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  • patbpatb
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    @mattjoes The Verdict has slipped my mind, wonderful film
  • UnivexUnivex
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  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Christopher Walken's excellent monologue from Nick of Time (1995):

  • BT3366BT3366
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    Not sure how I didn't recall this one. Brando's Col. Kurtz's speech to Martin Sheen's Capt. Willard in Apocalypse Now.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Classic Al Pacino in Scarface :D
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Christopher Walken's excellent monologue from Nick of Time (1995):


    This is great. The lines and the delivery. "If you got doubts (...) let me tell ya' samthen."
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited April 2020 Posts: 18,281
    mattjoes wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Christopher Walken's excellent monologue from Nick of Time (1995):


    This is great. The lines and the delivery. "If you got doubts (...) let me tell ya' samthen."

    I'm glad you liked it, @mattjoes! It's very good to see you back on here by the way. :)

    Yes, I think it may be the greatest scene Walken ever did. It's a decent thriller too. Plenty of other good scenes with him and a young Johnny Depp there too. I love his line delivery and emphasis. It's classic Walken. I also love how burnt out and seedy he looks here.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Christopher Walken's excellent monologue from Nick of Time (1995):


    This is great. The lines and the delivery. "If you got doubts (...) let me tell ya' samthen."

    I'm glad you liked it, @mattjoes! It's very good to see you back on here by the way. :)

    Yes, I think it may be the greatest scene Walken ever did. It's a decent thriller too. Plenty of other good scenes with him and a young Johnny Depp there too. I love his line delivery and emphasis. It's classic Walken. I also love how burnt out and seedy he looks here.

    Thank you, @Dragonpol!

    Classic Walken, absolutely. Eccentric and sinister. And it's the quirkiness, the individuality, that makes his characters feel particularly alive and tangible.

    I've seen several parts of the film and it looks like a good one. I don't know if the logic of the plot holds together perfectly well, but at least the filmmaking style and the acting appear to be very solid. I believe I recorded the movie on my DVR so I'll watch the whole thing.
  • BT3366BT3366
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    I'll also vouch for Nick of Time. A friend of mine turned me onto it back when it came to cable. You could make a drinking game out of every time the Depp character tries to make a move and Walken appears. I sometimes use the line "Do your job" to school students in the Walken voice as a nod to the film.

    It really is a nice little thriller and worth the time.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited April 2020 Posts: 18,281
    Another one from The Walken, this time in All-American Murder (1991):

  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Another one from The Walken, this time in All-American Murder (1991):


    I've been considering watching this one as well! This scene is pretty funny. I love how when the guy goes nuts, Walken looks to the side and makes a gesture as if to say "I think I really got to him now."
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    edited April 2020 Posts: 9,041
    Here's the first monologue I thought of when this thread came up. Brilliant.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    Tom Cruise's should-have-been-an-Oscar performance:

  • BT3366BT3366
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    TripAces wrote: »
    Tom Cruise's should-have-been-an-Oscar performance:


    Completely agree. He was robbed, a victim of people not taking him serious, maybe resenting his success. Michael Caine had already won an Oscar by that time and does anybody even remember Cider House Rules? I had to look it up to recall it.

    This is where people underrate Cruise, that's he's not just a guy who gets by on a smile, charm and his looks, because this is a repulsive character, but he sells it. The scene with his dying dad later in the film really shows off the arc his character goes through and that's a key. Magnolia should've gotten a Best Picture nomination.

    Since 1997, I've said Cruise deserved the Oscar for his performance in Jerry McGuire as of the five Best Actor nominees, he was the only one whose character didn't have some sort of physical attribute to work with for his performance as the other four did, it was just pure acting. Maybe the Academy members just thought it was Cruise playing Cruise.
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
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    The Logo Batman Movie has ruined Jerry McGuire for me.

    Though admittedly that has less to do with the film and more to do with my own childish humour.
  • OctopussyOctopussy Piz Gloria, Schilthorn, Switzerland.
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  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    edited April 2020 Posts: 4,634
    Joker speech.



    It shows be kind to people, and lookout for them, you never know what they're going through. We need this movie now more than ever.
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