Bad Moments in Great Films

[Rushmore]

These are the little things that always get on my nerves. In the midst of greatness...odd, out of place, or flubbed scenes or lines of dialogue. To wit:

From Wall Street: Gordon Gekko at shareholders meeting: "i am not a destroyer of companies! I am a liberator of them!" Bad line.

From The Godfather: The wedding scene where the women are sitting at a table, discussing the size of Sonny's dick. It's just tacky and out of place and goofy.

From Raging Bull: The scene in Jake's club, where he does the thing with the microphone on the waitress and then flubs the line about wanting to "see what a microphone sounds like on a pretty girl." It's just not...good.

From Apocalypse Now: One of Kurtz' monologues: "...but their commanders won't allow them to write 'f*ck' on their airplanes..." Even though it's referential, this doesn't sound right for Kurtz to me.

Glengarry Glen Ross: Ricky Roma going off on Dave: "...how much you...INGESTED!!" Huh? It's such a great scene, and this just sort of kills the flow by making me wonder why Ricky Roma is using the word 'ingested.'

Goodfellas: The very last line of the film, right before they play Sid Vicious' version of 'My Way:' "I'm an average nobody... get to live the rest of my life like a schnook." SHNOOK? Isn't that Yiddish? Why the hell would Henry Hill use the word "shnook?" I just really wish it had been "typical mope" or something.

There must be thousands of these bothersome little lines, right?

[Hamish McBagpipe]

Seven. Good film ruined by Brad Pitt's terrible "What's in the box?!? Whaaaaaatttttt's in the bbbbbbbooooooxxxxxxx?????," at the end.

Couldn't watch this otherwise fine film to the end for years because of that pathetic scene. Took until Snatch for me to like Pitt again.

[daryn]

Col. Jessep: You [censored]' people. You have no idea how to defend a nation. All you did was weaken a country today, Kaffee. That's all you did. You put people's lives in danger. Sweet dreams, son.

Kaffee: Don't call me son. I'm a lawyer and an officer in the United States Navy. And you're under arrest, you son of a bitch.

[Kimbell175113]

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From The Godfather: The wedding scene where the women are sitting at a table, discussing the size of Sonny's dick. It's just tacky and out of place and goofy.

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Isn't that Mrs. Sonny? That makes it interesting, how she's bragging about the size of Santino's corleone, then in the same thought realizes he's gone to bang Lucy in some closet.

[Vehn]

[BigPoppa]

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Legolas doing a boardslide down the [censored] stairs on a shield.
That, and playing Gimli for laughs.

I really hated how they tried to appeal to the demographic that probably didn't like The Fellowship of the Ring.

[stormstarter28]

Every line Harrison Ford says in Star Wars.

[oddjob]

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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Legolas doing a boardslide down the [censored] stairs on a shield.
That, and playing Gimli for laughs.

I really hated how they tried to appeal to the demographic that probably didn't like The Fellowship of the Ring.

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yah this seemed like a scene written for the teenage mutant ninja turtles. i'm surprised he didn't yell COWABONGA!!

[SmokeyRidesAgain]

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Yea that bitch needs to [censored] off.

[jaffa]

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Every line Harrison Ford says in Star Wars.

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No. He's got some great lines.

I'm pretty sure there's a 'Favourite Han Solo lines' thread somewhere' and i remember it being a good read.

Edit: Link to said thread