had that shit head Bob Steinmiller in it.

97. Fight Club – Airport security – Ok, yes. Fight Club is one of my all time favorite movies. Pitt & Norton are amazing in it. So why is my favorite scene one that barely has Norton in it and is completely devoid of Pitt other than showing up in the background? Because the scene is awesome and infinitely quotable. I could watch it forever. “In the event of a dildo, we have to use the indefinite article ‘a dildo’, never ‘your dildo’”

96. Jurassic Park 2 – The cracking windshield scene – Yes, the second Jurassic Park is relatively forgettable, but this scene always got me. The thing I love most about it is that with all the special effects and all the killer dinosaurs running around, the scariest, most tension filled scene was one involving cracking glass. I remember seeing it in the theater and the sound editing is just amazing. You really can feel the terror of having nothing between you and certain death but a shattered windshield. Goose bumps.

95. Spaceballs – Ludicrous Speed – What do I really have to say about this scene? I really miss Rick Moranis. (No, he is not dead. After his wife’s death, however, he did retire for good.)

96. The Incredibles – Violet & Dash fighting Syndrome’s henchmen in the jungle – Another movie that made it tough to pick a favorite scene. I just adore this film from beginning to end but for some reason this scene always fills me with glee. I always get watery eyed and let out a huge laugh when they start running around in Vi’s invisi-sphere. Dunno why.

95. So I Married An Axe Murderer – Vicki Johnson’s prison tour – Oh Phil Hartman…we miss ya.

94. Devil’s Advocate – Milton confronting the thugs on the train – Al Pacino as the devil? Genius! This scene really represented just how powerful and unbeatable he was.

93. American History X – The Curbing – Edward Norton surprised everyone when he did this role. It was hard to imagine him as a tougher than shit Nazi skinhead, but the scene where he made a black guy put his teeth up on the curb so he could stomp on his skull made it a whole lot more believable.

92. Stroker Ace – Stroker debating whether or not to rape an unconscious Pembrook Feeney – Oh life was so simple back then. When the idea of taking advantage of a sleeping woman was still kinda funny. But in all honesty, I had such a crush on Loni Anderson back then I wasn’t complaining about seeing her lying on the bed in her bra while Burt Reynolds went back and forth over the idea of plowing her.

91. X-Men 2 – Wolverine Berserker rage – Sure, Wolverine has pretty much become a joke ever since X-Men Last Stand & The horrible Origins movie, but let’s not forget the perfectly crafted X-Men United. In the first X movie we got a tad watered down version of Wolvie and we never got to really see him go balls out crazy. That all changed when Stryker’s men tried to raid the mansion and Logan went berserker freakin’ nuts on their asses! THAT’S the Wolvie we wanted to see…maybe a little shorter and less Hugh Jackmany.

90. Who Framed Roger Rabbit – The weasels interrogating Eddie in his apartment – Nothing better than hearing Bob Hoskins refer to his dirty socks as his “lingerie”. The whole scene works from beginning to end and truly represents what an amazing job Robert Zemeckis did in blending toons and humans well before there was CGI.

89.The Hangover – Closing Credits – Again, a very hard movie to pull out a “best scene” but I would have to say the closing credits with all the photos from the forgotten evening brings the whole film together quite nicely. It even made me like Flo Rida…a little

88. The A-Team – Flying the Tank – I don’t care what anyone says. This movie is a freakin’ classic already. It really embraced the TV show, put an amazingly talented cast and huge budget behind it and it worked. There are tons of great action scenes but I think the tank scene really represents the ridiculous nature of the film. Jessica Biel lucks out having one of the best lines in the movie. “No. they’re trying to fly the tank.” Superb!

87. Human Centipede – The unveiling of the plan – This scene was in the trailers and had everybody hooked just from that. Well, it is even more gruesome and gut wrencing in the film. There are plenty of intense scenes throughout the film, but Dieter Laser’s excitement over his insane plan can not be matched.

86. Iron Man – “Yeah, I can fly.” Great scene in the best comic book movie to date.

85. Better Off Dead – Lane argues with his doodles at lunch – One unforgettable and quotable scene after another but I would have to choose this scene simply because I quote “I mean really, Lane. That’s sick.” at least once a day.

84. Long Kiss Goodnight – Samuel Jackson’s Intro – If you haven’t seen this movie yet then do it. Geena Davis is a genuine sexy badass and Samuel L Jackson is hilarious. This scene holds the record for the most time one man has used the term “ass-fucking” in less than a minute. Also used to create the title “ass-fucking fan”. And it is all topped off with a hobo puking. What else do you need?

83. Beetlejuice – Dinner Party Possession – Tim Burton has done some amazing work and has created many memorable scenes, but I think the Harry Belafonte “Day-O” scenes stands apart as the most addictively watchable.

82. Batman : The Movie (1966)- The getting rid of a bomb scene – Batman running around the crowded docks holding a cartoon style spherical bomb with the wick eternally burning is hilariously campy enough, but ending the scene with the phrase “Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb.” made it classic.

81. Pretty In Pink – Ducky’s Try A Little Tenderness scene – One can only hope to have such a cool moment in their lives. Makes me sad to see Jon Cryer and how absurdly uncool he is now. He and Matthew Broderick should be in a movie called “What the hell happened to us?”

80. Fast Times at Ridgemont High – Phoebe Cates bikini scene – Do I really need to explain this? Let’s move on.

79. True Romance – Christopher Walken/Dennis Hopper scene – Screen chemistry like no other. Perfection.

78. National Lampoon’s Senior Trip – Kevin McDonald as the crossing guard – This movie is fucking awful. I mean, really terrible. But Kid in the Hall Kevin McDonald plays a crossing guard and cracks me up every time I see it. Aaand GO! Aaaaand GO!! Go!!

77. Hellboy – Spying on Liz from the rooftop – I am noticing that on this list a lot o fthe action movies I pick I tend to really go for the non-action scenes. It’s not that I am not totally in love with the action, but I like the scenes that take a break and ground the weirdest premises to reality. Hellboy on the roof sharing cookies with a strange kid and complaining about his love life is pretty great.

76. Office Space – Fax machine scene – Damn it feels good to be a gangsta’

75. Boogie Nights – You got the touch – How cool is it when you are sitting watching a retro porn movie starring Marky Mark and he starts singing the theme song from the Transformers Movie? Pretty effing cool.

74. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – The Parade Scene – Just so cool…if only Cameron’s “Fry cook on Mars” line was more clear.

73. Planes Trains & Automobiles – Fucking Car Rental scene – John Hughes could have easily gotten a PG-13 rating by omitting this scene but he stuck to his guns and said the scene stays or he shelves it. It stayed and Steve Martin is brilliant. Worth every second of “F” bombs.

72. Revenge of the Nerds – Gilbert’s speech – Sure there are a bunch of memorable scenes like the panty raid, or the TriLam/Omega Mu party, or Takashi’s bike race, or the rap at the talent show or Louis raping Betty in a Farth Vader mask but the part that always gets me is Gilbert’s speech to the school at the end. What can I say? I am a nerd…and I’m pretty proud of it.

71. Christmas Story – Flick and the pole – I know the movie is this generation’s It’s A Wonderful Life and we are all immensely sick of it by now, but you gotta admit the scene where Flick puts his tongue on the flagpole will stick with you forever and ever (stick…get it?).

70. Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle- NPH. ‘Nuff said.

69. Batman (1989) – Bruce Wayne visits Vicki Vale – The best scene in the movie didn’t even involve the best Batman in costume. When Keaton goes nuts towards Jack Nicholson’s Joker and takes a bullet to the chest…just amazing!

68. From Dusk Til Dawn – Richy & Seth in the shower while border Patrol investigates the RV – The banter between Tarantino and Clooney is just incredible throughout the entire film, but the scene where Richy almost stands up to big brother Seth and gets knocked the fuck out is genius.

67. Inglorious Basterds (2009) – Col. Hans Landa’s opening dialog – That opening scene is almost twenty minutes long. Just one guy talking for twenty minutes in a movie is practically unheard of, and yet Christoph Waltz is hypnotic. I remember watching that and then looking at the Blu Ray player seeing the 20:00 mark and swore there had to be a mistake. I could have watched that evil Nazi for days.

66. Zero Effect – Arlo trying to walk Daryl through a tax return over the phone – “No that’s a W2, WW2 was the second world War.” Not a lot of people saw this film, but I freakin’ love it.

65. Weird Science – The Bar Scene – “Drink It!” “Crazy Insane?” “Insane?’ “ Crazy?” Take two drunk teenage white boys and let them riff with a buncha old black dudes and see what you get. Comedy gold.

64. Bad Santa – The car sex scene – I never thought Lauren Graham was that hot until I saw her riding Santa Claus.

63. Deliverance – Imma make you squeal like a pig – I admittedly first heard this scene my sophomore year as sampled in the Revolting Cocks “Beers Steers & Queers”, so when I finally made an effort to watch the movie, I couldn’t NOT hear drum machine faintly in the background. Sadly the movie really peeked at that scene and kinda went downhill, but Ned Beatty will still claim to this day that more went on with the locals that starred in that scene than he cares to share publicly.

62. Clerks – Randall reciting porno titles to the distributor– I won’t take the easy way out and just give Jeff Anderson credit for an amazing job throughout the entire movie, but I did just pick this scene cuz I couldn’t nail down a favorite.

61. Dumb & Dumber – Pretty bird scene – Watching a blind kid pet a dead parakeet with its head scotch taped on has got to be one of the greatest moments ever captured on film, dontcha think?

60. Let Me In – Abby eats a Now n’ Later – Watching Abby pop that candy in her mouth just to make Owen happy, knowing it will make her violently ill because it isn’t, y’ know, blood, is just so sweet.

59. In & Out – The kiss at the intersexual…errr homosection – After this scene you couldn’t convince me that Tom Selleck & Kevin Kline are NOT gay, even if Kevin Kline married the woman with the single greatest nude scene ever.

58. American Psycho – Patrick kills Paul Allen while listening to Huey Lewis – Violently kill Jared Leto in anything and I am there with bell son.

57. Twilight Zone the Movie – “I’m wishing you into cartoon land” – That scene always freaked me the hell out. Anthony was a horrifying kid and all the nutjobs around him just made the scene even crazier…and ironically, he wished Yeardley Smith into cartoon land and she spent the next 20+ years on the Simpsons.

56. As Good As It Gets – Melvin interrupting Simon’s story in the car – Good times, noodle salad.

55. Ricochet – The phone book scene – John Lithgow and Jesse Ventura duct taping phone books to themselves and battling it out with sharpened metal poles in prison?!?! Someone has been reading my diary…..

54. Psycho – The shower scene – Yes, most classic horror movies are totally cheesy and lame by today’s standards…but that scene will always give me chills, even if it is Hershey’s syrup going down the drain.

53. Dave – Shower scene – “Hail to the chief he’s the one we all say hail to. Wee all say hail cuz he keeps himself so clean.” This scene is hilarious and also powerful. When Sigourney Weaver busts in and chastises Dave, thinking he is the president you can really feel the hatred she feels for her husband. Yet, the second glance she gives his…ahem “dignitaries” always gets a laugh from me.

52. Zombieland – Bill Murray dies – I really wish I didn’t know about the Bill Murray scene before seeing this movie. Damn you AintItCoolnews.com!! But I did not know about the shooting scene, so it was still a great surprise.

51. Usual Suspects – The crew finds Kobayashi – I could just make a list of 100 Favorite Usual Suspects moments, but I will settle for only a few making their way on here. When Kobayasho turns the tables on them and individually lays on the threats while at gunpoint, it is just superb. I almost wanted Mr McManus’ nephew David to get castrated.

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Now I am in bed laying next to KGB (known also as “The Furnace”" between the hours of 12am and 7am) because while all was going on in the bathroom, Twisty had to get him out of his bed from a scary dream he was having and being very vocal about. I have a feeling the fumes from my crime against porcelain had wafted into his room and forced nocturnal delusions upon his sweet little boy brain. Poor kid.

Well hopefully you heeded my warning and didn’t read this.

Good night.

The kid is weird.

Oh, it just occurred to me that I had a dream that I was in China last night with my good Chicago friends Dean & Phil (and my dad showed up at some point??) Instead of site seeing, everyone just wanted to go to a Chinese Mall, and we ate at a Chinese buffet. How depressing…oh and then there was a shooting, but McLovin came along and killed the bad guys dead. What the hell is wrong with my brain? I mean really??

Oh well…guess I need to get my ass outta bed and get ready for another day of sweaty drudgery…

Oh, and I got very little writing done this vacation. I was hoping to reach page 100 by April’s end, but am still at page 95…grrrrrr….. But I have been busy getting things ready for Heroes Con in June. It should be freakin’ awesome!!!!! A nice 4 day vaca with the family, chilling at the Embassy Suites during the down time. Can’t wait….and after that I have no time off to look forward to until December….double ugh.

After the cruise it will be time to get ready for Heroes Con.  That should be an absolute blast.  I am trying to figure out the budget to see just how much awesome stuff we can have to give out, sell etc.  Too much excitement for this little geek.  Time to go shower and get ready for work…ugh….Day 6 of 8 days in a row.  but soon I will have 8 glorious days of no work. Oh how fabulous!!