What will a movie be without dialogues? Like a lion without a roar, like a guitar without melody. Dialogues are not merely lines, not merely words, but connecting pieces of the puzzle. When delivered with the perfect timing and oomph, a dialogue can change from a simple statement to a piece of art. Much like those three words from the 1984 hit Terminator “I’ll be back!” or the creepy chattering of a deranged creature in the 2001 classic The Lord of the Rings "My precioussss!". So with the mood set, I look back at the big-budget / highly anticipated movies of this summer season from a different angle... what was the best they could deliver when it came to memorable lines?
Fast Five: "And above all else we don't ever, ever let them get into their cars!" (That is the Rock shouting out to his team on how to capture Vin Diesel's gang. But we know for sure that this ain't ever happening, don't we?)
Thor: "Whoever wields this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor." (You have to love Anthony Hopkins for his style of delivering the simplest of lines in the classiest of manners. This one he utters when his character Odin is about to banish the hammer Mjolnir along with Thor.)
The Hangover 2: "We had a sick night bitches!" (The movie was all about crude thrash talk and Ken Jeong as Mr. Chow made a name for himself with the best of these lines in this sequel, that for me never lived up to what the original delivered)
Kung Fu Panda 2: "But how can kung fu defeat something that destroys kung fu?" (While Oogway had some of the best lines in the original movie, and Soothsayer took his place in the sequel, it is still this casual but brilliant line uttered by Po that sticks out. Still do not know the answer!)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: "It's a pirate's life for me... Savvy?" (All that Jack Sparrow says is gold! He has uttered some of the memorable and splendid lines in the last decade, mixed with idyllic mannerisms that enthrall us all. This, the last line of the movie, was no exception either... savvy?)
X-Men: First Class: "Peace was never an option!" (A classic movie that continued telling the tale of the conflicting ideologies of Charles Xavier and Magneto. This line was uttered by Michael Fassbender playing Magneto in response to Charles' statement 'Killing Shaw will not bring you peace'. Just defined the intensity that burned within the younger Magneto.)
Green Lantern: "In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight! Let all who worship evil's might, beware my power, Green Lantern's light!" (A disappointing movie that struggled to be anything more than a good-looking guy in a green suit. But the age-old anthem of the Green Lantern Corps still stands out, everytime.)
Cars 2: "He who finds a friend, finds a treasure..." (The Pixar tale continued narrating the journey of friendship between McQueen and Mater and nothing better to describe the crux of it all than this wonderful line)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: "Today, we take the battle to them!" (With robots so huge, the humans were hardly going to have any of the popular lines. Optimus Prime voiced by Peter Cullen had the bulk of the memorable lines and I loved this one in particular as you saw a slight nasty and aggressive side to the otherwise peace-preferring Autobot.)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: "Come on, Tom! Let's finish the way we started... together!" (Oh, kudos to Harry Potter as he called out Voldemort by the name he disliked... Tom. Not many would have dared! He shouts this out before Voldemort and Harry plunge down where the final duel will decide their fate and that of the wizarding world, forever.)
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