How not to re-enact your favourite movie

February 17, 2004 7:01 AM

How not to re-enact your favourite movieTwo girls take their love of Thelma and Louise too far. Laws aside, what scene from a movie would you live out if you had a choice?
posted by Jubey (34 comments total)

I would be happy re-enacting Debbie Does Dallas, my playing all the gentlemens' roles.
posted by Pericles at 7:37 AM on February 17, 2004

The drill scene from Pi.

Heh.
posted by jammer at 7:43 AM on February 17, 2004

Any of Harold's suicides, but especially the explosion.
posted by Domain Master 666 at 8:09 AM on February 17, 2004

what Pericles said. also, in Holly Does Hollywood
posted by matteo at 8:22 AM on February 17, 2004

"They are not going to find Brad Pitt down this end of the world," Sen. Const. Murphy said. brilliant!
posted by dabitch at 8:23 AM on February 17, 2004

"They are not going to find Brad Pitt down this end of the world," Sen. Const. Murphy said.

That's, uh, pretty funny :)
posted by bullitt 5 at 8:24 AM on February 17, 2004

Well, that should probably come as a relief to them, really.
posted by jacquilynne at 8:41 AM on February 17, 2004

desperate flight from the law across the south west of the United States after a tragic shooting at a bar. [side note]: the bar scene was filmed at the Silver Bullet in Lakewood, Ca iirc near the corner of Downey & South Street.

This movie would be fun re-enacting Brewster's Millions, which might be why it was re-made 4 times too.
posted by thomcatspike at 9:15 AM on February 17, 2004

Yarloop Police pulled the women over at Myalup.
It really is a whole nother country.
posted by asok at 9:32 AM on February 17, 2004

Straw Dogs
posted by Peter H at 9:59 AM on February 17, 2004

*quickly ponders Peter H's comment, exits thread*
posted by matteo at 10:05 AM on February 17, 2004

"I'll take unsatisfying pets for 200 please, Alex"
posted by websavvy at 10:07 AM on February 17, 2004

I'll wait for y'all at Lothlorien.
posted by konolia at 10:23 AM on February 17, 2004

I've always wanted to interrogate someone with a plate of french fries (sorry, chips) the way Kevin Klien did to Michael Palen in A Fish Called Wanda.
posted by bondcliff at 10:32 AM on February 17, 2004

Ferris Beuler's Day Off
posted by zpousman at 10:39 AM on February 17, 2004

say hello to my little friends.
posted by luriete at 11:05 AM on February 17, 2004

"I'll have what she's having" -- When Harry Met Sally
posted by briank at 12:14 PM on February 17, 2004

Con Air flying down the strip in Vegas. A better landing, but causing money to rain down throughout the street would be pretty cool.
Also, taking over a Russian sub in The Hunt for Red October would be cool too.
posted by brent at 1:00 PM on February 17, 2004

Whacked out of my head on white-roomed, star field-ed, weird metaphorical alien sensory overload. A la "2001, a space odyssey."
My God. It's full of stars.
posted by seanyboy at 3:16 PM on February 17, 2004

thomcatspike, nope -- the Silver Bullet is in North Long Beach, right along the Lakewood/Long Beach/Downey lines. Not that I grew up there or anythin'.

As for me, I'd be more than happy to be Corky in Bound. Wooo, boy...
posted by Katemonkey at 3:50 PM on February 17, 2004

Groundhog Day. "Ned, I'd love to stay and talk with you. But I'm not going to."
posted by Zonker at 4:39 PM on February 17, 2004

I'm with Katemonkey. I'd be Jennifer Tilly's character at the very end of the movie though.
posted by ifjuly at 4:49 PM on February 17, 2004

The car chase scene in "The Blues Brothers."
posted by ZenMasterThis at 4:54 PM on February 17, 2004

Exactly what part of Blues Brothers isn't "the car chase scene"?
posted by djfiander at 4:57 PM on February 17, 2004

And I was just trying to decide on a car chase scene.
posted by swerve at 5:05 PM on February 17, 2004

French Connection?
To Live and Die in L.A.?
posted by matteo at 5:55 PM on February 17, 2004

Mickey in Fantasia. ;-P
posted by ehintz at 6:02 PM on February 17, 2004

Exactly what part of Blues Brothers isn't "the car chase scene"?

Exactly.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 7:29 PM on February 17, 2004

The singing and dancing scene didn't have a lot of car chase in it.
posted by kindall at 7:50 PM on February 17, 2004

"Singin' in the rain... just singin' in the rain!
What a glorious feeelin', I'm haaappy again!"

From A Clockwork Orange, of course.
posted by SPrintF at 8:22 PM on February 17, 2004

I agree with Zonker. Groundhog Day would be great. Only, I'd skip doing the bits about suicide and get right to learning how to make ice sculptures and play the piano.
posted by ZachsMind at 8:55 PM on February 17, 2004

The car chase from Bullitt.

Or the motorcycle jump in The Great Escape.

Or the part in Star Wars when Mace Windu kicks Anakin Skywalker's whining little ass back to Tatooine.

...I'm sorry. I thought fan films could be included.
posted by RakDaddy at 10:21 PM on February 17, 2004

posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:22 PM on February 17, 2004

Kewl!

Yarloop and Myalup aren't far from where I live. In fact, I drove thru the two towns last fortnight.

First ever link I've read on MeFi that pertains to the backwater that is South West Oz.


Erm... my movie scene: The door gunner from Full Metal Jacket, only this time set in suburbia. "Come and get some!!! Ha ha!"

(Not really but, that would be too cruel.)
posted by uncanny hengeman at 11:24 PM on February 17, 2004