Despite having watched it multiple times, and well aware each and every time that Bond isn't going to die, the laser scene in "Goldfinger" never fails to send me right to the edge of my seat; its a four-minute masterpiece (the writing, directing, acting, editing, scoring -- all of it untouchable) and perhaps the pinnacle of Bond, and movies of this ilk.
shareMichael Corleone searching for the gun in the toilet stall.
shareI always felt that they shouldn't have let the audience know that he found it right away before he walked out of the rest room.
It would have been far more suspense filled if he had walked out with us wondering if he had found it. What a much more powerful scene that would have been when he pulled out that gun and shot them!
Yeah, you're right, now that you mention it.
shareI was watching it again a couple of weeks ago. I can't even say how many times I have seen it, but it has to be over 30 times over the years. The weird thing is that when it came to that scene, it was just this last time that I thought of that.
share...and the scene in Deliverance where Jon Voight's character has his recurve bow pointed at the hillbilly on the cliff and he starts shaking with fear.
shareFantastic acting by Voight.
"Sarah on the breaking glass" scene in "The Lost World."
Deliverance was damned suspenseful, I'll give you that. Some great acting too.
The dueling banjos was also an unforgettable scene, although the opposite of suspenseful.
Action suspense doesn't do it for me, so none of the Bond movies do, regardless of who Bond is. To me they're too two dimensional, all of the characters. Sorry, but that's my honest opinion.
I prefer psychological suspense movies. They're what sets me on the edge of my seat.
No apology necessary. Bond films, and films like Bond films, certainly don't do it for everyone.
Mrs. Danvers trying to persuade Mrs. De Winter to kill herself in "Rebecca."
The Waterloo Station sequence in The Bourne Ultimatum.
shareProbably the train chase at the end of Carlito's Way. Patrick Doyle's score meshed with De Palma's visuals make for a truly spellbinding sequence.
shareMost Hitchcock films still have me on the edge of my seat even after many viewings.
shareI will think about this more deeply, but this one is on my mind. The scene in Batman returns where Max and Selina are talking...
SELINA
What is this? How can you be so
mean to someone as meaningless as
me...Don't you see, Mr. Shreck,
that I am alive in here! I mean,
it's not like you can just kill
me...
MAX
Actually, it's a lot like that.
Tense silence. Max smirks into a chuckle. Selina
quivers out a wary smile and wrist wipes a tear as
Max touches her shoulder.
SELINA
Oh Mr. Shreck, you frightened...
That split second before he shoves her through the window always blows my mind. When I was young Walkin (and Penguin) scared me. This scene was awesome. Super suspenseful, super tense film scene between two of my favorite actors.