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Best line in the film (HUGE SPOILERS)

posted 9 years ago by Bertaut
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HUGE SPOILERS

I absolutely loved this movie, thought it was really, really tremendous. My friend had said to me "there's a line in it that you will absolutely LOVE." He knows me very well, and knows the type of thing I go for. When Matthew Fox said to his horse "thank you for all your service" I was sure that was the line he was talking about. Then, later on, when Fox says "I can see a tree and a snake" and Kurt Russell says "what kind", and we hear a gunshot, and Fox says "Deceased" I thought "no, THAT was the line he was talking about.

Then at the end of the movie I found out what line he was really talking about.

"Say goodbye to my wife. I'll say hello to yours."

Man. WHAT a line. So simple, so beautiful. Perfection.

"Someday we'll fall down and weep...and we'll understand it all. All things."

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[–] Bertaut 9 years ago

Yeah, that was a tremendous scene. Brilliantly written and performed. And really moving in a very strange way. The way Jemkins was concerned for the flea's feelings. Jenkins and Fox were just outstanding throughout, but that was Jenkins' stand out scene.

[–] SavoryB 9 years ago

My favourite line is from Buddy (Sid Haig) "There are sixteen major veins in the neck and you have to cut them all!"

[–] dxben99 8 years ago

Many great lines!

The scene with Brooder looking through "The German" (I found it really funny that they called it that throughout and even mentioned it was from Hamburg, because that's the city I live in :D) and immediately saying he is seeing a snake made me crack up. He unfolds the thing, looks through it and immediately he sees a snake. lol. Maybe it's just my kind of humour.

But yeah, agreed on the line at the end of the movie. Simple yet beautiful. The actors were all awesome in this.

Also loved the scene when they were going to sleep, with Brooder lying there reading something (lol) and the Sheriff and Deputy are talking about reading a book in the bathtub. Deputy overdoes it again when he's making fun of Brooder ("bet he'd never come up with that idea") and in that exact moment the alarm goes off prompting Brooder to react lightning-fast before the other two could even think about drawing their guns. I laughed really hard at this.

[–] Tolyngee 8 years ago

The scene with Brooder looking through "The German" (I found it really funny that they called it that throughout and even mentioned it was from Hamburg, because that's the city I live in :D) and immediately saying he is seeing a snake made me crack up. He unfolds the thing, looks through it and immediately he sees a snake. lol. Maybe it's just my kind of humour

Brooder looking through "The German" and immediately seeing something was no accident or coincidence.

Brooder sees the snake immediately because he is checking out what O'Dwyer has his gun drawn for and is looking at. If you saw a man with his gun drawn and looking at something, you'd look that way immediately first too, no?

Brooder's comment of "deceased" might be humorous, but him immediately seeing the snake wasn't humor. He was looking at what O'Dwyer was finding to be threatening, since he obviously had his gun drawn.

[–] Timberwolf0530 8 years ago

"This is why frontier life is so difficult. Not because of the Indians or the elements but because of the idiots."

[–] Drevnibor 8 years ago

Agreed.
The line was so close to being cheesy, but instead, it turned out amazing.

[–] timothy1967 8 years ago

Kurt Russell to Richard Jenkins at the end:

"You say goodbye to my wife, and I'll say hello to yours".