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Dialogue in action movies that move the story along....
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:27 am
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:27 am
I find that some of my favorite parts to movies, are the dialogue parts on some action films. I know i'm not explaining it correctly, but take these parts for example.
JFK - This whole movie had great dialogue, but i really loved the parts where the law team were talking over conspiracies.
Ghostbusters - One of my favorite parts, is when Winston and Ray are driving back from a job on the brooklyn bridge, talking about the Bible, and the dead rising from the grave.
Jurassic Park - the scene where they are at dinner talking about whether or not it was a good idea to make dinosaurs.
Godzilla - I know terrible movie. But, i like it. The part where mathew broderick is on the military plane to new york city and he discovers that godzilla is in fact a mutated lizard.
John Carpenter's Vampires - I know, another shitty movie, but a guilty pleasure. The part where James Woods is talking to the priest about the creation of the first vampire.
Independence Day - The part where Goldblum is talking to the gay news director guy about the aliens positioning their spacecraft like a chess game.
JFK - This whole movie had great dialogue, but i really loved the parts where the law team were talking over conspiracies.
Ghostbusters - One of my favorite parts, is when Winston and Ray are driving back from a job on the brooklyn bridge, talking about the Bible, and the dead rising from the grave.
Jurassic Park - the scene where they are at dinner talking about whether or not it was a good idea to make dinosaurs.
Godzilla - I know terrible movie. But, i like it. The part where mathew broderick is on the military plane to new york city and he discovers that godzilla is in fact a mutated lizard.
John Carpenter's Vampires - I know, another shitty movie, but a guilty pleasure. The part where James Woods is talking to the priest about the creation of the first vampire.
Independence Day - The part where Goldblum is talking to the gay news director guy about the aliens positioning their spacecraft like a chess game.
This post was edited on 2/21/13 at 9:50 am
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Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:29 am to BugAC
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Suspenseful dialogue
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Godzilla
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John Carpenter's Vampires
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Independence Day
HAHAHAHAHAA
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:31 am to BugAC
Aside from some scenes in JFK, I wouldn't classify any of these as remotely suspenseful. I'd say the scene in Inglourious Basterds where Landa intimidates the farmer into giving up the Jews he's hiding is an incredibly suspenseful scene.
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:32 am to OMLandshark
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he scene in Inglourious Basterds where Landa intimidates the farmer into giving up the Jews he's hiding is an incredibly suspenseful scene.
i came in here expecting this, or the bar scene
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:32 am to Carson123987
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HAHAHAHAHAA
The original post was brilliant...
I hope.
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:33 am to OMLandshark
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Ghostbusters - One of my favorite parts, is when Winston and Ray are driving back from a job on the brooklyn bridge, talking about the Bible, and the dead rising from the grave.
For such a funny movie, this scene was really a departure. The music in the background and Dan Aykroyd's delivery really does make for a good moment.
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:34 am to OMLandshark
Whenever someone mentions suspenseful scenes, I always bring up the Sister Christian scene in Boogie Nights. Doesn't get much more intense than that.
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:35 am to Carson123987
Listen assholes, i know these aren't amazing oscar winning movies. But they are movies i grew up with, and i always found the dialogue sections on there to be the parts i remember the most.
I know godzilla, vampires, and independence day aren't winning awards. I didn't create the post to speak of how awesome of movies they were.
I am trying to illustrate that through these action movies, these scenes of dialogue, be it short ones, are the ones i remember the most from the movies.
I know godzilla, vampires, and independence day aren't winning awards. I didn't create the post to speak of how awesome of movies they were.
I am trying to illustrate that through these action movies, these scenes of dialogue, be it short ones, are the ones i remember the most from the movies.
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:35 am to BugAC
i think you meant to use a different word than suspenseful
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:37 am to atlau
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For such a funny movie, this scene was really a departure. The music in the background and Dan Aykroyd's delivery really does make for a good moment.
That's all i'm talking about.
Or another scene from independence day when bill pullman is seeing the future from the alien via esp. Not talking the merit of the scene, just always remember that dialogue, if you call it that, part.
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:37 am to alajones
Another good one by Tarantino: When Leo has the skull and starts talking about why the black people don't kill them all.
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:38 am to OMLandshark
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the scene in Inglourious Basterds where Landa intimidates the farmer into giving up the Jews he's hiding
This, and the coin flip scene in No Country for Old Men are the first 2 to come to mind
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:41 am to Pilot Tiger
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i think you meant to use a different word than suspenseful
Changed it. I guess suspenseful isn't what i had in mind.
I guess i'm referring to older movies from the 80's/90's/early 2000's. I agree that IB and Django had some great dialogue, just not what i had in mind with this thread.
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:42 am to BugAC
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Listen assholes, i know these aren't amazing oscar winning movies. But they are movies i grew up with, and i always found the dialogue sections on there to be the parts i remember the most.
I know godzilla, vampires, and independence day aren't winning awards. I didn't create the post to speak of how awesome of movies they were.
I am trying to illustrate that through these action movies, these scenes of dialogue, be it short ones, are the ones i remember the most from the movies.
Well, you're failing at it, since I see how any of the films you listed (aside from JFK, and even that's not incredibly suspenseful) had any suspense whatsoever. Foreshadowing and information given to the audience, yeah, but suspense, no. Suspense should keep you absolutely on your toes and have no idea what is about to occur next. None of those films listed accomplish that.
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:42 am to BugAC
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Ghostbusters - One of my favorite parts, is when Winston and Ray are driving back from a job on the brooklyn bridge, talking about the Bible, and the dead rising from the grave.
By the way they were driving over the Manhattan Bridge.
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:42 am to BugAC
quote:I get what you mean. Even in action movies, you have to have those sequences of dialogue to move the story forward and sometimes they are done so well that you remember them just as much as the action.
I am trying to illustrate that through these action movies, these scenes of dialogue, be it short ones, are the ones i remember the most from the movies.
I wouldn't classify it as suspenseful though. Just dramtic and intriguing. When I think of suspenseful dialogue, I think of scenes from Inglorius Basterds, True Romance, Boogie Nights, etc.
This post was edited on 2/21/13 at 9:44 am
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:44 am to BugAC
I still think you're using the wrong word to convey what you are thinking (going off of your posts). It seems like you enjoy scenes that depart from the overall tone of a movie and that you remember these the most (I have no idea how to incorporate that into the thread title 
)
)Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:50 am to alajones
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I get what you mean. Even in action movies, you have to have those sequences of dialogue to move the story forward and sometimes they are done so well that you remember them just as much as the action.
This, thank you.
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:51 am to Carson123987
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. It seems like you enjoy scenes that depart from the overall tone of a movie and that you remember these the most (I have no idea how to incorporate that into the thread title )
It's a working title.
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:52 am to BugAC
[EDIT - sorry didn't see that this was in reference to action movies.... TL:DR acceptable]
The Breakfast Club has some of the most awesome dialogue.
The scene where they've smoked the joint and are now chilling out talking and finally letting their REAL selves show is perfect.
Each person's story takes you through the full realm of emotions:
Allison Reynolds: I'll do anything sexual. I don't need a million dollars to do it either.
Claire Standish: You're lying.
Allison Reynolds: I already have. I've done just about everything there is except a few things that are illegal. I'm a nymphomaniac.
Claire Standish: Lie.
Brian Johnson: Are your parents aware of this?
Allison Reynolds: The only person I told was my shrink.
Andrew Clark: And what did he do when you told him?
Allison Reynolds: He nailed me.
Claire Standish: Very nice.
Allison Reynolds: I don't think that from a legal standpoint what he did can be construed as rape, since I paid him.
Claire Standish: He's an adult.
Allison Reynolds: Yeah, he's married too.
Claire Standish: Do you have any idea how completely gross that is?
Allison Reynolds: Well, the first few times...
Claire Standish: The first few times? You mean you did it more than once?
Allison Reynolds: Sure.
Claire Standish: Are you crazy?
Brian Johnson: Obviously she's crazy if she's screwing a shrink.
Allison Reynolds: Have you ever done it?
Claire Standish: I don't even have a psychiatrist.
Allison Reynolds: Have you ever done it with a normal person?
Claire Standish: Didn't we already cover this?
John Bender: You never answered the question.
Claire Standish: Look, I'm not going to discuss my private life with total strangers.
Allison Reynolds: It's kind of a double edged sword isn't it?
Claire Standish: A what?
Allison Reynolds: Well, if you say you haven't, you're a prude. If you say you have you're a slut. It's a trap. You want to but you can't, and when you do you wish you didn't, right?
Claire Standish: Wrong.
Allison Reynolds: Or are you a tease?
Andrew Clark: She's a tease.
Claire Standish: I'm sure. Why don't you just forget it.
Andrew Clark: Oh, you're a tease and you know it. All girls are teases.
John Bender: She's only a tease if what she does gets you hot.
Claire Standish: I don't do anything.
Allison Reynolds: That's why you're a tease.
Claire Standish: OK, let me ask you a few questions.
Allison Reynolds: I already told you everything.
Claire Standish: No. Doesn't it bother you to sleep around without being in love. I mean, don't you want any respect?
Allison Reynolds: I don't screw to get respect. That's the difference between you and me.
Claire Standish: It's not the only difference I hope.
John Bender: Face it, you're a tease.
Claire Standish: I'm NOT a tease.
John Bender: Sure you are. Sex is your weapon. You said it yourself. You use it to get respect.
Claire Standish: No, I never said that she twisted my words around.
John Bender: What do you use it for then?
Claire Standish: I don't use it period.
John Bender: Oh, are you medically frigid or is it psychological?
Claire Standish: I didn't mean it that way. You guys are putting words into my mouth.
John Bender: Well, if you'd just answer the question.
Brian Johnson: Why don't you just answer the question?
Andrew Clark: Be honest.
John Bender: No big deal.
Brian Johnson: Yeah answer it.
Andrew Clark: Answer the question, Claire.
John Bender: Talk to us. Every one: C'mon, answer the question. Come on. Answer it.
John Bender: C'mon, it's easy. It's only one question.
Claire Standish: NO I NEVER DID IT.
Allison Reynolds: I never did it either. I'm not a nymphomaniac. I'm a compulsive liar.
Andrew: I taped Larry Lester's buns together.
Brian Johnson: That was you?
Andrew: Yeah, you know him?
Brian Johnson: Yeah, I know him.
Andrew: Well, then you know how hairy he is. And when they pulled the tape off, most of his hair came off and some - some skin, too.
Claire Standish: Oh my God.
Andrew: And the bizzare thing is that I did it for my old man. I tortured this poor kid because I wanted him to think that I was cool. He's always going off about how when he was in school and all the wild things he used to do. And I got the feeling that he was disappointed that I never cut loose on anyone, right? So I'm sitting in the lockeroom and I'm taping up my knee, and Larry's undressing a couple locker's down from me. And he's kinda, he's kinda skinny. Weak. And I started thinkin' about my father, and his attitude about, about weakness. And the next thing I knew, I jumped on top of him and started wailing on him. And my friends, they just laughed and cheered me on. And afterwards, when I'm sitting in Vernon's office, all I could think about was Larry's father and Larry having to go home and explain what happened to him. And the humiliation - the fricking humiliation he must have felt. It must have been unreal. I mean, how... how do you apologize for something like that? There's no way. It's all because of me and my old man. God, I fricking hate him. He's like this mindless machine that I can't even relate to anymore.
[crying, imitating his father]
Andrew: 'Andrew! You've got to be number one! I won't tolerate any losers in this family! Your intensity is for shite! Win! Win! Win!' You son of a bitch. You know, sometimes I wish my knee would give. And I wouldn't be able to wrestle anymore. And he could forget all about me.
The Breakfast Club has some of the most awesome dialogue.
The scene where they've smoked the joint and are now chilling out talking and finally letting their REAL selves show is perfect.
Each person's story takes you through the full realm of emotions:
Allison Reynolds: I'll do anything sexual. I don't need a million dollars to do it either.
Claire Standish: You're lying.
Allison Reynolds: I already have. I've done just about everything there is except a few things that are illegal. I'm a nymphomaniac.
Claire Standish: Lie.
Brian Johnson: Are your parents aware of this?
Allison Reynolds: The only person I told was my shrink.
Andrew Clark: And what did he do when you told him?
Allison Reynolds: He nailed me.
Claire Standish: Very nice.
Allison Reynolds: I don't think that from a legal standpoint what he did can be construed as rape, since I paid him.
Claire Standish: He's an adult.
Allison Reynolds: Yeah, he's married too.
Claire Standish: Do you have any idea how completely gross that is?
Allison Reynolds: Well, the first few times...
Claire Standish: The first few times? You mean you did it more than once?
Allison Reynolds: Sure.
Claire Standish: Are you crazy?
Brian Johnson: Obviously she's crazy if she's screwing a shrink.
Allison Reynolds: Have you ever done it?
Claire Standish: I don't even have a psychiatrist.
Allison Reynolds: Have you ever done it with a normal person?
Claire Standish: Didn't we already cover this?
John Bender: You never answered the question.
Claire Standish: Look, I'm not going to discuss my private life with total strangers.
Allison Reynolds: It's kind of a double edged sword isn't it?
Claire Standish: A what?
Allison Reynolds: Well, if you say you haven't, you're a prude. If you say you have you're a slut. It's a trap. You want to but you can't, and when you do you wish you didn't, right?
Claire Standish: Wrong.
Allison Reynolds: Or are you a tease?
Andrew Clark: She's a tease.
Claire Standish: I'm sure. Why don't you just forget it.
Andrew Clark: Oh, you're a tease and you know it. All girls are teases.
John Bender: She's only a tease if what she does gets you hot.
Claire Standish: I don't do anything.
Allison Reynolds: That's why you're a tease.
Claire Standish: OK, let me ask you a few questions.
Allison Reynolds: I already told you everything.
Claire Standish: No. Doesn't it bother you to sleep around without being in love. I mean, don't you want any respect?
Allison Reynolds: I don't screw to get respect. That's the difference between you and me.
Claire Standish: It's not the only difference I hope.
John Bender: Face it, you're a tease.
Claire Standish: I'm NOT a tease.
John Bender: Sure you are. Sex is your weapon. You said it yourself. You use it to get respect.
Claire Standish: No, I never said that she twisted my words around.
John Bender: What do you use it for then?
Claire Standish: I don't use it period.
John Bender: Oh, are you medically frigid or is it psychological?
Claire Standish: I didn't mean it that way. You guys are putting words into my mouth.
John Bender: Well, if you'd just answer the question.
Brian Johnson: Why don't you just answer the question?
Andrew Clark: Be honest.
John Bender: No big deal.
Brian Johnson: Yeah answer it.
Andrew Clark: Answer the question, Claire.
John Bender: Talk to us. Every one: C'mon, answer the question. Come on. Answer it.
John Bender: C'mon, it's easy. It's only one question.
Claire Standish: NO I NEVER DID IT.
Allison Reynolds: I never did it either. I'm not a nymphomaniac. I'm a compulsive liar.
Andrew: I taped Larry Lester's buns together.
Brian Johnson: That was you?
Andrew: Yeah, you know him?
Brian Johnson: Yeah, I know him.
Andrew: Well, then you know how hairy he is. And when they pulled the tape off, most of his hair came off and some - some skin, too.
Claire Standish: Oh my God.
Andrew: And the bizzare thing is that I did it for my old man. I tortured this poor kid because I wanted him to think that I was cool. He's always going off about how when he was in school and all the wild things he used to do. And I got the feeling that he was disappointed that I never cut loose on anyone, right? So I'm sitting in the lockeroom and I'm taping up my knee, and Larry's undressing a couple locker's down from me. And he's kinda, he's kinda skinny. Weak. And I started thinkin' about my father, and his attitude about, about weakness. And the next thing I knew, I jumped on top of him and started wailing on him. And my friends, they just laughed and cheered me on. And afterwards, when I'm sitting in Vernon's office, all I could think about was Larry's father and Larry having to go home and explain what happened to him. And the humiliation - the fricking humiliation he must have felt. It must have been unreal. I mean, how... how do you apologize for something like that? There's no way. It's all because of me and my old man. God, I fricking hate him. He's like this mindless machine that I can't even relate to anymore.
[crying, imitating his father]
Andrew: 'Andrew! You've got to be number one! I won't tolerate any losers in this family! Your intensity is for shite! Win! Win! Win!' You son of a bitch. You know, sometimes I wish my knee would give. And I wouldn't be able to wrestle anymore. And he could forget all about me.
This post was edited on 2/21/13 at 9:55 am
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