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scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
16. It would be interesting to do a poll and find out how many people DON'T have Lebowski on their
Tue Mar 18, 2014, 08:43 PM
Mar 2014

favorite movie lists! I'd be willing to bet that they'd be in the minority.

In defense of Rob Roy - not that I take the least offense in your personal opinion of it - I've always thought it had some of the most wonderfully written dialogue of any movie, ever.

Duke of Argyll: So, Mr. Cunningham, what are these principle sins that distress your mother? Dice? Drink? Or are you a buggerer of boys?

Archibald Cunningham: It is years, Your Grace, since I buggered a boy... And in my own defense, I must add, I thought him a girl at the moment of entry.

Duke of Argyll: [laughs] Do you hear that, Will? Young Cunningham here was unable to tell arse from quim. What say you to that?

Will Guthrie: I've heard that many Englishmen have that same difficulty.


Archibald Cunningham: He's a fair hand with a cleaver, it must be said.

Duke of Argyll: Oh, you do not think much of our highland weapons?

Archibald Cunningham: If I had to slaughter an ox, your grace, a Claymore would be my first choice.

Will Guthrie: You'd best use a musket. Save the beast a slow dying


Duke of Argyll: You are the shite, and the flies upon it!


Duke of Argyll: Oh, I know the truth when I hear it.

Montrose: Oh! And here was me, thinking that was God's gift alone.


Duke of Argyll: Well, if it will help you die any the easier, I'll lay twenty guineas for her.

Robert Roy MacGregor: Fifty would go further.

Duke of Argyll: By God, you have a style to you, MacGregor! I like that!


Montrose: Hmm. They are none too fond.


Forgive me, I didn't mean to quote half the script. It's just that I really, really love the language in this movie. Not to mention, the music, the scenery, and OMG, Liam Neeson, for whom I've had the hots ever since I first saw Rob Roy. And Tim Roth was amazing - one of the most unforgettable villianous performances ever! I will always consider it a travesty that he did not win Best Supporting Actor in the Academy Awards that year!

Uh. Sorry - what were you saying?
Just a few. longship Mar 2014 #1
Wow! I actually have The Lathe of Heaven, too! scarletwoman Mar 2014 #2
Criterion. longship Mar 2014 #5
About once a year or so, I'll splurge on a Criterion Collection movie. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #7
My Criterions brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #8
IMHO, Godfrey belongs in every movie lover's library :) brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #12
"The Defenestration of Carlo" <== alternative title longship Mar 2014 #13
Way Too Many To List brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #3
Quite the collection! Let's see, we have Princess Bride and Big Lebowski in common. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #6
Forgot to add, "The Last Place on Earth" - 1985 BBC TV mini series, broadcast on PBS. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #4
I own Lebowski too ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2014 #9
The Big Lebowski seems to appeal to all tastes - your list is certainly VERY different from mine, scarletwoman Mar 2014 #14
The movies are own are generally "party films" ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2014 #21
Ah well. Since my youngest left the nest, I live alone. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #22
My "essentials" collection Little_Wing Mar 2014 #10
Oh wow - I forgot Coppola's "Dracula"! That's another one I have in my own collection. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #15
Gary Oldman is such a great Dracula Little_Wing Mar 2014 #17
Oh yes! He's an amazing actor no matter who he plays. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #19
Yes, Mohicans is violent and not very authentic in its native people's portrayal Little_Wing Mar 2014 #26
Oldman was a great villain in Leon: The Professional brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #23
Agreed, Giamatti is very good and so versatile Little_Wing Mar 2014 #25
At the risk of beating a dead horse... brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #27
Have missed it, but on my list of "should watch" films Little_Wing Mar 2014 #28
Four jumped off the page for me brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #11
It would be interesting to do a poll and find out how many people DON'T have Lebowski on their scarletwoman Mar 2014 #16
Liam & Jessica Lange had incendiary chemistry in Rob Roy roaw n/t Little_Wing Mar 2014 #18
OMG, yes! I cannot tell you how many times I fantasized about that scene at the Standing Stones... scarletwoman Mar 2014 #20
I think you may have misconstrued my feelings for Rob Roy brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #24
Oh, don't mind me. I just got carried away. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #30
One that I had to have was Bette Davis's Beyond the Forest, only it's not on DVD. valerief Mar 2014 #29
Action Movies jim601 Mar 2014 #31
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