I can't really decide for one, so here is my list (in no order):
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bijinius — 11 years ago(December 29, 2014 02:32 PM)
- I L5b4OVE the scene in "Magnolia" where yes, it's raining Frogs, and at one point the camera audaciously zooms into a picture on the wall to the words "But it did happen". Love, love,
love. - The first fifteen minutes of There Will Be Blood. a masterclass in tone.
- Of course, the opening of Boogie Nights. unbelievable technical proficiency, blah blah, you've heard it written about by smarter men than me.
- The 'processing' scene in "The Master", absolutely.
- And now, of course, the standard dark horse pick. For this, after some consideration, I choose the scene in "Grown Ups 2" where the man working behind the counter at the ice cream stand is tricked into a compromising position by our heroes so that it looks like chocolate ice cream is in fact coming out of his bum bum. It was an extremely daring direction choice to have this run on so long, and to have three(!) plops of the fake doo doo poo.
- I L5b4OVE the scene in "Magnolia" where yes, it's raining Frogs, and at one point the camera audaciously zooms into a picture on the wall to the words "But it did happen". Love, love,
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dmkallin — 11 years ago(January 14, 2015 07:26 PM)
the opening to boogie nights is legendary.. I love how someone mentioned showing John how to gamble in Hard Eight cause that scene is just mindblowing in the real life sense TWBB and The Master features the greatest cinematography ever so theres that and for my wild card nomination, Bigfoot kicking in Sportello's door and so forth
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surferboy66 — 11 years ago(February 23, 2015 09:10 AM)
- There Will Be Blood: Derrick explosion
- Magnolia: T J does his 'Seduce and Destroy' presentation
- Boogie Nights: Opening tracking shot
- Inherent Vice: Neil Young music with Doc and Shasta in the rain
- Punch Drunk Love: Shut, shut, shut, SHUT UP!
- The Master: Pig Fu**
- Hard Eight: The opening scene as it's homage to his own short film
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shralster99 — 10 years ago(April 11, 2015 12:01 AM)
- The Master - The processing scene on the boat.
- Boogie Nights - The firecracker scene.
- There Will Be Blood - the baptism scene. This still gets me every time. Possible the most powerful scene I've experienced.
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fetzky — 10 years ago(November 20, 2015 04:44 PM)
All scenes mentioned are just excellent. So rather than parroting I'm gonna go with, what imo is, one of the most memorable scenes in, what is still my favorite PTA movie (and possibly the best American movie of the 21st century) - There will be blood: the scene with Plainview and his "brother from another mother" at the beach.
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theunopeneddoor-697-442391 — 10 years ago(January 02, 2016 01:41 AM)
The Baptism scene in TWBB and opening scene in
Boogie Nights
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rallyinthestreets — 10 years ago(January 23, 2016 05:42 AM)
The jail scene in The Master deserves a special mention. A brilliantly well-acted and directed section of an already exceptional film; the physicality and staging of the scene perfectly encapsulates the relationship between the two lead characters.
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rallyinthestreets — 10 years ago(March 05, 2016 06:30 AM)
I think he means the most powerful/jaw-dropping scenes in PTAs movies.
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Sir_Reginald_Trollington_III — 9 years ago(May 07, 2016 03:00 PM)
Inherent vice - The scene with the message parlor/brothel to Bigfoot's intro.
The Master - The scene with the bike.
There Will Be Blood - The oil derrick sequence.
Punch-Drunk Love - The scene where Barry is doing that dance in the store.
Magnolia - The bar scene with "Goodbye stranger."
Boogie Nights - The Pool Party Scene
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rallyinthestreets — 9 years ago(May 28, 2016 03:17 PM)
The bar scene with "Goodbye Stranger" has really stuck with me. In the making-of documentary, it was funny to see PTA second-guessing how well that sequence would translate. The end result is pure cinematic magic.
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eric-264-260280 — 9 years ago(June 26, 2016 05:26 PM)
Sleeper: The scene in Boogie Nights where PSH tries to kiss Wahlberg. Flipping around between movies I've seen a million times, I'll always wait on that. That one's all about PSH though, sorry to get off topic.