The topics which Criticker’s forum users find for discussion never fail to surprise, and this was a fun subject started at the start of the new year by Bojanglesmn: Best Monologues

What are they? I’ll just pick two so hopefully I don’t spoil everyone’s.

Joe Pesci in JFK

(not quite a monologue b/c it’s interrupted a few times.)

Sean Penn in The Thin Red Line
“What difference you think you can make, one single man in all this madness?…” Don’t think that one’s on youtube, but it’s great if anyone who’s seen TTRL remembers it.

There have been a lot of other great monologues put forth in the forum, including:
· Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (flaky)
· Giovanni Ribisi in Saving Private Ryan (Hells_Zargon)
· Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now (Pickpocket)

A lot of other great monologues are mentioned in this forum as well. One of my personal favorites is Edward Norton in 25th Hour — a speech and segment which completely turned that film on its head. (Warning: profanity!!)

What about your favorite Movie Monologues? Get over to the forum, and share your thoughts!