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thephoenix · 07-02-2003, 10:23 PM

I'm surprised no one has mentioned anything from Fight Club. The conversation between Norton and Pitt in the bar towards the beginning - before their first fight - is pretty cool. Lots of other stuff too. All the "I am Jack's..." stuff, Helena Bonham Carter's one liner (and the one they edited out, too, which you can see on the DVD) in bed, Norton talking about Meatloaf's bitch-tits. Good times, good times.

DouglasFir · 07-10-2006, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by KillerYoda

I remember Smith jokingly said in the "Evening with Kevin Smith" DVD that in his world everyone talks in long monologues.

You'll be glad to know that after seeing Clerks II back in May (at Kevin Smith's Vulgarthon film festival) I can confirm that yes, his character still have the ability to speak in expertly crafted (almost pre-meditated!) monologues... but I wouldn't have it any other way!

Derwood · 07-10-2006, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Eiresol

The last conversation in Pulp Fiction with Travolta and Jackson in the diner. Before Vincent (Travolta) goes to the toilet.
Pretty cool, but I have to say, without Samuel L. Jackson's screen presence, and the way he can deliver his lines, it would not have half the impact.

Also the tipping scene from RD.

I actually prefer Jackson's speech to Tim Roth about trying to be the shepherd, but that's not really a conversation

FlatLand Flyer · 07-10-2006, 09:38 PM

Opening scene from Resevoir Dogs is the best.

When Marge (sheriff) interviews the two girls in the bar in the movie Fargo

Anything by Srgt. Hartman in Full Metal Jacket

Rodney · 07-10-2006, 10:55 PM

On the whole, I remember more dialog from TV. There's this hilarious conversation in the old "Cheers" TV show where Sam the bartender is trying to listen to the tiresome concerns of his sometime girlfriend the barmaid, but is continually distracted by a bizarre conversation down the bar about religious symbolism in Roadrunner cartoons. So he's trying to pay attention to her, but every so often he hears somebody say something like, "So that makes the Coyote the Antichrist, right?" and his head swivels around. It's a scream.

Gilmore Girls probably isn't a huge favorite around here, but the dialog in the early seasons was second to none.

ngdawg · 07-11-2006, 08:07 AM

Nothing beats the classics, though...

"What'sa this?"
"Oh, that? That's the Sanity Clause"
"Ehhh, you can'ta fool me. There'sa no such thing as a Sanity Clause"

"I give you a hint. It's a name of a fish."
A fish? Oh, I got it! A haddock!"
At'sa funny. I got a haddock too. Whatdya take for a haddock?"

"Hold me! Closer! Closer!"
"If I was any closer, I'd be in back of ya."

sapiens · 07-11-2006, 09:01 AM

Go find yourself a Cary Grant movie. He and Katherine Hepburn have some great dialogue in Bringing Up Baby. He's great in His Girl Friday too.

Jove · 07-11-2006, 11:21 AM

Mallrats

T.S. Quint: But they're engaged.

Brodie: Doesn't matter, can't happen.

T.S. Quint: Why not? It's bound to come up.

Brodie: It's impossible, Lois could never have Superman's baby. Do you think her fallopian tubes could handle the sperm? I guarantee you he blows a load like a shotgun right through her back. What about her womb? Do you think it's strong enough to carry her child?

T.S. Quint: Sure, why not?

Brodie: He's an alien, for Christ sake. His Kyrptonian biological makeup is enhanced by earth's yellow sun. If Lois gets a tan the kid could kick right through her stomach. Only someone like Wonder Woman has a strong enough uterus to carry his kid. The only way he could bang regular chicks is with a kryptonite condom. That would kill him.

docbungle · 07-12-2006, 06:11 PM

In the move "Closer"

The dialogue between Clive Owen & Julia Roberts, during their breaking up scene, is perfect. Him asking her all the details pertaining to her infidelities and his reply of "Because I'm a fucking caveman!" when she asks why he wants to know.

So many scenes in that movie just ring absolutely true.

noodle · 07-13-2006, 03:05 AM

The whole conversation is difficult to remember but I love these from Donnie Darko

Jim Cunningham: Son... DO YOU SEE THIS? This is an Anger Prisoner. A textbook example. DO YOU SEE THE FEAR, PEOPLE? This boy is scared to death of the truth. Son, it breaks my heart to say this, but I believe you are a very troubled and confused young man. I believe you are searching for the answers in all the wrong places...
Donnie: You're right, actually. I am pretty- I'm, I'm pretty troubled and I'm, I'm pretty confused. But I... and I'm afraid. Really, really afraid. Really afraid. But I... I... I think you're the fucking Antichrist.

Donnie: Life isn't that simple. I mean who cares if Ling Ling returns the wallet and keeps the money? It has nothing to do with either fear or love.
Kitty Farmer: Fear and love are the deepest of human emotions.
Donnie: Okay. But you're not listening to me. There are other things that need to be taken into account here. Like the whole spectrum of human emotion. You can't just lump everything into these two categories and then just deny everything else!

Donnie: [reading poem in class] A storm is coming, Frank says / A storm that will swallow the children / And I will deliver them from the kingdom of pain / I will deliver the children back the their doorsteps / And send the monsters back to the underground / I'll send them back to a place where no-one else can see them / Except for me / Because I am Donnie Darko.
That is my favorite, because of the look on everyone's faces... no once can even respond in the first instant. But I do love that Jim Cunningham is the AntiChrist.

Jove · 07-13-2006, 03:42 AM

Garden State

Andrew Largeman: You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff that idea of home is gone.

Sam: I still feel at home in my house.

Andrew Largeman: You'll see when you move out it just sort of happens one day one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I mean it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for you kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place.

cartmen34 · 07-13-2006, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Rodney

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Gilmore Girls probably isn't a huge favorite around here, but the dialog in the early seasons was second to none.

It's funny you should mention that. Anytime I hear either of those girls talking on that show it makes me want to jam sharp things in my ears until the noise goes away. I can't really explain it, but I've never heard anything so annoying in my entire life. The dialog in that show is pointless to the degree of being hazardous. It should come with a surgeon generals warning.

But that is simply one pointed man's opinion. Probably not worth $0.02 worth of consideration. Isn't it interesting how diverse humans can be?

As far as the acutal point of this thread...

-I think the Architect's speach near the end of Matrix 2 was pretty good. Some people say it's tough to understand, therefore it is bad dialog. There may be something to that, but I personally don't think the subject is so tough.

-Most of the dialog from Heat. Pacino and DeNiro having coffee is great.

-Christopher Walken talking. Any time. Any subject. Any movie/show. Great dialog.

Gilda · 07-29-2006, 11:04 PM

Chasing Amy, like all of Smith's films, never did much for me. It's one of those movies that's pretty good most of the way through, then goes so completely and utterly off the rails at the end to such a degree that it sucks everything that came before into the black hole that the ending becomes. I think my main problem with Kevin Smith is that he's good with the dialog and that's about it.

Well, there's also that Holden can't see what a colossal prick his best friend is even though the Lee character makes it perfectly clear again and that he isn't really much of a friend. Jason Lee is so good at playing a thoroughly hateful bastard that he needs to be on screen only for a few seconds for me to want whoever he's playing to die a horrible, painful death at the end.

I don't mind stylized dialog at all. I'm fine with it being entertaining rather than realistic.

My contribution:

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/mp3c...eechmalice.mp3

It misses the wicked line that follows:

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Jed: I have an M.D. from Harvard, I am board certified in cardio-thoracic medicine and trauma surgery, I have been awarded citations from seven different medical boards in New England, and I am never, ever sick at sea. So I ask you; when someone goes into that chapel and they fall on their knees and they pray to God that their wife doesn't miscarry or that their daughter doesn't bleed to death or that their mother doesn't suffer acute neural trama from postoperative shock, who do you think they're praying to? Now, go ahead and read your Bible, _Dennis_, and you go to your church, and, with any luck, you might win the annual raffle, but if you're looking for God, he was in operating room number two on November 17, and he doesn't like to be second guessed. You ask me if I have a God complex. Let me tell you something: I am God.

Tracy: Ask God how many shots of bourbon he had before he cut me open.

Gilda

07-11-2006, 08:07 AM	#46 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Nothing beats the classics, though... "What'sa this?" "Oh, that? That's the Sanity Clause" "Ehhh, you can'ta fool me. There'sa no such thing as a Sanity Clause" "I give you a hint. It's a name of a fish." A fish? Oh, I got it! A haddock!" At'sa funny. I got a haddock too. Whatdya take for a haddock?" "Hold me! Closer! Closer!" "If I was any closer, I'd be in back of ya." __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.

07-12-2006, 06:11 PM	#49 (permalink)
docbungle It's all downhill from here Location: Denver	In the move "Closer" The dialogue between Clive Owen & Julia Roberts, during their breaking up scene, is perfect. Him asking her all the details pertaining to her infidelities and his reply of "Because I'm a fucking caveman!" when she asks why he wants to know. So many scenes in that movie just ring absolutely true. __________________ Bad Luck City

07-02-2003, 10:23 PM	#41 (permalink)
thephoenix Upright Location: VA	I'm surprised no one has mentioned anything from Fight Club. The conversation between Norton and Pitt in the bar towards the beginning - before their first fight - is pretty cool. Lots of other stuff too. All the "I am Jack's..." stuff, Helena Bonham Carter's one liner (and the one they edited out, too, which you can see on the DVD) in bed, Norton talking about Meatloaf's bitch-tits. Good times, good times.

07-10-2006, 09:38 PM	#44 (permalink)
FlatLand Flyer Insane Location: Eastern, WA	Opening scene from Resevoir Dogs is the best. When Marge (sheriff) interviews the two girls in the bar in the movie Fargo Anything by Srgt. Hartman in Full Metal Jacket

07-10-2006, 10:55 PM	#45 (permalink)
Rodney Observant Ruminant Location: Rich Wannabe Hippie Town	On the whole, I remember more dialog from TV. There's this hilarious conversation in the old "Cheers" TV show where Sam the bartender is trying to listen to the tiresome concerns of his sometime girlfriend the barmaid, but is continually distracted by a bizarre conversation down the bar about religious symbolism in Roadrunner cartoons. So he's trying to pay attention to her, but every so often he hears somebody say something like, "So that makes the Coyote the Antichrist, right?" and his head swivels around. It's a scream. Gilmore Girls probably isn't a huge favorite around here, but the dialog in the early seasons was second to none.

07-11-2006, 09:01 AM	#47 (permalink)
sapiens Junkie Location: Some place windy	Go find yourself a Cary Grant movie. He and Katherine Hepburn have some great dialogue in Bringing Up Baby. He's great in His Girl Friday too.

07-11-2006, 11:21 AM	#48 (permalink)
Jove Groovy Hipster Nerd Location: Michigan	Mallrats T.S. Quint: But they're engaged. Brodie: Doesn't matter, can't happen. T.S. Quint: Why not? It's bound to come up. Brodie: It's impossible, Lois could never have Superman's baby. Do you think her fallopian tubes could handle the sperm? I guarantee you he blows a load like a shotgun right through her back. What about her womb? Do you think it's strong enough to carry her child? T.S. Quint: Sure, why not? Brodie: He's an alien, for Christ sake. His Kyrptonian biological makeup is enhanced by earth's yellow sun. If Lois gets a tan the kid could kick right through her stomach. Only someone like Wonder Woman has a strong enough uterus to carry his kid. The only way he could bang regular chicks is with a kryptonite condom. That would kill him.

07-13-2006, 03:42 AM	#51 (permalink)
Jove Groovy Hipster Nerd Location: Michigan	Garden State Andrew Largeman: You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff that idea of home is gone. Sam: I still feel at home in my house. Andrew Largeman: You'll see when you move out it just sort of happens one day one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I mean it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for you kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place.