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In reply to the discussion: Titles from my personal DVD collection - some of the movies I loved so much I wanted to own them: [View all]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
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: 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: 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.
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!
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!
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Titles from my personal DVD collection - some of the movies I loved so much I wanted to own them: [View all]
scarletwoman
Mar 2014
OP
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
The Big Lebowski seems to appeal to all tastes - your list is certainly VERY different from mine,
scarletwoman
Mar 2014
#14
Oh wow - I forgot Coppola's "Dracula"! That's another one I have in my own collection.
scarletwoman
Mar 2014
#15
Yes, Mohicans is violent and not very authentic in its native people's portrayal
Little_Wing
Mar 2014
#26
It would be interesting to do a poll and find out how many people DON'T have Lebowski on their
scarletwoman
Mar 2014
#16
OMG, yes! I cannot tell you how many times I fantasized about that scene at the Standing Stones...
scarletwoman
Mar 2014
#20
One that I had to have was Bette Davis's Beyond the Forest, only it's not on DVD.
valerief
Mar 2014
#29