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Best Last Line in a Film Ever

posted 16 years ago by ImGonnaJump
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In order to drag a sobbing Maureen O'Sullivan back to reality, a weary Randolph Scott simply says:
"C'mon now... It's gonna be a nice day."
You really have to see this movie in order to fully grasp the sheer depth and meaning of such a pithy sentiment. I burst out laughing!
What a wonderful gateway for both her and us to transition back into our own worlds!
Hands down, it had to be the best line I've ever heard to end a film.
Yeah! Exactly! It's just simply gonna be a nice day! Absolutely perfect!

"Gravity is a harsh mistress." -Tick

[–] Kevin-123 16 years ago

Yeah, that's my favorite as well.

Although, I like when Henry Silva says, "I think you're just saying words." Something like that.

[–] ernestcpearson-1 15 years ago

On the main Western board there is an entry-"The best line in a Western is...?"
and some one quotes Randolph Scott from The Tall T--"There are some things you just can't ride around."
A good one that but yours is on a par. i.e. Live your life with optimism.

[–] cattard-1 13 years ago

It's a brilliant last line to a brilliant film...

However, I feel that it's Randolph Scott's reading of the line that actually makes it great. He might be saying; "C'mon now... It's gonna be a nice day" but what he actually means is; "Shut up and stop moaning, you stupid b*tch, let's get the hell out of here!".

lol

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[–] lynxx55 12 years ago

"...what he actually means is; "Shut up and stop moaning, you stupid b*tch, let's get the hell out of here!"

Except that Randolph Scott's character is to much of a gentleman to speak like that to a female.

[–] cattard-1 12 years ago

Except that Randolph Scott's character is to much of a gentleman to speak like that to a female.

Exactly! That's my point! This is what I miss from old movies, they simply don't make them like this anymore, and it's such a pity! We need more Randoph Scotts in film nowadays! Just imagine what Tarantino would do if he was to remake this film. Despite being a Tarantino fan, this is not something I want to see because "The Tall T" is a perfect movie.

Cheers!

By the way... Star Wars prequels suck!!

[–] Jackdon 12 years ago

Tarantino's version of the morning coffee scene between Richard Boone and Randolph Scott would have Boone asking Scott if he has read any dime novels, then he'd ramble on for 20 minutes about some of his favorite dime novels he read as a kid, completely forgetting the point and subtext of the scene.

[–] joeparkson 11 years ago

"Some things a man can't ride around."
Is my fave in this movie.
Burt Kennedy must have liked it a lot too, since he used it in two other movies, "Ride Lonesome" and "Six Blac Horses".
If you had to describe the western genre in one line, this would be it. Think of all the westerns from "The Virginian" to "Shane" and "High Noon" all the way to "Open Range". It applies.

Absurdity: A Statement or belief inconsistent with my opinion.

[–] clore_2 11 years ago

Burt Kennedy must have liked it a lot too, since he used it in two other movies, "Ride Lonesome" and "Six Blac Horses".

It also shows up in Support Your Local Gunfighter.

There's this exchange from Comanche Station:

Nancy Lowe: If-if you had a woman taken by the Comanche and-and you got her back... how would you feel knowing...
[implying the sexual component of her capture]

Jefferson Cody: If I loved her, it wouldn't matter.

Nancy Lowe: Wouldn't it?

Jefferson Cody: No ma'am. It wouldn't matter at all.

And this one from The Canadians:

The white squaw: Mr. Gannon?

Insp. William Gannon: Yes.

The white squaw: If you met a woman, a woman like me, that had been taken by the Sioux, how would you feel knowing that?

Insp. William Gannon: If I loved her, it wouldn't matter.

The white squaw: It wouldn't?

Insp. William Gannon: No ma'am, it wouldn't matter at all.

Kennedy also uses the names "Lowe" and "Lane" a lot - perhaps as homage to Hondo?

It ain't easy being green, or anything else, other than to be me

[–] joeparkson 11 years ago

Kennedy also uses the names "Lowe" and "Lane" a lot - perhaps as homage to Hondo?
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I believe Audie Murphy's character in "Six Black Horses" is also named Lane. Too much to be a coincidence; I never thought of it before, but it really does sound like an homage to "Hondo", a story by Louis L'Amour, with some great poetic lines of it's own.

Absurdity: A Statement or belief inconsistent with my opinion.

[–] clore_2 11 years ago

In The Train Robbers, the Duke plays Lane and Ann-Margret is Mrs. Lowe.

Audie Murphy plays Ben Lane in Six Black Horses, a film that really seems to be one written for the Ranown team as all of the expected elements are there except for Scott and Boetticher.

But giving the antagonist played by Dan Duryea the ridiculous name of Frank Jesse does go to illustrate that sometimes Kennedy may be bereft of ideas. A lot of the usual lines show up in this script also. It does make one wish that Scott and Duryea had teamed up just once.

It ain't easy being green, or anything else, other than to be me

[–] joeparkson 11 years ago

It does make one wish that Scott and Duryea had teamed up just once.
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Yes, Duryea specialized in funny, likeable, charismatic bad guys and Boetticher's movies always had one of those.

Absurdity: A Statement or belief inconsistent with my opinion.

[–] liscarkat (16692) a year ago

Well, she had just gone through a really shitty couple of days. In contrast, this was going to be a really nice day.

[–] KutWrite (1220) 10 months ago

The line was foreshadowed earlier when he tells her he's had a couple of bad days. this line shows his optimism for himself and his place, now that he won't be alone there.