Post by finniussnrub on Jun 14, 2024 2:23:01 GMT
1944 winner:
"How could I have known that murder could sometimes smell like honeysuckle?" - Double Indemnity
1943 winner:
"There is nothing so quiet as a heart that has ceased to beat." - Day of Wrath
1942 winner:
"I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." - Casablanca
1941:
"Rosebud" - Citizen Kane
"Rosebud" - Citizen Kane
1940:
"A brunette dictator"
Rules:
- First non-festival release for release date.
- You can base your choice on any criteria.
- You can list as many as you'd like, but I'll take your first listed unless noted otherwise.
- I will also say should not be much longer than a couple sentences or so, as I think best monologue could be a whole separate thing.
2020's Winners:
2023: "I believe we did" - Oppenheimer (J. Robert Oppenheimer)
2022: "When the horizon's at the bottom, it's interesting. When the horizon's at the top, it's interesting. When the horizon's in the middle, it's boring as shit. Now, good luck to you. And get the fuck out of my office!" - The Fabelmans (John Ford)
2021: "We don't get a lot of things to really care about." - Pig (Rob Feld)
2020: "Some of the baddest motherfuckers on the planet are on that plane, all craving action. Whatever you want to wager on, the Money Plane has you covered. You want to bet on a dude fucking an alligator. Money Plane." - Money Plane (Darius Emanuel Grouch III, aka "The Rumble")
2022: "When the horizon's at the bottom, it's interesting. When the horizon's at the top, it's interesting. When the horizon's in the middle, it's boring as shit. Now, good luck to you. And get the fuck out of my office!" - The Fabelmans (John Ford)
2021: "We don't get a lot of things to really care about." - Pig (Rob Feld)
2020: "Some of the baddest motherfuckers on the planet are on that plane, all craving action. Whatever you want to wager on, the Money Plane has you covered. You want to bet on a dude fucking an alligator. Money Plane." - Money Plane (Darius Emanuel Grouch III, aka "The Rumble")
2019: "This is how I Win" - Uncut Gems (Howard Ratner)
2018: "How Can That Be Profitable for Frito-Lay" - Game Night (Gary Kingsbury)
2017: "By the way I would have voted Obama for a third term!" - Get Out (Dean Armitage)
2016: "Would that it Were So Simple" - Hail Caesar! (Laurence Laurentz)
2015: "Oh What a Day, What a Lovely Day" - Mad Max: Fury Road (Nux)
2014: "Not Quite My Tempo" - Whiplash (Terence Fletcher)
2013: "I'm the Captain Now" - Captain Phillips (Abduwali Muse)
2012: "Argo Fuck Yourself" - Argo (Lester Siegel)
2011: "The problem we're trying to solve is that there are rich teams and there are poor teams. Then there's fifty feet of crap, and then there's us. It's an unfair game." - Moneyball (Billy Beane)
2010: "You better lawyer up asshole, because I'm not coming back for 30%, I'm coming back for everything." - The Social Network (Eduardo Saverin)
2018: "How Can That Be Profitable for Frito-Lay" - Game Night (Gary Kingsbury)
2017: "By the way I would have voted Obama for a third term!" - Get Out (Dean Armitage)
2016: "Would that it Were So Simple" - Hail Caesar! (Laurence Laurentz)
2015: "Oh What a Day, What a Lovely Day" - Mad Max: Fury Road (Nux)
2014: "Not Quite My Tempo" - Whiplash (Terence Fletcher)
2013: "I'm the Captain Now" - Captain Phillips (Abduwali Muse)
2012: "Argo Fuck Yourself" - Argo (Lester Siegel)
2011: "The problem we're trying to solve is that there are rich teams and there are poor teams. Then there's fifty feet of crap, and then there's us. It's an unfair game." - Moneyball (Billy Beane)
2010: "You better lawyer up asshole, because I'm not coming back for 30%, I'm coming back for everything." - The Social Network (Eduardo Saverin)
2009: "Just Look At that Parking Lot" - A Serious Man (Rabbi Scott)
2008: "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain" - The Dark Knight (Harvey Dent)
2007: "I drink your milkshake!" - There Will Be Blood (Daniel Plainview)
2006: "Don't You Put That Evil on Me Ricky Bobby" - Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Lucius Washington)
2005: "I wish I knew how to quit you." - Brokeback Mountain (Jack Twist)
2004: "60% of the time it works every time" - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Brian Fantana)
2003: "I can't carry it for you but I can carry you" - LOTR: The Return of the King (Samwise Gamgee)
2002: "I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere." - Star Wars Ep. 2 Attack of the Clones (Anakin Skywalker)
2001: "YOU SHALL NOT PASS" - LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gandalf)
2000: "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next." - Gladiator (Maxiumus Decimus Meridius)
2008: "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain" - The Dark Knight (Harvey Dent)
2007: "I drink your milkshake!" - There Will Be Blood (Daniel Plainview)
2006: "Don't You Put That Evil on Me Ricky Bobby" - Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Lucius Washington)
2005: "I wish I knew how to quit you." - Brokeback Mountain (Jack Twist)
2004: "60% of the time it works every time" - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Brian Fantana)
2003: "I can't carry it for you but I can carry you" - LOTR: The Return of the King (Samwise Gamgee)
2002: "I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere." - Star Wars Ep. 2 Attack of the Clones (Anakin Skywalker)
2001: "YOU SHALL NOT PASS" - LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gandalf)
2000: "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next." - Gladiator (Maxiumus Decimus Meridius)
1990's Winners:
1999: "By Grabthar's Hammer...what a savings" - Galaxy Quest (Alexander Dane)
1998: "In Case I Don't See Ya. Good afternoon, good evening and goodnight. - The Truman Show (Truman Burbank)
1997: "It's Not Your Fault" - Good Will Hunting (Sean Maguire) & "I like to remember things my own way. How I remembered them, not necessarily the way they happened" - Lost Highway (Fred Madison)
1996: "And for what? For a little bit of money? There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don'tcha know that? And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day. Well. I just don't understand it." - Fargo (Marge Gunderson)
1995: "Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."- Billy Madison (Principal)
1994: "And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. AND YOU WILL KNOW MY NAME IS THE LORD...WHEN I LAY MY VENGEANCE UPON THEE." - Pulp Fiction (Jules Winnfield)
1993: "The Whole Time" - Mrs. Doubtfire (Miranda Hillard)
1992: "You Can't Handle the Truth" - A Few Good Men (Col. Nathan Jessup)
1991: "Hasta la vista, baby" - Terminator 2: Judgement Day (T-800)
1990: "As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster" - Goodfellas (Henry Hill)
1998: "In Case I Don't See Ya. Good afternoon, good evening and goodnight. - The Truman Show (Truman Burbank)
1997: "It's Not Your Fault" - Good Will Hunting (Sean Maguire) & "I like to remember things my own way. How I remembered them, not necessarily the way they happened" - Lost Highway (Fred Madison)
1996: "And for what? For a little bit of money? There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don'tcha know that? And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day. Well. I just don't understand it." - Fargo (Marge Gunderson)
1995: "Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."- Billy Madison (Principal)
1994: "And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. AND YOU WILL KNOW MY NAME IS THE LORD...WHEN I LAY MY VENGEANCE UPON THEE." - Pulp Fiction (Jules Winnfield)
1993: "The Whole Time" - Mrs. Doubtfire (Miranda Hillard)
1992: "You Can't Handle the Truth" - A Few Good Men (Col. Nathan Jessup)
1991: "Hasta la vista, baby" - Terminator 2: Judgement Day (T-800)
1990: "As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster" - Goodfellas (Henry Hill)
1980's Winners:
1970's Winners:
1989: "I'll have what she's having" - When Harry Met Sally... (Female Customer)
1988: "Yippee-ki-yah, motherfucker" - Die Hard (John McClane)
1987: "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." - The Princess Bride (Inigo Montoya)
1986: "Game over man, game over" - Aliens (Hudson)
1985: "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads" - Back to the Future (Dr. Emmett Brown)
1984: "Mediocrities Everywhere, I absolve you" - Amadeus (Antonio Salieri) & "I'll Be Back" - The Terminator (The Terminator)
1983: "Say hello to my little friend" - Scarface (Tony Montana)
1982: "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die." - Blade Runner (Roy Batty)
1981: "It's not the year, honey. It's the mileage." - Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones)
1980: "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley" - Airplane! (Dr. Rumack)
1988: "Yippee-ki-yah, motherfucker" - Die Hard (John McClane)
1987: "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." - The Princess Bride (Inigo Montoya)
1986: "Game over man, game over" - Aliens (Hudson)
1985: "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads" - Back to the Future (Dr. Emmett Brown)
1984: "Mediocrities Everywhere, I absolve you" - Amadeus (Antonio Salieri) & "I'll Be Back" - The Terminator (The Terminator)
1983: "Say hello to my little friend" - Scarface (Tony Montana)
1982: "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die." - Blade Runner (Roy Batty)
1981: "It's not the year, honey. It's the mileage." - Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones)
1980: "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley" - Airplane! (Dr. Rumack)
1979: " Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell? The whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end." - Apocalypse Now (Lieutenant Colonel William "Bill" Kilgore)
1978: "A mother and a daughter, what a terrible combination." - Autumn Sonata (Eva)
1977: "May the Force Be With You" - Star Wars (Han Solo)
1976: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" - Network (Howard Beale)
1975: "You're gonna need a bigger boat" - Jaws (Chief Martin Brody)
1974: "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown" - Chinatown (Lawrence Walsh)
1973: "Your Mother Sucks Cocks in Hell" - The Exorcist (Pazuzu/Regan)
1972: "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" - The Godfather (Vito Corleone)
1971: "I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" - Dirty Harry ("Dirty" Harry Callahan)
1970: "Rommel, you magnificent bastard. I read your book!" - Patton (General George S. Patton)
1978: "A mother and a daughter, what a terrible combination." - Autumn Sonata (Eva)
1977: "May the Force Be With You" - Star Wars (Han Solo)
1976: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" - Network (Howard Beale)
1975: "You're gonna need a bigger boat" - Jaws (Chief Martin Brody)
1974: "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown" - Chinatown (Lawrence Walsh)
1973: "Your Mother Sucks Cocks in Hell" - The Exorcist (Pazuzu/Regan)
1972: "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" - The Godfather (Vito Corleone)
1971: "I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" - Dirty Harry ("Dirty" Harry Callahan)
1970: "Rommel, you magnificent bastard. I read your book!" - Patton (General George S. Patton)
1960's Winners:
1969: " I'm walking here! I'm walking here!" - Midnight Cowboy (Ratso Rizzo)
1968: " I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that" - 2001: A Space Odyssey (Hal 9000)
1967: "What we got here is failure to communicate" - Cool Hand Luke (The Captain)
1966: "In this world there's two kinds of people, my friend; those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig." - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Blondie)
1965: "I think he got the point." - Thunderball (James Bond)
1964: "I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids." - Dr. Strangelove (General Jack D. Ripper)
1963: "I really have nothing to say, but I want to say it anyway." - 81/2 (Guido Anselmi)
1962: "Bond, James Bond" - Dr. No (James Bond)
1961: "I'll get paid for killing. And this town is full of men who deserve to die" - Yojimbo ("30 year old Mulberry Field")
1960: "We all go a little mad sometimes." - Psycho ("Norman Bates")
1968: " I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that" - 2001: A Space Odyssey (Hal 9000)
1967: "What we got here is failure to communicate" - Cool Hand Luke (The Captain)
1966: "In this world there's two kinds of people, my friend; those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig." - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Blondie)
1965: "I think he got the point." - Thunderball (James Bond)
1964: "I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids." - Dr. Strangelove (General Jack D. Ripper)
1963: "I really have nothing to say, but I want to say it anyway." - 81/2 (Guido Anselmi)
1962: "Bond, James Bond" - Dr. No (James Bond)
1961: "I'll get paid for killing. And this town is full of men who deserve to die" - Yojimbo ("30 year old Mulberry Field")
1960: "We all go a little mad sometimes." - Psycho ("Norman Bates")
1950's Winners:
1959: "Well nobody's perfect" - Some Like It Hot (Osgood Fielding III)
1958: "Help Me! Please Help Me!" - The Fly (André Delambre)
1957: "Madness. Madness" - The Bridge on the River Kwai (Major Clipton)
1956: "Years from now when you talk about this, and you will, be kind" - Tea and Sympathy (Laura Reynolds)
1955: "H-A-T-E! It was with this left hand that old brother Cain struck the blow that laid his brother low. L-O-V-E! You see these fingers, dear hearts? These fingers has veins that run straight to the soul of man. The right hand, friends, the hand of love. Now watch, and I'll show you the story of life." - The Night of the Hunter (Harry Powell)
1954: "You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you, Charley." - On the Waterfront (Terry Malloy)
1953: “Wherever there's oil there's Americans.” - Wages of Fear (Mario)
1952: “Dignity always dignity.” - Singin in The Rain (Donald "Don" Lockwood)
1951: “Bad news sells best because good news is no news.” - Ace in the Hole (Chuck Tatum)
1950: “I am big. It's the pictures that got small.” - Sunset Boulevard (Norma Desmond)
1958: "Help Me! Please Help Me!" - The Fly (André Delambre)
1957: "Madness. Madness" - The Bridge on the River Kwai (Major Clipton)
1956: "Years from now when you talk about this, and you will, be kind" - Tea and Sympathy (Laura Reynolds)
1955: "H-A-T-E! It was with this left hand that old brother Cain struck the blow that laid his brother low. L-O-V-E! You see these fingers, dear hearts? These fingers has veins that run straight to the soul of man. The right hand, friends, the hand of love. Now watch, and I'll show you the story of life." - The Night of the Hunter (Harry Powell)
1954: "You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you, Charley." - On the Waterfront (Terry Malloy)
1953: “Wherever there's oil there's Americans.” - Wages of Fear (Mario)
1952: “Dignity always dignity.” - Singin in The Rain (Donald "Don" Lockwood)
1951: “Bad news sells best because good news is no news.” - Ace in the Hole (Chuck Tatum)
1950: “I am big. It's the pictures that got small.” - Sunset Boulevard (Norma Desmond)
1940's Winners:
1949: "Don't be so gloomy. After all, it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long, Holly. - The Third Man (Harry Lime)
1948: "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges." - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Gold Hat)
1947: "Joe couldn't find a prayer in the Bible." - Out of the Past (Whit)
1946: "Remember, George: no man is a failure who has friends." - It's a Wonderful Life (Clarence Odbody)
1945: "It's awfully easy to lie when you know that you're trusted implicitly. So very easy, and so very degrading." - Brief Encounter (Laura Jesson)
1944: "How could I have known that murder could sometimes smell like honeysuckle?" - Double Indemnity (Walter Neff)
1943: "There is nothing so quiet as a heart that has ceased to beat." - Day of Wrath (Rev. Absalon Pederssøn)
1942: "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." - Casablanca (Rick Blaine)
1941: "Rosebud" - Citizen Kane (Charles Foster Kane)
1940: "A Brunette Dictator" - The Great Dictator (Garbitsch)
1948: "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges." - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Gold Hat)
1947: "Joe couldn't find a prayer in the Bible." - Out of the Past (Whit)
1946: "Remember, George: no man is a failure who has friends." - It's a Wonderful Life (Clarence Odbody)
1945: "It's awfully easy to lie when you know that you're trusted implicitly. So very easy, and so very degrading." - Brief Encounter (Laura Jesson)
1944: "How could I have known that murder could sometimes smell like honeysuckle?" - Double Indemnity (Walter Neff)
1943: "There is nothing so quiet as a heart that has ceased to beat." - Day of Wrath (Rev. Absalon Pederssøn)
1942: "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." - Casablanca (Rick Blaine)
1941: "Rosebud" - Citizen Kane (Charles Foster Kane)
1940: "A Brunette Dictator" - The Great Dictator (Garbitsch)
My Choices:
1939:
1938:
1937:
" When you're 17 and the world's beautiful, facing facts is just as slick fun as dancing or going to parties, but when you're 70... well, you don't care about dancing, you don't think about parties anymore, and about the only fun you have left is pretending that there ain't any facts to face, so would you mind if I just went on pretending?" - Make Way For Tomorrow
