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Top "Best 10 minutes of film"...
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Oh there are some good choices, for the most intense 10 minutes of film ever my vote would have to be the Russian Roulette scene in The Deer Hunter.
Of course there is also C'était un Rendezvous... which should get special mention in this thread as the entire film is under 10 mins.
It has no dialogue or cheesy sound track; it's simply a camera strapped to the hood of a Ferrari going through the streets of Paris as fast as it can.
Of course there is also C'était un Rendezvous... which should get special mention in this thread as the entire film is under 10 mins.
It has no dialogue or cheesy sound track; it's simply a camera strapped to the hood of a Ferrari going through the streets of Paris as fast as it can.
Dr. Strangelove
The part where the general raves about, how the communists have contaminated his body fluids.
Flenz
The part where the general raves about, how the communists have contaminated his body fluids.
Flenz
I'd have to go with the last 10. The first 10 is good character development, but only in one dimension. Someone watching the last 10 would see developed that dimension, as well as the rest of his personality. Astounding work, even if none of my friend's appreciate it.
Either the scene about tipping in Reservoir Dogs, or the part in Donnie Darko where they are talking about smurfs. Both are Priceless.
The car chase scene in "Bullet"
I will also agree with the first ten minutes of "Saving Private Ryan".
Absolutely some of the most intense war reenactment ever.
I will also agree with the first ten minutes of "Saving Private Ryan".
Absolutely some of the most intense war reenactment ever.
The ending of The Ususal Suspects was the one that immediately came to mind.
The trench run in Star Wars
The trench run in Star Wars
the beginning of Slapshot. If your true hockey fan its priceless
Easily one of my favorite movies of all time. Good call there.
My selections:
The naked fight scene in Eastern Promises in the steam bath-house.
Viggo Mortensen was bad-ass in that movie.
The opening scene in Saving Private Ryan. The best movie war scene I've ever scene on film.
There are many 10 minute clips from Apocalypse Now! that qualify. Here is one: the sequence when Martin Sheen is getting drunk in his hotel room and punches the mirror, and rubs his blood all over his face (during which he actually was getting drunk, actually did punch the mirror, and actually did cut his hand. It was his birthday, and after that scene he was rushed to the hospital with a mild heart attack. If you liked AN, you must rent Hearts of Darkness, which is a documentary of the making of AN.)
I also think that the sequence in the Matrix where Neo is given the pill choice, and he finally 'wakes up'. I wish I could go back and watch that with virgin eyes again.
In Empire Strikes Back- the Luke vs. Darth Vader lightsaber fight after which he finds out who his father is.
The naked fight scene in Eastern Promises in the steam bath-house.
Viggo Mortensen was bad-ass in that movie.
The opening scene in Saving Private Ryan. The best movie war scene I've ever scene on film.
There are many 10 minute clips from Apocalypse Now! that qualify. Here is one: the sequence when Martin Sheen is getting drunk in his hotel room and punches the mirror, and rubs his blood all over his face (during which he actually was getting drunk, actually did punch the mirror, and actually did cut his hand. It was his birthday, and after that scene he was rushed to the hospital with a mild heart attack. If you liked AN, you must rent Hearts of Darkness, which is a documentary of the making of AN.)
I also think that the sequence in the Matrix where Neo is given the pill choice, and he finally 'wakes up'. I wish I could go back and watch that with virgin eyes again.
In Empire Strikes Back- the Luke vs. Darth Vader lightsaber fight after which he finds out who his father is.
The best fighting scene in 300.
Come on this movie was made to have really cool 10 minute clips even if it sucked as a whole.
Come on this movie was made to have really cool 10 minute clips even if it sucked as a whole.
The section of Fight Club where Edward Norton's character makes his realization about Brad Pitt's character. I would give more details, but it's a pivotal part of the film/book, and I don't want to ruin it for people.
Ha! That book/movie is pretty old now, if they haven't seen it by now, you're probably not ruining much
Do all of Val Kilmer's lines as Doc Holliday in "Tombstone" add up to around 10 minutes? I love that movie!
"You're a daisy if you do"
One that always sticks in my mind is the scene in The Royal Tenenbaums where the Luke Wilson character cuts off his hair and beard and then cuts his wrists, while 'Needle in the Hay' by Elliott Smith plays. Not exactly 10 minutes, but powerful nonetheless.
Haha, I was hoping someone would get to it before me because it's such a great film. Not only is it amazing visually but the accompanying track - "Death is the Road to Awe" - is so powerful.