Skandies 2012

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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 Entracte Holy Motors 329 / 24
2 Informal processing The Master 169 / 15
3 Opening shot The Turin Horse 123 / 11
4 Landing the plane Flight 118 / 12
5 The Incident The Loneliest Planet 111 / 11
6 System purge The Cabin in the Woods 102 / 9
7 "Molly Malone" The Deep Blue Sea 77 / 8
8 Opening scene Almayer's Folly 74 / 7
9 Man in the mirror Wanderlust 70 / 8
10 Shanghai skyscraper assassination Skyfall 63 / 5
11 Mo-cap Holy Motors 58 / 6
12 KKK comedy of errors Django Unchained 57 / 4
13 Ottway helps Lewenden die The Grey 55 / 5
14 C-section Prometheus 54 / 7
15 The robbery Killing Them Softly 54 / 6
16 Merde Holy Motors 54 / 5
17 Mile 3.25 Tidal Inlet Moonrise Kingdom 53 / 5
18 Fried chicken penance Killer Joe 49 / 6
19 "Ladies of Tampa" Magic Mike 48 / 3
20 An angel serves tea Once Upon a Time in Anatolia 46 / 5
21 Cid has a tantrum Looper 44 / 5
22 What the FUCK The Color Wheel 43 / 3
23 Radio from the future (closing scene) Not Fade Away 40 / 4
24 1966 Beyond the Black Rainbow 40 / 3
25 "Who Were We?" Holy Motors 39 / 3
26 "Video Killed the Radio Star" Take This Waltz 37 / 4
27 Last Bill in the Universe [Ending sequence] It's Such a Beautiful Day 35 / 3
28 Epistolary courtship Moonrise Kingdom 31 / 3
29 Hotel room fight Haywire 30 / 4
30 "I Dreamed a Dream" Les Miserables 28 / 3
  Shaking hands on the deal Django Unchained 28 / 3
  To the window, to the wall! The Master 28 / 3
33 Stats vs mojo Silver Linings Playbook 27 / 3
34 "Slow Boat to China" The Master 27 / 2
35 Eavesdropping at the cafe Oslo, August 31st 25 / 2
36 Georges listening to the disappeared pianist Amour 25 / 1
37 Collecting and taking out the trash This Is Not a Film 23 / 3
  Hulk smash Loki Marvel's The Avengers 23 / 3
39 Traffic control You Are Here 21 / 1
40 Closing dance Damsels in Distress 20 / 2
  Japanese Team Fail (Schoolgirl Win) The Cabin in the Woods 20 / 2
  Meeting in the diner Looper 20 / 2
  Phrenology Django Unchained 20 / 2
  Professor takes questions Oki's Movie 20 / 2
  Shipwreck Life of Pi 20 / 2
  The tsunami hits The Impossible 20 / 2
47 Eric meets a human outside the system Cosmopolis 20 / 1
48 Changing a lightbulb Planet of Snail 19 / 1
49 Final march/narration Beasts of the Southern Wild 18 / 2
  Nica and Dato by the campfire The Loneliest Planet 18 / 2
  The Dumpster The Innkeepers 18 / 2
52 Porn shoot Starlet 17 / 2
  Rescue from the steeple Moonrise Kingdom 17 / 2
  The plane crash The Grey 17 / 2
55 Benjamin Britten's Noah's Flood Moonrise Kingdom 16 / 1
56 Dance class Magic Mike 15 / 2
  Saloon, first town Django Unchained 15 / 2
58 Date seizure The Comedy 15 / 1
  Dept. store model tracking shot The Master 15 / 1
  Epilogue Last Days Here 15 / 1
  "Old Abram Brown" Moonrise Kingdom 15 / 1
  Robert's suicide Cloud Atlas 15 / 1
63 Motorcycles on the beach The Master 14 / 1
  "Tell me what you'd do to me." Take This Waltz 14 / 1
65 "Toxic" Crazy Horse 13 / 2
66 'Want You to Know' [Coda] Red Hook Summer 13 / 1
67 Brothers vs. Mad Dog The Raid: Redemption 12 / 1
  Serenade to Anne In Another Country 12 / 1
69 Ghost Ship Tchoupitoulas 11 / 1
  Melu wakes up in the garden Anhey Ghohrey Da Daan 11 / 1
  Pre-credit sequence Michael 11 / 1
72 Old Seth Looper 10 / 2
73 28-25-23-998-994-992 Detention 10 / 1
  9/11 Black Leader Zero Dark Thirty 10 / 1
  "Agent down"/opening titles Skyfall 10 / 1
  Amy Adams' invisible handjob The Master 10 / 1
  "Anne, I will protect you!" In Another Country 10 / 1
  Autopsy Once Upon a Time in Anatolia 10 / 1
  Barcelona Haywire 10 / 1
  Beach swim Rust and Bone 10 / 1
  Blake Lively gets kidnapped in the mall (no one el Savages 10 / 1
  Bond meets Silva Skyfall 10 / 1
  "Can you touch this?" Magic Mike 10 / 1
  Cheek to penis Attenberg 10 / 1
  Che Guevara hallucination Generation P 10 / 1
  City symphony opening Neighboring Sounds 10 / 1
  Comparing packs Moonrise Kingdom 10 / 1
  Condo meeting Neighboring Sounds 10 / 1
  Cop and boy talk over beer Moonrise Kingdom 10 / 1
  Debriefing Panetta Zero Dark Thirty 10 / 1
  Doctor Doctor Give Me Gas In My Ass Sound of Noise 10 / 1
  Dr. King's Brunhilde/Siegfried campfire story Django Unchained 10 / 1
  Drone attack on the cabin The Bourne Legacy 10 / 1
  Encounter with the victimized father and son The Kid With a Bike 10 / 1
  Enoch / Sharon Couch Talk Red Hook Summer 10 / 1
  Final departure from the apartment Amour 10 / 1
  Final farewell between Hester and Freddie The Deep Blue Sea 10 / 1
  Fucking up the Limo Cosmopolis 10 / 1
  Helicopters in the night Zero Dark Thirty 10 / 1
  Joe's next 30 years montage Looper 10 / 1
  Montage of wishes I Wish 10 / 1
  Nightlife finale Abendland 10 / 1
  Opening Action Scene Resident Evil: Retribution 10 / 1
  "Plague!" How to Survive a Plague 10 / 1
  Psychic Orgasm The Paperboy 10 / 1
  Quality time with the doctor Compliance 10 / 1
  Recursive Horror Films Detention 10 / 1
  Refrigerator attack The Raid: Redemption 10 / 1
  Returning home Holy Motors 10 / 1
  Sao Paulo Katy Perry: Part of Me 10 / 1
  Second processing The Master 10 / 1
  The alpha wolf arrives (final scene) The Grey 10 / 1
  The assassination Lincoln 10 / 1
  The first time The First Time 10 / 1
  The plane crash The Dark Knight Rises 10 / 1
  The reaping The Hunger Games 10 / 1
  The vote Lincoln 10 / 1
  Title track (David Byrne version) This Must Be the Place 10 / 1
  Whore's lament for women / "Dear Darkness" Whores' Glory 10 / 1
  Woods walk after The Incident The Loneliest Planet 10 / 1
121 Calling home The Impossible 9 / 1
  Catching up with Dad The Kid With a Bike 9 / 1
  Dad's birthday party The Queen of Versailles 9 / 1
  Game time at the Cornucopia The Hunger Games 9 / 1
  "Give me a pickle" Generation P 9 / 1
  Introducing Heather to the Suicide Prevention Cent Damsels in Distress 9 / 1
  Stars on the ceiling Neighboring Sounds 9 / 1
  "Stop copying me!!!" The Day He Arrives 9 / 1
  Talk with tattooed guy in bar This Must Be the Place 9 / 1
130 Ashes on the White House lawn How to Survive a Plague 8 / 1
  Conclusion (Oki's movie) Oki's Movie 8 / 1
  Final scene (Goody dies) Vamps 8 / 1
  Flash mob/dancing the evil corporation Step Up Revolution 8 / 1
  Kidman / Efron golden shower The Paperboy 8 / 1
135 Brutha Fez's Funeral Cosmopolis 7 / 1
  Hiding in the wall The Raid: Redemption 7 / 1
  Jesus-freak motel clerk The Color Wheel 7 / 1
  Standoff at Benno's apartment Cosmopolis 7 / 1
  Trying to eat a sandwich The Fairy 7 / 1
140 Opening credit sequence Detention 6 / 1
  Practice theft The Kid With a Bike 6 / 1
  Shrim Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie 6 / 1
  "Time Is On My Side" Not Fade Away 6 / 1
  Tracking shot of pain Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning 6 / 1
145 Beauty pageant ceremony Miss Bala 5 / 1
  Dirty Pretty Things A Burning Hot Summer 5 / 1
  Eric and Vija Cosmopolis 5 / 1
  Escape from the compound Beyond the Black Rainbow 5 / 1
  Fight in the sporting goods store Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning 5 / 1
  Freddie has some sex The Master 5 / 1
  Getting a haircut Cosmopolis 5 / 1
  Her balcony "performance" Rust and Bone 5 / 1
  Hurts! Amour 5 / 1
  Jail scene The Master 5 / 1
  Joe and Dottie's first date Killer Joe 5 / 1
  Learning to kiss Attenberg 5 / 1
  Ma-Ma takes a fall Dredd 5 / 1
  Meditation at the log The Grey 5 / 1
  Melissa McCarthy outtakes This Is 40 5 / 1
  Negotiation Arbitrage 5 / 1
  Not quite hitting the big move Silver Linings Playbook 5 / 1
  Passing through immigration Argo 5 / 1
  Pre-credits action sequence Skyfall 5 / 1
  Quaker story Seven Psychopaths 5 / 1
  Revisiting the whale Rust and Bone 5 / 1
  Richard Parker walks away Life of Pi 5 / 1
  Riddles in the dark The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 5 / 1
  Rock 'n roll vs. the bomb Not Fade Away 5 / 1
  Shower opera To Rome With Love 5 / 1
  Sound effects car chase Jack Reacher 5 / 1
  Texas Maps Bernie 5 / 1
  The slap Amour 5 / 1
  The whale Life of Pi 5 / 1