Cinematic Shots Heard Round The World

I'll try and avoid spoiler territory...

'To Live and Die in L.A.'...the William Peterson moment.  Holy shit, I didn't see that one coming, especially not with the third act just getting started.

'Cop'...the ending.  'I'm not a cop anymore so FUCK YOU'.

'Raiders of the Lost Ark'.  What's this guy with a whip?  Ah, fuck it...BLAM.

'Lawrence of Arabia'  Lawrence executing Cassim in order to preserve the alliance between Omar Sharif and Anthony Quinn.  He has to kill the man that he personally rescued in the desert.  It forever changes him.

"Keep your loving brother happy."

Older bro kicks Harmonica to the ground. Flashback over. Fucking BLAM

Oldboy: Lee Woo-Jin's victory. Just a really amazing piece of work, making you almost sympathise with this complete monster of a man, and then the moment itself is cold and so clinical.

Popeye finally gets his man.

"Tyler... I want you to really listen to me."

"Ok..."

"My eyes are open."

BANGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

"Well, you sure killed the hell outta that fella today."

Bonnie & Clyde

They ain't pretty no more

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"Well, you sure killed the hell outta that fella today."

We all got it comin', kid.

Nice.

Road To Perdition:

"You know when I was your age, I went out to fishing with all my brothers and my father, and everybody. And I was, I was the only one who caught a fish. Nobody else could catch one except me. You know how I did it? Every time I put the line in the water I said a Hail Mary and every time I said a Hail Mary I caught a fish. You believe that? It's true, that's the secret. You wanna try it when we go out on the lake?"

I am going to pull the cheat on this one, but it is one of those moments I didn't believe the film was going there. The Mist.

Clint Eastwood has some great ones. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly and Dirty Harry come to mind immediately. 

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Other allowed cheats here include Ollie putting a bullet in Mrs. Carmody.

I remember watching this without any warning that it was coming. I had missed most of the Chewer discussion about it. I kept saying outloud, "No way...He isn't going to do it. BANG! Holy Shit! OMG!"

Spoiler for Burn After Reading - Because Schwartz is smart.

"Happy trails, Hans."

FYI Mike, just saying "spoiler" isn't nearly as helpful as "spoiler for X".   

It's, you know, just a general spoiler.

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I'm so happy The Third Man is playing in 35mm this Saturday. I've haven't popped my criterion blu-ray in for quite a while and it demands to be seen on film.

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"You know when I was your age, I went out to fishing with all my brothers and my father, and everybody. And I was, I was the only one who caught a fish. Nobody else could catch one except me. You know how I did it? Every time I put the line in the water I said a Hail Mary and every time I said a Hail Mary I caught a fish. You believe that? It's true, that's the secret. You wanna try it when we go out on the lake?"

Haha, for a split second I thought, "Hey! I don't remember Henry Fonda shooting anyone in On Golden Pond".

Kill Bill:

"Bill, it's your baby..." 

Oh, what the hell...I cant help myself.

"Nicky, do you remember the trees? Remember all the different ways in the trees? Remember that? Huh? The mountains? You remember all that?"

"One shot."

"One shot! One shot!"

"Yeah."

                                                                          "The man who shot Bill Roundtree"

The ending of The Long Goodbye:

"Diplomatic Immunity!"

*BANG*

Spider: "Why don't you go fuck yourself, Tommy?"

Jimmy: "Whoa! Can't believe what I just heard. Hey Spider, here. This is for you."

Jimmy: "Attaboy! I got to respect this kid. He's got alot of fucking balls. Good for you! Don't take no shit off nobody."

BAM!!

X2 when Wolverine takes a bullet to the head

There are those ones where the guy you've been following for the whole movie gets blown away at the end- Easy Rider, Electra Glide in Blue, Get Carter (screw spoilers, you should have seen these already). But NONE of them do it for me like Romero.

"Go get him. That's another one for the fire."

Bravo,Disciple, none of the deaths in any of Romero's "Dead" films  hit me the way Ben's did.

And Ash, X2? Really? I mean, I think it's a great movie and Logan getting the bullet in the head is an awesome moment and everything, but it's hardly cinematic brilliance. Not to mention the fact that it eventually led us to "Memory-Erasing Adamantium Bullets" in X-Men Origins. God, I hated that movie...

Thought I'd lower the tone with this bad boy... 

GOD DAMN IT CASTLE!!

Sergio Corbucci's The Great Silence:

The beginning of the shootout in the criminally underrated Open Range opens beautifully.

Costner walking up to an armed group of men: You the one that shot our friend?

Asshole: That's right. Shot the boy, too. And I enjoyed it.

BAM! Right between the eyes.

No bullshit, no more mouthing off, just Costner quickdrawing and dropping the sumbitch. The other guys are so at a loss that Costner and Duvall get a few extra seconds and take down two more. Great stuff.