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post #1 of 46
1/9/08 at 3:36am
Thread Starter 
One line that always stuck with me from 48 Hours was James Remar screaming "You shot me...I can't believe I got hit!!!" after Nick Nolte shot him. It's so pointless of a line, it sounds like something a final boss would say in a video game. Maybe he was supposed to be so drugged on uppers he thought he was an untouchable god, like Tony Montana.

Either way, what are some lines in a film that seemed so overly explainatory that it completely stops the movie cold for you?
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post #2 of 46
1/9/08 at 4:13am
90 per cent of VAN HELSING. I swear, something'll appear on the screen and then we'll hear someone saying what that thing is. Fuck that noise.
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post #3 of 46
1/9/08 at 5:29am
This winner from House of the Dead...

"You did all this to become immortal. Why?"
"To live forever!"
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post #4 of 46
1/9/08 at 5:32am
Scene in Blade:Trinity when Ryan Reynolds explains to Wesley that Jessica Biel is loading her ipod with vamp fighting music as they fucking show close up after close up or her doing it. I'd find the quotes, but I seriously don't possess the intestinal fortitude to get raped in the eyes and ears for even a second by David Goyer and his two hour strokefest to Steve Jobs product line again.
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post #5 of 46
1/9/08 at 7:03am
"They castrated his balls"

-unknown Blaxploitation movie, possibly Dolemite
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post #6 of 46
1/9/08 at 9:42am
If I were some sort of hugely attractive Campbellian mangod and I were at the wrap party of Blade: Trinity Biel would be the one I took home if I somehow could not get into Parker Posey's pants. With that out of the way:

"Schiess das Fenster! Shoot... the glass!"

Solely put in there so people would know what the hell Hans Gruber was saying. I always took it as Karl just didn't hear what he said, not because it was German.
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post #7 of 46
1/9/08 at 9:51am
Hilarious example: Elias Koteas at the start of Satanic Denzel thriller Fallen

"HAFFEN HAAAREN JAAGEN FLAAAASHEN. It's Dutch."

The whole theatre was lolling.
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post #8 of 46
1/9/08 at 10:55am
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Originally Posted by Luca S.
"Schiess das Fenster! Shoot... the glass!"
I agree that it's a redundant and kinda stupid line but Rickman's delivery is brilliant. Proof that in the hands of the right actor a subpar line can be memorable.
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post #9 of 46
1/9/08 at 10:57am
I still say it would have worked better if Karl just understood, they both grinned knowingly and McTiernan let the audience figure it out for themselves a few seconds later.
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post #10 of 46
1/9/08 at 11:05am
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Originally Posted by Luca S.
I still say it would have worked better if Karl just understood, they both grinned knowingly and McTiernan let the audience figure it out for themselves a few seconds later.
True enough but then you would have had a theatre of mouth breathers going "What? What did he say?" *bang* *smash* "Ohhhhh..."
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post #11 of 46
1/9/08 at 12:06pm
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Originally Posted by Luca S.
I still say it would have worked better if Karl just understood, they both grinned knowingly and McTiernan let the audience figure it out for themselves a few seconds later.
Yeah, but then you lose the Monty Python reference.

In Die Hard: With A Vengeance, there's this little exchange (from memory, may be slightly paraphrased) between McClane and Zeus before they drive through Central Park:

"I told you, Park Drive is always jammed."
"I didn't say Park Drive."

McClane swerves off the road, and inexplicably, the line

"I said through the park."

is dubbed in - that's what gets me, that it wasn't just like the writer didn't get that the visual was going to be the punchline, the line is clearly added in post, like they didn't realize the line was unnecessary after looking at the finished scene. I guess that doesn't make it more redundant, but it makes it a bit more baffling to me.
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post #12 of 46
1/9/08 at 12:34pm

Lost Skeleton of Cadavara

One of my favorites (and intentionally funny):

"Seriously, Betty, you know what this meteor could mean to science. If we find it, and it's real, it could mean a lot. It could mean actual advances in the field of science."
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post #13 of 46
1/9/08 at 12:42pm
"This guy'll kill ya to death inside of three rounds!" -- Micky, Rocky III
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post #14 of 46
1/9/08 at 12:47pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8
One of my favorites (and intentionally funny):

"Seriously, Betty, you know what this meteor could mean to science. If we find it, and it's real, it could mean a lot. It could mean actual advances in the field of science."
You could pretty much do that whole movie as bad or redundant lines. Love it.

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Originally Posted by Bushipunk
is dubbed in - that's what gets me, that it wasn't just like the writer didn't get that the visual was going to be the punchline, the line is clearly added in post, like they didn't realize the line was unnecessary after looking at the finished scene. I guess that doesn't make it more redundant, but it makes it a bit more baffling to me.
It may not have been added by the writer. Writer's tend to get first crack at writing ADR lines but sometimes during an ADR session the director and/or producer decides that a line is needed to explain or clarify. I've witnessed full blown hissy fits by writers/producers/directors over added lines.
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post #15 of 46
1/9/08 at 12:49pm
I think it was...American Ninja 2: The Ninja-ing, or something (so you know right there it's going to be Oscar worthy writing). There's a scene where the lead character, I think it's Dudikof, busts into the colonel's office and explicitly states who he is, who sent him and why, then colonel immediately responds:

"Look, I don't know who you are, who sent you or why you're here!" To some such effect.
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post #16 of 46
1/9/08 at 12:59pm
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Originally Posted by Quarant
Haha. I was thinking that exact same thing the other day. "You can't hear me? Well then I'll repeat it in a language you barely understand!"

I always took that line as Karl was just perplexed as to why he'd be told to shoot the glass and not McClane. At that point in the proceedings I don't believe he was aware that the cowboy was bootless.
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post #17 of 46
1/9/08 at 2:15pm
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Originally Posted by Ryan S~
It may not have been added by the writer. Writer's tend to get first crack at writing ADR lines but sometimes during an ADR session the director and/or producer decides that a line is needed to explain or clarify. I've witnessed full blown hissy fits by writers/producers/directors over added lines.
Oops... Didn't mean "they" to refer to the writer, actually, but the makers of the movie in general. Didn't notice it could be read the other way at first.
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post #18 of 46
1/9/08 at 3:29pm
Deckard's entire voiceover after Batty dies in Blade Runner. I had to put in my Old VHS of the International Cut just to get confirmation that is quite as ineptly bad as Dangerous Days makes it seem.
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post #19 of 46
1/9/08 at 3:42pm
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Originally Posted by teledork
I always took that line as Karl was just perplexed as to why he'd be told to shoot the glass and not McClane. At that point in the proceedings I don't believe he was aware that the cowboy was bootless.
That's always been my take on it too. But to be realistic the line could have been repeated in German until Karl understood.
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post #20 of 46
1/9/08 at 4:01pm
I've never seen all of Pollock, but my friend could crack me up by adopting Marcia Gay Harden's tone of voice and saying "You've done it, Pollock! You've cracked it wide open!"
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post #21 of 46
1/9/08 at 4:16pm
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Originally Posted by Bushipunk
In Die Hard: With A Vengeance, there's this little exchange (from memory, may be slightly paraphrased) between McClane and Zeus before they drive through Central Park:

"I told you, Park Drive is always jammed."
"I didn't say Park Drive."

McClane swerves off the road, and inexplicably, the line

"I said through the park."
That line never bothered me. What always has bothered me is that McClane then turns the wheel sharply to make a left and the car makes a right into the park. That's annoying.

Oh yeah, I hate any movie in which a character yells "Let's go!" when they need to start running from something.
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post #22 of 46
1/9/08 at 5:56pm
I think it was 'On Deadly Ground' with Steven Segal - there's a scene during a fight, where some dude gets kicked in the balls causing him to exclaim: "MY BALLS!"

I don't know about any of you, but only thing coming out of my mouth after a shot to the nuts, is a whimper and a thin trickle of saliva....

much like my reaction to any given Jim Carrey film....
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post #23 of 46
1/9/08 at 6:00pm
"Wolf Man got nards!" After kicking Wolf Man in the nards.
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post #24 of 46
1/9/08 at 6:02pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu6L9pG_E6o
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post #25 of 46
1/9/08 at 6:16pm
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Originally Posted by billylove
"Wolf Man got nards!" After kicking Wolf Man in the nards.
Far be it from me to defend Monster Squad, but I think that line works because Horace doesn't say it as a fact, but in astonishment that Wolf Man has nards (and that a well-aimed and swift kick there will drop said lycanthrope).

ETA: or just watch your link.
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post #26 of 46
1/9/08 at 6:18pm
Yeah, I didn't say it was a shitty line, except they repeat the same thing to a comical effect.
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post #27 of 46
1/9/08 at 7:32pm
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Originally Posted by billylove
"Wolf Man got nards!" After kicking Wolf Man in the nards.
Give credit where it's due...

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post #28 of 46
1/9/08 at 10:10pm
The Robot Jox thread reminded me of another great redundant line:

"Soil is just dirt!"
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post #29 of 46
1/9/08 at 10:28pm
"A diversion."

Followed by an irritatingly smug smile.
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post #30 of 46
1/10/08 at 5:25am
I love the extra/stuntman/villan classic of "Arrrgh my eyes... I can't see."
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post #31 of 46
1/10/08 at 6:47am
What about all the lines from "The Wicker Man"?
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post #32 of 46
1/10/08 at 6:59am
The Han and Jabba chat in Lucas's reworked Star Wars that reiterates, almost beat for beat, the conversation we just heard between Solo and Greedo.

The King Kong line: "Those chains are made of chrome steel." Okay ... that means your otherwise ordinary steel chains won't rust.

Now, how about the greatest redundant line in history? My nominee: from Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, after the AT-AT commander who led the assault on Hoth explodes into a million pieces of grizzled eld, the Grail Knight offers the following deliciously insightful commentary -- "He chose . . . poorly."
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post #33 of 46
1/10/08 at 2:54pm
"They're shooting at us!"

Way too many movies to count that have some variation.
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post #34 of 46
1/10/08 at 5:48pm
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Originally Posted by Luca S.
With that out of the way:

"Schiess das Fenster! Shoot... the glass!"

Solely put in there so people would know what the hell Hans Gruber was saying. I always took it as Karl just didn't hear what he said, not because it was German.
Except Hans wasn't saying 'shoot the glass', but 'shoot the window'.
Always bugged me.

...and let us NEVER forget:

"Well, ONE thing's for sure...Inspector Dreyfuss is DEAD!...MURDERED!...and SOMEONE'S responsible!"
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post #35 of 46
1/11/08 at 3:08am
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Originally Posted by erik myers
"A diversion."

Followed by an irritatingly smug smile.
Damnit! That's the one I was going to mention. I always found Gandalf walking closer to Aragorn to speak in private to be a subtle snub towards Legolas.

EDIT: Since my first choice was taken, I'll offer one I just saw on Zodiac.

Shorty the Coffee Guy: "That's fucked up!!!" (in reaction to hearing Zodiac talking about killing easing his headaches)

It's an awesomely redundant line. I have no complaints about that one.
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post #36 of 46
1/11/08 at 7:16am
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Originally Posted by grundle
"They're shooting at us!"

Way too many movies to count that have some variation.
As a brief aside, one of my favorite examples of this is the MST3K'd Ed Wood movie The Violent Years. The 4 teens begin shooting at the cops through the window. Well, the cops start shooting back. Duh. Well, one of the girls yells, "They're shooting back!" All the guys start to snicker and Servo says, "Why, those BASTARDS!" Never fails to make me laugh.
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post #37 of 46
1/11/08 at 8:22pm
Thread Starter 
Someone mentioned House of the Dead, which I finally got around to seeing last night. That entire script is redundant, which I think is, in itself, redundant in saying.

One line jumped out to me, even moreso than the famous live forever line- when Captain Kirk says "Well- that cuts it. I'm either gonna get better or I ain't." He says it with such a dead tone that it's like he doesn't even realize how stupid the line sounds.
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post #38 of 46
1/11/08 at 8:39pm
I can't remember exactly, but at the end of Matrix Reloaded we see Neo catch Trinity after she falls out of that building window, and the guy on the ship says "Yes! He caught her!".
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post #39 of 46
1/11/08 at 8:40pm
The One Missed Call trailer has the line

"Everyone seems to be linked together somehow."

I'm glad to know that they're linked together instead of linked apart. Also that this movie is about characters who are linked, because I hate it when I go watch a film that just shows images of people who never interact or exist in the same universe as one another. Also, the everyone, seems, and somehow do a great job of saying nothing so many times in one sentence.
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post #40 of 46
1/11/08 at 8:50pm
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Originally Posted by mediumdave
...Servo says, "Why, those BASTARDS!" Never fails to make me laugh.
You've just reminded me of one of my favorite overly-redundant scenes of all time...
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post #41 of 46
1/15/08 at 4:15am
how about, "i'm tired (insert name)"

like they're getting too old for something, usually violent but not always...
its not really a bad line but qualifies for redundant
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post #42 of 46
1/15/08 at 4:23am
Most of Sigorney Weaver's lines in Galaxy Quest were redundant. But that was the point. And they were awesome goddamnit, and she's gonna say them!!! (bangs fist on table)
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post #43 of 46
3/19/08 at 1:30pm
I finally saw The Mist yesterday on a cheeky download (still no UK release date WTF?!?!) and I thought it was fucking excellent but i thought of this thread when

SPOILER

at the end in Drayton's car, he counts the bullets out and he says, " There are only 4 bullets"

To which the teacher woman replies,

"But...there are five of us!"


I kind of smirked when she said that, it just seemed very phony to me
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post #44 of 46
3/19/08 at 10:41pm
I love The Fountain, but I have to mute it during the scene where Izzy gives Tom the pen to finish he book. "It's a pen", she says. "For writing."

NO FUCKING SHIT.
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post #45 of 46
3/20/08 at 10:17am
Almost all of Bill Paxton's lines in Twister. I don't need you to constantly tell me to "run", "duck" and "faster" while running from a fucking tornado.
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post #46 of 46
3/20/08 at 10:53am
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Originally Posted by Sonic Boom View Post
Almost all of Bill Paxton's lines in Twister. I don't need you to constantly tell me to "run", "duck" and "faster" while running from a fucking tornado.
Hey hey hey now, don't be hating on Twister. That's one of my favorite guilty pleasures - the dialog doesn't have to be perfect when you have stuff blowing around and exploding. (Seriously. I love the hell out of that movie. You can ban me now.)
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