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WHich is your FAVORITE line?

posted 19 years ago by irot13
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Every sentence of this masterpiece is either wity, funny, sarcasitic, poetic, dramatic, or just plane awesome. Anyway - their all top notch! Thank god they got actors worthy of them! Post your favorites. This might help: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063227/quotes

My favorite are:

Prince Geoffrey: I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows, and Henry knows we know it.
[smiles]
We're a knowledgeable family.

[Upon seeing his wife after she arrives for Christmas Court]
Henry II: HA! What shall we hang... the holly, or each other?

Eleanor: In a world where carpenters get resurrected, everything is possible.

[first lines]
Henry II: Come for me!

[–] Boromir007 17 years ago

My favourite line would be the one I use as my signature for the moment. Another one would be Hopkins': "Let's strike a flint and see."

"What If" is a game for scholars.
Timothy Dalton, The Lion in Winter (1968)

[–] lionheart2004 16 years ago

Henry: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge. Going down for everybody.
Eleanor: At my age there\'s not much traffic anymore.

Henry: We\'re in the cellar and you\'re going back to prison and my life is wasted and we\'ve lost each other. And you\'re smiling.
Eleanor: It\'s the way I register despair.

Eleanor: And when you die, which is regrettable but necessary, what will happen to frail Alais and her pruny prince? You can\'t think Richard\'s going to wait for your grotesque to grow.
Henry: You wouldn\'t let him do a thing like that.
Eleanor: Let him? I\'d push him through the nursery door.

Henry: I haven\'t kept the great bitch in the keep for ten years out of passionate attachment.

Eleanor: Henry did you ever love me?
Henry: No
Eleanor: Good. That will make this pleasanter.

Henry: What shall we hang first -- the holly or each other?

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[–] Miss_Chievous 16 years ago

. . . one of my favorite lines OF ALL TIME:

__________Says Henry II,
“The day those stout hearts band together is the day that pigs get wings.”
__________Replies Eleanor,
“There’ll be pork in the treetops come morning!”

Miss Chievous

[–] pol-edra 16 years ago

Nearly every line sent shivers down my spine: you really get the feeling that every word has been carefully weighed and skillfully inserted in the sentence; it's beautiful writing work. But one line caught me by surprise: most are witty or ironic, with a deep relationship to the character development. That one was more like pure fun, almost comic relief.
John: "He's got a dagger!"
Alienor: "Of course he's got a dagger. We all got daggers. It's 1183 and we're all barbarians!"
The quote may be inaccurate, it might be knives and not daggers, but I hope it's still recognizable. ;)

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[–] sirdj 16 years ago

My favourite line is when they are in the dungeons and think Henry is coming to finish them off, Richard declares that he is not going to beg for his life

Geoffrey: You chivalrous fool! As if it matters how a man falls down!
Richard: When the fall’s all that’s left, it matter.

[–] shani-3 16 years ago

LOL--at this rate we'll have the entire screenplay up soon!

I'm surprised no one mentioned Henry's lovely speech to Alais just before he kisses her (at Eleanor's twisted request)

"Forget the dragon in the doorway; come. Believe I love you, for I do. Believe I'm yours forever, for I am. Believe in my contentment and the joy you give me. I'm an old man, in an empty place. Be with me."

This line would make great wedding vows!

[–] thesaluki55 16 years ago

I have several:

Eleanor's "Hush dear, mother's fighting" to John.

Eleanor's "In a world where carpenters are resurrected, anything's possible." (roughly)

[–] Angela-35 16 years ago

I'm sure my favorites have all been mentioned, but here's a few:

Henry: Give me a little peace.
Eleanor: A little? Why so modest? How about eternal peace? Now there's a thought.

Geoffrey: It's not the power I feel deprived of, it's the mention I miss. There's no affection for me here. You wouldn't think I'd want that, would you?

Eleanor: Departure is a simple act. You put the left foot down, and then the right.

Eleanor's "Hush dear, mother's fighting" to John.

Best thing was the delivery of the line.

Life: An STD with 100% mortality rate.

[–] shtajner 16 years ago

IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMIN!

Dusan Malenov

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[–] manco82 16 years ago

Queen Eleanor: Let's deny them all and live forever!

[–] aciolino 16 years ago

"THE END"

God, what a bore!

[–] dave_wlogan 16 years ago

Henry: "Goodnight"
Phillip: "Goodnight? You're going? But we haven't settled anything."
Henry: "We open christmas presents at noon, til then"
Phillip: "You can't be finished with me"
Henry: "Oh, but I am. It's been most satisfactory"
Phillip: "What so satisfactory?"
Henry: "Winning is. I have just won, surely you noticed?"
Phillip: "Not a thing. You haven't won a damm thing"
Henry: "I found out the way your mind works and the kind of man you are.I know your plans and expectations. You burbled every bit of strategy you've got. I know exactly what you will do and exactly what you wont and I've told you exactly nothing. To these aged eyes boy that's what winning looks like. Dormez Bien"

"You haven't got the feel of this at all, lad. Use all your voices. When I bellow, bellow back."

[–] Randeman2 15 years ago

Eleanor: He found Miss Clifford in the mists of Wales and brought her home for closer observation. Liking what he found, he scrutinized her many years; he loved her deeply, and she, him. And yet, my dear, when Henry had to choose between his lady and my lands...

I also like...

Henry: Time hasn't done a thing but wrinkle you.

"Greater good??? I am your wife! I am the greatest good you are ever gonna get!"

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[–] pixiekt03 13 years ago

It's absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to have a favorite line from this film. It's all gold; pure, unadulterated gold.

Here's another one I love that I'm pretty positive hasn't been mentioned:

Phillip: "I spent two years on every street in Hell."
Richard: "That's odd; I never saw you there."

Such a chilling line.