Greatest monologue in cinema history

[KnightTemplar]

 

[jeff7b9]

It's all about a girl who meets a guy with a big dick
I'm talking morning day night afternoon,
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[Long Dark Blues]

I suppose not all monologues, but...

1.) Good Will Hunting park bench scene
2.) Glengarry Glenn Ross "always be closing" scene
3.) The Thing blood test scene
4.) Reservoir Dogs diner scene

 

[Why did you]

 

[KnightTemplar]

 

[Aegon Spengler]

Come on.

It's Patton, George C Scott. Unquestionably.



It won an Oscar pretty much on its own.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

First off great thread @Sonny Qc.

I did a search I thought for sure I did a movie monologue tourney. And in fact no. lol

So this is a great idea to do one, thanks to you bro.

As for monologue, yes the Robin Williams monologue is one of the best of all-time.

 

[Thrawn33]

First off great thread @Sonny Qc.

I did a search I thought for sure I did a movie monologue tourney. And in fact no. lol

Damn, I coulda swore

 

[Streeter]

 

[Natural Order]

Come on.

It's Patton, George C Scott. Unquestionably.



It won an Oscar pretty much on its own.

Looks like a staged PR stunt for American propaganda.

Baldwin's brass balls take that nonsense to the cleaners.

 

[Halifax]

To me, those two top the list,
Might give Robin Williams the edge.

Will Hunting or Jaws?





Any other that might come close to me are Tim Robbins Shawshank last speech he give to Red before escaping.


Any Other monologue better than those I'm missing?

Jack Nicholson in a few good men when he blows up on the stand and lectures Tom Cruise on what it takes to defend a country is up there.




Jaws gets my vote though. I could watch that scene over and over

To be fair, I could watch all these scenes. Good Will Hunting is up there with my favorite all time films too. But my favorite scene isn't the monologue, its when Williams blows up at the professor and they finally just let it all out while Will overhears it all, and then the "its not your fault " scene that follows. Its a tremendous climax to the film

 

[wlu.29]

 

[Madmick]

It may not be the greatest speech in film history, but it's rare that a speech has so much truth in it that it actually changes culture.


The movie came out in 1994, but it predicted the future. "Five minutes from now..." Kevin Garnett and then Kobe Bryant were drafted to the NBA straight out of high school within the next five years. I'm convinced it's the reason David Stern changed the rule to require players meet a minimum age of 19 before being drafted to the league. Yet for nearly a decade there has already been many in the sports bubble who have called this the "greatest mistake Stern ever made". Because, sadly, despite the truth of Nolte's rant about everything being about "goddamn money", it's still that. Nothing has changed in the NCAA. There's been commission after commission with special investigations and reports, and every time, nothing changed. Finally things are changing, and how? The only change is that now everyone wants the money to change hands above the table instead of below. Pay the athletes for their likenesses. They were always getting paid, of course, they were just getting the short end of the stick. Culture hasn't changed, hasn't improved. We just stopped fighting. It's exactly like internet gambling.

So to me the speech is bigger than sports as a portent of a decline within American culture that came to be. We've gotten comfortable being the worst version of ourself.

 

[My Spot]

Still as relevant today as it was 25 years ago (if not more so). Social media can't hide the fact that most people are born with inferior DNA (and a potbelly and small genitalia).

 

[Aegon Spengler]

Looks like a staged PR stunt for American propaganda.

Baldwin's brass balls take that nonsense to the cleaners.

It’s definitely propaganda, well other than it just being a close rewrite of Patton’s actual speeches - but that’s what WW2 and killing Nazis called for.

Baldwins brass balls is propaganda for Wall Street! The worst part of America! So appreciate the laundered flag but I’ll take killin Nazis over selling stocks every day friend

 

[frankmorris1]

To me, those two top the list,
Might give Robin Williams the edge.

Will Hunting or Jaws?





Any other that might come close to me are Tim Robbins Shawshank last speech he give to Red before escaping.


Any Other monologue better than those I'm missing?

 

[frankmorris1]

Says age restricted but 25th hour Edward Norton

 

[frankmorris1]

 

[fishbisquit]

Erm... This is just the start. It gets super intense.
full scene oscar worthy.

 

[Sobek]

Fine selections so far. Good nostalgia.




I'm throwin' this in for the lulz








Until I think of some great ones not yet covered