BEST FILM SCENES of 2011

The St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association have an interesting category for "best scene." Their 2011 nominees are as follows:—

"The Artist" (dance scene finale)
"Drive" (the elevator beating scene)
"Drive" (opening get-away scene)
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (opening credits)
"Hanna" (Hanna’s escape from captivity sequence)
"Melancholia" (the last scene)

I think they reason they're attracted to the elevator scene in Drive is because it is the worst scene in the movie — not the best — but I love the idea. My top ten would run as follows:—

1) The subway undressing in Shame

2) The daughter's song in Moneyball

3) Elle Faning's close-up in Super 8

4) The silent date in Beginners

5) The drowning of Ron Perlman in Drive

6) The final scene of The Artist (not the dance but what follows)

7) The murder attempt in Living in the Material World

8) Caeser's first word in Rise of the Planet of the Apes

9) Haddock's desert DTs in The Adventures of Tin Tin

10) The sex scene(s) in Friends with Benefits