Skandies 2007

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RULES: Participants divvied up 100 points among ten "nominees" in each category, with a maximum of 30 points for any given selection and a minimum of 5 points. Results are expressed as points/votes.

Best Scene

Rank Movie Points/Votes
1 Han River attack The Host 185 / 15
2 I. DRINK. YOUR. MILKSHAKE! There Will Be Blood 160 / 11
3 Darkness in the hotel hallway No Country for Old Men 137 / 13
4 Waterloo Station The Bourne Ultimatum 135 / 12
5 Ship's Mast Grindhouse 110 / 11
6 Bathhouse brawl Eastern Promises 96 / 11
7 Coin toss with "friendo" No Country for Old Men 95 / 10
8 "This Time Tomorrow" Regular Lovers 92 / 5
9 Derrick explosion There Will Be Blood 82 / 7
10 Ego's Proust moment Ratatouille 80 / 7
11 "Falling Slowly" Once 74 / 7
12 Ambush in the rain We Own the Night 72 / 7
13 Climactic climax The Wayward Cloud 72 / 4
14 "All These Things That I've Done" Southland Tales 53 / 3
15 "I Want You" I'm Not There 50 / 3
16 Tussle in Tangiers The Bourne Ultimatum 48 / 6
17 A visit to the bathroom Offside 45 / 5
18 Office roundelay Charlie Wilson's War 39 / 4
19 A reluctant baptism There Will Be Blood 38 / 5
20 Down in the basement Zodiac 35 / 4
21 Dunkirk Atonement 35 / 3
  Interrogation of Arthur Leigh Allen Zodiac 35 / 3
23 Autobots at Griffith Observatory Transformers 35 / 2
24 Lake Berryessa Zodiac 30 / 4
25 Escape by clothesrope The Host 30 / 2
26 "I didn't save mine" The Darjeeling Limited 29 / 2
27 Billy ignores Steve The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters 28 / 3
  Don't Grindhouse 28 / 3
  Don't talk, watch Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters 28 / 3
30 Train robbery The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 28 / 2
31 Testimony song Bamako 26 / 1
32 I drew dicks Superbad 25 / 3
  Lover's lane Zodiac 25 / 3
  Showdown at Funland The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters 25 / 3
  Thanksgiving Grindhouse 25 / 3
36 "Pop! Goes My Heart" Music and Lyrics 25 / 2
37 Silver mining (opening) There Will Be Blood 23 / 3
  Tin-foil meltdown Bug 23 / 3
39 Coda Gone Baby Gone 20 / 3
  "Goin' to Acapulco" (Riddle, MO) I'm Not There 20 / 3
41 Arthur is dispatched Michael Clayton 20 / 2
  Repairing the solar panels Sunshine 20 / 2
43 Avrakotos blows up at Langley Charlie Wilson's War 20 / 1
  CNR does Hamlet, bitch The Life of Reilly 20 / 1
  Joshua grieves dog Joshua 20 / 1
46 Bastard from a basket! There Will Be Blood 18 / 2
47 3 bullets left The Mist 18 / 1
48 "Ballad of a Thin Man" I'm Not There 15 / 2
  Hide and seek Joshua 15 / 2
  Inside the guts of the hospital Syndromes and a Century 15 / 2
  "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" Across the Universe 15 / 2
  "Maggie's Farm" I'm Not There 15 / 2
  Overwhelmed in the park [Payne segment] Paris je t'aime 15 / 2
  The body won't stay dead Lust, Caution 15 / 2
55 Glen plays demo for dad Once 15 / 1
  Jewelry-store heist Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 15 / 1
  Mourning Hyun-Seo The Host 15 / 1
  Realizing what happened to Simon The Orphanage 15 / 1
  "That's How You Know" Enchanted 15 / 1
  The Rise and Fall of the Mega-Zeppelin Southland Tales 15 / 1
  "Transmission" on TV Control 15 / 1
  "You Can't Stop The Beat" Hairspray 15 / 1
63 Pregnant sex Knocked Up 13 / 2
64 "Black Snake Moan" (the song in the house) Black Snake Moan 12 / 1
  First sex in the cabin Lady Chatterley 12 / 1
  On the beach The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 12 / 1
  Will you be my girlfriend? Billy the Kid 12 / 1
68 "By the Sea" Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 10 / 2
  Jafar Panahi's Block Party Offside 10 / 2
70 A Domestic Disturbance Southland Tales 10 / 1
  Anton Ego's review is published Ratatouille 10 / 1
  Arthur Edens on the phone with Michael's son Michael Clayton 10 / 1
  At the Father's house Bella 10 / 1
  Brosnan builds a fire Seraphim Falls 10 / 1
  Buds getting ready to torture montage Hostel Part II 10 / 1
  Buying alcohol Superbad 10 / 1
  Carla Jean resists Chigurh No Country for Old Men 10 / 1
  Chemical commercial remix Michael Clayton 10 / 1
  City of women Half Moon 10 / 1
  Dad gets frustrated as Marla paints My Kid Could Paint That 10 / 1
  Dad keys cars 2 Days in Paris 10 / 1
  Dad makes excuses, kids doze off The Host 10 / 1
  Diseased wiener dog orgy The Ten 10 / 1
  Endless opening shot of factory Manufactured Landscapes 10 / 1
  Enter Sandman Spider-Man 3 10 / 1
  Extended skywriting The Brothers Solomon 10 / 1
  "Eye of the Tiger" Persepolis 10 / 1
  Fast Food Terrorist 2 Days in Paris 10 / 1
  'Fessing Up Atonement 10 / 1
  First sex scene (ending with wry smile) Lust, Caution 10 / 1
  Gordon Pinsent visits Julie Christie the first tim Away From Her 10 / 1
  Grasping for the insulin Black Book 10 / 1
  Grendel vs. the hall full of Danes Beowulf 10 / 1
  "Hold Tight" Grindhouse 10 / 1
  "If any of us gets laid tonight, it's because of E Knocked Up 10 / 1
  Indoor snowfall Private Fears in Public Places 10 / 1
  "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" Across the Universe 10 / 1
  Kevin's Movie Hot Rod 10 / 1
  Kibbutz under guard Black Book 10 / 1
  Lap Dance Grindhouse 10 / 1
  Late night housecalls in Paris Sicko 10 / 1
  McLovin Drinks Up With the Cops ("She really was a Superbad 10 / 1
  Meet Allen Ginsberg I'm Not There 10 / 1
  Memorizing the license Day Night Day Night 10 / 1
  Meryl Streep shows up Evening 10 / 1
  "Miss Baltimore Crab" Hairspray 10 / 1
  Murray misses the train The Darjeeling Limited 10 / 1
  Night vision in the subway 28 Weeks Later 10 / 1
  Prison Break Rescue Dawn 10 / 1
  Recital Joshua 10 / 1
  Red Bull in flight Exiled 10 / 1
  Star Wipe Flashback Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters 10 / 1
  Streep/Redgrave Evening 10 / 1
  SUV sex Southland Tales 10 / 1
  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Rob The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 10 / 1
  The old man's tale 12:08 East of Bucharest 10 / 1
  The opera-scored fall of Jack Smith Two Wrenching Departures 10 / 1
  The "paranormal investigator" does her thing The Orphanage 10 / 1
  The unnatural blonde Black Book 10 / 1
  Transamerica Pyramid gets built Zodiac 10 / 1
  Umbrella dance The Wayward Cloud 10 / 1
  "What did the sun say to Erich Honecker" The Lives of Others 10 / 1
123 Demester confesses to Barbe Flanders 9 / 1
124 Begging for change Day Night Day Night 8 / 1
  First ferry ride Time 8 / 1
  "Happiness is a Warm Gun" Across the Universe 8 / 1
  Opening monologue Michael Clayton 8 / 1
  Sam Jackson gives it his best shot 1408 8 / 1
  Summing-up for the plaintiffs Bamako 8 / 1
  Watermelon sex The Wayward Cloud 8 / 1
  You're a doorman, doorman. Knocked Up 8 / 1
132 Please turn off all cellphones prior to gunfight Election 7 / 1
  The "evils" of marijuana lecture Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 7 / 1
134 Ambushing Jews on the boat Black Book 5 / 1
  "Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite" Across the Universe 5 / 1
  Beowulf vs. Grendel Beowulf 5 / 1
  Bob and the Beatles I'm Not There 5 / 1
  Dad recounts the history of the shah Persepolis 5 / 1
  Dream parade (1st appearance) Paprika 5 / 1
  Eating a candy apple Day Night Day Night 5 / 1
  "Epiphany" Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 5 / 1
  Final meeting of Leonard and Heather Starting Out in the Evening 5 / 1
  Giving birth Stephanie Daley 5 / 1
  Ian in his room, listening to Bowie Control 5 / 1
  "It Won't Be Long" Across the Universe 5 / 1
  Juno and Bleek cover the Moldy Peaches Juno 5 / 1
  Lunch with the mask Time 5 / 1
  Machete Grindhouse 5 / 1
  Mom begs "I need you to believe me" My Kid Could Paint That 5 / 1
  Naked skateboarding The Simpsons Movie 5 / 1
  One-two-three, knock on the wall (reprise) The Orphanage 5 / 1
  Phone song Dans Paris 5 / 1
  Rasputia boasts about her love life Norbit 5 / 1
  Rocket launcher Severance 5 / 1
  Ryan Reynolds pulls the plug Smokin' Aces 5 / 1
  Sad death of Weiner Dog Hostel Part II 5 / 1
  Scrubbing Bubbles, er, Roaches Enchanted 5 / 1
  Second date Knocked Up 5 / 1
  Shave Off Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 5 / 1
  "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" (smile montage) Waitress 5 / 1
  Sliver of sunlight I Am Legend 5 / 1
  Spiderpig The Simpsons Movie 5 / 1
  Tabletop indictment at the diner Zodiac 5 / 1
  Taxi ride Michael Clayton 5 / 1
  Taxi ride Zodiac 5 / 1
  The accident Private Property 5 / 1
  The Jason Bateman scene Smokin' Aces 5 / 1
  The traveling duo split up Great World of Sound 5 / 1
  Toby Jones: action hero The Mist 5 / 1
  Undercover ops We Own the Night 5 / 1
  Waking up chained Black Snake Moan 5 / 1
  "When Your Mind's Made Up" Once 5 / 1
  Wood and Dick fight The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 5 / 1