Greatest Movie Speeches

[DanOregon]

I know we've done various threads about scenes, movies that pump you up etc. And I could add 10 more easily, but you never really hear much about this one - probably because of the prayer at the end. Pretty nice job by director Pete Berg cutting in the opposition doing the same thing to show God doesn't really care who wins. But the stuff before? Wow.

 

[Cosmo]

Tonight, we play Bingville.

Tonight, we beat Bingville.

#endofthread

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Have always loved the Al Pacino speech in Any Given Sunday ...

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

 

[dixiehack]

Let’s just blow the works.

 

[Slacker]

Howard Roark.

 

[brn623cl]

The camera work plus the speech work in tandem

 

[Driftwood]

"You may tell them when you return to your country that all of Virginia was here on this day."

 

[Huggy]

Reg Dunlop is long overdue for induction in the Hockey Hall of Fame

 

[Spartan Squad]

With due respect to those who served and knowing full well I made comments recently that were out of line, I still offer this one up. I read this speech in class after going on a rant about something. It’s so good.

 

[Scout]

 

[HanSenSE]

 

[HanSenSE]

 

[Deskgrunt50]

 

[Songbird]

Quinn should have been nominated for "6 minutes" ...

 

[dixiehack]

Reg Dunlop is long overdue for induction in the Hockey Hall of Fame

You kidding? They got their asses kicked after that speech! It took the cross dressing GM to save the season at intermission.

(Now that I think about it, Joe McGrath’s motivation for the fashion show may not have been purely financial.)

 

[Huggy]

McGrath should be in as a builder too.

 

[micropolitan guy]

James Earl Jones' "baseball" soliloquy is the gold standard for me.

Also, two from Band of Brothers: The German officer addressing his surrendered troops, translated by Joe Leibgot, and the simple "You've done enough" line by the officer turning down Winters' request to join the Japan invasion forces.

 

[Gutter]

 

[DanOregon]

Two "standards" in my book.



The "big speech" in front of a courtroom is such a standard movie trope. (See Scent of a Woman), but this one is classic.

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