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Seth Paxton

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"General Kala. Flash Gordon approaching."

"What do you mean, 'Flash Gordon approaching'?"
Oh yeah, that film is loaded with them. I love the Queen soundtrack and enjoy the film in a childish, nostalgic way, but it's horribly written (among other things).
 

Seth Paxton

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Star Wars OT has a few of my favorite lines like

"I love you"
"I know"

good twist on the emotion, rather unexpected but perfectly in character for Solo.

Also something like

"I'd rather kiss a wookie."
"I can arrange that."


That being said, I can totally agree with the idea that ROTJ has about 100 too many uses of the line "It is your destiny."

Remember though, Lucas got some pretty good help on parts of the OT script. I have my suspicions on which lines he wrote and which lines other people did. ;)
 

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Seth, I totally agree. For some reason the movie just works for me, but it won't win any awards for writing or acting or intelligence.

I particularly like when Dale and the Princess get in a pillow fight and Dale roars, "You Mongo-person!". :laugh:
 

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Zarkov: Why do you attack us?
Ming: Why not?

Ming: [miffed] You wish to destroy me...
Flash: [apologetic] It's the only way to save Earth.

Barin: Freeze you bloody bastards!

Vultan: Gordon's aliiive?

Dale: Flash, I love you! But we only have 14 hours to save the Earth!
(best line in the movie, an instant classic!):)



[Love this movie, where's that 2 disc special edition, eh eh?!!]
 

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If you think the Flash Gordon movie has some good moments, check out some of the serials...

Zarkov: "In all the excitment, I forgot to turn on the oxygen!"

The dialogue is cheesy, but the Flash Gordon serials are still fun....and they have Charles Middleton.


From "The Wild World of Batwoman:"

"Give her another happy pill!"


From "Eegah!"

Arch Hall Jr: "I got a new set of wheels"
Arch Hall Sr: "Oh, do they fit on your car?"

May I remind you that this is horribly stressed.

From "Manos: The Hands of Fate...

"There is no way out of here. It will be dark soon. There is no way out of here." - Torgo

From A Beautiful Mind:

I'm can't post the quote here because it's too sickening to type. It's the lousy "mortified" line which gets repeated.

From "Cast Away"

All of the dialogue between Hanks and the volleyball was not needed. It would have played better if it was all pantomime.
 

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The dialogue in SW is supposed to be corny. Thats the way its written. And if I may say so, its just fine, it always moves the story along and develops character, thats what dialogue is supposed to do.

Regarding the scene between Anakin and Padme on Naboo.
"Lets face it, their dialogue in that scene is pretty corny. It is presented very honestly, it isnt tongue in cheek at all, and its really played to the hilt. But it is consistent not only with the rest of the movie, but with the overall Star Wars style. Most people dont understand the style of Star Wars. They dont get that there is an underlying motif that is very much like nineteen thirties western or Saturday matinee serial. Its in that more romantic period of making movies and adventure films. And this film is even more of a melodrama than the others."
 

Alex Spindler

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Joshua,
So does intentionally bad dialogue excuse it from being mentioned in a bad dialog thread? ;)

May I suggest -The Mothman Prophecies
"What is in my hand?"
ominous breathing
"Chaaap Stiiick"
 

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Cast away???

They were pushing it with the no dialogue angle as it was, as far as keeping the audience invested in the last hour...

Also his talking and forming a relationship with the volleyball was pivitol. Shows his mental state, how he adapted to stave off insanity.. I thought it was brilliant.
 

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Bad and Corny are two different things. Bad dialogue would be dialogue that doesnt move the story along. SW dialogue always moves the story.
Corny is defined by Websters as: Trite, dated, melodramatic, or mawkishly sentimental. If dialogue takes on some or most of these characteristics, then to me it is bad dialogue.
 

Joshua_Y

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No. Webster was on acid, he doesnt know what he's talking about. Now when I think of corny, I think 'cheesey'. Not bad.
 

Dennis Heller

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I hope I get this right.

In On Deadly Ground after Seagal beats the crap out of the redneck for picking on the indigenous people:

Seagal: What does it take to change the essence of man?

Redneck (practically sobbing): I need time.

Someone please correct me if I've got it wrong. I'd hate to ruin someone's creative vision.
 

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All time worst one-liner.

The 6th Day. A movie about cloning for those that don't know.

Arnold is about to shoot a random bad-guy. His pre-emptive quip:

"Clone this."

:rolleyes
 

Nick_Scott

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Legend had alot of corny dialogue.

I looked forward to the DVD, and bought it the day it came out.
I remember it being my favorite movie when I was a young child.

But then I watched it.....
Then realized... damn... this dialogue is horrible.
Who wrote this thing!!

nick
 

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[Shows blue prints]
Dr Flexi Jerkoff: And employs a new updraft design which lifts the ship on small spirals of synthetic strontium pellets!
[Puts blueprints back in jacket]
Dr Flexi Jerkoff: Do you think I don't know that? Well, I've never even heard of it. So you're barking up the wrong tree.

[After stepping off the space ship and taking a deep breath]
Dr.Flexi Jerkoff: Good, there's oxygen on this planet.

I'm Prince Precious, rightful heir to the throne of Porno. Years ago, this planet was a veritable paradise. But Wang, a maniacal botanist whose organ was devoured by a crazed Penis Flytrap, could not tolerate the existence of so much pleasure, and so, banding together an army of the impotent and frustrated, and armed with a small but effective sex ray, plunged my palace into carnal chaos, and took it over.


I'm not really being fair here since Flesh Gordon's dialogue is intentionally awful, but this thread is a nice home for those quotes.:)
 

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