# Worst piece of dialogue in a movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512 "2004-05-10T20:25:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/21 "2004-05-11T02:12:11Z")
I can’t believe I’m the first one to put in: “I’m the bull, you’re the cow.” ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/22 "2004-05-11T03:26:11Z")
From **Godfather III** MARY I love you cuz. VINCENT I love you too, cuz. Unbelievable that a director as brilliant as Francis Ford Coppola could have foisted that scene on us. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/23 "2004-05-11T04:24:16Z")
The end of the first Matrix (“I came here to tell you how it’s going to begin…”). Blah. And of course, the entire second and third Matrix: [http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/images/matrix\_question\_tot1.gif](http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/images/matrix_question_tot1.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/24 "2004-05-11T05:06:58Z")
“You had me at hello.” I hate that line. Tom Cruise NEVER said “hello” to Rene Zellweger in the entire damn movie. All of “Lost In Translation” had bad dialogue too. And while I’m on Sofia Coppola: _bang bang bang_ Mary, having been shot, says in lame voice: “Dad?” _collapse_ Puhleze. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/25 "2004-05-11T05:09:10Z")
Hold up the absolute WORST line in a movie is the line at the end of Titanic when the old lady is telling them that “a woman’s heart is like an ocean” or some kind of tripe about hearts and secrets. UGH!!! I hate that line! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/26 "2004-05-11T05:32:32Z")
One of the classics I’ve heard quoted in [Stupid Movie Lines](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375753303/qid=1084253415/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-5330346-5138369?v=glance&s=books) was “The dead look so terribly _dead_ when they’re dead.” I don’t remember what movie that came from. And I think I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/27 "2004-05-11T05:48:10Z")
> [@](#): > > I hate that line. Tom Cruise NEVER said “hello” to Rene Zellweger in the entire damn movie. Bullshit. He says, “Hello, I’m looking for my wife.” While he may not have been talking to her - she hears him. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/28 "2004-05-11T05:51:36Z")
He never says “hello” before the “I’m looking for …” line but you can think that if it makes you feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/29 "2004-05-11T06:11:33Z")
Yes he does. > [@](#): > > INT. LIVING ROOM – NIGHT > > ``` > Jerry enters. Dorothy is seated toward the back. > > JERRY > Hello. I'm looking for my wife. > > Dorothy looks up, robbed of words. Stunned, she does not > move. > > ``` [http://www.allmoviescripts.com/scripts/785484173f44e6a507545.html](http://www.allmoviescripts.com/scripts/785484173f44e6a507545.html) Why must you tear down such a great movie? ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/30 "2004-05-11T07:07:23Z")
> [@Abbie Carmichael](#): > > He never says “hello” before the “I’m looking for …” line but you can think that if it makes you feel better. No, actually he does. Why don’t you watch the movie again? He says “Hello” in order to get the attention of the group. I can’t recall completely, but he might even say it twice. I know for sure he says it at least once, because I rewound it to double check. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/31 "2004-05-11T07:55:59Z")
My problem with the _Jerry Maguire_ scene is different - it’s when Cruise says: -“We live in a cynical world. A cynical, cynical world.” That line is just… wrong. It’s too general, too close to social criticism. It distances the audience from a very intimate moment, and besides, it sounds like he’s making excuses. It’s a terrific scene, but that one line almost ruins it. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/32 "2004-05-11T07:57:07Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > **Bryan Ekers** reminded me of the terrible, horrible, no good very bad scene from _Superman_, wherein Superman and Lois fly around Manhattan while Lois recites the worst piece of shit [poem](http://superman.ws/fos/themovie/mind.php) I’ve ever heard. > > "Can you read my mind? > blah > blah > > Just a friend from another Star > blah > blah > > Holding hands with a God > I’m a fool > blah > blah > > You can fly!! > You belong in the sky!!" > > ::wretch:: Sounds just like the lyrics to a that “I believe I can fly” song. (And it’s “retch”, BTW.) Wasabee: the line in Kill Bill was intentional. Remember what is being riffed on here. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/33 "2004-05-11T12:37:28Z")
> [@Pochacco](#): > > But which quote goes with which movie … ? I don’t know…they’re basically the same movie :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/34 "2004-05-11T18:08:50Z")
_Batman Forever_: “It’s the car–chicks dig the car.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/35 "2004-05-11T19:30:49Z")
Alright- I apologize in advance for not knowing which Van Damme movie this comes from. On the heels of Ahnuld’s “Hasta la vista, baby,” came Van Damme’s “Au revoir, motherfucker.” That made me want to hire someone to punch Jean Claude for me. ---
**Author:** ![Wasabee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@Wasabee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wasabee)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/36 "2004-05-11T22:58:08Z")
> [@Evil Death](#): > > Wasabee: the line in Kill Bill was intentional. Remember what is being riffed on here. It was intentionally eye-rolling and out of place in Vol. 1? I guess if you say so. Still a terrible scene. It was like bad high school theater. No! Even worse, bad high school theater CLASS. “Okay in this scene you two are mad at eachother. But just jeep doing your business.” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/37 "2004-05-12T02:27:12Z")
In the “Wizard of Oz”, after Dorothy melts the Wicked Witch, she asks one of the guards if she can have her broom. And he answers “Yes. And take it with you.” What th’? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/38 "2004-05-12T03:58:29Z")
I haven’t seen the movie (thank god), but I saw a clip of a scene in _Gigli_ where what’s-her-name seduces Ben Affleck by lying back, spreading her legs, and saying, “Gobble, gobble!”. How sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/39 "2004-05-12T04:19:42Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > I haven’t seen the movie (thank god), but I saw a clip of a scene in _Gigli_ where what’s-her-name seduces Ben Affleck by lying back, spreading her legs, and saying, “Gobble, gobble!”. How sexy. Oogh…I need a “puking” smiley right about now. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512/40 "2004-05-12T05:33:52Z")
Worst dialogue in any movie is anything that comes out of one-note Keanu Reeves’ mouth. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-piece-of-dialogue-in-a-movie/244512.md?page=3)