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Be interested to hear the different opinions/nominations.
Tempted by Chaplin's final speech in The Great Dictator but this is probably my favourite from Network (lot's in that film but there's something about the last two lines here):
Put. that. coffee. down.
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I like the Shakespeare that Withnail quotes at the end of Withnail and I. Hamlet I think, but a good ending to a very good film.
Was going to pick Christoph Waltz in Inglorieus Basterds but too many scenes to chose from such a brilliant actor.
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. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. 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 I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you." I been sayin' that shit for years. And if you ever heard it, it meant your ass. I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a mother****er before you popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice. Now I'm thinkin': it could mean you're the evil man. And I'm the righteous man. And Mr. .45 here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could be you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. I'd like that. But that shit ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin, Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd.
Oooh just remembered this one.
Me too Drac.
Gary lager +1.
Without question.
aye, what Drac said
You know that smell..?
Pete Postlethwaite in Brassed Off. Also makes me want to cry and laugh out loud every time I see steven tompkinson dressed as a clown on the hospital bed having failed to hang himself.
The 'High Watermark' monologue from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Nuff said
The one at the end of Raging Bull - not the speech itself but the performance.
You been watching that tonight t rwmartin? Seen it this afternoon and what once seemed a good film now is very cheesy.
Was chatting about that speech from True Romance only last night
Definitely "Pigs".
Good choice Drac.
Tonight ,first to pop into my mind was Clint in Outlaw Josiy Wales.
Can't find the clip,but the scene where the indian asks him how he knew which soldier to shoot first in the gunfight
You been watching that tonight t rwmartin? Seen it this afternoon and what once seemed a good film now is very cheesy.
No. Didn't realise it was on. Not a film fan at all; this one just happened to stick in the mind.
Rich.
Sky is running it at the minute, it's a good film but having watched it this am it's a bit corny too. Jack Nicholson is great in it the part just after that scene where he loses it is fantastic.
Was going to pick Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds but too many scenes to chose from such a brilliant actor.
Opening Interrogation is such a great scene. Au Revoir Shoshanna!
*skip to the end*
mikey74 has it.
Opening Interrogation is such a great scene. Au Revoir Shoshanna!
Yup then there's the restaurant scene his attention to detail on accents is superb so much so it was made part of the plot.
Full metal jacket... Not really a full monologue but some great lines 😉
Yup then there's the restaurant scene his attention to detail on accents is superb so much so it was made part of the plot.
Do you mean the basement bar scene? That is a cracker, as is the opening scene.
I also like the restaurant scene where he meets her, years later, with Geobbels.
Drill Sergeant is fantastic.
I also like the restaurant scene where he meets her, years later, with Geobbels.
That one. Her face and body language when she hears his name is brilliant.
That one. Her face and body language when she hears his name is brilliant.
Ah, I thought you were referring to the bar scene where he uses the accents of the basterds against them.
The strudel did look good, though.
Ah, I thought you were referring to the bar scene where he uses the accents of the basterds against them.
Ah sorry for the confusion. Anyway that too is fantastic.
The strudel did look good, though.
It did. Django has a little hint back to that.
SWEARY
goodfellas - joe pesci "you think I'm funny"
goodfellas - joe pesci "you think I'm funny"
Good call.
Jaws...
U.S.S. Indianapolis
'You know the thing about a shark, he’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes like a doll’s eyes'
Damn it Ski just wiped my suggestion off the board.
Marlon Brando's Horror Speech From Apocalypse now... tried getting it on youtube, but not available in this country!!
Warning, contains swears and French subtitles....
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I'll have a different Network, set to music, why not
(direct link doesn't start at the right place... skip to 1:33)
ive always liked the long monologue by morgan freeman at the end of shawshank redemption
Already mentioned in the OP but Chaplins speech in the Great Dictator still gets me every time. It will forever be poignant and true.
ive always liked the long monologue by morgan freeman at the end of shawshank redemption
Yeah, I was trying to decide which of his monologues in that film I like the best.
Whatcha got ain't nothin new. This country's hard on people, you can't stop what's coming, it ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity.
Any Given Sunday. Al Pacino. Inches.
That is all.
Drac answers this question correctly on page 1 with his clip from True Romance. The best monologue ever - and I won't discuss it further.
Bit of Shakey is always good. True romance is a great call though.
On of the various Downfall ones?
great thread! Love that clip from True Romance
Take your pick from any of these! All Tarrantino films seem to have great dialogue
I would go for Roy at the end of Bladerunner as Mikey has said.
However, this is also very good.
Starts at about 0:39
Taxi Driver "June twenty-ninth. I gotta get in shape. Too much sitting has ruined my body. Too much abuse has gone on for too long. From now on there will be 50 pushups each morning, 50 pullups. There will be no more pills, no more bad food, no more destroyers of my body. From now on will be total organization. Every muscle must be tight. "
Quite topical with the coming referendum. 🙂
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was....
Who are you calling big nose?!
No Braveheart?
Lots of fantastic dialogue in this:
jonah tonto
ive always liked the long monologue by morgan freeman at the end of shawshank redemption
And then, they go an ruin the entire film by tacking on the cheesy "meeting on the beach" scene right at the end. Where the film should have ended is as the Greyhound coach slowly drives off into the distance over the gently rolling prairie, and ends on Freemans line "I hope i see my friend again, i hope"......
(because the entire point of TSR is that it is about hope, even if you shouldn't have any. Adding the crappy softy ending is silly. Next time you watch it, turn off or hit pause at the end of the bus scene and see how much better the film is!)
/rant
Max torque, agree needs cutting there. Great line in Freeman's speech "Crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side"
+1 for the failure to communicate dialogue from Cool Hand Luke.
The so-called Greed is Good speech from Gordon Gekko in Wall Street resonates in ways it never could back in 1987.
"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures, the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind and greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the U.S.A"