Skandies 2011

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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 "Nights in White Satin" House of Pleasures 229 / 17
2 Overture Melancholia 174 / 14
3 Love and death in an elevator Drive 165 / 10
4 Scaling Burj Khalifa Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol 136 / 14
5 A dog, a truck, and a Good Friday procession Le quattro volte 130 / 12
6 The accident Margaret 122 / 12
7 "Vltava" The Tree of Life 99 / 7
8 Dueling Michael Caines The Trip 88 / 10
9 Creation montage The Tree of Life 85 / 8
10 Opening getaway Drive 77 / 7
11 Family dinner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 73 / 8
12 The end Melancholia 69 / 8
13 Paul confesses Tuesday, After Christmas 66 / 6
14 No reason Rubber 65 / 8
15 "New York, New York" Shame 55 / 5
16 Tastes like fish Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 54 / 6
17 Falcon chase The Adventures of Tintin 50 / 5
18 Strident maxi-spat Margaret 45 / 5
19 Lowering the wagons Meek's Cutoff 45 / 4
20 "Man or Muppet?" The Muppets 40 / 5
21 The Last Supper Of Gods and Men 40 / 4
22 The new secretary Terri 40 / 3
23 Joey in no man's land War Horse 40 / 2
24 Drinking in the garage Terri 37 / 4
25 Coffee stop in cafe Certified Copy 30 / 4
26 At the dentist's Tuesday, After Christmas 30 / 3
27 Fan-cam sheet stalk Paranormal Activity 3 30 / 2
  The Great Wise Wizard Your Highness 30 / 2
29 Rincón Trade Moneyball 27 / 3
30 King Lear exegesis Margaret 26 / 3
31 Battle on the Golden Gate Bridge Rise of the Planet of the Apes 25 / 3
  "The Case" Super 8 25 / 3
33 Rite of Spring Pina 25 / 1
34 Tank vs. cellphone The Time That Remains 22 / 3
35 Dinner date with coworker Shame 20 / 3
  This is an opera (finale) Margaret 20 / 3
  Virtual corridor Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol 20 / 3
38 At the bridal shoppe Bridesmaids 20 / 2
  Bulls on fire 13 Assassins 20 / 2
  Deflowering Margaret 20 / 2
  "Gentlemen, to bed!" The Trip 20 / 2
  Leaving the shelter Take Shelter 20 / 2
  Le Studio de Méliès Hugo 20 / 2
  Stabbing with fork Drive 20 / 2
45 A night in Hell Shame 20 / 1
  "Cluck You" The Muppets 20 / 1
  Grace vs. Nature (Opening Scene) The Tree of Life 20 / 1
  Reunion on the beach The Tree of Life 20 / 1
  This is 2003.. 1955 stills montage Beginners 20 / 1
50 Prologue Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 18 / 2
  Watching carolers/ sneaking gifts Tuesday, After Christmas 18 / 2
52 Claire confronts Ethan about casting choice Silver Bullets 17 / 1
53 Flight to Vegas Bridesmaids 16 / 2
  Husband-wife goodbye scene rehearsal Super 8 16 / 2
55 Dueling toasts Bridesmaids 15 / 2
  Flubbed takes The Artist 15 / 2
  Fuck or fight J. Edgar 15 / 2
  Train crash Super 8 15 / 2
59 Cave of Forgotten Dreams [Reel 5] Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 15 / 1
  Decepticons destroy Chicago Transformers: Dark of the Moon 15 / 1
  Karaoke in the wake... Putty Hill 15 / 1
62 Native American chanting over wounded traveler Meek's Cutoff 14 / 1
63 Bad news in the swimming pool The Descendants 13 / 2
64 Car discussion Certified Copy 13 / 1
  Death fantasia Leap Year (Ano bisiesto) 13 / 1
66 'Bad Girl' [coda] House of Pleasures 12 / 1
  Flamo has a job. The Interrupters 12 / 1
68 One soldier vs. the Japanese platoon The Flowers of War 11 / 1
  Opening shot A Separation 11 / 1
  Seven-minute monologue Impolex 11 / 1
  Slamming the chair Sleeping Beauty (Julia Leigh) 11 / 1
72 12th Party Congress The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu 10 / 1
  3D train crash Hugo 10 / 1
  Airdropping the village Stake Land 10 / 1
  Applying zombie makeup Super 8 10 / 1
  A reflected tuxedo The Artist 10 / 1
  Asia goes to sleep La pivellina 10 / 1
  At the library with Stuhlbarg Hugo 10 / 1
  Bat chase Rango 10 / 1
  Burning the funeral pyre Silent Souls 10 / 1
  Caesar Speaks Rise of the Planet of the Apes 10 / 1
  Christmas party We Need to Talk About Kevin 10 / 1
  Cricket Eating Contest Bellflower 10 / 1
  Crossing the road Rango 10 / 1
  Discussing Charlie Silver Bullets 10 / 1
  Dunst takes a bath Melancholia 10 / 1
  Enya fan The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 10 / 1
  Erik's opera Happy Feet Two 10 / 1
  "Everything Is Perfect" The Muppets 10 / 1
  First attempted subway pickup Shame 10 / 1
  Forest song To Die Like a Man 10 / 1
  Halloween night drive We Need to Talk About Kevin 10 / 1
  Introducing Pete to the scouts Moneyball 10 / 1
  Invading the house Martha Marcy May Marlene 10 / 1
  Jack's birth sequence The Tree of Life 10 / 1
  John Hawkes sings Martha Marcy May Marlene 10 / 1
  Kate lists her turn-ons Autoerotic 10 / 1
  Killing Shannon Drive 10 / 1
  Meeting of the board Margin Call 10 / 1
  Nader admits his lie to his daughter A Separation 10 / 1
  Opening copy-room shooting Polytechnique 10 / 1
  Origami puppet backstory Bunraku 10 / 1
  Pawn shop robbery/ensuing chase Drive 10 / 1
  Press conference gone wrong Coriolanus 10 / 1
  Shinzaemon's final duels 13 Assassins 10 / 1
  Sister monologue in the car at the end Cold Weather 10 / 1
  Sound nightmare The Artist 10 / 1
  Stopping time The Future 10 / 1
  The closing dance The Artist 10 / 1
  The Funeral The Interrupters 10 / 1
  The pain of Teenage Fanclub Young Adult 10 / 1
  The thurible The Way 10 / 1
  Visiting Cory's house Putty Hill 10 / 1
  Win Streak Moneyball 10 / 1
115 Boyfriend's suicide To Die Like a Man 9 / 1
  Cargo crates Hanna 9 / 1
  Remembering first meeting with comatose wife The Descendants 9 / 1
118 Confrontation at apartment door A Separation 8 / 1
  Goodbye on the platform Weekend 8 / 1
  "It's a metaphor." Moneyball 8 / 1
  Shaving/arrow attack Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame 8 / 1
122 "Aha...the infamous left" Beginners 7 / 1
123 Drunk girlfriend Gabi on the Roof in July 6 / 1
  NYC jog Shame 6 / 1
  Photo montage Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 6 / 1
  Sister pep talk Young Adult 6 / 1
127 Backstage with NPH A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas 5 / 1
  Bad day on the bridge Final Destination 5 5 / 1
  Bad news (mom gets letter/airport call) The Tree of Life 5 / 1
  Beach scene (closing) Take Shelter 5 / 1
  Breaking into the neighbor's house The Tree of Life 5 / 1
  Captain America's war bond musical number Captain America: The First Avenger 5 / 1
  Car Chase Through Brooklyn Captain America: The First Avenger 5 / 1
  Car Park shuffle Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol 5 / 1
  Client's (Peter Carroll) monologue Sleeping Beauty (Julia Leigh) 5 / 1
  Dad Loses His Job The Tree of Life 5 / 1
  Day 1 Contagion 5 / 1
  "Does this dress make me look fat?" Margaret 5 / 1
  Final confrontation/double stabbing Drive 5 / 1
  Final drive Martha Marcy May Marlene 5 / 1
  Final duel 13 Assassins 5 / 1
  Final shot A Separation 5 / 1
  Hatteberg comes up to bat Moneyball 5 / 1
  It's your house The Tree of Life 5 / 1
  Jane and Rochester talk by the fireside Jane Eyre 5 / 1
  "Life's a Happy Song" The Muppets 5 / 1
  Living room tattoo parlor tenebrism Putty Hill 5 / 1
  Meeting Dali Midnight in Paris 5 / 1
  Meeting Hodjat at the Hospital A Separation 5 / 1
  Meeting with the Judge ("Did you push her?") A Separation 5 / 1
  Opening titles The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 5 / 1
  Passing up subway romance Shame 5 / 1
  Raining Melies drawings Hugo 5 / 1
  Renoir Derriere No Comment Film Socialisme 5 / 1
  Revenge The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 5 / 1
  Searching for the snipe To Die Like a Man 5 / 1
  Talking to jogger Shit Year 5 / 1
  Taxi cab chaos I Saw the Devil 5 / 1
  The Cavalry Charge War Horse 5 / 1
  The comforts of Reba Putty Hill 5 / 1
  Tommy and Paddy talk in the casino Warrior 5 / 1