Whats your best Quote in the movie?
Mine was ( might not be word perfect )
" I had a bad dream last night, Two skeletons having sex, noisey as hell, woke me up " lol, brilliantly just thrown in for no reason. You can just imagine the bones rattling, lol
anyone
yeah, loved that one. Watched the film last night.
We're gonna find out who's the Thing!
R J MacReady
yeah, i watched it last night, never heard of it before, nice surprise, i loved it. im now trying to buy it on DVD, quite hard to come by. loving the British season on Film 4.
Theres a copy for sale on ebay, that will be your best bet i think.
The dvd comes from the Netherlands. Ends soon.
We're gonna find out who's the Thing!
R J MacReady
It's going to be released in the Mike Leigh collection in April.
Watched it with my girlfriend last night on Film 4 . . . absolutely incredible! Innovatively bleak and dark! One of the best Bristish films ever, imo. David Thewlis was masterful as the nihilistic Johnny.
Very difficult to choose a favourite quote, as this film is replete with great, insightful and powerful dialogue. Having said that, I particularly enjoyed Johhny's rants about the past, present and future with Brian the security guard. This is, perhaps, my favourite quote from the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAIcbd7LpIU
there are so many brilliant lines here i dont even know what to pick. the whole monologue he gave to brian was genius. plus bits like "oh what's this now, ply the culprit with menthol?" haha makes me laugh just thinking of it
shareJohnny: Well, basically, there was this little dot, right? And the dot went bang and the bang expanded. Energy formed into matter, matter cooled, matter lived, the amoeba to fish, to fish to fowl, to fowl to frog, to frog to mammal, the mammal to monkey, to monkey to man, amo amas amat, quid pro quo, memento mori, ad infinitum, sprinkle on a little bit of grated cheese and leave under the grill till Doomsday.
Thats one of my favorite quotes from the movie
and
Johnny: I've got an infinite number of places to go, the problem is where to stay
But there all pretty good
It is intoxicating in both its meaning and rhythm. I saw Naked in a small theatre in the south of France in 1994 and it featured significantly in my consciousness from that point on. I always kept an eye out for Thewlis after that, but I never saw him again in a character so well drawn.
shareYour quite right.
shareLike I said previously, this film is replete with memorable dialogue (some is humorous, some is powerful, and some is insightful), which makes isolating one quote extremely difficult. The sequence featuring Johnny and Brian the security guard is, imo, the film's acme. It has absolutely everything; great chemistry between the two characters, dialogue that is humorous, powerful and insightful, and, furthermore, is filmed immaculately (the direction and cinematography is outstanding, enhancing the scene's atmospheric quality).
As regards humorous moments, well, I'd say that Johnny's encounter with Archie is definitely on par with his encounter with Brian -- hilarious and harrowing simultaneously. People often extol the virtues of Thewlis' performance as the nihilitsic Johnny (rightly so), but I feel that Bremner is equally as good. Stunning performance.
I love the entire script.
Johnny - F-ckin hell were you born irritating? why've you come downstairs for?
Louise - I fell asleep with the window open, I woke up, I was cold, I came downstairs, had a pee, made some tea, I'm here, alright?
Johnny - What's that the greatest story ever told?
Archie - MAGGIE!!
Johnny - She's gone mate
Archie - EH?!
Johnny - Those days are over
Louise - I thought you said you never wanted to see me again
Johnny - I don't ever wanna see you again so will you f-ck off back upstairs
Louise - Why are you such a bastard Johnny?
Johnny - Monkey see. Monkey do.
Johnny - Why are you in London, Oh body darma
Archie - Put me old man in the hospital
Johnny - Your dad?
Archie - Aye
Johnny - How?
Archie - Cracked him with a poker
Johnny - Why?
Archie - He was f-ckin askin for it!
and so many more
Second chances are rare man, you shoud learn to take better advantage of em'
One of those rare movies/performances that stays with you a long time. Just finished watching for the second time, and I'm left with the thought..what other actor could have pulled off the role of Johnny as stunningly as Thewlis? Can't think of anyone. That incredible voice speaking that incredible dialogue...
..what..behind the rabbit?
"Don't waste your life".
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Johnny: You think you can relive your youth by *beep* it.
Archie: (Yelling) Arrrr yu takin' a piss??!! (meaning: are you mocking me?)
Johnny: Well, you're givin' i' away, aren't ya?
Hilarious lines throughout...Bremner was also superb. Seemed like a real character the director found on the street, then decided to throw him into the film. Chilling performance, if you ask me.
by omsuniru02 (Wed Jun 25 2008 21:31:35)
"Hilarious lines throughout...Bremner was also superb. Seemed like a real character the director found on the street, then decided to throw him into the film. Chilling performance, if you ask me."
Absolutely!
“You see, Brian, God doesn’t love you. God despises you. . . You see what I’m saying is, basically, you can’t make an omelette without cracking an egg, and humanity is just a cracked egg. And the omelette . . . stinks.”
Simply magical, hysterical... and dare I say it - evangelical!
I saw this back in '93 during those rebellious, angsty teeny years, just when grunge came out and the term 'Generation X' was coined. It really hit a raw nerve and fitted in with the Zeitgeist superbly. Not sure how I'd feel if I saw it for the first time now, since I'm all grown up and stuff...
"We're not important! We're just a crappy idea." I love how it goes out of his mouth.
shareOut of curiosity, do you remember the details of where you saw it?
shareI loved that one about the skeleton posters on the wall:
- That's Sandra, that is.
- Hello, Sandra.
This is her place.
She's a *beep* nurse.
That's her idea of interior design.
Oh, yeah, it's a skeleton.