The Lion in Winter is one of my all time favourite movies. I could link to almost any section of it and ramble about how much I love it. However this scene has always been a standout for me. The speech Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitane gives is so relevant, especially now. But I've always loved the line "For the love of God can't we love each other just a little? That's how peace begins."
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
This probably won't be the scene from Guess Who's Coming to Dinner that everyone would expect. But I love this scene, it's one of my dad's favourite scenes as well. He'll go on at length about this scene every time we watch this movie. It's just such a great scene and it really sets up Katharine Hepburn's character for the rest of the movie.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
I know this is stereotypical of me but oh well. I love Moon River. It's lovely and it was me learning to play Moon River on the piano that made me want to watch Breakfast at Tiffany's which led to me watching Roman Holiday, Sabrina and Funny Face because Breakfast at Tiffany's was always checked out at the Movie Gallery in my town.
Funny Face
I can't pick just one from Funny Face so here's two:
Clap Yo' Hands
Audrey Hepburn's Dance
Think Pink
Outside of finding 'SWonderful insanely boring I love Funny Face. It's such a fun movie to watch. These two scenes have always been my favourites. Audrey Hepburn trained as a dancer, even dancing during WW2 in secret to raise money for the resistance. And Clap Yo' Hands is so much fun.
Follow The Fleet
Let's Face the Music and Dance is one of my all time favourite Fred & Ginger dances. I have a still from it hanging on my wall. I love the way it's framed and the emotion in it. It's wonderful and I adore it.
The Barkley's of Broadway
They Can't Take That Away From Me is from the first movies Fred & Ginger did together after a 10 year break. Barkley's was the first of their movies together that I saw and this scene always struck me as particularly lovely.
I could fill and entire list with Old Hollywood and musicals so I'm going to switch it up and go newer.
Baby Driver
It's the opening scene to Baby Driver, I love this scene, I loved it when it was the music video to
Blue Song by Mint Royale as well. Which Edgar Wright did when he needed something for a music video and didn't know what else to do. Also for kicks, here's the o
pening titles/coffee run scene which was shot in one take.
Moonrise Kingdom
I couldn't find the scene I was actually looking for so here's the letters scene instead. It's so well edited and I love how everything is frames with things happening in the background just outside of focus. Moonrise Kingdom is my favourite Wes Anderson movie. I should really watch it again.
Inception
Ariadne Learns How to Build Dreams. I love Inception, it's my favourite Christopher Nolan movie by far. This scene, culminating in Ariadne moving the mirrors has long been a favourite of mine. It's visually stunning and really gave me a whole new scope for what you can do with visuals. The mirrors also began a minor obsession of me playing around with mirrors for photographic purposes and trying random stuff out to see what I can do with them.
Easy A
There's a lot of scenes I could pick from Easy A but it's late and I have to work in the morning so here's Olive, trying to spell British slang words with her peas so her little brother doesn't figure out what word she called a classmate in school. I really love all the scenes with the parents. They're super funny and you really can't go wrong with Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson.
I could probably keep going, but sleep is becoming a must and I have rambled a lot already. This is a super fun thread though and I am definitely coming back to properly watch more clips after work tomorrow.