The Worst Line In the Movie!

[jmh30]

My friends have pointed out to me (and I agree with them) that I have an absurd fascination with pointing out the worst lines in otherwise good movies. I'm not talking about bad movies with lots of bad lines, I'm talking about good movies with one (or, ya know, maybe two) lines that just make you go, "Why the hell did they leave that in the script?"

For example, I've seen Blues Brothers plenty of times, and every time I hear Bob (of Bob's Country Bunker) say, "You're the Good Old Boys?!", I want to rip my ears off.

The other one that sticks out in my mind is a line from With Honors, where Joe Pesci and Brendan Fraser's characters are talking and walking along the Charles River and all of a sudden, out of a blue, Pesci goes, "Let's sit down. There's a bench!" It's just so out of place and forced, and the movie could totally do without it.

So, my question to you is, what individual lines from otherwise good (or at least decent) movies can you pick out and say, without question, "That is the WORST line in that movie!"?

[Dr. Wankler]

Worst line in about a dozen movies:

"I love this job." Or the variation, "I love this town."

I'll have to think a bit more to come up with some bad lines in specific movies.

[Michael K.]

'Was that the cannons, or the pounding of my heart?'

Ilsa, 'Casablanca'


Godawful.

[bungadiri]

Jackson's otherwise excellent Fellowship of the Ring:
"Nobody tosses a dwarf!" A stupid little winky-wink line that's totally out of character with the rest of the film.

[Stogey23]

Originally posted by bungadiri
"Nobody tosses a dwarf!" A stupid little winky-wink line that's totally out of character with the rest of the film.

That made everyone laugh.

[bungadiri]

Originally posted by Stogey23


That made everyone laugh.
Not me man, I'm STILL pissed off about it.

[Ringo]

Originally posted by bungadiri

Not me man, I'm STILL pissed off about it.

it's just me but I thought every line in that movie was terrible. one of my least favorite movies of all time. OK, go ahead and flame me now.

[bungadiri]

Originally posted by Ringo1725


it's just me but I thought every line in that movie was terrible. one of my least favorite movies of all time. OK, go ahead and flame me now.
I really disagree with you about the movie as a whole, but as long as you agree with me enough to say that one line ("Nobody tosses, etc") was noticeably terribler than the rest, I'll refrain from flaming. If not, you're a stupid rat xxxxxxx.

[jmh30]

Good call on "Nobody tosses a dwarf!"... I loved that movie, but the line didn't really fit the mood.



Any other suggestions?

[Frieslander]

this movie was ok...

Gladiator:

"He vexes me, I'm completely vexed."

Me and my buddies were the only ones in the theatre laughing when we heard this line. So it could have been funny on purpose, I'm just not sure.

[oman]

Other than the lines spoken by Edward Fox, every line in Ghandi was pretty bad...

[oman]

Or was it Passage to India?

[Nobby]

No matter what movie it is, when I hear the line "Lets get outa here" I get distracted because I was told once that it was the most common line used in all movies. It has many applications: action thrillers, romantic comedies, buddy movies, you name it. I swear, its in every other movie I see.

There's a lame joke about cigars and capitalist vs. communist oppression in the otherwise perfectly scripted movie "Dr. Strangelove". Without a doubt, the worst part of the masterpiece.

If you're looking for movie filled hillariously bad lines look no further than "The Ten Commandments". Its a riot.

[phats_away]

any line keunu reeves does that isn't an action movie?

i mean come on, him doing shakespeare?

[skipshady]

Originally posted by phats_away
any line keunu reeves does that isn't an action movie?

i mean come on, him doing shakespeare? As someone who's in advertising, I couldn't help but laugh at Keanu's attempt to "portray" an art director in "Sweet November", quite possibly one of the worst movies I had the displeasure of watching.

"I'm two Clios ahead in the game!" :D

[skipshady]

Originally posted by Ringo1725
it's just me but I thought every line in that movie was terrible. one of my least favorite movies of all time. OK, go ahead and flame me now. Yeah, that JRR Tolkien is a total hack. :D

[Jacen McCullough]

There's a line in X-Men that is universally recognized as the worst in the entire movie. Halle Barre as Storm as she zaps Toad with a lightning bolt:

"Do you know what happens when a toad is struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else!"


JMac

[skipshady]

Originally posted by Jacen McCullough
There's a line in X-Men that is universally recognized as the worst in the entire movie. Halle Barre as Storm as she zaps Toad with a lightning bolt:

"Do you know what happens when a toad is struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else!"Fantastic. I loved that her African accent came and went throughout the film.

[Vegalta_Sendai]

Originally posted by bungadiri
Jackson's otherwise excellent Fellowship of the Ring:
"Nobody tosses a dwarf!" A stupid little winky-wink line that's totally out of character with the rest of the film.

I thought the 'Let us hunt some *orc*!' line by Strider at the end of the movie was pretty damn bad actually. To be honest, I didn't like his accent in that movie at all, it was like half American accent mixed with a hint of Kevin Coster-esque Robin Hood. No good.

And I *liked* the dwarf tossing line. :-P

-Adam

[Ghost]

The generic line that I hate is the following, or some variation of it:

"What is this? Some kind of sick game?"

Has anyone ever actually said that in real life? No. But it's in a ton of films. If that line or some variant is in a trailer, i won't watch the film. I chose not to watch Fight Club mainly on that basis. Seriously.

As for Lord of the Rings" and its script .... How bout those Redskins!!!!!!!