There are many greats, but I need to find one because I have to do a monolgue for my acting class. I like the main one from Trainspotting, The one from The Great dictator, Jaws, the famous one from Network, and George C. Scott's one from Patton.
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Amadeus, When F. Murray Abraham explains the brilliance of mozarts music.. gives me ghoosebumps every time lol
Pulp Fiction had a couple great ones, Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting and I like Sly Stallone's in Rocky Balboa when he's telling his son off.
V's from V For Vendetta is pretty cool (doesn't exactly tell you anything you wouldn't know by looking at the movie poster, but it sounds cool)
Jean Claude Van Damme's speech thing in JCVD was pretty amazing.
Good choices all but I will have to pick Marlon Brando's monologue in Apocalypse Now. That whole monologue pretty much gives full insight to why Kurtz did what he did and why he doesn't blame what Sheen's character will be doing as a response. The fact that Brando was almost sleepwalking his way through that scene just showed just how great an actor he really was.
Film guy already knows what I'm going to say....
The Fly.
Every single monologue in that movie. From Brundle's monologue about how his girlfriend is afraid of The Flesh, to Brundle's monologue about insect politicts in which he explains that he only dreamed that he was a man, but now the insect is awake.
****ING AMAZING.
A nice runner up is Boromir's monologue from The Fellowship of the Ring. I've always been sort of troubled about how Boromir got painted as the bad guy in the series. I was even more troubled when the writers of the movie had Sam tell Faramir that Boromir died because he tried to take the ring. That was an utter BS move that was added to the movies for no good reason. It's a load of ****. And throughout those movies, Boromir got ****ed over by the writers. When the Long-Ass version of The Two Towers was released, they completely made up a scene which pretty much explicitly stated that Boromir was a ****ing spy all along, and only joined the Fellowship with the intent of stealing the ring.
And that **** was NEVER in the books. So **** the filmmakers for trying to make Boromir out to be the bad guy. He DIDN'T die because he tried to take the ring. That's a load of horse****. He died because he tried to save Merry and Pippin. In the books, he WASN'T a spy who was sent out to steal the ring. He was a very good and heroic man who was corrupted by the ring's power and managed to redeem himself.
However, one thing that the movies did very ****ing well was elaborating on Boromir's death monologue. Where he repents for what he is done, laments for causing the fall of his kingdom, and then dies. Aragorn then sheds tears for the loss of a true hero of Gondor, and the rest of the Fellowship stops to give him a proper hero's funeral. That **** was done AMAZINGLY well, and was a truly classic and sad monologue.
Then they had to **** that up in the very next movie. Oh right. Now that Boromir is DEAD and can't defend himself, it's okay to talk about him as if he were some kind of Snidely Whiplash charachter.
And **** those guys for doing that to Boromir. Boromir was ****ing AWESOME.
There are many greats, but I need to find one because I have to do a monolgue for my acting class. I like the main one from Trainspotting, The one from The Great dictator, Jaws, the famous one from Network, and George C. Scott's one from Patton.
Film-Guy
what about the one from JCVD?
you linked that once, I thought it was pretty freaking incredible, him showcasing talent no one thought he had
Film guy already knows what I'm going to say....
The Fly.
Every single monologue in that movie. From Brundle's monologue about how his girlfriend is afraid of The Flesh, to Brundle's monologue about insect politicts in which he explains that he only dreamed that he was a man, but now the insect is awake.
****ING AMAZING.
A nice runner up is Boromir's monologue from The Fellowship of the Ring. I've always been sort of troubled about how Boromir got painted as the bad guy in the series. I was even more troubled when the writers of the movie had Sam tell Faramir that Boromir died because he tried to take the ring. That was an utter BS move that was added to the movies for no good reason. It's a load of ****. And throughout those movies, Boromir got ****ed over by the writers. When the Long-Ass version of The Two Towers was released, they completely made up a scene which pretty much explicitly stated that Boromir was a ****ing spy all along, and only joined the Fellowship with the intent of stealing the ring.
And that **** was NEVER in the books. So **** the filmmakers for trying to make Boromir out to be the bad guy. He DIDN'T die because he tried to take the ring. That's a load of horse****. He died because he tried to save Merry and Pippin. In the books, he WASN'T a spy who was sent out to steal the ring. He was a very good and heroic man who was corrupted by the ring's power and managed to redeem himself.
However, one thing that the movies did very ****ing well was elaborating on Boromir's death monologue. Where he repents for what he is done, laments for causing the fall of his kingdom, and then dies. Aragorn then sheds tears for the loss of a true hero of Gondor, and the rest of the Fellowship stops to give him a proper hero's funeral. That **** was done AMAZINGLY well, and was a truly classic and sad monologue.
Then they had to **** that up in the very next movie. Oh right. Now that Boromir is DEAD and can't defend himself, it's okay to talk about him as if he were some kind of Snidely Whiplash charachter.
And **** those guys for doing that to Boromir. Boromir was ****ing AWESOME.
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I agree what they did was pretty awful
If that is the case I suggest you use the Frost Nixon one when they are talking on the phone. It's the most powerful moment in the movie and it hasn't been done to death so it's not a cliche.There are many greats, but I need to find one because I have to do a monolgue for my acting class. I like the main one from Trainspotting, The one from The Great dictator, Jaws, the famous one from Network, and George C. Scott's one from Patton.
Film-Guy
[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]If that is the case I suggest you use the Frost Nixon one when they are talking on the phone. It's the most powerful moment in the movie and it hasn't been done to death so it's not a cliche. Yeah,that one was really good.The movie rocks.There are many greats, but I need to find one because I have to do a monolgue for my acting class. I like the main one from Trainspotting, The one from The Great dictator, Jaws, the famous one from Network, and George C. Scott's one from Patton.
Serraph105
Pulp Fiction had a couple great ones, Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting and I like Sly Stallone's in Rocky Balboa when he's telling his son off.
immortality20
I would love to do an impression of Stallone for my monologue, but I think that would just be unintentionally funny. My monologue has to be at least 1 minute. Even though I am a director I am into directing I think this acting class is useful so I can understand how actors work. I think that is an important thing for a director to know.
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There are many greats, but I need to find one because I have to do a monolgue for my acting class. I like the main one from Trainspotting, The one from The Great dictator, Jaws, the famous one from Network, and George C. Scott's one from Patton.
mrbojangles25
what about the one from JCVD?
you linked that once, I thought it was pretty freaking incredible, him showcasing talent no one thought he had
That is a good choice, but it is a bit more than a minute I think but I can cut it a bit. I have always liked Van Damme. I always knew he had acting talent. Most so called crappy actors probably do. Well except Steven Seagal:P
There are many greats, but I need to find one because I have to do a monolgue for my acting class. I like the main one from Trainspotting, The one from The Great dictator, Jaws, the famous one from Network, and George C. Scott's one from Patton.
Film-Guy
There is a fantastic monologue in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, when he is talking about "the high watermark where the wave finally broke and rolled back". Such an amazing piece.
Opening monologue to A Clockwork Orange
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.
American Psycho is filled with some magnificient ones.
Do you like Phil Collins? I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Christy, take off your robe. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. Sabrina, remove your dress. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Sabrina, why don't you, uh, dance a little. Take the lyrics to Land of Confusion. In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority. In Too Deep is the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock. Christy, get down on your knees so Sabrina can see your *******. Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. Sabrina, don't just stare at it, eat it. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite.
There are no more barriers to cross. All I have in common with the uncontrollable and the insane, the vicious and the evil, all the mayhem I have caused and my utter indifference toward it I have now surpassed. My pain is constant and sharp and I do not hope for a better world for anyone, in fact I want my pain to be inflicted on others. I want no one to escape, but even after admitting this there is no catharsis, my punishment continues to elude me and I gain no deeper knowledge of myself; no new knowledge can be extracted from my telling. This confession has meant nothing.
There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman; some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me: only an entity, something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable... I simply am not there.
Damn problem with some of these monologues is that they dont work as well out of context. Plus it has to be at least a minute long, though I am sure I could stretch a small monologue so it is a minute. Heck if I did the Trainspotting one I could do a Scottish accent:D
It actually tells you a lot when you look closely at it :) I may or may not have memorized all of it because it was so cool.V's from V For Vendetta is pretty cool (doesn't exactly tell you anything you wouldn't know by looking at the movie poster, but it sounds cool)
Jean Claude Van Damme's speech thing in JCVD was pretty amazing.
MetroidPrimePwn
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