as the title suggests I'd like to use this thread to share movie monologues that have inspired us. Monologues that have a deep meaning, or a single truth that makes them stand out above the rest.
I start with one of the greatest of all time, Colonel's Kurtz's Horror, from apocalypse now. Keep in mind that this is delivered by a very overwieght mumbling Marlon Brando. I rewound the videotape four times when I watched this movie trying to figure out what he was saying. I finnaly went and looked it up in a library. Thankfully we now have the internet and that helps for finding this stuff faster.
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Kurtz: I've seen the horror. Horrors that you've seen. But you have no right to call me a murderer. You have no right to call me a murderer. You have a right to kill me. You have a right to do that, but you have no right to judge me . It's impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror. Horror has a face, and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and mortal terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies t o be feared. They are truly enemies.
I remember when I was with Special Forces--it seems a thousand centuries ago--we went into a camp to inoculate it. The children. We left the camp after we had inoculated the children for polio, and this old man came running after us, and he was crying. He couldn't see. We went there, and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile--a pile of little arms. And I remember...I...I...I cried, I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out, I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it, I never want to forget. And then I realized--like I was shot...like I was shot with a diamond...a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought, "My God, the genius of that, the genius, the will to do that." Perfect, genuine, complete, crystalline, pure. And then I realized they could stand that--these were not monsters, these were men, trained contras, these men who fought with their hearts, who have families, who have children, who are filled wi th love--that they had this strength, the strength to do that. If I had ten divisions of those men, then our troubles here would be over very quickly. You have to have men who are moral and at the same time were able to utilize their primordial i nstincts to kill without feeling, without passion, without judgment--without judgment. Because it's judgment that defeats us.
I worry that my son might not understand what I've tried to be, and if I were to be killed, Willard, I would want someone to go to my home and tell my son everything. Everything I did, everything you saw, because there's nothing that I detest more than t he stench of lies. And if you understand me, Willard, you...you will do this for me.
Nyxie
"friends, I'm going to tell you about the great, wonderful, mysterious continent of Africa. Africa is God's land, and he can keep it. Well, we left New York drunk and early on the morning of Feb. 2. After 15 days on the water and six on the boat we finally arrived on the shores of Africa. We at once proceeded 300 miles into the heart of the jungle where I shot a polar bear, this bear was six foot seven with a stocking cap and shoes...(excuse me just a moment, I though polar bears lived in the frozen north...) oh you did? well this bear was anemic and he couldn't stand the cold climate, he was a rich bear and could afford to go away in the winter. You take care of your animals and I'll take care of mine. Frozen north, my eye. On the day of our arrival, we led an active life, the first morning saw us up at six, we breakfasted and were back in bed at seven, this was our routine for the first three months. We finally got so we were back in bed at 6:30. One morning I was sitting in front of the cabin, smoking some meat...(Smoking some meat?) Yes, there wasn't a cigar store in the neighborhood, as I say, I was sitting in front of the cabin when I bagged six tigers...(Oh! Captain, did you catch six tigers?) I bagged them, I bagged them to go away but they hung around all afternoon, they were the most persistent tigers I've ever seen. The principle animals inhabiting the African jungle are moose, elk, and lawyers. Of course you all know what a moose is, that's big game, the first day I shot two bucks, that was the biggest game we had. As I say, you all know what a moose is? a moose runs around on the floor, eats cheese and is chased by the cats. The elks on the other hand live up in the hills, and in the spring they come down for their annual convention. It is very interesting to watch them come to the waterhole, and you should see them run when they find it is only a water-hole, what they're looking for is an alco-hole. One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas, how he got in my pajamas, I don't know. Then, we try to remove the tusks, but they were imbedded so firmly we couldn't budge them, however in Alabama the Tuscaloosa, but that's entirely irrelephant to what I was talking about. We took some pictures of the native girls, but they weren't developed, but we're going back again in a couple of weeks..."
Originally posted by geniusthe above post is from : Groucho's Captain Spaulding monologue found in "Animal Crackers" (1930)
"friends, I'm going to tell you about the great, wonderful, mysterious continent of Africa. Africa is God's land, and he can keep it. Well, we left New York drunk and early on the morning of Feb. 2. After 15 days on the water and six on the boat we finally arrived on the shores of Africa. We at once proceeded 300 miles into the heart of the jungle where I ...[text shortened]... ative girls, but they weren't developed, but we're going back again in a couple of weeks..."
Nyxie
Obviously:
"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 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 would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."
- Jules in Pulp Fiction -
Man, this guy has a way with words, possibly the best opening scene of any film ever, if not at least my personal favourite.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
Raoul Duke: We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like "I feel a bit light headed, maybe you should drive...." And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, and a voice was screaming: "Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?"
attorney: "What are you yelling about?"
Raoul Duke: Never mind, it's your turn to drive." No point in mentioning those bats, I thought, the poor bastard will see them soon enough. We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all this for the trip, but once you get locked in a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.
Originally posted by shavixmirI love it but I love the one he does at the end of the movie (technically the beginning of the movie) in the restaurant with "Ringo". He ends the monologue with:
Obviously:
"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 darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great veng ...[text shortened]... ill know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."
- Jules in Pulp Fiction -
"I'm trying Ringo. I'm trying really hard to be the Shepard".
Seriously it almost makes me cry....I know that's weird.
Originally posted by Joe Fisthaha..one of my faves too...
Does it have to be a monologue that inspires us? One of my favorite that I cannot duplicate here due to language and derrogatory remarks to a certain ethnic group is from the movie True Romance when Dennis Hopper tells Christopher Walken about his ancestry....
Originally posted by Joe FistDennis Hopper kicks ass. Like my new avatar?
Does it have to be a monologue that inspires us? One of my favorite that I cannot duplicate here due to language and derrogatory remarks to a certain ethnic group is from the movie True Romance when Dennis Hopper tells Christopher Walken about his ancestry....