Scenes in movies that made you go WOW!

[Scott_HKR]

Share them in here guys!

[Batman1980]

The fight/flirt scene from Mr & Mrs Smith when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie beat each other up and then have hot makeup sex.

[Donat96]

The scene where they first show the city in Metropolis is beautiful. The mix of the Gottfried Huppertz score and the special effects is still wonderful, 85 years later. I loved it when I first saw it(and still do.)
More recently, the scene in Rise of the...Apes where

[Show spoiler] Caesar says "no" to that douchebag kid

made my stomach sink. Astounding moment, even if I don't like the film very much.

[Chordata]

I can think of two from Inglourious Basterds -- the opening scene and the scene in the underground bar.

[menaceuk]

The Matrix - The Rooftop action scene with the Bullet dodging.

Ip Man - The Fight against 10 Men

Meloncholia - The opening and ending scenes

Bad Boys 2 - Where they drop cars from the Transporter

Transformers - The First time we see a transformer transform.

Se7en - Obviously the Ending with the Box.

Rise of the Apes - Will spoiler just in case

[Show spoiler] Where he talks for the first time

Those are just a few.

[Caesar Will Rise]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes -

[Show spoiler]Caesar's first spoken word among other great scenes.

Super 8 - The train crash. So freaking loud and violent.

How to Train Your Dragon - The first flight scene with Hiccup and Toothless. John Powell's score and the imagery combined for a jaw dropper of a sequence. The romantic flight. Every flight scene. Any time Toothless showed his dangerous yet adorable self.

Avatar - The whole Ikran sequence. I think the whole movie should qualify really, but that scene stands out.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Every single fight. Beautiful, beautiful choreography and cinematography to capture it all. Tan Dun's drum lead score doesn't hurt either.

Hero - The whole movie starting with the first flashback sequence.

Red Cliff Part 1 - The Tortoise Shell battle. If you've seen it you'll know. Still need to watch Part 2. Maybe tomorrow after work.

Spider-Man - Any time Spidey swings through New York.

Spider-Man 2 - The elevated train fight.

King Kong (2005) - The 3-way Kong/T-Rex fight. Any time Kong shows up. Ice skating. I'll leave it at that.

There's more, but this gives a good intro and overview.

[peter008]

the first scene in star wars when the imperial ship appear from the top of the screen.

d-day in saving private ryan.

the first time we see christopher reeve as superman in superman the movie.

[SDon1969]

Sleepaway Camp - you know the scene...if you don't, go rent it ASAP! lol

[csdot]

the opening of Touch of Evil
Hopper vs Walken in True Romance
street shootout in Heat
the opening of Once Upon a Time in the West
the first death in Suspiria
most of 2001: ASO

[Show spoiler]man/monster behind the dumpster

in Mulholland Dr

[ArrestedDevelopment]

The whole Facemash/hacking sequence in The Social Network set to In Motion by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

[shaft_jaffa]

The opening scene and the prom in Carrie. Alot of blood in both of them

[csdot]

Carrie reminded me of a good one, in Body Double when hes getting attacked by the dog and you see the bloody drill coming through the ceiling. intense.

[Brett C]

The future war scene that opens Terminator 2 was an eye opener in the theater back in 91' for me.

[jwerk]

There seems to be a fair amount of horror scenes in this thread. Everyone has different tastes.

For me, I respond to dramatic scenes, powerful monologues, etc...

Doubt comes to mind. Watching Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep go head to head...WOW. Add in Viola Davis and Amy Adams' best performance ever

[Monkey]

Arm wrestling scene in The Fly.. I was quite young when I first saw it and I'll never forget how I cringed.

There are so many that it will be hard to list them all.

[alvarez468]

Caesar Will Rise;5644420]Rise of the Planet of the Apes -

[Show spoiler]Caesar's first spoken word among other great scenes.

Super 8 - The train crash. So freaking loud and violent.

How to Train Your Dragon - The first flight scene with Hiccup and Toothless. John Powell's score and the imagery combined for a jaw dropper of a sequence. The romantic flight. Every flight scene. Any time Toothless showed his dangerous yet adorable self.

Avatar - The whole Ikran sequence. I think the whole movie should qualify really, but that scene stands out.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Every single fight. Beautiful, beautiful choreography and cinematography to capture it all. Tan Dun's drum lead score doesn't hurt either.

Hero - The whole movie starting with the first flashback sequence.

Red Cliff Part 1 - The Tortoise Shell battle. If you've seen it you'll know. Still need to watch Part 2. Maybe tomorrow after work.

Spider-Man - Any time Spidey swings through New York.

Spider-Man 2 - The elevated train fight.

King Kong (2005) - The 3-way Kong/T-Rex fight. Any time Kong shows up. Ice skating. I'll leave it at that.

There's more, but this gives a good intro and overview.

the ones in bold and the one in rise of the planet of the apes when caesar is climbing the trees when he goes to the woods for the first time..I love those scenes

[Al_The_Strange]

The

[Show spoiler]scene where New York is being dug up from the ice

in "AI."
The arena fight in "Akira."
The pre-battle briefing scenes in "Battle Royale."
The various chases and fights in "Children of Men." Especially toward the end when

[Show spoiler]the guy, girl, and baby come out of the building and all the fighting suddenly stops

.
"Chronicles of Riddick" ...death by teacup...
The warehouse fight in "Chocolate."
The street/tunnel chase in "The Dark Knight."
Various scenes in "Dead Alive." Crazy stuff.
The car driving on the side of the building in "Day Watch."
The plane explosion in "Final Destination."
The massive car crash in "Final Destination 2."
The finale of 1986's "The Fly,"

[Show spoiler]when the Fly was successfully merged with part of the teleporter

.
The Paris pursuit in "GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra."
The revenge scene in the original Swedish "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (haven't seen the US remake yet).
The river fight in "Hero." Heck, most of the movie is gorgeous!
The revenge scene in the bathroom in the original "I Spit On Your Grave."
The scenes of mass destruction and the battles in "Independence Day" (probably much more impressive when I was a kid rather than now).
The highway chase in "The Island."
The final big fight in "Kill Bill" Volume 1.
The four-way fight between King Kong and three T-rexes in the 2005 "King Kong."
The plane crash in "Knowing."
The tunnel scene with the flying cars in "Live Free or Die Hard."
Various scenes in "Machine Girl." Drill bra, ftw!
The bullet-time effects in "The Matrix."
The highway chase in "The Matrix Reloaded."
The battle of Zion and the final duel in "The Matrix Revolutions."
The ending for "The Mist."
The Balrog in the Mines of Moria in "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."
The battle of Helms Deep in "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers."
The battle of Minas Tirith in "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King."
"127 Hours" ...you know the scene...
The four-story fight scene in "The Protector."
Various scenes in "Pountrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead." Particularly the sick bathroom scene...
The scene where

[Show spoiler]Caesar says "NO!"

, and the bridge fight, in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes."
The final scenes of "Requiem for a Dream."
"Salo," ...you don't want to know...
"A Serbian Film" ...you still don't want to know...
The opening battle scene in "Star Trek" 2009.
The podrace in "Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace."
The battle of Geonosis in "Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones."
The space battle of Coruscant, and the final duel, in "Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith."
The space battle of Endor, and the final duel, in "Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi."
The train crash in "Super 8."
The nuclear blast dream in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day."
The scenes where alien monster attacks in 1982's "The Thing."
Various scenes in "Tokyo Gore Police." Very crazy stuff.
The opening battle, and the battle in the city, in "Transformers."
The opening battle, the final battle, and the scene where the aircraft carrier gets destroyed, in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."
The last hour or so of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon."
The scenes of mass destruction in "2012."
The scene where the guy leaps out the window shooting in slow-mo in "Wanted."

There are probably oodles of other great scenes in movies like "City of Life and Death," "The Passion," "Schindler's List," etc that made me go "wow" too, but I can't recall them all at the moment.

[L-Rouge]

Star Trek 3 the search for spock's official trailer drew me into the Star Trek universe when it was playing in 84'. Remarkably it was seen on a black and white 14inch television, and it still curled my housecoat, it was awesome for me.

Flash Gordon 1980 and many sci-fi's from this era were inspirational, cloud tank effects also seen in The Wrath of Khan etc. The StarShip Enterprise and the Reliant were my absolute favourite ships ever.

Starship Troopers. all things graphical and miniature. the spaceships, the bugs I couldn't get enough, went and saw that one twice. I was 16.

Return of The Jedi had top 2 best overall battle scene (my other was the 1v1 battle of khan), which was subsequently knocked of it's perch by Return of the KingI was taken aback by RoTK's visual splendour.

In recent times LOTR:FOTR's Balrog scene sealed the deal. I was such a proud kiwi haha. Star Trek 2009 was gorgeous and likely had my favourite effects in that same year. I do prefer them to Avatar's and a likely component of that is the history I have with the franchise.

AVATAR yea it is a stunner; I smiled when we got to see the giant bucket wheel excavator around the mining area as the crew came in to land. It made me giddy with anticipation as to what other graphical wonders we were going to see.

oh while I remember it 2010: The Year we Make Contact, as a 13 yo the big hole in Jupiter was a massive concept, especially learning that this hole was created by living beings. The sense of scale to this made me think what type of power and consciousness could pull that off. I have to admit it was humbling.

[menaceuk]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

The

[Show spoiler]scene where New York is being dug up from the ice

in "AI."

[Show spoiler]
The arena fight in "Akira."
The pre-battle briefing scenes in "Battle Royale."
The various chases and fights in "Children of Men." Especially toward the end when

[Show spoiler]the guy, girl, and baby come out of the building and all the fighting suddenly stops

.
"Chronicles of Riddick" ...death by teacup...
The warehouse fight in "Chocolate."
The street/tunnel chase in "The Dark Knight."
Various scenes in "Dead Alive." Crazy stuff.
The car driving on the side of the building in "Day Watch."
The plane explosion in "Final Destination."
The massive car crash in "Final Destination 2."
The finale of 1986's "The Fly,"

[Show spoiler]when the Fly was successfully merged with part of the teleporter

.
The Paris pursuit in "GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra."
The revenge scene in the original Swedish "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (haven't seen the US remake yet).
The river fight in "Hero." Heck, most of the movie is gorgeous!
The revenge scene in the bathroom in the original "I Spit On Your Grave."
The scenes of mass destruction and the battles in "Independence Day" (probably much more impressive when I was a kid rather than now).
The highway chase in "The Island."
The final big fight in "Kill Bill" Volume 1.
The four-way fight between King Kong and three T-rexes in the 2005 "King Kong."
The plane crash in "Knowing."
The tunnel scene with the flying cars in "Live Free or Die Hard."
Various scenes in "Machine Girl." Drill bra, ftw!
The bullet-time effects in "The Matrix."
The highway chase in "The Matrix Reloaded."
The battle of Zion and the final duel in "The Matrix Revolutions."
The ending for "The Mist."
The Balrog in the Mines of Moria in "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."
The battle of Helms Deep in "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers."
The battle of Minas Tirith in "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King."
"127 Hours" ...you know the scene...
The four-story fight scene in "The Protector."
Various scenes in "Pountrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead." Particularly the sick bathroom scene...
The scene where

[Show spoiler]Caesar says "NO!"

, and the bridge fight, in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes."
The final scenes of "Requiem for a Dream."
"Salo," ...you don't want to know...
"A Serbian Film" ...you still don't want to know...
The opening battle scene in "Star Trek" 2009.
The podrace in "Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace."
The battle of Geonosis in "Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones."
The space battle of Coruscant, and the final duel, in "Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith."
The space battle of Endor, and the final duel, in "Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi."
The train crash in "Super 8."
The nuclear blast dream in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day."
The scenes where alien monster attacks in 1982's "The Thing."
Various scenes in "Tokyo Gore Police." Very crazy stuff.
The opening battle, and the battle in the city, in "Transformers."
The opening battle, the final battle, and the scene where the aircraft carrier gets destroyed, in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."
The last hour or so of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon."
The scenes of mass destruction in "2012."
The scene where the guy leaps out the window shooting in slow-mo in "Wanted."

There are probably oodles of other great scenes in movies like "City of Life and Death," "The Passion," "Schindler's List," etc that made me go "wow" too, but I can't recall them all at the moment.

Lots of Quality scenes there

[Batman1980]

Important scenes I don't think have been mentioned yet -
The final stand in Saving Private Ryan
The final charge in Glory
Perhaps 2 of the most significant and moving scenes ever filmed.