The Five Ultimate Movie Quotes
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Five quotes ShortList missed from their most quotable movies of all time.
Last week, London weekly magazine ShortList published the top 20 movie quotes of all time.
Expecting to see some of my all time classic favourites, I have to say I was sorely disappointed. If you want to see what I mean, you can see the lack lustre list here.
Whilst the list clearly has some great lines in it, there were some glaring oversights.
My full support goes to emphatic zingers like DeNiro’s soliloquy:”You talking to me?” and the Cruiser getting a verbal roasting from Jack Nicholson: “You can’t handle the truth!”
However, some of the best quotes ever were overlooked or ignored. Here are just 5 ultimate movie quotes that the list really should not have missed:
Jerry Maguire – Show Me the Money
After early 90s success with movies like Days of Thunder, A Few Good Men and The Firm, Tom Cruise had rested on his laurels a bit until 1996 when he featured in Mission Impossible and Jerry Maguire. Often overlooked as a movie in its own right, Jerry Maguire was reduced in its basest form to two memorable quotes.
The chick flick crowd tend to remember Cruise’s passionate speech to Renée Zellweger with the grab-me-a-bucket-quick: “You complete me”.
However, easily the most memorable part of the movie as Cruise’s character is desperately negotiating with obnoxious Pro Football star Cuba Gooding Jr is him bellowing at the top of his voice: “I LOVE BLACK PEOPLE – SHOW ME THE MONEY.”
Braveheart – For Freedom
Say what you like about the historical inaccuracies or Mel Gibson’s dodgy Scottish accent, but Braveheart set new standards for climatic large scale battle scenes. Braveheart was so powerful back in 1995 that even English people were cheering for the Scots to give the arrogant English army a good kicking.
The speech delivered by Gibson’s William Wallace has to rank amongst the most rousing pieces of inspirational rhetoric captured on film.
Beautifully entwined with the haunting melody, the speech punctuated by Gibson’s growling voice still makes you shiver with nervousness as the outnumbered Scots begin to believe in the ultimate ideal of freedom.
Princess Bride – Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya…
As far as swashbucklers go, The Princess Bride is one of the all-time great underground movies which for whatever reason was resigned to cult student status rather than massive success. The movie boasts the talents of Robin Hood: Men in Tights lead actor Cary Elwes, Billy Crystal, Mel Smith and even Columbo makes an appearance!
How the actors managed to keep a straight face through some of the tongue-in-cheek comic moments is frankly – inconceivable! The gem of this movie though is Mandy Patinkin, who plays legendary swordsman Inigo Montoya.
Haunted by the death of his father, Inigo is desperately seeking the six-fingered man for revenge, and when he finally catches up with his father’s killer, there’s one line he’s been rehearsing for 20 years: “Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die.” Instant classic.
Lord of the Rings – You Shall Not Pass
How ShortList could have ignored a nod to the efforts of Peter Jackson for probably the greatest trilogy of our time is unforgivable, especially when they included tripe like: “You’re so money, man”.
In a piece of truly epic filmmaking there are really far too many moments and lines that could have made this list.
This moment from Fellowship of the Ring however was something that had been teasing audiences for months before the movie came out in the trailers. The prospect of Gandalf the Grey fighting a Balrog was pant-wettingly tantalising.
The line “You. Shall Not. Pass” from Sir Ian McKellen was repeated endlessly by fans frantically clasping kitchen brooms, cardboard tubes and any other wizard’s staff props they could randomly lay their hands on.
Pulp Fiction – Ezekiel 25:17
“You will know my name is the Lord, as I lay my vengeance upon thee,” possibly the coolest line one could utter, before unloading a full clip of ammunition into a helpless victim.
There’s no doubt about it, Samuel L. Jackson brings credence to any film he acts in; he even made Snakes on a Plane watchable. In Pulp Fiction, Jackson delivered the coolest and slickest performance of his career.
All previous entries to this article are secondary to this one. All other quotes for that matter should owe their allegiance to this, the King of speeches. In the paragon of memorable quotes, Samuel L. Jackson’s holy death sentence “Ezekiel 25:17″ is unparalleled.
The fact that it’s not a direct passage from the Bible is testament to the brilliance of the writing, and Jackson’s delivery which makes you believe he is truly reciting holy scripture. As he builds to a terrifying crescendo, the wrath in Jackson’s voice holds the menace of a killer on a crusade.
Forget all other quotes, this is the one. Anyone who disagrees will be struck down with furious anger. Amen to that.
And Now For Something Completely Different
ShortList ranked the famous Jack Nicholson speech from A Few Good Men as their number one quotable movie. Whilst Pulp Fiction is a vastly superior movie, particularly in terms of dialogue, it would be a shame not to pay at least some tribute to Nicholson’s iconic delivery.
“You can’t handle the truth!” certainly deserves an honourable mention, as the classic court room scene has been parodied on the internet in all manor of hilarious clips. This clip ranks up there with the best of them, as a sales executive tries to justify his curious expense claims to the court.
Al Pacino – Scent of a Woman
Brilliant!
The speech that he says at the inquiry at the end of the movie is one of my favorites. “Excuse me… no, I don’t believe I will!!!”
“Did you order the code red?… (I DID THE JOB bla bl…) DID YOU ORDER THE CODE RED!!!”
You’re goddamn right I did!
Neo in the Matrix
Can you please remove any metallic items on your person? Keys, loose change…
[Neo throws back his trench coat, revealing an arsenal of automatic weapons]
Holy sh**!
“Allow myself to introduce myself…”
We wanna go somewhere else. We’re not threatened by people anymore. All our insecurities have evaporated. We’re in the clouds now. We’re wide open. We’re spacemen orbiting the earth. The world looks beautiful from here, man. We’re nympholeptics, desiring for the unobtainable. We risk sanity for moments of temporary enlightenment. So many ideas. So little memory. The last thought killed by anticipation of the next. We embrace an overwhelming feeling of love. We flow in unison. We’re together. I wish this was real. We want a universal level of togetherness, where we’re comfortable with everyone. We’re in rhythm. Part of a movement. A movement to escape. We wave goodbye. Ultimately, we just want to be happy. Heh, yeah, hang on, what the f*** was I just talking about?
HUMAN TRAFFIC
Dude, give him back his Soul Glo, then nobody needs to get shot and I get out of here and enjoy my Cheese Royale with a clear conscience. Damn it, where’s the Soul Glo!?
What is your major malfunction, numbnuts? Didn’t Mommy and Daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
Mr.T lays down the smack talk of the decade before taking a hammering from Sly in Rocky III. Great line.
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
To Debs: Well, I have all your equipment in my locker. You should probably come get it cause I can’t fit my numchucks in there anymore.
Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads.
“You can’t handle the truth!”
“You talkin’ to ME?!”
You talkin’ to me?
Then who the hell else are you talking… you talking to me?
Well I’m the only one here.
“Nobody can eat 50 eggs!”
“Who ARE those guys?!”
Al Pacino: See hello to my leetle friend.
I was going to say something about how other quotes should have been on here, but then I read the intro. He says that these quotes are ones that should have been included in the other list. Most of the ones you guys are saying ARE on that other list.
Jaws …
That’s it man, game over man, game over! – Pvt Hudson
Get away from her you bitch! – Ripley to the Alien Queen.
Being the one is like being in love. – Neo
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