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Great movies are chock full of great scenes; terrific bits that make the whole greater than the sum of its parts. Then there are also the irredeemable failures; the movies that make you wish you had spent 2 hours slapping yourself in the face with a bag of pebbles instead. But not all bad movies are complete piles of dung. Some bad movies have some bright spots: a good fight scene, a sharp exchange of dialogue, cool effects. List your favorites in this thread. I'll start.
Mulholland Falls: An all star cast and a well-regarded director (Lee Tamahori, before he directed the worst Bond film in the last 25 years) tried to make a '50s era noirish cop movie set in L.A. The film tried to combine the classic feel of "Chinatown" while incorporating the mid-nineties trend of quirky character traits and dialogue. The film is a big misfire but here are 2 scenes that stand out.
1.) Nick Nolte's LAPD cop just beat the crap out of an arrogant FBI agent who threatened to arrest him for trespassing on federal property. Nolte drags the guy out of the FBI building and onto the street and lays down this badass quote:
"See, that's federal property. This isn't. This is L.A. This is my town. Out here you're a trespasser. Out here I can pick you up, burn your house, f*** your wife, and kill your dog. And the only thing that'll protect you is if I can't find you. And I already found you."
2.) Jennifer Connelly topless. Unless it isn't Connelly but a body double instead. But still, boobs.
Mulholland Falls: An all star cast and a well-regarded director (Lee Tamahori, before he directed the worst Bond film in the last 25 years) tried to make a '50s era noirish cop movie set in L.A. The film tried to combine the classic feel of "Chinatown" while incorporating the mid-nineties trend of quirky character traits and dialogue. The film is a big misfire but here are 2 scenes that stand out.
1.) Nick Nolte's LAPD cop just beat the crap out of an arrogant FBI agent who threatened to arrest him for trespassing on federal property. Nolte drags the guy out of the FBI building and onto the street and lays down this badass quote:
"See, that's federal property. This isn't. This is L.A. This is my town. Out here you're a trespasser. Out here I can pick you up, burn your house, f*** your wife, and kill your dog. And the only thing that'll protect you is if I can't find you. And I already found you."
2.) Jennifer Connelly topless. Unless it isn't Connelly but a body double instead. But still, boobs.
