“If I was to sink my teeth into your eye right now, would you be able to stop me before I blinded you?” – Shutter Island
Not a movie, but Andor had so many good ones. And I mean a lot, too many for a single post. My favorite though is Namek’s Manifesto:
"There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy.
Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause.
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
And then remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.
Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance, will have flooded the banks of the Empire’s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege.
Remember this. Try."
I was absolutely flabbergasted when I saw this in Andor.
When people think you’re dying, they really, really listen to you, instead of just waiting for their turn to speak.
Fight Club
Doesn’t really give me goosebumps, but I think about it a lot because how much of a lie it is, especially because the Narrator/Cornelius is too full of himself to recognize the only people stopping to listen to him are people who are actually dying themselves. He isn’t dying, and isn’t actually listening to any of their stories, certainly not with sincerity or care. He is just merely… waiting for his turn to speak.
What film is this?
Sorry, added the film title. Fight Club.
From Stand By Me:
Ace: “What are you gonna do? Shoot us all?”
Gordy: “No, Ace. Just you.”"Sons of Gondor, of Rohan. My brothers.
I see it in your eyes, the same fear that would take the heart of me.
A day may come, when the courage of men fails. Where we forsake our friends, and abandon all bonds of fellowship.
But it is not this day.
An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day. This day we fight!
By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand! Men of the West!"
I hate the word, but I’ll make an exception when Ripley says “get away from her, you bitch” to the alien queen.
Hey, you messed up your spoiler somehow.
But anyway, while Chronicles of Riddick is an otherwise thoroughly mediocre film, I am immensely thrilled by one exchange of dialogue, and think about it weekly. It goes something like:
Prisoner: “What’re ya gonna do, old man, kill me with yer soup cup?”
Vin Diesel: “Teacup. I’m going to kill you with my teacup.”
Mediocre!? Thems fightin’ words!
Chronicles of Riddick is a hall of famer in the sci-fi world building space romps! So many good lines.
I modeled the teacup and put in Riddick’s lines when equipping or striking in Skyrim for my wife lol.
I feel like Chronicles of Riddick is the weakest of the three Riddick films personally. Very big on world building but feels like a slog compared to Pitch Black or Riddick.
Interesting! I have the inverted perception. All subjective of course, and it probably has to do with my being less interested in the gritty thriller aspect of the other two. That said I thought Riddick did a great job blending the two. If you haven’t done so, I highly recommend watching the “Unrated” version of Riddick and the Director’s Cut of Chronicles of Riddick which elevate both films significantly.
CoR had so many big, unique characters and good actors. Lord Marshal, The Purifier, Karl Urban as Vaako, Dame Vaako, Keith David as Imam, Judi Dench as the Elemental, etc. In our house, it’s one of the most quotable movies up there with Sin City. Some of the cinematography is stunning, too.
Yeah nothing as groundbreaking as Blade Runner for instance, but just one of those films that has such high replayability for us.
There’s just something enticing to me about the “man vs. nature” theme when it comes to an alien planet’s flora and fauna, which both Pitch Black and Riddick offer in spades. I can understand why you like it for the reasons you laid out, I just found the world building and politics boring myself.
Also, Riddick has Katee Sackhoff while Pitch Black has Keith David.
Chronicles of Riddick is Macbeth in space, but people miss that because Riddick is Macduff, not Macbeth. 😉
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Charlie Chaplin’s speech at the end of The Great Dictator
I am a leaf on the wind…
…watch how I soar.You stop that I cannot cry here
Technically it’s from a movie I suppose.
From Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars
“We evolve, beyond the person we were a minute before. Little by little. We advance a bit further with each turn.”
Sixth Sense:
“She said you came to the place where they buried her. Asked her a question? She said the answer is… “Every day.” What did you ask?”
“Do… Do I make her proud?”
“How are you doing this Vincent? How have you done any of this?”
“You wanna know how I did it? This is how I did it Anton. I never saved anything for the swim back.”
-Gattaca
“Every story ever told can be broken down into three parts. The beginning. The middle. And the twist.”
Jack Black as RL Stein, Goosebumps intro (2015). Sets up the titular sensation.
War never changes
The end of Captain Phillips when they take him onboard for medical care. Fuck me if I’m not hitching and weeping every single time.
While we’re on Tom Hanks, the crash in Sully with the stewardesses chanting in unison, “Brace! Brace! Brace! Heads down, stay down. Brace! Brace! Brace! Heads down, stay down.”
goosebumps the movie, if someone gives it to you, then you’ll have goosebumps
