Badass Movie Quotes?

Posted: April 29th, 2010 | Author: Red | Filed under: Movies | Tags: 20 most badass, guyism | 1 Comment »

http://guyism.com/2010/04/the-20-most-badass-movie-quotes-from-action-movies.html

Having just read this list, I am fairly disappointed at some of the movies that made it. I won’t argue with #1 because it was a pretty badass moment (but you’d have to watch the film to know that. To put it into context, Doc Holliday was pretty much on his death bed when he comes out for this gun fight and still fucks the other guy up), but, Bruce Lee and Wesley Snipes? While they are both badass people, their quotes aren’t that great. I’ll commend them though for going out of their way to put something different into their list, but the end result is that some of those quotes seem wedged in. They don’t fit at all.

So, here are some alternatives that I feel should have been included. These aren’t honourable mentions, more like, glaring omissions. I’m quite shocked that DeNiro didn’t make the list at all (“Are you looking at me? Are you looking at me?” is both iconic and badass, but I suppose that would have been a little too obvious and cliché to add).

Heat – Neil McCauley

“What am I doing? I’m talking to an empty telephone…”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmsXpDL6M5I

I couldn’t embed this so you’re going to have to do the old fashioned thing and click on the link. In this scene Robert DeNiro gives a pretty chilling threat after someone botches a murder attempt on him during a money exchange. This is worthy of mention because it’s only something Robert DeNiro can get away with saying, everyone else will just look stupid because they can’t match his level of intensity.

Reservoir Dogs – Mr. White

“You shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVkNPrIUSNE

Hmm, perhaps this list didn’t include any of these two quotes because it was difficult finding a YouTube link that lets you embed it. I think if you mine Tarantino movies long enough you could populate several lists with his quotes because he is such a damn good writer, but for the truly badass quotes, go to Reservoir Dogs. I’m sure I can find something badass from each character:

Mr. Orange:

“Fuck you! Fuck you! I’m fucking dying in here! I’m fucking dying in here!”

Joe Cabot:

Pretty much anything he says is badass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlQhDN1Onho

Mr. Blonde:

“You ever listen to K Billy super sounds of the 70s? It’s my personal favourite.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wnlK2nRKdk

Chilling how casual he is isn’t it?

Fistful of Dollars – Man With No Name

“Get three coffins ready…”

Clint’s another easy one. He could easily fill this list as well. Badass is trying to make someone apologize to your horse then killing them when they don’t.

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