The first 15 minutes of Star Wars: Episode 1. I'm telling you, when I was in the theater seeing this for the first time, and Qui Jon and Obi Wan plunged their light sabers into that huge blast door and started cutting it open, I almost lost it. It seems almost quaint to think about it now, but when Episode 1 was first coming out, a lot of us really thought that these were going to be the equal of the original trilogy, and the opening scenes of Qui Jon and Obi Wan just basically being uber-Jedi's and totally owning an entire spaceship full of enemies, I was thinking to myself "Holy Shit this is it". And then of course reality set in, but oh well.

The first ~45 minutes of Office Space. Office Space overall is a great movie, don't get me wrong, but the first half of this movie is so much better than the last half it's not even close. The great divide, of course, is when the trio learns that their Superman 2 plot worked too well. One could even argue that the first ~15 minutes of Office Space is itself a step above the first ~45, specifically the opening scenes of Peter dealing with the things he hates about his office. I've always had a soft spot for "Hypnotized Peter" though, especially "I'm going to go home and watch Kung Fu".

Rescuing Morpheus, The Matrix. Again, Matrix is damn fine all around. But Rescuing Morpheus, from about "We'll need guns", up to and including "Do you belive it now Trinity?", to me when first seeing it is what really sold me on the movie being something special. Even today, if Matrix is on TNT or something, I'll often times watch some if I know that the rescue scene is coming up.

The Cliff Scene, Last of the Mohicans. I think maybe it's the music here that really does it, really sucks you in and slaps you in the face with the mood, and the tradgedy of Uncas' and Alice's death.

The Walk Off, Zoolander. Not the best movie ever although I do kind of like Zoolander as a whole, but the Walk Off scene, starting with Zoolander in the bar (You rock Billy Zane!) to the entrance of David Bowie as walk off judge (Let's Dance!) is good stuff.

The Final Skate, Blades of Glory. Specifically the beginning when they are skating to the theme from Flash Gordon. I actually ended up seeing this movie twice when it was in theaters, once with Jenn and then again with friends who wanted to see it, and hearing that Flash theme come on just cracked me up both times. For that movie, that was the absolute perfect choice for a song.