To distract you from the latest 'leaked' McCain talking-point kerflufl.
I'm a movie lover. Seriously. I have three DVD wall cases full and other movies stashed by my kids, in their rooms and apartments.
Nowadays, after the onset of type II diabetes (= no more alcohol for me), and a decision to quit smoking cigarettes almost 10 years ago, I mostly stay home, play with my granddaughter and watch movies, read (a lot) and surf the web. Yeesh, am I boring, or what?
I'd like to point your attention tonight to the question: What was the most memorable or romantic scene or monologue you've ever read~watched~listened to?
Myself, I have a couple. (Hat tip to the folks at www.imdb.com - The Internet Movie Database, without whom, none of this would be possible)
Dialogue:
Colonel Sharp, "Miss Stamper? Colonel Willie Sharp, United States Airforce, ma'am. Requesting permission (with visibly restrained emotions) to shake the hand of the daughter of the bravest man I've ever met"
~Film: Armageddon (I don't give a flyin frack what the critics said about this film, for me, it had everything that makes a movie great: wonderful, fully-fleshed characters whom you could care about; suspension-of-disbelief at the fringes storyline (but not over the edge considering all the latest astronomical theories being floated since the 1980s); a fresh romance; a couple of great quirky, secondary characters; some of the most under-rated special effects ever (tell me it didn't feel like you were there when they panned to earth from the surface of the asteroid at the end of the Steve Buscemi 'Get off... the nuclear... warhead.' scene; and dashes of great dialogue.
~Director: Michael Bay
~Starring: Bruce Willis, Ben Afleck, Liv Tyler,William Fichtner (a highly under-rated actor) and a host of secondary characters.
~Scene: End of last scene, prior to credits.
~Notes: While this scene is not a conventional 'romantic' scene between love-interests, it nonetheless is a quite quixotic moment, binding all the loose elements of the film together at the end in quite a satisfying manner [Stalwart hero gives his life unselfishly to spare the life of love interest of his child AND save all of humanity at the same time - now that's quite a character, and in this movie Bruce Willis finally proved to me that he was more than just an action hero, he was an actor.
Diaglogue:
Betty, "Hey, uh... crazy idea...um, do you want to, maybe, do something...some, some time?"
Gio, "What, like-like a date?"
Betty, "... I don't know... yeah..."
Gio (inhales loudly), " umh, I don't think so..."
Betty, "What?" (somewhat alarmed).
Gio, "... uh, I don't think it's a good idea."
Betty (exhales loudly), "... umh, I'm a little confused. You kissed me, and then you danced with me and you talked about being my rebound guy, so.... I mean, what was that all about?" (sounding a bit shell-shocked there at the end).
Gio, "Well, that's just it. I don't want to be the rebound guy. I want to be the guy."
~TV Show: Ugly Betty
~Director: Various
~Starring: America Ferrera, Freddy Rodriquez (watch out, an up-and-coming name), Rebecca Romijn, Eric Mabius and a host of other characters
~Scene: End of episode #42 - The Kids are Alright Originally aired on Thursday, May 15, 2008.
~Note: This ranks right up there for romantic scene of the year, braces and all.
Dialogue:
Melvin Udall: I've got a really great compliment for you, and it's true.
Carol Connelly: I'm so afraid you're about to say something awful.
Melvin Udall: Don't be pessimistic, it's not your style. Okay, here I go: Clearly, a mistake. I've got this, what - ailment? My doctor, a shrink that I used to go to all the time, he says that in fifty or sixty percent of the cases, a pill really helps. I hate pills, very dangerous thing, pills. Hate. I'm using the word "hate" here, about pills. Hate. My compliment is, that night when you came over and told me that you would never... well, you were there, you know what you said. Well, my compliment to you is, the next morning, I started taking the pills.
Carol Connelly: I don't quite get how that's a compliment for me.
Melvin Udall: You make me want to be a better man.
Carol Connelly: ...That's maybe the best compliment of my life.
Melvin Udall: Well, maybe I overshot a little, because I was aiming at just enough to keep you from walking out.
~Movie: 1997 "As Good as It Gets"
~Director: James L. Brooks
~Starring: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear and Cuba Gooding Jr
~Scene: The restaurant scene where he orders crab dinner (I'm pretty sure, but I haven't watched in again in over a year, so I may be wrong about the scene placement).
~Note: One of the all-time funniest, romantic moments.
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