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trying to stop guys like me welcome to
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and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10
confrontational movie moments call it
just gone you wanted me here i am
my name is maximus desmus meridius
commander of the armies of the north
general of the felix allegiance for this
list we'll be examining tense or
aggressive exchanges between two
or more characters in film we'll be
avoiding straight up fights and lengthy
shootouts though
please note this video will contain
spoilers
if you think we missed one be sure to
confront us about it in the comments
below
number 10 clarice meets hannibal the
silence of the lambs
fbi student clarice starling meets dr
hannibal lecter a few times throughout
this film
but her first encounter with the
cannibal psychiatrist is possibly the
best
right from the beginning she's thrown
off by his calm cultured demeanor
you know florence all that detail just
from memory sir
memory agent styling is what i have
instead of a view
hannibal may be locked up but he has all
the power
as clarice is there looking for his help
he had been courteous and
receptive to courtesy he had established
trust with the
embarrassing truth about migs and now
this
ham handed segway into your
questionnaire
the struggle between them isn't physical
but it's riveting nonetheless
and both actors are at the top of their
game watching their verbal sparring is
like enjoying a nice chianti
liver and fava beans optional a census
taker once tried to test me
i ate his liver with some fava beans
and a nice chianti
number nine coffee talk heat i don't
know how to do anything else
neither do i
i don't much want to either neither do i
heroes and villains are usually
portrayed as locked into constant
struggle
because of this time-honored formula
scenes in which they're actually shown
relating to one another can be
refreshing
there are few better examples than this
exchange between lieutenant vincent
hannah and neil mccauley
in michael mann's heat hannah a police
detective
invites macaulay the thief he's pursuing
to a coffee shop to talk
what do you say i buy you a cup of
coffee
yeah sure let's go here they discuss
their professions and personal lives
despite finding common ground both make
it clear that they won't stop doing what
they do
even if one of them has to die for it if
it's between you
and some poor bastard whose wife you're
gonna turn into a widow
brother you are going down
number eight the deal boogie nights
that's right
man so we're gonna do the deal we're
gonna drop half a key of baking soda
into a bag we're gonna walk over there
we're gonna talk about doom to failure
when dirk digler and friends reed and
todd try to sell baking soda to a drug
dealer
it turns out well how you'd expect the
scene is a perfect balance of comedy and
tension
as dealer rahad sings along to his
favorite tunes
including jesse's girl
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meanwhile there's a bodyguard with a gun
and an associate playing with
firecrackers
sure enough the situation explodes when
todd decides that he wants to rob rihad
you don't know anything about this okay
this is not at all what we wanted
todd doesn't make it and dirk and reed
barely escape
where can you find a showdown like that
number seven you can't handle the truth
a few good men
courtroom dramas run on confrontation
but they don't get much more memorable
than this one
colonel jessup is giving testimony
regarding the murder of a marine
which defense attorney lieutenant kathy
believes was an
extra judicial punishment or code red
gone wrong you want answers i think i'm
entitled you
want answers i don't want the truth you
can't handle the truth
after kathy spots a contradiction in
jessup's story
the colonel becomes increasingly
disdainful of the junior officer
going into a proud rant on the necessity
of ugly choices in the military
you have that luxury you have the luxury
of not knowing what i know
that santiago's death while tragic
probably
saved lives and my existence while
grotesque
and incomprehensible to you saves lives
however kathy's persistence leads to
jessop admitting that he ordered the
code red
it's caffey however who ultimately gets
the last word
you put people's lives in danger
sweet dreams son don't call me son
i'm a lawyer and an officer in the
united states navy
number six mexican standoff the good
the bad and the ugly the dollars trilogy
features some of the western genre's
greatest standoffs
one of the most entertaining is the
confrontation between the man with no
name and mortimer in
for a few dollars more
however for this pick we had to go with
the final showdown between the titular
characters of the good the bad and the
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ugly
it'll be a lot easier with it when the
three arrive at a cemetery looking for
buried gold
they engage in a tense three-way duel
clint eastwood's man with no name
stares down his rivals tuko and angel
eyes played by mortimer actor lee van
cleef
the tension rises to a fever pitch as
the movie's iconic score soars ever
higher
until a single shot rings out
number five coin toss no country for old
men
y'all getting any rain up here away
what what would that be my senior was
from dallas
what business is it of yours where i'm
from
friend though a lot of people hate small
talk
but not as much as dead-eyed hitman
anton sugur
at a gas station he's irritated by the
elderly attendants attempts at
conversation
and becomes ever more combative what
time do you close
now we're closed now now it's not a time
what time do you close
generally around dark and dark
you don't know what you're talking about
this culminates in his demand that the
attendant call a coin toss
call it calling yes the threat is only
implicit
but hangs over the exchange like a dark
cloud keeping the audience on the edge
of their seats
thankfully the attendant calls it
correctly and as sugar walks out
it's easy to feel amused by his complete
confusion
but that unsettling feeling never really
leaves either
don't put it in your pocket sir don't
put it in your pocket it's your luggage
water
where you want me to put it anywhere not
in your pocket
number four getting the suitcase pulp
fiction
there are a lot of great confrontations
in this neo noir crime film
hey kids how you boys doing
hey keep chilling but perhaps the most
memorable occurs when hitman jules
winfield and vincent vega
drop in on a group of friends who've
stolen a suitcase from their employer
so much about jules's interrogation is
remarkable
from his hilarious dialogue to his
abrupt murder of one of the men
oh i'm sorry did i break your
concentration
i didn't mean to do that please continue
and let's not forget his famous bible
quote
ezekiel 25 17
the path of the righteous man is beset
on
all sides by the inequities of the
selfish and the tyranny
of evil men if you haven't seen it then
watching it will surely change your life
perhaps not as drastically or as
miraculously as surviving a hail of
bullets
but still and i will strike down upon
thee with
great vengeance and furious anger
those who attempt to poison and destroy
my brothers
and you will know my name is the law
when i lay my vengeance upon thee
number three interrogation the dark
knight
batman has confronted his nemesis the
joker many times on screen
but few of their encounters make quite
the impact that this one does
when harvey dent and rachel dawes go
missing commissioner gordon gives batman
a crack at interrogating the clown
prince of crime
you wanted me here i am
i wanted to see what you'd do and you
didn't disappoint
you let five people die although batman
gets a few licks in
both verbally and certainly physically
the joker dominates the conversation
expressing his twisted admiration of
batman and his desire to bring
everyone down to his level the gradually
building tension and heath ledger's
magnetic performance
make this a confrontation you'll want to
watch repeatedly
you have nothing
number two funny how good fellas
the gangster lifestyle is full of
hazards but surprisingly it's in a
simple dinner scene that our good
fellow's protagonist henry hill feels
most at risk
when tommy devito tells a funny story
henry remarks that tommy is a funny guy
really funny really funny
it's funny you're a funny guy suddenly
tommy gets serious
demanding to know what he means and
picking apart henry's responses
funny how i mean what's funny about it
tommy no you got it all wrong oh anthony
he's a big boy he knows what he said
what'd you say
funny how the intensity comes from just
how unhinged
irrational and impossible to appease joe
pesci's character seems
it turns out that he's just messing with
henry but even knowing that and
re-watching the scene
it can still put you on edge i almost
had him i almost had him
yes it's funny sure but there's still a
real
undercurrent of danger before we unveil
our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions bob's
story
the drop no one ever sees him coming
so you yeah killed him yeah i did
shot him in the face twice then i
wrapped his head in the towel i stabbed
him in the chest and his heart
so he would bleed out and put him in my
bathtub and watch them drain
shiva the god of death michael clayton
always take your medication if you need
it folks
you are the senior litigating partner of
one of the largest most respected law
firms
in the world you are a legend i'm an
accomplice you're a manic depressive
i am shiva the god of death
let's get out of milwaukee we'll talk
about it king kong
training day alonzo's public downfall
i'm the police i run [ __ ] here you just
living
yeah that's right you better walk away
go and walk away cause i'ma burn this
[ __ ] down
king kong ain't got [ __ ] on me
rooftop showdown the departed criminal
and cop spies confront each other at
last
put the gun put the gun down all right i
came here to talk some stations
all right just act professional
maximus's name
gladiator anyone else have this speech
memorized
my name is maximus desmus meridius
commander of the armies of the north
general of the felix legions loyal
servant to the true emperor
marcus aurelius father to a murdered son
husband to a murdered wife and i will
have my venues
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number one the tavern in glorious
bastards
the opening scene of this world war ii
film features an intense interrogation
that had us hooked from the very first
minute but the greatest confrontation in
in glorious bastards is the tavern
scene consequently a german soldier
conducts a search of a house suspected
of hiding jews
where does the hawk look although
german-speaking members of the titular
group are expecting to meet their
contact in a basement tavern
they're thrown for a loop when they find
nazi soldiers celebrating there
the scene that follows is a masterpiece
of rising tension
as they get closer and closer to being
exposed as enemy soldiers
eventually their only choice left is to
light the gunpowder keg themselves
right
boasting great dialogue and subtle
effective acting
the tavern scene is a confrontation for
the ages
would appear there's only one thing left
you'd do
and what would that be sticklets
steel feeders into your nazi boss do you
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