Best movie monologue?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72SqlBeldyE

In context this scene makes total sense and shows that jean claude van damme is a really good actor.

This one comes to mind. It's easily one of the greatest performances of all time.

Either this one from RocknRolla: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfMByKyBmns Or the Trainspotting finale: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiA_yVBjC5kD3nnyCrane

The Trainspotting one is a good choice, shame the sequel never got made.

This one comes to mind. It's easily one of the greatest performances of all time.

sammyjenkis898

ill mix things up a bit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLvIFRNbqOs is it a monoloque or an actual conversation?

You know, I've always considered him and the movies he's been in to be a joke. Maybe he made some poor career choices. That monologue is pretty good. It makes me curious to see more. What movie is the monologue from?

[QUOTE="D3nnyCrane"]Either this one from RocknRolla: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfMByKyBmns Or the Trainspotting finale: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiA_yVBjC5kFilm-Guy

The Trainspotting one is a good choice, shame the sequel never got made.

movie: When a man falls in a forest

actor: timothy hutton

scene: he leaves a really long message to his estranged wife (sharon stone) on their answering machine where he pours his heart out. (his inability to express his feelings has caused the marriage collapse) it would change everything. when she starts to play the message and hears it's him - she just hits delete.

it's an amazing monologue. (sorry no youtube)

You know, I've always considered him and the movies he's been in to be a joke. Maybe he made some poor career choices. That monologue is pretty good. It makes me curious to see more. What movie is the monologue from?

StrawberryHill

Its from JCVD. Came out last year and to me it does to Van Damme what The Wrestler did to Mickey Rourke except more impressive imo because Mickey Rourke was always good, it just took people a while to remember he was still alive i guess.

[QUOTE="StrawberryHill"]

You know, I've always considered him and the movies he's been in to be a joke. Maybe he made some poor career choices. That monologue is pretty good. It makes me curious to see more. What movie is the monologue from?

Film-Guy

Its from JCVD. Came out last year and to me it does to Van Damme what The Wrestler did to Mickey Rourke except more impressive imo because Mickey Rourke was always good, it just took people a while to remember he was still alive i guess.

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

[QUOTE="StrawberryHill"]

You know, I've always considered him and the movies he's been in to be a joke. Maybe he made some poor career choices. That monologue is pretty good. It makes me curious to see more. What movie is the monologue from?

sammyjenkis898

Its from JCVD. Came out last year and to me it does to Van Damme what The Wrestler did to Mickey Rourke except more impressive imo because Mickey Rourke was always good, it just took people a while to remember he was still alive i guess.

I'm not saying Van Damme was better, I just meant to say that it was more impressive to me in a way because I have never seen him act well before while I usually see Rourke act very well. I still think Rourke's best acting role though is Angel Heart. If you haven't seen it yet you should, he is amazing in that.

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

[QUOTE="StrawberryHill"]

You know, I've always considered him and the movies he's been in to be a joke. Maybe he made some poor career choices. That monologue is pretty good. It makes me curious to see more. What movie is the monologue from?

sammyjenkis898

Its from JCVD. Came out last year and to me it does to Van Damme what The Wrestler did to Mickey Rourke except more impressive imo because Mickey Rourke was always good, it just took people a while to remember he was still alive i guess.

I actually love, and always have loved Mickey Rourke. Rumble Fish is a great movie. Rourke had a charisma and acting talent that has always been there. I haven't seen that in Van Damme. His acting has always been tongue and cheek fodder, in my opinion. Still, the monologue is good. I want to see the movie now.

I'm not saying Van Damme was better, I just meant to say that it was more impressive to me in a way because I have never seen him act well before while I usually see Rourke act very well. I still think Rourke's best acting role though is Angel Heart. If you haven't seen it yet you should, he is amazing in that.

Film-Guy

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

I'm not saying Van Damme was better, I just meant to say that it was more impressive to me in a way because I have never seen him act well before while I usually see Rourke act very well. I still think Rourke's best acting role though is Angel Heart. If you haven't seen it yet you should, he is amazing in that.

sammyjenkis898

I hope The Wrestler brings more good roles his way, he is a fantastic actor. Even though Angel Heart is nowhere near as good as the book, Rourke was the perfect choice for the main character.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdS5PiWaOwk

BAM I win! and if theres any doubt heres another WIN:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSLeuTvRPdI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMVqIISyp60

I can't believe I forgot about this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdS5PiWaOwk

raider1648

You can't go wrong with Bill the Butcher.

The endiing of Psycho was pretty good, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington had Stewart giving a really good monologue too.

Edward Norton from 25th Hour really stuck out to me when I saw this topic title

He delivers it perfectly and this scene fits well into the movie

Ezekiel 25:17 as well

Apocalypse Now Napalm Speech

Those are my three favorites

I'll hit you movie snobs with this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OB6EsUP4tU

lol j/k (about the snobs part, at least)

Seriously though, I've never seen any of the movies in this thread, and I do love V for Vendetta. :P

I just saw that two days ago (JCVD) and I think it was definitely one of the best ones I've seen recently.

American Beauty Introhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8GAPl1cNC4

Also, Jules wrath of god speech from Pulp Fiction, Oh, and the Do You Feel Lucky Punk speech from Dirty Harry

I can't find Alex singing Singing in the Rain in A Clockwork Oragnge. Possibly one of the best (and scariest) scenes in the history of movies.blackngold29

I just saw that two days ago (JCVD) and I think it was definitely one of the best ones I've seen recently.

uhoh_hotdogs

Glad more people are seeing it, i think it is very underrated.

I liked American Psycho's monologues.

I liked American Psycho's monologues.

martialbullet

The one at the end?

I've seen horrors... horrors that you've seen. But 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 moral terror are your friends. If they are not then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies. I remember when I was with Special Forces. Seems a thousand centuries ago. We went into a camp to inoculate 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 back 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 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 were stronger than we. Because they could stand that these were not monsters. These were men... trained cadres. These men who fought with their hearts, who had families, who had children, who were filled with love... but they had the strength... the strength... to do that. If I had ten divisions of those men our troubles here would be over very quickly. You have to have men who are moral... and at the same time who are able to utilize their primordial instincts to kill without feeling... without passion... without judgment... without judgment. Because it's judgment that defeats us.

Kurtz- Apocalypse Now

This thread needs moar Dr. Evil :twisted:

I wouldn't say it's the best, but it's one of my favorites.

If you've seen Ratatouille, you'll know why I have to pick this one.

One great one is the monologue by Sheriff Bell at the end of No Country for Old Men, although it was actually even better in its original form (in the novel).chessmaster1989

Yeah the novel version was great. Heck the whole novel was great. I actually just started reading Blood Meridan thanks to your recommendaton:D I love it so far, like all of his novels.

I was thinking about making a thread like this a while back. Anyway, my favourites are the opening morning scene in American Psycho and of course the opening to A Clockwork Orange. Oh and of course the mirror scene in 25th Hour and numerous ones in Apocalypse Now.

[QUOTE="martialbullet"]

I liked American Psycho's monologues.

Film-Guy

The one at the end?

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

[QUOTE="martialbullet"]

I liked American Psycho's monologues.

martialbullet

The one at the end?

I love that film, it makes me laugh so much.

My buddy's hockey team used to play this before every game they played. Great monologue.

Inches

I've seen horrors... horrors that you've seen. But 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 moral terror are your friends. If they are not then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies. I remember when I was with Special Forces. Seems a thousand centuries ago. We went into a camp to inoculate 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 back 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 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 were stronger than we. Because they could stand that these were not monsters. These were men... trained cadres. These men who fought with their hearts, who had families, who had children, who were filled with love... but they had the strength... the strength... to do that. If I had ten divisions of those men our troubles here would be over very quickly. You have to have men who are moral... and at the same time who are able to utilize their primordial instincts to kill without feeling... without passion... without judgment... without judgment. Because it's judgment that defeats us.

Kurtz- Apocalypse Now

JackMcSexbeard

Much better when heard and seen.

Col. Kurtz's monologue on horror

Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes Trains and Automobiles during the hotel scene. Wish I could find a video of it. Both of them have great monologues right after another.

You guys are all wrong, the best monologue in a movie is: Raul Julia / General M. Bison where hw explain his visions of "Pax Bisonica". "I want to create the perfect soldier, not for evil... But for good! ...[insert rest of speech]... It will swipe away every nation, every creed, and put it in the loving grace of Pax Bisonica! And everyone will bow to ME". Paraphrased-ish.

And later where he has fought Guile, been beaten and resurrected. "You came here prepared to fight a madman, but insted you met a god!"

Well that ends this discussion and everyone will agree.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIjpP-XngKA not sure if it totally qualifies as a mono.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HURJNd0J4U language warning

These ones are also great

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI5hrcwU7Dk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTDhgR3p12w its not the monologue rather the reaction it gets that makes it so great

I can't believe I forgot about this.

sammyjenkis898

Shame on you, that should of gone first, it even relates to your username! :x

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]One great one is the monologue by Sheriff Bell at the end of No Country for Old Men, although it was actually even better in its original form (in the novel).Film-Guy

Yeah the novel version was great. Heck the whole novel was great. I actually just started reading Blood Meridan thanks to your recommendaton:D I love it so far, like all of his novels.

I'm glad you're enjoying Blood Meridian :D. Yeah, McCarthy is great overall :D.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTDhgR3p12w its not the monologue rather the reaction it gets that makes it so great

SaintLeonidas

A great scene from 12 Angry Men, although I'd say my personal favorite is at the end:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s83RoxfwPFg&feature=related