15 Nominees for Worst Dialogue in a Movie
There are some movies that are just destroyed by their dialogue. The dialogue is just TOO important to a movie to screw up. Great lines can make a good movie great.
You can screw up the soundtrack (Ladyhawke) and still have a great movie with incredible dialogue. But put out some corny lines and it is enough to make you uncomfortable in your seat. Entertainment Weekly has compiled its nominees of the top 15 worst lines of dialogue in a movie. In no particular order:
Notting Hill - “I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.”
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith - “Hold me, like you did by the lake on Naboo.”
Jerry Maguire - “You complete me.”
Ever After - “A bird may love a fish, signore, but where will they live?’”
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me - “I’m gone, like a turkey in the corn. Gobble gobble!”
XMen - “You know what happens when a toad gets struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else.”
Sin City - “My warrior woman. My valkyrie. You’ll always be mine, always and never. Never. The Fire, baby. It’ll burn us both. It’ll kill us both. There’s no place in this world for our kind of fire.”
Pretty Woman - “And she rescues him right back.”
She’s All That - “I feel just like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman. You know, except for the whole hooker thing”
Love Story - “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”
A Cry in the Dark - “A dingo ate my baby!”
As Good as it Gets - “You’re why cavemen chiseled on walls.”
Four Weddings and a Funeral - “Is it still raining? I hadn’t noticed.”
Dirty Dancing - “I carried a watermelon.”
City of Angels - “We were made to fit together.”
Though I don’t actually agree with the list entirely, however it does hit a few of my pet peeves in movies such as Storm’s horribly delivered line in XMen. other lines may be on this list undeservedly. Baby’s line in Dirty Dancing was deliberately a verbal stumble which she reflects on moments later.
So what lines in a movie ruined it for you?
25 Comments, Comment or Ping
AjaxLou
The Star Wars prequels only get 1 mention? Wow!
Feb 3rd, 2008
WolfMarauder
“I’m using my body heat to keep you warm.” - The Day After Tomorrow.
Feb 3rd, 2008
Steve L.
The Xmen one by Storm was by far one of the worse lines I’ve heard. It makes me cringe every time I hear it.
Feb 3rd, 2008
Mr.Death
Storm’s line from X-Men wins.
Why is everything bolded?
Feb 3rd, 2008
Grave
If you want the worst line of the Star Wars pre-quels had to be given by Darth Vader, “Where is Padme? Is she alright? Is she safe?” “NOOOOoooo!” That was worse than anything.
Feb 3rd, 2008
Kristina
That line from Ever After on it’s own seems bad, but Da Vinci’s reply is my favorite line in the entire film.
“Then I will give you wings.”
Feb 3rd, 2008
me
I’ve got a bad feeling about this..
From any star wars movie
Feb 3rd, 2008
Brent Weichsel
I thought that line from sin city was actually pretty good but then again I wouldn’t expect a place like EW to appreciate that kind of movie.
Feb 3rd, 2008
leeloo
that line by storm in x-men has to be one of the biggesr clunkers ever ever.
i dont know who is more at fault for it- whedon for writing it or singer for actually filming it.
Feb 3rd, 2008
Terry Letourneau
Anakins line about sand ‘getting eveywhere’ from Attack of the Clones always makes me cringe.
Feb 3rd, 2008
Rosey
Yep, that is a bad line from “As good as it gets”. But there are many great lines in that film by Melvin Udall (Jack) such as “…I’m drowning here, and you’re describing the water!” and “How can you diagnose someone with an obsessive compulsive disorder, then act like I have some choice about barging in here?” and “People who talk in metaphors oughta shampoo my crotch” which offset this one. Classic.
Feb 4th, 2008
dan
the worst line ever has got to be in “the running man”.
“Here is Sub-Zero… now, Plain Zero!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIEaIf7lMaM
Feb 4th, 2008
Rusty James
Never seen the movie but that line is great.
And how do you have a list of bad dialogue without mention the Matrix sequels?
Feb 4th, 2008
Louis
The worst line of all:
“In thirty seconds you’ll be dead, and I’ll blow this place up and be home in time for Corn Flakes.”
(From Total Recall)
Feb 4th, 2008
Ivan
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Raw Deal: Max, if you’re the best there is, the wheel would never have been invented.
Feb 4th, 2008
Rusty James
whoops. I was refering to Ever After above.
Feb 4th, 2008
Cain
Rusty James, my nominee for worst line in the Matrix sequels is:
“Trinity: Six hours ago, I was ready to give my life for you. Do you know what has changed in the last six hours?
Neo: No.
Trinity: Nothing!”
That being said, I do like the Matrix sequels *guilty pleasure*
Feb 4th, 2008
Phil Gee
“Yes, Adam……and evil”
Ugh, actually i vote for anything uttered by Arnie in Batman & Robin.
Feb 4th, 2008
The Other James Taylor
Big Fish - “A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal.”
Feb 4th, 2008
Alex
“The Dingo ate my baby” is one of the best lines ever. I’ve never seen the film, but say that line to anyone with an Australian accent and they’ll crack up.
Feb 4th, 2008
J.P.
Ok, I know this is going against the current, but… I did giggle in the Storm line.
Feb 5th, 2008
Mike
“No time for love! We got company!” -ShortRound
“I lied.” -Arny in Commando
“While you were still learning how to spell your name, I was being trained to conquor galaxies!” -Travolta in Battlefield Earth
Feb 5th, 2008
Jano
Wait, Rodney, you think the soundtrack of Ladyhawke was bad?
Maybe I’m weird but one of the things that I love about that movie is its awesome score:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAYduyxFskk
Mar 31st, 2008
Jano
Maybe this one is so evident that everybody forgot about it:
From “House of the Dead”:
Character 1: You did all this to become immortal. Why?
Character 2: To live forever!
Mar 31st, 2008
Rodney
Jano, I hope you were being sarcastic about the Ladyhawke soundtrack. That was utterly horrible.
Mar 31st, 2008
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