Best Worst Dialogue

Started by MacGuffin, May 02, 2003, 02:31:56 PM

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bonanzataz

#30
February 22, 2004, 04:58:20 PM
from the preview of the new johnny depp movie, secret window.

depp: i want to know what i'm dealing with here!
charles dutton: you don't want to know.
The corpses all hang headless and limp bodies with no surprises and the blood drains down like devil's rain we'll bathe tonight I want your skulls I need your skulls I want your skulls I need your skulls Demon I am and face I peel to see your skin turned inside out, 'cause gotta have you on my wall gotta have you on my wall, 'cause I want your skulls I need your skulls I want your skulls I need your skulls collect the heads of little girls and put 'em on my wall hack the heads off little girls and put 'em on my wall I want your skulls I need your skulls I want your skulls I need your skulls

modage

#31
February 23, 2004, 08:50:37 PM
from On Deadly Ground which was just on TV...

Michael Caine: Shoot me!
Steven Segal: I wouldnt dirty my bullets.
Joan Chen: Dirty one for me, Forrest.
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

Myxo

#32
February 25, 2004, 01:22:15 PM
Quote from: MacGuffinBad movies should be forgettable, but for some reason they are so bad they stick in your mind for long after. That reason could be the terrible dialogue. What are some bits of dialogue that have stayed with you and pretty much sum up how horrible the movie is with these lines? Or are there lines from a favorite movie of yours that just make you cringe when you hear them and damper that part of the film for you?

I'll start us off with the prose from the film "Volcano":

Kids are playing rock, scissors, paper.
Kid 1: I win. Rock beats scissors.
Kid 2: Nuh, uh. I'm lava.
Kid 1: What beats lava?
Gabby Hoffman (dramatic pause; heroically): My dad.

I thought Donnie Darko had pretty lame dialogue, but I love the movie. I own it, and I own the soundtrack.

Of course, I own a few movies that I don't particularly love, but I love "something" about them. Usually I get in the right mood, and I wanna show somebody something from a bad movie that I can't explain.

People that watch Donnie Darko with me always complain about the script, but there are several scenes in the movie where I always get a "Wow.." Nobody is impressed with the storyline, but Kelly got it right when it came down to the "experience" of watching his film.

Whenever people ask me about it, I always say: You've gotta see it, but it isn't very good.

As a footnote: The commentary track on the DVD is absolutely terrible. Why do directors feel the need to explain every shot, and their intentions behind this and that? People should take a page out of David Lynch's style of storytelling and just be quiet. Let the film stand on it's own two legs.

mogwai

#33
February 25, 2004, 01:29:24 PM
Quote from: MyxomatosisAs a footnote: The commentary track on the DVD is absolutely terrible. Why do directors feel the need to explain every shot, and their intentions behind this and that? People should take a page out of David Lynch's style of storytelling and just be quiet. Let the film stand on it's own two legs.
why did you listen to the commentary track after all?

Sigur Rós

#34
February 25, 2004, 01:38:22 PM
"You can screw the eyes out of a man with this one!"

That one made me laugh non-stop for 2 hours!

Myxo

#35
February 25, 2004, 02:13:53 PM
Quote from: mogwai
Quote from: MyxomatosisAs a footnote: The commentary track on the DVD is absolutely terrible. Why do directors feel the need to explain every shot, and their intentions behind this and that? People should take a page out of David Lynch's style of storytelling and just be quiet. Let the film stand on it's own two legs.
why did you listen to the commentary track after all?

Probably out of boredom. Alot of times when I am doing work related real estate stuff, I'll put something on in the background to keep me focused. (I know, it sounds crazy) I'm sure this was one of these times. I just remember Richard Kelly going, "Ok, what we meant to convey in this scene is..", and me looking up at my TV and shaking my head.

SoNowThen

#36
February 25, 2004, 02:19:31 PM
Quote from: Myxomatosis
Quote from: mogwai
Quote from: MyxomatosisAs a footnote: The commentary track on the DVD is absolutely terrible. Why do directors feel the need to explain every shot, and their intentions behind this and that? People should take a page out of David Lynch's style of storytelling and just be quiet. Let the film stand on it's own two legs.
why did you listen to the commentary track after all?

Probably out of boredom. Alot of times when I am doing work related real estate stuff, I'll put something on in the background to keep me focused. (I know, it sounds crazy) I'm sure this was one of these times. I just remember Richard Kelly going, "Ok, what we meant to convey in this scene is..", and me looking up at my TV and shaking my head.

I like when directors explain why they did something. I wanna know about their process. Especially in this case, where Kelly had to make certain cuts that would've made things a little more clear...
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

edison

#37
February 25, 2004, 02:42:16 PM
"You're wearing perfume....in the desert"

and then later

"You're not wearing any perfume"
- Beyond Borders Trailer
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