you play ball like a girl these
characters just aren't gonna take it
anymore
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you read pieces of [ __ ] for breakfast no
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
movie comeback lines
I am McLovin no you're not no one's
McLovin McLovin 'he's never existing cuz
that's a made-up dumb fairytale menu for
this list we've taken witty responses
from live-action films that are quotable
or memorable in some way or come during
a pivotal scene in the movie you expect
me to talk Mr Bond I expect you to die
as you might have guessed these scenes
must involve two people so solo
comebacks don't count
sorry taxi driver you're talking to me
number 10 mistaken for a man aliens the
Alien franchise already had one strong
female character in the form of Ellen
Ripley get away from her you [ __ ]
for the follow-up director James Cameron
gives us another with the introduction
of Vasquez a colonial Marine who doesn't
take any crap from anybody alright we've
got seven canisters of seeing twenty
said we roll them in their nerve gas the
whole nest as her first line of dialogue
we get this little gem that perfectly
sets up the character and paints a
picture of what kind of woman Vasquez is
hey Vasquez have you ever been mistaken
for a man no have you oh yeah she's a
badass he just too bad
number nine two horses too many once
upon a time in the west if the movie
death wish taught us anything it's that
Charles Bronson is a guy who has no
problem messing up a couple of thugs and
when you're getting hassled by hooligans
it's always satisfying to put the fear
of God in them before gunning them down
Ronson's gun-slinging protagonist
harmonica does just that when faced with
a few cocky henchmen in this classic
western flick looks like we shot one of
ours he wrote to too many it's a
chilling scene that leaves us a little
dare we say horse number eight go piss
your pants Greg super bad time College
rolls around I'll be like the Iron Chef
a pound advised everyone knows High
School's tough especially when you want
to make it into higher social circles
she's proved me at the party and she's
gonna be drunk and she likes me at least
a little enough to get with me Jonah
Hill is one such student and he doesn't
take too kindly when his plans for
getting laid are interrupted by another
classmate what mostly every word Elgin
points
calm down Greg its soccer it's soccer
you man
hey Greg once you go piss your pants
again it's just one of many funny lines
in a coming-of-age tale that appeals to
the awkward nerd in all of us the glove
ahend nice after all we can't help but
root for Steph Evan and Fogle as they
get into misadventure after misadventure
on their quest to provide a big end of
summer party with its essential
ingredient booze these eyes are crying
these eyes have seen a lot of love for
the never gonna see another one like I
have with you number seven your opinion
man The Big Lebowski you got the wrong
guy I'm the dude man
the wisdom dispensed by the dude has had
such an impact on pop culture it
inspired its own religion and philosophy
Judaism that or his dude nasur Deuter or
you know el duderino if you're not into
the whole brevity thing so it's not
shocking that he appears on this list
with a deceptively simple comeback I see
you rolling away to the semi the O's
Wilma Lila and me we're gonna of you all
when a rival bowling team starts
harassing him and his buddies Jeff
Bridges delivers one of the most
articulate and intellectually
stimulating replies ever put to film
yeah well you know that's just like your
opinion man that response is very much
in keeping with the dudes chilled out
vibe he has no desire to get overly
worked up about anything not even a guy
peeing on his rug their rug really tied
the room together did it not today
number six yippee-kay-yay die hard I
thought I told all of you I want a radio
silence until further down he's sorry
Hans I didn't get that message it's
always a big moment when the hero and
the villain first meet face to face in a
film who are you then just a fly in the
ointment Hans monkey in a wrench but for
NYPD Officer John McClane his first
interaction with his antagonist comes
over a walkie-talkie yeah I'm still here
unless you won't open a front door for
me the baddie in question German
terrorist Hans Gruber has taken a group
of people which just happens to include
McLane's wife hostage in Nakatomi Plaza
Los Angeles you're amazing you figured
this all out already
the to dish out some harsh fighting
words before the infinitely quotable
comeback leaps out and stops the German
thief in his tracks do you really think
you have a chance against us mr. cowboy
you'd become a mother number 5 GB peepee
the Avengers you have no idea what
you're dealing with uh Shakespeare in
the Park no superhero team is perfect
and with so many of Marvel's elite in
one place there are bound to be a few
clashes and inflated egos flying around
the room I saw humans were more evolved
than this excuse me can we come to your
planet and blow stuff up of course
whenever Tony Stark
the weapons tech mastermind behind the
Iron Man suit is in a room there's gonna
be an excessive amount of ego your
laboratory experiment Rogers everything
special about you me one bottle one of
the funniest instances of Starks
personality getting the better of him is
when he verbally spars with Steve Rogers
also known as Captain America whose
personal ideals lead him to constantly
butt heads with the billionaire Bret big
man in a suit of armor take that off
what are you genius billionaire playboy
philanthropist number four how do you
like them apples Good Will Hunting I'm
well Scylla just goes to show that
background doesn't mean a damn thing
when trying to impress the ladies yeah I
know I kind of got that impression
played by Matt Damon will hunting is an
impoverished South Bostonian janitor who
also has an uncanny ability for solving
graduate-level mathematical equations
and a certain rough-around-the-edges
Irish charm about him you're gonna
plagiarize the whole thing for us you
have any thoughts of your own on this
matter coming from a poor neighborhood
also means that will doesn't play nice
with the Ivy Leaguers but you just said
your thing you come into a buy you read
some obscure passage and then pretend
you pawned it off as your own is your
own idea just to impress him girls he
can't help rubbing it in when a
beautiful woman chooses poor and
charming over rich and snooty do you
like apples yeah how do you like their
Mac number three mr. Tibbs in the heat
of the night special fingers I want to
count all team while visiting his mother
in Sparta Mississippi Virgil Tibbs is
initially arrested due to the
presumptions of a racist Police Chief
Bill Gillespie why don't you tell me how
you killed mr. Coburn I promise you
you're gonna feel a whole lot better
when it's revealed the Tibbs is actually
Philadelphia's number-one homicide
detective I just what you do with a
little Pennsylvania and a kind of money
I'm a police officer Gillespie
reluctantly recruits Tibbs to help him
solve the very murder he had earlier
arrested him for well I know I just
thought maybe uh maybe what
Mantegna than this one you'd think
Gillespie would chill out on his racism
after being made to eat such a large
piece of humble pie but he persists in
being a nuisance and when he goes too
far we were pretty sure yourself ain't
you Virgil Virgil that's a funny name
for boy that comes from Philadelphia
what did they call you up there
Virgil lets him know just exactly who
he's dealing with
they call me mr. Tibbs number two you
can't handle the truth a few good men
defense calls Colonel Nathan Jessup of
course Jack Nicholson was gonna make it
onto this list out of all his iconic and
memorable lines and movies this one has
managed to rise above the rest and get
stuck in our collective cultural memory
you snotty little bastard as Colonel
jessep Nicholson maintains a wall of
moral authority throughout a few good
men blocking out Tom Cruise's
accusations that he ordered the murder
of a fellow marine now are these really
the questions that I was called here to
answer and when pushed to the brink on
the witness stand he delivers what is
now considered a classic movie line I'll
answer the question you want answers I
think I'm entitled you want the truth
you can't handle the truth before we
unveil our number-one pick here are a
few honorable mentions you know what it
is you know how I know cuz I went to the
salon with her and I got my [ __ ]
bleached
too and I love my new [ __ ] surely you
can't be serious
I am serious and don't call me Shirley
you're Norma Desmond used to be in
silent pictures used to be big I am big
it's the pictures that got small have
you lost your mind
No
you've lost your balls number one
frankly my dear gone with the wind
are you doing I'm leaving you my dear
voted the top movie line ever by the
American Film Institute
it's the classic quote that almost
wasn't hey please take me with you
through with everything here tired of
wasting his breath on Scarlett O'Hara
Rhett Butler finally gives up on their
turbulent relationship you know what I'm
talking about I only know that I love
you that's your misfortune
Scarlett tries to gain his sympathy
frantically demanding why should I go
what do I do
Rhett responds thusly frankly my dear I
don't give a damn previous to this film
the word dam was banned by the Motion
Picture Association z' production code
but a month and a half before the
release the code was amended to allow
the word if it's use was deemed
essential the past can be corrected
we're glad someone had the foresight to
see how crucial it was to this brilliant
comeback securing its place in our
number one spot after all
do you agree with our list Lord you can
imagine where it goes from here which
comeback line blew you away you order
the Code Red
I did the job did you order the Cobra
god damn right I did
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