"You know, I hope we never die!"
"So do I."
"Do you think there's any chance of it?"
Just lovely - they are saying so much in those last few words.
"Oh yes, the past can hurt. But, you can either run from it or, learn from it."
"It's heavy. It's my tombstone! Eleanor, you spoil me!"
"Why is it that every time I need to get somewhere I get waylaid by jackassery?"
I love the one the guy above me wrote. Mine would have to be
"I spent two years on every street in Hell."
"That's odd. I never saw you there."
definitely made me lol
We've had this thread before, and almost the entire script has been quoted--no word in that movie is wasted!
But I never get tired of this thread! Among just a few favorites:
Henry to Alais: "Nothing in life has any business being perfect." He seems to acknowledge indirectly how he's made a mess of his personal life.
Related to that: Eleanor's anguished: "Oh, Henry, we've mangled everything we've touched." "Deny us what you will, we have accomplished that." Eleanor: "How, from where we started, did we come to this Christmas?" "Step by step."
Those exchanges reveal what I think people dread in their youth and in middle age, that your idealistic youth may crumble apart and lead to a midlife mess. Those are hard admissions to make and confront, especially with the knowledge that you can't fix anything. "I've lost you, and I can never have you back."
Some fun ones from Eleanor:
"My, what a greedy little Trinity you are."
"I gave the church up out of boredom. I can do the same for you."
"Men coveted these talons once."
"You'll make a lovely bride. I wonder if I'll cry."
"You spare the rod, you'll spoil those boys."
"I'd hang you from the nipples...but you'd shock the children."
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There are so many great lines. That I definitely agree with!
*** The trouble with reality is there's no background music. ***
So the royal corkscrew finds me twisted, does he?
I'm vilifying you for God's sake...pay attention!
...off you go, my widow wants to see me...
What kind of spindly, rickett-ridden, milky, wizened, dim-eyed, gammy handed, limpy line of things will you beget?
It's good of you to care...
the nation will be shocked to find out the marriage was never consummated...
don't bother me about the child - the damn thing isn't even born yet...
I could peel you like a pear and God Himself would call it justice...
Just an amazing film - the best, sharpest dialogue ever; essentially 300 or so of my favorite film lines stitched
together into a fascinating mosaic. Toss in O'Toole, Hepburn and company - it just doesn't get any better....
Outstanding script, from start to finish, quote after quote after quote, and as the previous poster stated here, throw in Hepburn,O'Toole and it doesn't get any better - true. This movie is a gem, to keep on my shelves until I expire, and only then pass on!! My old English master would have relished this script, I just wish he were alive today, and we could have met and discussed it, and dissected it, then relished it all, like a good Chinon on a summer's day.
How well I recall his lectures, especially on Shakespeare, "now boys, note the rapier wit used here, the rapier wit, boys" or, "the beauty of the English language boys, appreciate the beauty of our language". Aah yes, he would have savoured this film, in its entirety.
My favourite phrase - already quoted - "I have spent 2 years on the streets of Hell " & "Funny, I didn't see you there". (SO gay!)
He's got a knife!
Of course he's got a knife. It's 1183 and we're all barbarians!
So many. The dialogue in this is so wonderful, and perfectly delivered.
It's good to be king.
I would agree-- ALL of them are the best lines. The dialogue gives your brain as much exercise as would three 'ordinary' movies combined.
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Locked in the wine cellar. The royal boys are aging with the royal port.
ARE THEIR PAGES MISSING from this thread? I remember one that once included every line in this movie, eventually.
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