Because we can can can! (Moulin Rouge!)

Best scene turned out to be a great, grand mess of a category, with little consensus at all. 90 separate scenes received votes, with little agreement among anyone as to which scene even in a particular movie deserved notice. It's little surprise then that the individual scores are lower here than in any other category. Moulin Rouge! makes up in volume for the other categories here with nine scenes getting at least one point. It did manage among that to consolidate some support behind the first scene inside The Moulin Rouge, which could also go by the name of Zidler's Rap. Monsters, Inc. makes its first appearance in a top five, with the frenetic chase through door storage grabbing the most votes of any scene in this group (a whopping six). Gandalf's standoff versus the Balrog was the most popular among six scenes noted from The Lord of the Rings. Pearl Harbor makes a positive appearance here, with the depiction of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor striking a very visceral chord for three voters. A second scene from Moulin Rouge! takes fifth place, that of Christian and Satine's love song medley on top of the Moulin Rouge! elephant. Just below this group, The Royal Tenenbaums placed two scenes in the top ten, as did Memento.

Top Five
Scene	Film	Total Points
Because we can can can! (Zidler's Rap)	Moulin Rouge!	87
The Door Chase	Monsters, Inc.	81
The Fall of Gandalf/The Bridge of Khazad Dum	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	74
The Attack	Pearl Harbor	68
Elephant Love Medley	Moulin Rouge!	60

Candidates receiving first place votes
Scene	Film	Number of First Place Votes
Because we can can can! (Zidler's Rap)	Moulin Rouge!	3
The Fall of Gandalf/The Bridge of Khazad Dum	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2
The Attack	Pearl Harbor	2
Elephant Love Medley	Moulin Rouge!	2
The Door Chase	Monsters, Inc.	1
John Cameron Mitchell	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	1
Eli's Intervention	The Royal Tenenbaums	1
Natalie's Plan	Memento	1
Super Six Four's Last Stand	Black Hawk Down	1
Needle in the Hay	The Royal Tenenbaums	1
Llorando	Mulholland Drive	1
Orcs. vs the Fellowship in Moria	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	1
The Record Party	Ghost World	1
The Origin of Love	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	1
Opening sequence - Christian is introduced	Moulin Rouge!	1
The truth is revealed	The Others	1
Liu Jian vs. Everyone	Kiss of the Dragon	1

Other scenes receiving votes
An incompetent hitman (Mulholland Drive); Leonard makes himself a puzzle (Memento); Good Will Hunting 2 (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back); Royal takes out the grandchildren (The Royal Tenenebaums); Organ donor Stu to the rescue (Monkeybone); Young Amélie/cast of characters (Amélie); Chaser or chasee? (Memento); The Green Fairy (Moulin Rouge!); The Fall of Sauron (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring); the Audition (Mulholland Drive); Freddy Riedenschneider and the Uncertainty Principle (The Man Who Wasn't There); Royal and Pagoda, elevator operators (The Royal Tenenbaums); Final scene (Va Savoir); Zebras in America (Freddy Got Fingered); Ride into Mogadishu (Black Hawk Down); Stalking in the department store (Enemy at the Gates); Bluntman and Chronic (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back); Boromir's Last Stand (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring); Hiding from the Ringwraith (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring); What's the last thing you remember? (Memento); The best espresso in the world (Mulholland Drive); Return to Sully's house (Monsters, Inc.); The play is pitched/Spectacular Spectacular (Moulin Rouge!); Climactic battle (Planet of the Apes); The Gingerbread Man interrogation (Shrek); Getting checked out by the Nobel committee (A Beautiful Mind); Elle's Harvard video (Legally Blonde); Lumumba's speech to parliament (Lumumba); Boo's farewell (Monsters, Inc.); Come What May Finale (Moulin Rouge!); Donkey meets the dragon (Shrek); Logan arrives (Sexy Beast); Tran Nu Yên-Khê tai chi to the Velvet Underground (Vertical Ray of the Sun); the drunken orgy (Zoolander); Daniel Cleaver gets off the elevator (Bridget Jones's Diary); Jet vs. Jet (The One); Exit Frank (In the Bedroom); Jay and Silent Bob go door-to-door (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back); inside a human Claymore explosion (Swordfish); Apartment building shootout (Time and Tide); "King Kong ain't got nothin' on me" (Training Day); The Barbershop Monologues (The Man Who Wasn't There); Julie takes David for a drive (Vanilla Sky); "What if God was one of us?" (Vanilla Sky); Impromptu leg surgery (Black Hawk Down); Chasing in the snow in your panties (Bridget Jones's Diary); Legolas vs. Orcs (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring); Mike and Sully in the Himalayas (Monsters, Inc.); El tango del Roxanne (Moulin Rouge!); Opening Sequence (Waking Life); Richie melts down on the tennis court (The Royal Tenenbaums); "Someone like you" (Bridget Jones's Diary); Enter Satine (Moulin Rouge!); Bernie Mac vs. Matt Damon (Ocean's 11); The Dance Contest (The American Astronaut); The Poker Game (Training Day); Gas station explosion (Zoolander); a successful landing (The Dish); Last assault on the truck (The Fast and the Furious); Mrs. Chan's Cheongsam Dress (In the Mood for Love); Meeting the cowboy (Mulholland Drive); Royal confronts Henry (The Royal Tenenbaums); Hal sees the real Rose (Shallow Hal); the theft (Ocean's 11); Ali vs. Foreman (Ali); Betty and Rita express their love (Mulholland Drive); Judith escapes (Saving Silverman); Hollywood poker lesson (Ocean's 11); Dinner is served (Anti-Trust); Mike Wazowski! (Monsters, Inc.); Case File: Tenenbaum, M. (The Royal Tenenbaums); the garbage bag spills its contents on the elevator (Tell Me Something)