Skandies 2008

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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 Sunrise Silent Light 149 / 11
2 The pool Let the Right One In 142 / 12
3 Elles alfresco In the City of Sylvia 119 / 6
4 Dinner party 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 115 / 11
5 The diagram Woman on the Beach 83 / 8
6 Rehearsal dinner (toasts) Rachel Getting Married 70 / 6
7 The pencil trick The Dark Knight 66 / 6
8 Ram at the deli counter (having fun) The Wrestler 65 / 6
9 Bathing the kids Silent Light 60 / 6
10 Deranged penguin Encounters at the End of the World 59 / 6
11 Nurse Joker The Dark Knight 54 / 5
12 Tonight we dine on bellydancing The Secret of the Grain 50 / 4
13 Philippe steps into the abyss Man on Wire 49 / 5
14 "What did we learn, Palmer?" Burn After Reading 47 / 4
15 Monologue JCVD 45 / 4
16 The negotiation 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 42 / 5
17 The prisoners' dilemma The Dark Knight 40 / 4
18 Barbed wire/staple-gun match The Wrestler 40 / 3
19 Rachel bathes Kym Rachel Getting Married 40 / 2
20 Bank robbery The Dark Knight 39 / 4
21 Amish badass George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead 35 / 5
22 Ken and Harry atop the tower In Bruges 35 / 3
23 Footrace on the freeway Tell No One 33 / 2
24 Opening shot The Man From London 30 / 3
25 Accidental shooting in closet Burn After Reading 29 / 3
  Space pas-de-deux WALL-E 29 / 3
27 Frozen horses My Winnipeg 28 / 3
  Poppy takes the keys Happy-Go-Lucky 28 / 3
29 Dishwasher contest Rachel Getting Married 27 / 3
30 Bucketheads Encounters at the End of the World 25 / 3
31 Blackout (Richard McGuire short) Fear(s) of the Dark 25 / 2
  Kidman sings! Australia 25 / 2
33 Baghead sneaks up from behind The Strangers 25 / 1
  Opening alternative reality mindfuck Reprise 25 / 1
  Tony Stark escapes Iron Man 25 / 1
36 Ram at the deli counter (final) The Wrestler 23 / 2
37 Olive's deathbed Synecdoche, New York 22 / 3
38 Death of Benjamin Button The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 20 / 2
  First driving lesson Happy-Go-Lucky 20 / 2
  "Girl" fucks boy XXY 20 / 2
  Making Ghostbusters Be Kind Rewind 20 / 2
  No charge for awesomeness (opening) Kung Fu Panda 20 / 2
  Sister hits a deer My Winnipeg 20 / 2
  The clockmaker's tale The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 20 / 2
  The Devil Dogs Waltz With Bashir 20 / 2
46 Showering off the guilt Paranoid Park 20 / 1
  Switching roles / apartment / an apocalyptic event Synecdoche, New York 20 / 1
48 Automobile rendezvous Burn After Reading 19 / 2
  Seance under the gaze of the spirit buffalo My Winnipeg 19 / 2
50 "Hard Times" (opening) JCVD 16 / 3
51 Con Ed bill discussion Frownland 16 / 1
52 Bardem makes a proposition Vicky Cristina Barcelona 15 / 2
  Poppy and the homeless man Happy-Go-Lucky 15 / 2
  The accident Paranoid Park 15 / 2
  "The security...of your shit." Burn After Reading 15 / 2
56 Feeding under the bridge Let the Right One In 15 / 1
  "I've got a light" Gran Torino 15 / 1
  Joker escapes from jail The Dark Knight 15 / 1
  Opening sequence Mister Lonely 15 / 1
  Stalking Sylvie In the City of Sylvia 15 / 1
  WE ALL HAVE TATTOOS! Synecdoche, New York 15 / 1
62 WALL•E introduces EVE to his home WALL-E 13 / 2
63 Sex with Billy Zero The Tracey Fragments 11 / 1
  Talk like a man with the barber Gran Torino 11 / 1
  Walking by the river in a blanket The Tracey Fragments 11 / 1
66 "Never go full retard" Tropic Thunder 10 / 2
67 A late-night call from Dick Frost/Nixon 10 / 1
  Asia fucks/murders Madsen Boarding Gate 10 / 1
  "Because we have to chase him." The Dark Knight 10 / 1
  Candy Says Lou Reed's Berlin 10 / 1
  Cell Phone Surprise The Ruins 10 / 1
  Closing titles (rebuilding civilization) WALL-E 10 / 1
  Comatose EVE montage WALL-E 10 / 1
  Crazy homeless dude Wendy and Lucy 10 / 1
  Discussion of gigolos and therapists Before I Forget 10 / 1
  Dracula's Lament Forgetting Sarah Marshall 10 / 1
  Fats Waller Movie Be Kind Rewind 10 / 1
  Final breakfast scene Pineapple Express 10 / 1
  Finale (Chewie fights way to ring, given redbelt) Redbelt 10 / 1
  Final horrible sex scene Nights and Weekends 10 / 1
  Final scene The Wrestler 10 / 1
  "Give it to me, and I'll do what you shoulda did t The Dark Knight 10 / 1
  Gleeson reads Fiennes' letter In Bruges 10 / 1
  Harry shows off his basement project. Burn After Reading 10 / 1
  Heart attack in the rain Silent Light 10 / 1
  Hello Dolly WALL-E 10 / 1
  Henri's letter A Christmas Tale 10 / 1
  He's Not Your Bro Gran Torino 10 / 1
  Hockey arena in depressing color My Winnipeg 10 / 1
  James aims at his uncle Ballast 10 / 1
  Ledge Man My Winnipeg 10 / 1
  LSAT Frownland 10 / 1
  Mother has a hotel breakdown The Edge of Heaven 10 / 1
  On the waterfront The Wrestler 10 / 1
  Opening scene (suitcase) Mad Detective 10 / 1
  Out of the outhouse for an autograph Slumdog Millionaire 10 / 1
  Piano Tuning Flight of the Red Balloon 10 / 1
  Resurrection Silent Light 10 / 1
  Riding the train Slumdog Millionaire 10 / 1
  Rosie's "Threat from Radical Christians" An American Carol 10 / 1
  Satan's Alley faux trailer Tropic Thunder 10 / 1
  Self-Defense Training Redbelt 10 / 1
  Stark chatting with soldiers in humvee Iron Man 10 / 1
  Stephanie corrects Luke's form The Wackness 10 / 1
  Suicide attempt Ballast 10 / 1
  Sunset Silent Light 10 / 1
  Sweding montage Be Kind Rewind 10 / 1
  The accusation Doubt 10 / 1
  The desert caravan The Fall 10 / 1
  The final community meeting Brick Lane 10 / 1
  The imperfect subjunctive The Class 10 / 1
  The kid escapes Funny Games 10 / 1
  The Winner Takes it All Mamma Mia! 10 / 1
  Treehouse Step Brothers 10 / 1
  Trying out the hotel robes Nights and Weekends 10 / 1
  Visit to the white court The Order of Myths 10 / 1
  WALL-E in his apartment (near beginning of film) WALL-E 10 / 1
  When cats attack Let the Right One In 10 / 1
119 Cancer stats-crunching A Christmas Tale 9 / 1
  Dan White shows up at Harvey's birthday party Milk 9 / 1
  Forest chase Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 9 / 1
  Rant about unattractive Korean women Woman on the Beach 9 / 1
  Rehearsal (pre-toasts) Rachel Getting Married 9 / 1
  Stark's flight suit misadventure Iron Man 9 / 1
  Stopped in time w/Blondie, Manet & Les Aviateurs In the City of Sylvia 9 / 1
  Vellini gets herself off on passive Ryno The Last Mistress 9 / 1
127 Slaughter is the best medicine The Dark Knight 8 / 1
  Stepford breakfast Revolutionary Road 8 / 1
  Sun-hee's music is appraised Woman on the Beach 8 / 1
  Terror bird attack 10,000 BC 8 / 1
  The procedure 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 8 / 1
132 Dumpling battle Kung Fu Panda 7 / 1
  Enter batpod The Dark Knight 7 / 1
  Enter Penelope Vicky Cristina Barcelona 7 / 1
  Humiliating English lesson Up the Yangtze 7 / 1
  Portrait of the artist as an old woman Before I Forget 7 / 1
  Shooting the wrong guy The Strangers 7 / 1
138 Did I leave my badge at your house? Frownland 6 / 1
  Rachel drops an unfair bomb Rachel Getting Married 6 / 1
140 "Are you gonna come at me, or whistle 'Dixie'?" Sukiyaki Western Django 5 / 1
  Bardem's out-of-focus seduction of Hall Vicky Cristina Barcelona 5 / 1
  Beauty allows lesbian crush pity finger-fuck 10,000 BC 5 / 1
  Being the fireman The Wrestler 5 / 1
  Breakfast recap of previous day's events 10,000 BC 5 / 1
  Building liftoff Still Life 5 / 1
  Casting the family / the rug straightening My Winnipeg 5 / 1
  Crossing between towers Cloverfield 5 / 1
  Dance sequence over credits Slumdog Millionaire 5 / 1
  Death by circle saw Frontier(s) 5 / 1
  Father/daughter argument about school, opening sce Up the Yangtze 5 / 1
  Flamenco dance class Happy-Go-Lucky 5 / 1
  Getting off the wiper blade Stuck 5 / 1
  Harry demonstrates his consistency In Bruges 5 / 1
  "I Can Help" Paranoid Park 5 / 1
  John Givings' first visit Revolutionary Road 5 / 1
  Knocking Through Houses Che 5 / 1
  Lip-synch psychodrama Surfwise 5 / 1
  Listening montage Scott Walker: 30 Century Man 5 / 1
  Loaded looks, cryptic banter OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies 5 / 1
  Making love in the burning house Synecdoche, New York 5 / 1
  Mammoths charge up a pyramid 10,000 BC 5 / 1
  McDormand discovers she's under surveillance Burn After Reading 5 / 1
  Mother/son talk in the backyard A Christmas Tale 5 / 1
  Norah's first orgasm Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist 5 / 1
  Opening sparring match Redbelt 5 / 1
  Parkour brat blown up rocket launcher 10,000 BC 5 / 1
  Roaming through the nuclear test site Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 5 / 1
  "Rock Me, Sexy Jesus" Hamlet 2 5 / 1
  Santa Claus assault The Unknown Woman 5 / 1
  Studio chief dances to hip-hop Tropic Thunder 5 / 1
  Sudden greenery Hellboy II: The Golden Army 5 / 1
  Tender autopsy of Alyssa Milano 10,000 BC 5 / 1
  The bloody pool / breakdown The Fall 5 / 1
  The monster fells the chopper Cloverfield 5 / 1
  Troops coming out of the water Waltz With Bashir 5 / 1
  Uwe's cameo 10,000 BC 5 / 1
  Viola Davis' scene Doubt 5 / 1
  Winning the final race Speed Racer 5 / 1