She's good at riding a horse too.

And Linz I can't beleive you've never seen Scent of a Woman!

But I have! Who said I hadn't?

That's "belIEve" btw!!

This always raises the hair on the neck...

Kenneth Branagh's Henry V (1989), screenplay by Bill Shakespeare.

One of the truly greats!!

... but I still think his Lt. Col. Frank Slade is best.

When we have enough entries we'll take a vote.

Matty ~ well put. I liked your perspective on the legendary Hopper/Walken scene. I remember when I saw this it was the first and only time I ever felt sorry for a character played by Dennis Hopper. There was something noble in his action, facing death with a "fuck yous."

But if the criteria for "Greatest" doesn't have to be philosophically sound, how about this one:

R. Lee Ermey chews out Matthew Modine in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket" (1987)

Law versus grace from the masterful hand of Ridley Scott.

I don't have to have a philosophical interpretation of everything I enjoy. I love the scene for what it is. A hard worn father is faced with death. Rather than give up his son he makes a safe assumption that italian gangsters view blacks as inferior and informs them that they're 'spawned' from them in order to pull them the finger, Knowing damn well what will happen to him. Heart Breaking, Funny and INTENSE.

Come to think of it you were right to say one could argue it has a lot in common with the pacino scene. Same glorification of courage and defiance in a much more dark and extreme situation.

And Linz I can't beleive you've never seen Scent of a Woman!

My then-boyfriend and I walked out of True Romance.

Oh dear, did you only read the title and not the synopsis?

Electrifying, Jason. Now I must get the whole movie.

My then-boyfriend and I walked out of True Romance. Sick. Or at least, I walked out and dragged him with me.

But here is the greatest Pacino scene, and one of the best revenge moments in all of cinema. 9:00, watch the whole thing

- Jason

Oh! yes, that is the one..gosh..did not realise it was on youtube.com!

for its intensity, Matty, but what's your philosophical interpretation?

I knew it was going to be interpreted philosophically. Can't a scene just be great for it's intensity?

I think Gordon Gekko's second major 'monologue' in Wall Street ...(no, not the 'Greed is Good' speech, the other one, talking about Capitalism)..would be in that category.

On the Pacino front, his character 'Ricky Roma' and his philosophical monologue with 'Lingk' in 'Glengarry Glenn Ross' is getting up there, too.

In 1993 Pacino was nominated for Best Actor for Scent of a Woman and Best Supporting Actor for Glengarry Glen Ross, and I think he should have won for Glengarry Glen Ross, as 'Ricky Roma' is a very difficult part to play...anyway, I am rambling so shall shut up now...

Opposite sense of life entirely, though one could argue Hopper's character showed courage and integrity. Points for humour and a biting portrait of malevolence, I suppose, but I think this scene falls into the category of "Greatest Guilty Pleasures in Film."

[edit: to quote from another Tarantino script: "Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character."]

So I gotta nominate:

Great choice by the way Glenn.